civilian-claim1995· Pennines / Manchester approach, England
On January 6, 1995, a British Airways Boeing 737 approaching Manchester Airport at 13,000 feet over the Pennines had a near-miss with an unlit wedge-shaped object that flashed silently past the cockpit. Captain Roger Wills and First Officer Mark Stuart filed reports with the Civil Aviation Authority. After a year-long inquiry the CAA's Joint Air Miss Working Group found no likely explanation.
Air traffic control at Manchester confirmed no radar contact with any other aircraft in the vicinity. The CAA noted this was the fourth such crew sighting since 1987. The incident was included in MoD UFO files released under the National Archives program and is documented at the CAA's own public record of the inquiry.
Citations
- CAA Manchester Airport UFO report· Ian Ridpath, 2000
- UFO / Airplane Near Miss, Manchester Airport, UK 1995· UFO Casebook, 2006
- British UFO Files, Boeing 737 Close Encounters, MoD X-Files· Matrix Disclosure, 2019
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