Originally Posted by
Less Hair
What do you mean by UFO risks? Rocket parts re-entering atmosphere and hitting something?
So here's a few I would deem a 'UFO risk'.
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An illuminated object crossed the approach course of a de Havilland DHC-8-400 (JZA8744) operated by Jazz, from Montreal (CYUL), QC, to Quebec City(CYQB), QC, on final runway 29. According to the controller, it could have been a drone. JZA8744 did not see the object, but the controller provided its location. No impact on operations."
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Aviation Incident Report #16974: A Héli Mistral Service Inc. Aerospatiale AS 350 BA (C-FXED) allegedly struck an unidentified object while in flight, about 5NM to 8NM northeast of Trois-Rivières, QC (CYRQ). At least one main rotor blade was damaged by the impact and had to be replaced. The pilot was unable to identify the object."
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The pilot of a North Star Air Ltd. Pilatus PC-12/45 (C-GVKC/BF708) from Thunder Bay, ON (CYQT) to Sachigo Lake, ON (CZPB) reported an object passing over their right wing, approximately 3 feet in diameter. No traffic on radar in the vicinity."
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Aviation Incident Report #17797 and #17804: A member of the public reported seeing an object that could not be classified as a fixed-wing rotary wing aircraft, a drone, nor any type of lighter-than-air aircraft. It was over Kitchener, apparently north of Fairview Park mall, moving silently and rather slowly from around 050. It then made a wide right turn to a heading around 020, and crossed the approach flight path to Runway 08 at the Kitchener/Waterloo, ON (CYKF) aerodrome, an obvious hazard to an incoming aircraft. It maintained the heading of 020 until it was too far to see. At all times, it remained below cloud base. As it was receding, a small single-engine plane, a high-wing monoplane with tricycle gear on a heading of approximately 090, appeared to pass relatively close to this object. Pictures available on request."
Of course, rocket parts that are unidentified re-entering the atmosphere, if unidentified, are a UFO risk. Remember - UFOs are Unidentified Flying Objects - not saucers or aliens.