UK Airbus A320 narrowly misses UFO.

Cork boy 55

A passenger aircraft had a narrow miss with an unidentified object over Glasgow, a report has revealed.
The Airbus A320 was making its final approach to Glasgow Airport on 2 December when an object passed about 300ft underneath it.
The pilot of the aircraft said the risk of collision with the object, which did not show up on radar, had been "high".
A report by the UK Airprox Board said investigators were unable to establish what the object had been.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22365368

Cockpit transcript

The Airprox report included a transcript of the conversation that took place between the aircraft and the controller at 12:55:

A320: "Glasgow Approach [A320 C/S]"

EGPF: "[A320 C/S] pass your message"

A320: "Er yeah we just had something pass underneath us quite close [1255:30] and nothing on TCAS have you got anything on in our area"

EGPF: "Er negative er we've got nothing on er radar and we're n- not talking to any traffic either"

A320: "Er not quite sure what it was but it definitely er quite large [1255:40] and it's blue and yellow"

EGPF: "OK that's understood er do you have a an estimate for the height"

A320: "Maybe er [1255:50] yeah we were probably about erm four hundred to five hundred feet above it so it's probably about three and a half thousand feet."



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RadioRetro

Debunked here.

Cork boy 55

RadioRetro wrote: »

Debunked here.

The report by the Airprox board does not mention anything about an industrial estate.



PART B: SUMMARY OF THE BOARD'S DISCUSSIONS
Information available included a report from the A320 pilot, transcripts of the relevant RT
frequencies, radar photographs/video recordings, reports from the air traffic controllers involved and
reports from the appropriate ATC authority.
The Board initially considered likely candidates for the untraced ac. The A320 crew had not been
able to assimilate any information regarding the form of the untraced ac in the fleeting glimpse they
had, reporting only a likely colour. Members were of the opinion that, in the absence of a primary
radar return, it was unlikely that the untraced ac was a fixed-wing or rotary-wing ac or man-carrying
balloon. It was considered that a meteorological balloon would be radar significant and unlikely to be
released in the area of the Airprox. A glider could not be discounted but it was felt unlikely that one
would be operating in that area, both due to the constrained airspace and the lack of thermal activity
due to the low temperature. Similarly, The Board considered that a hang-glider or para-motor would
be radar significant and that conditions precluded them, as they did para-gliders or parascenders.
Members were unable to reach a conclusion as to a likely candidate for the conflicting ac and it was
therefore felt that the Board had insufficient information to determine a Cause or Risk
http://www.airproxboard.org.uk/docs/423/20130320-2013.03Reports.pdf

belacqua_

RadioRetro wrote: »

Debunked here.

That doesn't seem particularly convincing--there's no mention of the unidentified radar signal that Prestwick picked up 28 seconds after the incident, for instance.

LeftBase

RadioRetro wrote: »

Debunked here.

Cover up!!