Posted: 28 Sep 2014 06:00 AM PDT
10 Mysterious UFO Incidents Confirmed By Radar
Whether you are a believer or not, it is a fact that Unidentified Objects
or Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, are seen and have been seen since ancient times
in the earth’s atmosphere. When it comes to sightings of UFO’s, pilots and
other aviation professionals are partial to using less stigma-inducing words
like “balloon, unknown traffic, unidentified object, traffic, or unknown
aircraft” when they are interviewed after having seen something odd during a
flight. The most mysterious and thought provoking UFO sightings, are those not
only witnessed by several people, but also confirmed by radar. These accounts
can never fully be explained and they continue to be real for all the witnesses
involved.
Washington, DC Sightings - 1952
From 12 to 29 July 1952, a series of sightings took place in Washington.
One of the most publicized events took place on the 19th. On that evening, an
air traffic controller at Washington National Airport detected seven
unidentified objects on his radar screen. His superior immediately verified
that the instrumentation wasn’t faulty. Moments later a controller at another
facility also confirmed the objects, but he also saw “a bright orange light”,
while yet another controller confirmed an orange disc hovering above the
airport. At that point the radarscope lit up with even more objects and the
controllers phoned Andrews Air Force Base. Tracked by the air force as well as
the other radar centers fighter jets was scrambled. Some fighters reported that
they saw “white glows” or lights (one even engaged them) while others reported
nothing unusual. The Air Force’s “false radar readings caused by a temperature
inversion” excuse failed to impress as the objects were also seen by hundreds
of eyewitnesses and as such, speculation continues to this day.
Campeche Sighting - Mexico
In March 2004, the crew of a military surveillance plane busy with a
routine anti-drug trafficking surveillance flight caught sight of three
unidentified objects on their radar. As they couldn’t see anything with the
naked eye in the area where the objects were supposed to be, they turned on
their infra-red camera to track them. For the next 30 minutes, they recorded 11
unidentified objects moving through the sky at a very high pace. One of the
objects also seemed to divide or separate into two different objects. After
chasing them, there were a few tense moments when the radar confirmed the
objects had surrounded them. In a completely uncharacteristic move, the Mexican
government released all the details of the event and they provided the crew,
footage and the Head of the Mexican Air Force for examination and questioning
by the world’s media.
Sergeant Roland Hughes, Saucer Sam -UK
In 1952, Flight Sergeant Roland
Hughes was returning to his base from a training mission in Germany when a
“gleaming silver, metallic disc” started following him. The Sergeant later
described the disc to be shiny, highly reflective and about the size of a
Lancaster bomber. The disc descended towards him and even traveled alongside
him before it sped off at an incredible speed. The object was caught by the RAF
radars; the controllers confirmed that the object traveled at speeds impossible
for any of the aircraft of the time. Six days later, Hughes was sent to West
Germany to give his official account of what happened to senior RAF officers
and the aviation Minister. The minister was so convinced, that he briefed civil
servants on the matter. After the sighting, Hughes was nicknamed “Saucer Sam”
and his colleagues decorated his jet with a painted flying saucer. According to
his family, Hughes never spoke about the incident unless he was asked to do so.
In an incident that is awash with conspiracy theories; NORAD and the Air
National Guard picked up an unknown object that entered Washington’s restricted
flying zone on 26 July 2002. As the object’s track caused concern, F-16’s were
scrambled to intercept the object but the pilots claimed that they saw nothing
when they arrived on the scene—the object also disappeared from radar. At the
same time in Maryland several witnesses saw a fast-moving bright blue light in
the sky; the witnesses also said they saw jets pursuing it at high speed.
According to NORAD, that was all that transpired and they view the matter as
closed. But, according to the witnesses more than 2 jets were in the air which
indicated that the scramble was unique; one dipped its wings on approach as if
to communicate with the unknown object and they also claim that the jets
trailed the unknown object but the object flew too fast for the jets to keep
up. The event featured on FOX news as well as the Washington Post.
America West Flight 564 Sighting
On the evening of May 25, 1995 America West Flight 564 was flying at an
altitude of about 39,000 ft close to Bovina, Texas. While observing lightning
outside the plane, the attendant noticed a peculiar set of flickering lights a
little bit below the 757. The First Officer was alerted to the phenomena, he
immediately saw the lights which he described as eight bright blue strobes. As the
rest of the flight crew watched the flashing lights, they could discern the
object as being cigar-shaped. The pilots estimated it to be between 300 and 400
ft long. The object could not be seen on the FAA’s radar. The following day the
controllers checked with NORAD and discovered that they tracked an unknown
object the previous evening that appeared to be stationary, but would
accelerate and stop time and time again at high speeds. These quick sprints
were estimated between 1,000 and 1,400 mph. The object was also seen by a US
Air Force pilot manning an EF 111A. To date, the incident remains unsolved.
The Kaikoura Lights - New Zealand
A series of sightings occurred in 1978 above the Kaikoura Mountain Ranges
of New Zealand. On the 21st of December, a flight crew observed strange lights
around their aircraft which appeared to be tracking them, the objects were
picked up by air traffic control in Wellington and Christchurch as well as the
aircraft’s on-board radar. On the 30th, a television crew from Australia filmed
the mysterious objects on their way to Christchurch; once again the objects
were tracked by radar in both Christchurch and Wellington. They also
encountered a massive lighted orb which tracked them for almost 15 minutes. The
orb was filmed, watched and tracked by radar. After the sightings, the Royal
New Zealand Air Force, police and Carter Observatory joined forces in the investigation
of the matter—its results were lodged in Wellington’s national Archives. The
Ministry of Defense claimed the lights were unburned meteors, squid boat lights
or the planet Venus.
Mysteriously, and creepily, two months earlier Frederick Valentich was
flying a light aircraft off the coast of Australia when he reported seeing
lights of a similar nature and ultimately—via radio—said: “It is hovering and
it’s not an aircraft . . . ” After seventeen seconds of a metallic scraping
sound the radio went dead. Valentich and his aircraft vanished into thin air. A
time lapse camera was running 20 minutes earlier on a nearby beach to
photograph the sunset. When the film was developed it captured a large object
rapidly exiting the sea and moving into the sky at a rapid pace.
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628
On the 17th of November 1986 the entire crew of a Japanese cargo plane
noticed two unidentified objects to their left in the air above Alaska. The two
objects followed the cargo plane so closely that the crew at one stage even
felt the warmth of the objects’ light on their faces. The first two objects
dropped away when a third, larger unidentified object arrived; at which point
in time the pilots requested a change of course. The FAA noticed the objects on
their radar and gave the crew a directive to evade the unidentified crafts, but
even after making many distinct turns and dropping over 4,000 feet the object
continued to trail the cargo plane for 400 miles. On the 19th of November the
crew was interviewed by the FAA who concluded that the crew was rational,
normal and professional. During the same year, the pilot was grounded and moved
to a desk job after he confirmed the crew saw UFO’s during a press interview.
The unidentified object was also seen by a US Air Force jet on January 30th,
1987.
Stephenville, Texas Lights
On January 8, 2008, dozens of residents in Stephenville saw a massive
object in the sky above their town. Some said it was a big as a football field,
while others said it was nearly a mile long, very similar to the mass sighting
in Phoenix during 1997. Several witnesses claimed that the object moved
extremely fast. Some of the witnesses (of which one is a private pilot)
believed that military aircraft chased the object and that it turned around and
traveled back to the direction where it originally appeared from as they
spotted F-16’s in pursuit. The story was covered by CNN’s Larry King in the
days after the event. After almost two weeks, after denying any aircraft were
operational in the area, The US Air Force did an 180? and now claimed they were
conducting training flights in the area that involved 10 fighter jets. That
might have been the end of the rumors had it not been for the very detailed
radar report obtained from the FAA which clearly showed a very large object in
the sky tailed by the jets at the exact time witnesses claimed they were seeing
the unidentified object.
Belgian UFO Wave
On the evening of the 30th and 31st of March 1990, the Control Reporting
Center (CRC) at Glons radar-confirmed triangular objects in the sky
aboveBelgium after having received various reports of unusual lights as bright
as stars that changed color. After receiving a second radar confirmation, two
F-16 jets were scrambled to intercept. For more than an hour the F-16’s tried
to intercept; on three occasions they even obtained radar lock but every time
the objects would change their position or accelerate so fast that the locks
were broken. During the first radar-lock, the object accelerated from 150 m p/h
to more than 1 100 m p/h while changing altitude from 9,000 ft to 5,000 ft and
back up to 11,000 ft in less than 2 seconds. These changes in altitude at the
speeds reported would have been fatal to any human pilot. During the whole
time, more than 13,000 people witnessed the unfolding drama from the ground.
After a little more than an hour, the objects disappeared from the various
radar screens and the F-16’s returned to base.
Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident, UK
In August 1956, radar at Bentwaters and Lakenheath Air Force Base picked up
targets that displayed erratic behavior. Individual and groupings of objects
moved across the skies above. Some performed amazing aerobatic feats –
displaying capabilities beyond that of any known aircraft. The radar images were
corroborated by sightings from the ground and the air, even by a pilot in a
C-47 who saw an object passing directly underneath his plane. As Lakenheath
informed the RAF Station at Wimbledon fighters were sent up. As amazed
personnel watched their radar screens, one pilot tried to engage an object and
somehow got outmaneuvered—with the object ending up behind it. The pilot
attempted to shake the unidentified object by every means possible but it
stayed on his tail. The event is unique as it was witnessed by military
personnel and corroborated by several military radar stations. The conclusion
of the Condon Committee (who usually concluded that UFO’s were mere natural
phenomena) stating that “the probability that at least one genuine UFO was
involved appears to be fairly high” have added fuel to the fire through the
decades, making it one of the most compelling incidents in our history.
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