BBC - A commercial airline pilot has reported seeing two unidentified
flying objects in the sky near Guernsey. The bright yellow flat disc
shapes, estimated to be twice the size of a Boeing 737, were spotted on
Monday, 12 to 15 miles north east of the island. Captain Ray Bowyer was
flying an Aurigny plane from Southampton to Alderney when he saw the
objects through binoculars. Mr Bowyer said he was "pretty shook-up" by
the sighting. "This is not something you see every day of the week - it
was pretty scary," he said. . . The stationary objects were also
observed by other aircraft and the passengers on the plane.
John Spencer, deputy chairman of the British UFO Research Association,
said: "These types of sightings have been reported by pilots - generally
accepted to be reliable and sensible observers - since the 1940s and
they have excited attention to this day. "Such light effects are often
popularly thought to represent alien visitors but many UFO researchers
believe they more likely represent natural, atmospheric, phenomena not
yet fully understood by science.
"However, a similar encounter in 1978 over the Bass Straits in
Australia, where the pilot was in radio contact with the ground
throughout, resulted in the pilot never being heard from again, so these
phenomena are important to study."
Nick Pope, who used to investigate UFOs for the Ministry of Defence
said: "While no witnesses are infallible, pilots are trained observers
and less likely than most people to misidentify something mundane.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/6591365.stm
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flying objects in the sky near Guernsey. The bright yellow flat disc
shapes, estimated to be twice the size of a Boeing 737, were spotted on
Monday, 12 to 15 miles north east of the island. Captain Ray Bowyer was
flying an Aurigny plane from Southampton to Alderney when he saw the
objects through binoculars. Mr Bowyer said he was "pretty shook-up" by
the sighting. "This is not something you see every day of the week - it
was pretty scary," he said. . . The stationary objects were also
observed by other aircraft and the passengers on the plane.
John Spencer, deputy chairman of the British UFO Research Association,
said: "These types of sightings have been reported by pilots - generally
accepted to be reliable and sensible observers - since the 1940s and
they have excited attention to this day. "Such light effects are often
popularly thought to represent alien visitors but many UFO researchers
believe they more likely represent natural, atmospheric, phenomena not
yet fully understood by science.
"However, a similar encounter in 1978 over the Bass Straits in
Australia, where the pilot was in radio contact with the ground
throughout, resulted in the pilot never being heard from again, so these
phenomena are important to study."
Nick Pope, who used to investigate UFOs for the Ministry of Defence
said: "While no witnesses are infallible, pilots are trained observers
and less likely than most people to misidentify something mundane.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/6591365.stm
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