Jet in near collision with UFO near Heathrow airport

steddyeddy

Does what it says on the tin really! Considering how close this was to Heathrow they are going to investigate it for security reasons. I don't believe in aliens invading earth however I am open minded and willing to look at the evidence. With that in mind this is a weird case. Article below is from the Telegraph.

It was certainly a close encounter, but with precisely what remains a mystery.

An airline pilot has reported a near miss in which a “rugby ball”-shaped UFO passed within a few feet of his passenger jet while flying near Heathrow Airport.

The captain told the aviation authorities who have investigated the incident that he was certain the object was going to crash into his aircraft and ducked as it headed towards him.

The investigation has been unable to establish any earthly identity for the mysterious craft, which left the aircrew with no time to take evasive action.

The incident occurred while the A320 Airbus was cruising at 34,000ft, around 20 miles west of the airport, over the Berkshire countryside.



The captain spotted the object travelling towards the jet out of a left hand side, cockpit window, apparently heading directly for it.
A report into the incident states: “He was under the apprehension that they were on collision course with no time to react. His immediate reaction was to duck to the right and reach over to alert the FO (First Officer); there was no time to talk to alert him.”
It adds: “The Captain was fully expecting to experience some kind of impact with a conflicting aircraft.”
He told investigators he believes the object passes “within a few feet” above the jet.
He described it as being “cigar/rugby ball like” in shape, bright silver and apparently “metallic” in construction.
Once he had composed himself, he checked the aircraft’s instruments and contacted air traffic controllers to report the incident. However, there was no sign of the mystery craft.
The incident was investigated by the UK Airprox Board, which studies “near misses” involving aircraft in British airspace.
It checked data recordings to establish what other aircraft were in the area at the time, but eliminated them all from its quest to find out what had been responsible. It also ruled out meteorological balloons, after checking none were released in the vicinity. Toy balloons were also discounted, as they are not large enough to reach such heights. Military radar operators were also contacted but were unable to trace the reported object.
The sighting occurred in daylight, at around. 6.35pm on July 13. It has only emerged now, following publication of the report, which concluded it was “not possible to trace the object or determine the likely cause of the sighting”.
The report does not name the airline or flight involved. Even though it describes the aircraft as being "just to the west of Heathrow", aviation experts believe that at such an altitude it would be unlikely to have taken off from, or be preparing to land at, the west London airport.
Instead, the A320, which is popular with many carriers, among them British Airways and Virgin, is likely to have been travelling between a regional airport elsewhere in the UK, and another on the Continent. The aircraft typically carry about 150 passengers.
The Ministry of Defence closed its UFO desk in December 2009, along with its hotline for reporting such sightings. Following that change, the Civil Aviation Authority took the decision that it would continue to look into such reports, from aircrew and air traffic controllers, because they could have implications for “flight safety”.
In 2012, the head of the National Air Traffic Control Services admitted staff detected around one unexplained flying object every month.
Dr David Clarke, a Sheffield Hallam academic and the UFO consultant for the National Archives, said: “The aviation authorities obviously think this is something they should continue to look into and if you are a regular air traveller, you are likely to agree.”
Dr Clarke, a sceptic on UFO issues, said: “This latest sighting is interesting, because it is detailed and clear. These pilots don’t file these reports for something and nothing. There was obviously something there.”
Chris Yates, an aviation consultant, said: “Although we assume when these things happen, a UFO is responsible, there is usually an explanation that materialises at some point.”

WilyCoyote

Pilot .......... jerky head movements ........ angle of the sun .......... maybe just woken up Voila - FLYING SAUCER. Time for rehab.

steddyeddy

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Pilot .......... jerky head movements ........ angle of the sun .......... maybe just woken up

Well maybe but I assume the pilots are fairly well trained.

WilyCoyote

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well maybe but I assume the pilots are fairly well trained.

Sorry Eddy. I'm sardonic sarcastic pissed! Cheers:)

Bipolar Joe

You'd be surprised how often they fall asleep at the wheel.

steddyeddy

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Sorry Eddy. I'm sardonic sarcastic pissed! Cheers:)

Don't apologise man. Enjoy yourself and find soe young one and give her one for me

steddyeddy

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

You'd be surprised how often they fall asleep at the wheel.

If he was asleep he wouldn't have seen anything surely?

Bipolar Joe

Like Wiley said, wake up all of a sudden, see a bright shiny thing, panic, woken up proper, shiny thing gone. Probably the sun. Better explanation than a giant chrome alien dildo. My post was in response to yours. They are well trained, but no one can fight fatigue forever.

Phill Ewinn

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=43d_1388952107

Canadian minister for defence has always admitted aliens exist ; here on earth.

WilyCoyote

steddyeddy wrote: »

Don't apologise man. Enjoy yourself and find soe young one and give her one for me

You're on .......... but she's 60 ........ that's a few years younger than me. Thanks be to God she's not a cougar ......... but I'll do my best

WilyCoyote

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=43d_1388952107

Canadian minister for defence has always admitted aliens exist ; here on earth.

We're not talking Pierre/Margaret Troudeau here, are we?

WilyCoyote

WilyCoyote wrote: »

We're not talking Pierre/Margaret Troudeau here, are we?

Sorry. Just watched it. The guy's a fruitcake. Possibly the harsh climate

Bandana boy

34000 feet ,rugby ball shaped

That's some up and under !

Bipolar Joe

Bandana boy wrote: »

34000 feet ,rugby ball shaped

That's some up and under !

Lot of feet, too. Maybe it was a robot millipede crawling across his face?

WilyCoyote

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Lot of feet, too. Maybe it was a robot millipede crawling across his face?

Or a dislodged eyebrow. No kidding

Bipolar Joe

A robot eyebrow, how intriguing. Is all his hair robotic?

Lapin

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Sorry Eddy. I'm sardonic sarcastic pissed! Cheers:)

So was the pilot.

Lapin

Bandana boy wrote: »

34000 feet ,rugby ball shaped

That's some up and under !

^^^^^^


Someone can't spell Garryowen.

Phill Ewinn

Whats E.T. short for?






Hes got no legs.

everlast75

Can I just formally object to the use of the phrase 'it does exactly what it says on the tin'?

That is all.

Giblet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk5TCRQOxcY

the_syco

steddyeddy wrote: »

Does what it says on the tin really! Considering how close this was to Heathrow they are going to investigate it for security reasons.

I'm thinking a HALE UAV?

Akrasia

It was Ian Keatley trying to find touch on Friday night

or else the pilot just saw a reflection which his brain then interpreted as some kind of object flying towards it

Optical illusions can affect anyone, no matter how well trained they are.

Allyall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwsqFR5bh6Q

For Forks Sake

Bandana boy wrote: »

34000 feet ,rugby ball shaped

That's some up and under !

Problem solved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DkPOO2tF0o

Rhys Essien

They reckon that a lot of pilots see strange objects in the sky but dont report it for fear of being ridiculed.It might not be that good to be saying "I just saw a ufo there while ago".

Two other interesting pilot ufo stories here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_flight_1628_incident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting


Mile wide UFO's.:eek:.Its the Mothership.

Duggy747

Aliens have mastered inter-galactic space travel but yet the best they can come up with in terms of ship design are discs and are quite shìt at keeping themselves hidden from the inhabitants of another planet.

Lazy gits.

There's obviously something that somebody is not telling us. A few countries (including Russia and Canada, perhaps more, I think) have openly said that there are UFOs and that there is a cover-up somewhere.

Rhys Essien

Duggy747 wrote: »

Aliens have mastered inter-galactic space travel but yet the best they can come up with in terms of ship design are discs and are quite shìt at keeping themselves hidden from the inhabitants of another planet.

Lazy gits.

Maybe they are just slowly letting us get used to the fact that they are there,by purpously making appearances every few years or so,until Enda will formally announce that he is their representitive on Earth.

Artful_Badger

Lapin wrote: »

^^^^^^


Someone can't spell Garryowen.

Nobody says Garryowen any more. Get with the times man !

Nemeses

Could have been martians playing rugby... Sure the intergalactic olympics is due in 2150...

I really hope it is discovered that there are alien lifeforms in our Universe in our lifetime. Can you imagine how exciting that whole process is going to be? To discover that we are not alone.

EuskalHerria

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Maybe they are just slowly letting us get used to the fact that they are there,by purpously making appearances every few years or so,until Enda will formally announce that he is their representitive on Earth.

Keeping us waiting longer to see if there is intelligent life out there.

*take that alien overlords!

Rhys Essien

Deleted User wrote: »

I really hope it is discovered that there are alien lifeforms in our Universe in our lifetime. Can you imagine how exciting that whole process is going to be? To discover that we are not alone.

Stephen Hawking said recently that we might be better off not knowing and that we should keep to ourselves and not to bother looking for other intelligent life.He reckons that it could end in disaster if they take an instant disliking to us.

wretcheddomain

Seems like a good time to insert this:

Nemeses

Rhys Essien wrote: »

He reckons that it could end in disaster if they take an instant disliking to us.

He's probably right..

I mean.. We, as the human race can't even get along with each other as it is.

Any other possible lifeform should probably stay away from Earth..

EdwardCastle

Problem: Psychotic episode translated as reality.

Diagnosis: Human malfunction.

wretcheddomain

EdwardCastle wrote: »

Problem: Psychotic episode translated as reality.

Diagnosis: Human malfunction.

Cure: 12 month supply of Skeptic Magazine.

Rhys Essien

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Cure: 12 month supply of Skeptic Magazine.

Well its nice to keep an open mind.No point in being so arrogant to think that the only intelligent life is on this grain of sand called Earth,in a Universe that is 70 billion light years across.

topper75

No radar pickup leads me to assume a visual hallucination on the pilot's part.

Happens all of us. Usually when tired.

BASHIR

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057117860

wretcheddomain

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Well its nice to keep an open mind.No point in being so arrogant to think that the only intelligent life is on this grain of sand called Earth,in a Universe that is 70 billion light years across.

Nobody has suggested that intelligent life should only exist on planet Earth.

But to quote Neil de Grasse Tyson, those who do would have to explain how an aircraft (such as that described in the OP) would travel through galaxies etc. only to nearly crash into British Airways at 34,000ft.

That, to me, makes no sense.

Capt'n Midnight

UFO doesn't mean flying saucer.

if you see something at 34,000ft it's probably a flying object and if you can't identify exactly what it was ...


probably just a radiosonde

Phill Ewinn

If you had consentual sex with a playboy mansion full of them, video taped the whole thing and took one of their heads as a trophy you'd stil be called a fruitcake.


There is no amount of evidence that people will believe when it comes to aliens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Iran

LordSutch

So what did the pilot see?

EdwardCastle

LordSutch wrote: »

So what did the pilot see?

Micky Mouse

AgileMyth

I can't see why any species capable of getting here would choose to piss about abducting drunk American rednecks and almost causing planes to crash.

If they want to observe us before making contact they will be able to do that from afar.

If something out there is capable and willing to travel here we will know all about it.

We are almost definitely not the only planet with intelligent life. We probably will never know for certain.

Ronburgondy11

I heard from someone who's friends with a pilot for a well known airline, that he was out all night drinking, then went for one the next morning and went into work to fly half way across the world then! That puts me off flying

maninasia

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Nobody has suggested that intelligent life should only exist on planet Earth.

But to quote Neil de Grasse Tyson, those who do would have to explain how an aircraft (such as that described in the OP) would travel through galaxies etc. only to nearly crash into British Airways at 34,000ft.

That, to me, makes no sense.

Actually what you wrote made no sense.
Assuming it really was an alien craft of some description (yes a big assumption) , why would it be 'about to crash'? It's obvious that any craft with advanced technology should be in no danger of crashing, so most likely it did it on purpose wouldn't you say?

Also how do you know how far it traveled to get here?

maninasia

Duggy747 wrote: »

Aliens have mastered inter-galactic space travel but yet the best they can come up with in terms of ship design are discs and are quite shìt at keeping themselves hidden from the inhabitants of another planet.

Lazy gits.

Maybe there are millions of them all around you but you can't see them and radar can't detect them?

That would make them very good indeed at keeping themselves hidden, especially as there is no real physical evidence of them actually existing at present.

There's no reason why they couldn't hide from detection either technologically.

Phill Ewinn

They might also be time travellers. Not space travellers.