'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by pilot

Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:36 am » by **Abyssdnb**

One of the largest UFOs ever seen has been observed by the crew and passengers of an airliner over the Channel Islands.

An official air-miss report on the incident several weeks ago appears in Pilot magazine.

Aurigny Airlines captain Ray Bowyer, 50, flying close to Alderney first spotted the object, described as "a cigar-shaped brilliant white light".

Aurigny Airlines captain Ray Bowyer, 50, described what he thought to be a UFO as 'a cigar-shaped brilliant white light', similar to the image supplied by Dennis Plunket of the British Flying Saucer bureau
As the plane got closer the captain viewed it through binoculars and said: "It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area.

"It was 2,000ft up and stationary. I thought it was about 10 miles away, although I later realised it was approximately 40 miles from us. At first, I thought it was the size of a [Boeing] 737.

"But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide."

Continuing his approach to Guernsey, Bowyer then spied a "second identical object further to the west".

He said: "It was exactly the same but looked smaller because it was further away. It was closer to Guernsey. I can't explain it. This was clearly visual for about nine minutes.

"I'm certainly not saying that it was something of another world. All I'm saying is that I have never seen anything like it before in all my years of flying."

The sightings were confirmed by passengers Kate and John Russell. John, 74, said: "I saw an orange light. It was like an elongated oval."

The sightings were also confirmed by an unnamed pilot with the Blue Islands airline.

The Civil Aviation Authority safety notice states that a Tri-Lander aircraft flying close to Alderney spotted the object.

"Certain parts of the report have not been published. I cannot say why," said a senior CAA source.

Earlier this year, however, the MOD declared its intentions to open its UFO files to the public.

Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:00 pm » by **Darrylmckay**

This isnt the first time huge ufos have been sighted of the british iles, didnt I hear a couple of yoers ago the MoD caught one on radar that was the size of a battleship.

Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:02 pm » by **Darrylmckay**

yeah i did.

http://www.ufospider.com/ufo.../3-airline-crews-report-ufo-as-big-as-a-battle-ship/%20-

That may not be the link, I'm not good at posting links, but google, ufo size of battleship uk. and you will find what i am talking about.

Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:19 pm » by **Avimoas**

'Mile wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot

:flop:

Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:09 pm » by **Dobyjames**

I saw a TV show about this a few months ago.
UFO Hunters.

Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:29 pm » by **Theduck**

Certainly not saying its from another world... why the hell not lol

Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:02 pm » by **yoursoulmate**

I saw something like this some years ago...I didn't know what to think of it, because it seemed to consist of light and not metal or whatever these things are made of...

first material which fits my sighting :flop: