2007: Pilot spots ‘UFO’ over Guernsey

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: April 25th 2007

Sighting Time:

Day/Night: Night

Reported:

Location: Alderney/Guernsey

Urban or Rural: Rural

Hynek Classification:  NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration:

No. of Object(s): 

Size of Object(s): estimated to be twice the size of a Boeing 737

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): flat disc

Color of Object(s): bright yellow

Number of Witnesses:

Source: 

Full Report

Report From the BBC News site:

Pilot spots ‘UFO’ over Guernsey

A commercial airline pilot has reported seeing two unidentified flying objects in the sky near Guernsey. The bright yellow flat disc shapes, estimated to be twice the size of a Boeing 737, were spotted on Monday, 12 to 15 miles north east of the island.

Captain Ray Bowyer was about to fly an Aurigny plane from Alderney to Southampton when he saw the objects through binoculars.

Mr Bowyer said he was “pretty shook-up” by the sighting…

Full report can be found at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/6591365.stm

Update 1:

The Guernsey Press and Star

by Joel de Woolfson

UFO sightings are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.

Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon…..

Read the full report at http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=002080

Update 2:

Scanned image of the Jersey Evening Post article including the pilot’s log entry is available at: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=473646413&size=l

Update 3:

The Register

UK Airline Pilots Spot Giant UFO

‘Mile wide’ mystery object hovers off Channel Islands
By Lester Haines

Two experienced airline pilots at the controls of separate flights have reported seeing a mystery object “up to a mile wide” hovering off the coast of Alderney on Monday, This is Guernsey reports….

Read the full report at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/27/mystery_object/

Update 4:

Channel Online TV

UFOs sighted off coast – watch report

Pilots and aircraft passengers have confirmed sightings of two large Unidentified Flying Objects off the coast of Guernsey….

Read the full report and watch the report at: http://www5.channelonline.tv/news/templates/cinews2.aspx?articleid=9013&zoneid=1

Also from Channel Online TV

Is this the UFO?

Is this the UFO? Channel Online found this image whilst searching the internet archives…

Read the full report at: http://www5.channelonline.tv/news/templates/cinews2.aspx?articleid=9056&zoneid=1