| ID | #1608501358 |
| Added | Mon, 21/12/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | National UFO Reporting Center
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
A strange black triangle approached our formation. In the early hours of the desert storm, at about 02:46, I and three other aircraft (MH-60K Black Hawks) were bringing in UW forces to take out radar and a scant patch right on Iraq's border with Kuwait.
When our task force was about 2km from LZ, we saw NVG as the lead pilot on my plane, I took control of the bird and started preparing to land when I looked to the right to see two other planes.
I looked at the Blackhawk to my right, just above and in front at about 3/4 distance at an altitude of maybe 1000 feet, I saw that it looked like the F-117 was approaching our formation, there were no fighters in range at the time, The ship had traveled about 1/4 mile and slowed down to a speed that invisibility couldn't maintain, and then turned north towards us like 90 degrees, the wingspan was too large to match the F-117, the span was 70 -80 feet with no lights or any high altitude.the temperature was not visible with NVG.
I heard the plane behind me ask what the plane was doing so close to us, and the thing just disappeared into the night!
When we got back to the base, we didn't say anything for a very good reason: we didn't want to be grounded, and we didn't want to be questioned for hours.
i checked with the militants, and they said that there are no fixed-wing aircraft within 10 miles of us.
Original news
Date: January 17 1991
Location: Iraq 10 km inside border with Kuwait
Time: 02:46
Summary: Strange black triangle moved close to our formation In the early hours of desert storm around 02:46 hrs myself and three other aircraft (MH-60K Black Hawks) were inserting UW forces to take out a radar and scud site just inside the Iraq border with Kuwait. When our task force was about 2km out from the LZ we dawned are NVG’S as lead pilot on my aircraft I took control of the bird and started to prepare to land as I looked to my right to see the other two aircraft I looked at the blackhawk to my right and just above and to the front in the distance approx 3/4 at maybe 1,000 ft I saw what appeared to be a F-117 coming towards our formation, there were not to be any fighters in are AO at that time, the craft got within a 1/4 mile or so and slowed down to a speed which a stealth could not maintain and then turned to our north like a 90 degree turn the wing span was to long to be a F-117 the span was 70-80ft across no lights or any heat could be seen with the NVG’s I heard the rear aircraft ask what was that aircraft doing so close to us and the the thing just vanished in the night! When we got back to base we never said anything for very good reason we did not want to be grounded and have to be debriefed for hours. I did check with fight ops and they said there no fixed wing aircraft at all with in 10 miles from us. So there you have it have fun
Source:National UFO Reporting Center
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