| ID | #1602947540 |
| Added | Sat, 17/10/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | International UFO Reporter, CUFOS, Vol.24 #4, An aircraft UFO encounter over Germany, by Dr Richard F. Haines, Case 39
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The pilot of the Piper Arrow PA-28 was flying at 3,500 feet when he noticed a strange light approaching from the northeast at 9 o'clock.
After 3-5 minutes, the object came closer and took a fixed position at the left wing of the Piper. The object had an oval shape and was very bright yellow in the center with a fuzzy fiery orange border. Its diameter was about 3.5 degrees of arc.
Suddenly, the Piper made two rapid 360° clockwise rolls, from which the pilot had to recover manually.
He found himself falling about 500 feet during a somersault and recovery maneuver. The next time he checked his dashboard, he found that his magnetic compass was rotating clockwise so fast that he couldn't read the number in its square window.
Looking out again, he saw that the UFO was still behind him, suggesting that he, too, had lost the same height. The pilot returned to his cruising altitude and radioed the control tower at the airport in Hanover to the East of your location.
The air traffic controller told him that the radar showed both his plane and another object nearby. The dispatcher said a plane would be sent to investigate.
Just over four minutes later, two U.S. air force F-4 Phantom planes arrived on either side of it, traveling at between 400 and 500 mph. The jet on the right side was slightly lower, closer and ahead of the jet on the left side.
The pilot was sure they were American planes. As soon as the planes arrived, the UFO accelerated forward and then up at an angle of about 30° above the horizon and turned right, flying in front of his plane. He quickly overtook his pursuers and was out of sight in a matter of seconds.
The compass eventually returned to normal operation after the UFO flew away. The pilot was interrogated by the "military"after landing.
Original news
Date: August 13 1976
Location: Between Diepholz & Petershagen, Germany
Time: 17:00 GMT
Summary: The pilot of a Piper Arrow PA-28 was flying at 3,500 feet when he noticed a strange light approaching from the NE at his 9 o’clock. After 3-5 minutes, the object came closer and took a fixed position off the Piper’s left wing. The object was oval-shaped and very bright yellow in its center with an indistinct flame-orange boundary. Its diameter subtented about 3.5 degrees of arc. Suddenly the Piper went into two rapid 360° clockwise rolls from which the pilot had to recover manually. He discovered that he had dropped about 500 feet during the roll and recovery maneuver. When he next checked his instrument panel, he discovered that his magnetic compass was spinning in clockwise direction so fast that he couldn’t read the number in its square window. Looking outside again, he saw that the UFO was still behind him, suggesting that he had too had lost the same amount of altitude. The pilot climbed back to his cruise altitude and called on the radio to Flight control at Hannover airport to the east of his position.The air traffic controller told him that the radar showed both his airplane and another object nearby him. The controller said that an aircraft would be sent to investigate. Little more than four minutes later, two USAF F-4 Phantom jets arrived on either side of him travelling brtween 400 and 500 mph. The jet on the right side was slightly lower, closer, and ahead of the jet on the left. The pilot was certain that they were American planes. Just as the jets arrived, the UFO accelerated forward and then upward at about a 30° angle above the horizontal and turned right, passing in front of his aircraft. It quickly outdistanced its pursuers and was out of sight in a matter of seconds. The compass eventually returned to normal operation after the UFO departed. The pilot was interrogated after his landing by “military men”. (Source: International UFO Reporter, CUFOS, Vol.24 #4, An aircraft UFO encounter over Germany, by Dr Richard F. Haines, Case 39)
Source: International UFO Reporter, CUFOS, Vol.24 #4, An aircraft UFO encounter over Germany, by Dr Richard F. Haines, Case 39
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