Mile-wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot
 

Just to keep the group off the Civil SAR theme, this from "The Evening Standard":

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".
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http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...06_468x247.jpgAurigny 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.





http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...lot/article.do

No replies! And here I thought there would be comments like, "At least it was a JAR UFO and not a Sub-Standard FAA one!"

At least it was a JAR UFO and not a Sub-Standard FAA one.

The USAF's statement after their long awaited UFO study of: "There are no unidentified flying objects." apparently meant just that to them or, to us it could mean they know exactly what these UFOs are which of course added more fuel to this subject.

At least they where observing the 500ft rule. :}

Evening Standard?
 

Nick, was it the London Evening Standard? Is it available on the web?

I love the Channel Islands, but I would have thought there are better places to go when you visit the planet. Maybe they had got bored with Nevada;).

How do you see the SAR helo thing in the UK?

UFO Sighting
 

Hi Nick

Sure wasn't one of Sikorsky's Cypher UAVs??::D

Looks and sounds like alto cumulus lenticularis to me.

Looks like a weather balloon to me...

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4...hartkl6ls9.jpg

:E

I/C

That's a pisser Ian!:D:}:ok:

Well lenticularis forms between 20 000 - 40 000 feet looks like a lens and is an indication of mountain waves, and it doesn't glow. BTW, great chart. I'm printing that one! :E

The pilot was on "Richard and Judy" last night,

Richard: "this is our artists impression, is it close?"
Pilot: "no"

Richard: "would you say it was... not of this world"
Pilot: "thats not for me to speculate"


What a load of old rubbish!

MADY

I have seen something similar to this and it turned out to be a cloud formation illuminated by the moon.
I do however, think that there could be other flight objects wizzing about in space which investigate this planet. Why not.

Any quotes on hearing loss of the observers?

-- IFMU

I 100% sure this was an airship of some kind aka Balloon. Very suprised a professional pilot was unable to reach the same conclusion sigh.

NSA, can you back that statement up?
Were you on board the a/c at the time?

Sierra Echo, I've soared the front of wave bars (lenticulars) in a hang-glider and believe me they were a lot lower than 20,000ft. :ok:

5 Billion cellphones, most with a camera, billions of video and still cameras
worldwide yet still very few good quality images.

Watch this space for pictures of remote Quad helicopters in UFO guise.


Mickjoebill

Browse this gallery for a bit:
The Cloud Appreciation Society

Maybe start at this category...
Nacreous Clouds

Also, have a look at Lenticularis, Parhelic Circles, Kevin Helmholtz Waves, Fallstreak Holes etc.