The Fukuoka UFO Incident, Japan, 1948
Originally posted by Lowneck
Although the sighting lasted only a few seconds, the quality of the official investigation, particularly by the excellent Anthony Booth, surely make this case one of the most convincing pilot sightings of all.
Interesting that only just over two weeks later, and not far south of the location of the pilots' sighting, according to Omar Fowler three witnesses reported a rounded triangle with bright lights around the edges hovering over a housing estate near Derby:
Lowneck, good call on the Derby sighting mate and I certainly agree about the excellent work done by Anthony Booth (and Omar Fowler) - it states at the NICAP Chronology entry for the Manchester incident that there was also a third eye-witness who spotted the object from the ground and lists one of the sources as Dominique Weinstein's report but, other than sensationalist British tabloid articles, I couldn't find any more info, will keep looking though.
Jan. 6, 1995; Pennine Alps in Derbyshire, England
6:40 PM. A British Airways Boeing-737 flight with 60 passengers aboard was buzzed by a bright wedge-shaped object as it flew over the Pennine Alps in Derbyshire, England on its descent to Manchester Airport. The object appeared to be only meters in front of the airliner as it flew at 13,000 feet, and it was so close that the co-pilot instinctively reacted by ducking down inside the cockpit. It had small lights, made no attempt to change course, and made no discernable sound or turbulance. The object did not appear on radar. However, there was at least one witness on the ground to the close encounter.
(Sources: Curt Sutherly, UFO Mysteries: A Reporter Seeks the Truth, p. 194; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 47; Lynn Picknett, Mammoth Book of UFOs, p. 156; Michael Hesemann, UFOs: The Secret History; FSR, March 1995).
Catalogue of Military,Airliner and Private Pilots Sightings from 1916 -2000 (pdf)
NICAP UFO Chronology -1995
Cheers.
edit on 02/10/08 by karl 12 because: (no reason given)
