British helicopter reports near UFO miss, page 1

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The MOD must be chewing off their nails. Uh.....lets go with ball lightning this time

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Another classic meteor mis-id'd as a UFO IMHO. Easily done at this time of year, and with all the activity at the moment!

It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
reply to post by ufo reality

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Another classic meteor mis-id'd as a UFO IMHO. Easily done at this time of year, and with all the activity at the moment!

It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

Never heard of a meteor circling a chopper?

"Snippit"

The trio described the object as a small aircraft with continuous blue-green lights. They said the object came as close as 330 feet from the helicopter and the lights appeared to circle the chopper before flying away.

Why didnt you read it first before making a comment.

Originally posted by Bob Down Under

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
reply to post by ufo reality

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Another classic meteor mis-id'd as a UFO IMHO. Easily done at this time of year, and with all the activity at the moment!

It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

Never heard of a meteor circling a chopper?

"Snippit"

The trio described the object as a small aircraft with continuous blue-green lights. They said the object came as close as 330 feet from the helicopter and the lights appeared to circle the chopper before flying away.

Why didnt you read it first before making a comment.

Maybe it was a weather ballon or a flock of birds. Or maybe even a frisbee. LoL sorry couldn't help it.


In all seriousness, thanks to the OP for posting this. It's great reading about UFO reports from officials & authorities. Kind of adds an extra level of validity & authenticity if you know what I mean.

[edit on 11/22/2008 by Andre Neves]

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Wow. That was a quality debunk. Perhaps a bit of substance next time. Oh, and read the account first.

It says 'member is offline' there. I think it's more than his member that's offline...




I wonder how many of the UFO sightings lately are man-made vehicles? There seem to be more sightings all the time, more *in your face* sorts of sightings for longer durations of time. I've said it before on these forums, I'm starting to smell a rat. Why do they need all the flashing lights? Has the FAA come up with new regs for UFOs? They light up like flippin' Star Trek bridge consoles.

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You must be joking. I live in the United States, if a helicopbtor came that to me, my dear friends, my friends, I would scream the body electric all the way down to the pavement, and then would go splat.You will hear me sream.....

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For all of you, have joy...

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OK,

I did read it, and I stand by my theory.

First of all, the timing is right for blue-green meteors (Leonids).

Secondly, meteors can appear to wrap themselves around the horizon (circling the helicopter).

Thirdly, even experienced observers miscalculate how far away meteors appear to be.

Approaching Manchester airport, England, on the evening of 1995 January 6, a British Airways Boeing 737 with 60 passengers on board was buzzed by a bright, fast-moving UFO. The first officer ducked instinctively as it flashed past. The conversation between the pilot and Manchester air traffic control was as follows:

Pilot: “We just had something go down the right hand side just above us very fast”
Manchester: “Well, there’s nothing seen on radar. Was it an aircraft?”
Pilot: “Well, it had lights, it went down the starboard side very quick”
Manchester: “And above you?”
Pilot: “Just slightly above us, yeah”.

Had the CAA chosen to consider astronomical explanations, a likely answer would not have been difficult to find. From the captain’s description, the object sounds like a bright fireball, and in view of the lack of a radar return or a wake there is no good reason to suppose that it was anything else. Such a misidentification by experienced pilots is not unusual, as we shall see from what follows. In fact, another British Airways pilot and two RAF Tornado pilots had described a satellite re-entry in similar terms in 1990 (for details, see here and here). But, in the annals of UFOlogy, the Manchester case has gone down as a UFO officially endorsed by the Civil Aviation Authority.

source

Edit to add:
In fact, I'm so sure this was a Leonid, I'll even stick my neck out and say that this incident occurred after or around 9.30PM - it could have been as late as 10.30 -11PM, but not later. This is the only time of the night that Leonids can behave like this.

[edit on 22-11-2008 by C.H.U.D.]

Originally posted by arbiture
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You must be joking. I live in the United States, if a helicopbtor came that to me, my dear friends, my friends, I would scream the body electric all the way down to the pavement, and then would go splat.You will hear me sream.....

What?
I've read this about 5 times and it's probably the most difficult thing to read. I have NO idea what you just said.

Originally posted by arbiture
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You must be joking. I live in the United States, if a helicopbtor came that to me, my dear friends, my friends, I would scream the body electric all the way down to the pavement, and then would go splat.You will hear me sream.....

Are you talking in your sleep, or something?

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Leonids get their name because of their relation to the Leo Constellation.
Regardless of how they move, there is no way a meteor coming from
this Constellation, would be able to maneuver in such a way as they've
described in the article, especially well within our atmosphere. And in
airspace as well.

Meteors may be able to move in such a way in space, where there is no
gravity. But not in our sky.

Edit to add: Also meteors would have a fall straight down, with a trail
behind them.

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