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Subject: Report in Daily Express
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:34:10 +0100
Organization: DESY
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Here's an article that appeared in the Daily Express (British newspaper
to all you Americans out there) on 28th January 1995.
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UFO BUZZED OUR AIRLINER SAY BA PILOTS
A British airways jet was buzzed by a fast moving UFO it was claimed
yesterday.
An inquiry was launched into the pilots' report that the brightly lit
triangular object hurtled towards them before veering off down the side of
the airliner.
They instinctively ducked before calling air traffic control. They were told
that there were no other planes in the area and at first did not officially
report the incident for fear of being ridiculed.
The Boeing 737 heading for Manchester's Ringway airport from Milan with 60
people on board was at 13,000ft over the Pennines when the pilots had their
close encounter on January 6th.
Now, on the evidence of captain Roger Wills and 1st officer Mark Stuart,
reports have been sent to the Civil Aviation Authority's Joint Air Miss
Working Group. The pilots would not comment but a collegue said: "They are
high grade, sensible guys. Everyone's talking about what they saw and it is
right that it is reported, so the experts can try to establish what it was."
CAA spokesman Chris Mason said any suggestion that the object was a UFO was
"purely speculative" but the investigation could last 6 months.
He said: "A very small proportion of near-miss situations involving untraced
aircraft remain unsolved.
"They often turn out to be air balloons or small private aircraft. A glider,
for example would not show up on radar."
But ex-CAA man Arnold West, now director of the British UFO Research
Association, said: "We know of several spottings of triangular flying objects
over the past few years - the design varies but the wedge shape is common."
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