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Jet in 'near miss' with UFO
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 7:30AM GMT 05 Jan 2014 | Jasper Copping

Posted on 01/07/2014 10:16:08 AM PST by BenLurkin

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.

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To: Capt. Tom
This story lacks confirmation from the co-pilot, and passengers who might have seen it. -Tom

It lacks more than that Tom...

The story does not even mention the airline by name or a flight number...

21 posted on 01/07/2014 10:45:36 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BenLurkin

They watched the ATC sequence in Close Encounters if the Third Kind a few too many times...


22 posted on 01/07/2014 10:46:30 AM PST by jughandle
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To: BenLurkin

Heh, heh. It is a ripoff of a line in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Spock and Kirk are in a bus in San Francisco of the mid-80’s and explaining Spock’s quirkyness to the people Kirk said, “He did too much LDS in the 60’s.”


23 posted on 01/07/2014 10:47:13 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: BenLurkin

Foo fighters.


24 posted on 01/07/2014 10:47:37 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim ("It is not the color of his skin, ... it is the blackness that fills his soul")
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To: shibumi
Don't say that!
People might see through my disguise...

25 posted on 01/07/2014 10:47:55 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: IWONDR

See post 23. ;-)


26 posted on 01/07/2014 10:48:42 AM PST by cuban leaf
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27 posted on 01/07/2014 10:49:14 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: BenLurkin
I'm wearing...



...my official Rowdy Roddy Piper "Spot the Aliens" Sunglasses.

And I'm all out of bubble gum.

28 posted on 01/07/2014 10:50:28 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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29 posted on 01/07/2014 10:51:59 AM PST by McGruff (I stand with Phil.)
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To: JPG

I'm not going to lie anymore. It was a rugby ball.

30 posted on 01/07/2014 11:06:47 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sputnick


31 posted on 01/07/2014 11:09:56 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: BenLurkin

Pink Floyd floated a giant pig for a photo-shoot. Could be something like that.


32 posted on 01/07/2014 11:17:58 AM PST by plain talk
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To: BenLurkin

Bludger from Hogwarts.


33 posted on 01/07/2014 11:34:44 AM PST by xone
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To: dfwgator

That has been irritating me for a few years now.. I tried to explain the difference to someone once.. I gave up :/
It was like trying to talk truth to a Lib :p


34 posted on 01/07/2014 11:36:39 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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35 posted on 01/07/2014 11:43:00 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (The aliens have balls.)
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36 posted on 01/07/2014 11:45:05 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (The aliens have balls.)
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37 posted on 01/07/2014 11:57:51 AM PST by Bratch
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38 posted on 01/07/2014 12:50:14 PM PST by mikrofon (Alienball)
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39 posted on 01/07/2014 12:54:56 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: mikrofon
Ka Mate'!
40 posted on 01/07/2014 12:58:44 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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