Many pilots and aviation experts have seen strange lights, strange objects, strange movements in the sky. All are suspected to be unidentified flying objects (UFOs) but all are still unsolved mysteries.
Not only were some people caught, many mysterious UFOs were also detected by radar. The following are famous UFO mysteries in the world confirmed by radar.
Türkiye - 2008
In August 2008, a UFO was also detected at Compound Yenikent, west of Ankara, Turkey. A man witness even recorded a very clear video of this UFO. The images and videos are currently archived for research at the Space Science Sirius UFO Research Center.
City of Stephenville, Texas (USA) in 2008
On January 8, 2008, dozens of residents in the city of Stephenville saw a strange large object flying across the sky.
Some witnesses said the size of the flying object was the size of a football field, while others estimated it to be nearly 2km long. Witnesses said the object was moving at lightning speed.
One witness, who is an amateur pilot, also claimed to have seen an army F-16 jet chasing the object.
About two weeks later, after denying that it had sent any fighters to the area, the US Air Force confirmed again that it had conducted flight training for 10 fighters there. .
The above announcement has quelled talk of UFOs in Stephenville, but a report from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that radar detected a very large object being pursued by planes at the same time. point where the eyewitness saw the UFO.
State of Campeche (Mexico) in 2004
In March 2004, a squadron of Mexican military surveillance planes caught three unidentified flying objects on radar screens while patrolling a drug ring. Since they were not visible to the naked eye, they turned on the infrared camera to determine what the objects were.
Within 30 minutes, they recorded 11 strange objects flying at extremely high speed and during the follow-up, there was a time when the whole squadron was surrounded by strange objects. The Mexican government then provided the video, as well as information about the said squadron, to the press.
Washington Capitals (USA) in 2002
On July 26, 2002, the radar of NORAD and the US Air Force National Guard detected an unidentified flying object flying into the no-fly zone of Washington, DC.
F-16 fighter jets were immediately dispatched to intercept the object, but the pilot reported that they could not see anything when flying to the radar location that detected the object. This object then also disappeared from the radar screen.
At the same time, some people in Washington said they also saw a blue light moving very quickly in the sky. The incident was republished by Fox News and the Washington Post
City of Bovina, Texas (USA), 1995
On the evening of May 25, 1995 (local time), an American West airliner was flying at an altitude of about 12,000 meters near the city of Bovina. Suddenly the pilot spotted a string of strange glittering lights flying close to the plane.
The captain immediately informed the entire crew of what he described as eight flashing blue lights. The pilots on the plane estimated the spots to be between 90 and 120 meters long and shaped like a cigar.
The very next day, air traffic surveillance checked with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) radar report and detected an unidentified flying object the night before. This object was continuously stationary in the air, then suddenly accelerated, at great speed, as recorded by NORAD radar.
The sky of Belgium in 1990
On the evening of March 31, 1990 (local time), the radar of an aviation monitoring station in the town of Glons in Liège (Belgium) detected triangular objects in the sky shortly after this center received Multiple calls reported eyewitnesses seeing strange lights twinkling like stars and constantly changing colors in the sky.
Two F-16 fighter jets were dispatched to intercept these objects. During the more than an hour of flight, the two fighters had three opportunities to lock these objects within range on the radar screen, but all three times the UFOs escaped thanks to sudden changes in position or increased speed. speed too fast.
As noted by the F-16 radar, during the first lock, the UFO accelerated from about 241km / h to more than 1,770km / h while descending from 2,740 meters to 1,500 meters, and then flew to 3,350 meters within less than 2 seconds. For an ordinary aircraft, a sudden change in altitude with such great acceleration can easily cause a fatal accident.
During that time, more than 13,000 people witnessed the incident from the ground. About an hour later, this UFO disappeared.
Image of a suspected UFO object released by the British National Archives in 2010 - (Image: Reuters)
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 in 1986
On November 17, 1986, the entire crew on a Japanese cargo plane saw two UFOs moving to the left of their plane while flying over Alaska.
These two UFOs flew so close to the Japanese plane that one pilot felt the "warmth from the UFO's light". These two mysterious flying objects then disappeared after another, larger object, appeared, at the same time the Japanese plane requested to change course from the air traffic station on the ground.
On the ground, FAA radar screens also detected foreign objects and instructed the Japanese aircraft to turn to avoid them. However, even after diverging and descending more than 1,200 meters, the third UFO still followed the Japanese plane for nearly 644km before disappearing.
Rendlesham Forest - 1980
Located in the Southern English district of Suffolk, Rendlesham Forest became the center of media attention in 1980 after several US Air Force soldiers reported seeing strange lights in the area in 1980. 3 nights in a row. But so far, everything is still unclear.
Mount Kaikoura, New Zealand, 1978
There was a series of UFO sightings in the Kaikoura Mountains in New Zealand in 1978.
On December 21, 1978, the crew on a plane flying over the Kaikoura Mountains noticed strange lights flying around the plane. These blobs were also detected by the radar screens of the ground-based air traffic station.
Then on December 30, 1978, an Australian film crew also captured strange lights while on their way to Christchurch (New Zealand). After detecting the above bright spots, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and police mobilized an investigation force but found nothing. The New Zealand Ministry of Defense eventually concluded that these bright spots were meteorites that burned up when they entered the Earth's atmosphere.
British military base in 1956
In August 1956, radar at a British Royal Air Force base in Suffolk County (UK) detected strange moving objects. Some individuals in this group of objects have incredible aerobatic movements in the air that are beyond the capabilities of conventional aircraft.
Even a pilot flying a C-47 military transport plane at the time saw a strange object flying below his plane. The airbase then notified RAF headquarters in London's Wimbledon district and a squadron of fighter jets was sent in for an inspection.
A pilot tried to get close to this strange object, but ended up getting this UFO flying behind his plane. He tried to use all sorts of acrobatic techniques to turn the situation around but to no avail, the foreign object still attached to the back of the tail before disappearing.
This incident is considered one of the most unique UFO mysteries as it was witnessed first-hand by a soldier and detected by military radar.
Washington Capitals (USA) in 1952
On July 19, 1952, an air traffic controller at Washington airport spotted seven flying objects on a radar screen. Minutes later, two employees at another air traffic station at the airport also confirmed seeing an orange light hovering above the airport.
The officers then called the nearby Andrews Air Force Base and it was confirmed that the air force radar also detected the object. Pilots of the fighters dispatched later said they saw a white light, but others said they did not see anything unusual.
The US Air Force eventually announced that this was just a faulty radar due to "variations of ambient temperature", even though there were eyewitnesses who saw it.
Flying saucer in England in 1952
In 1952, Royal Air Force Sergeant Roland Hughes was returning to base after completing a training flight when he suddenly saw a silver saucer-shaped object flying close behind. The pilot described the flying saucer as being about the size of a Lancaster bomber. The flying saucer followed Hughes for a while before disappearing with incredible speed, he reported back to his superiors.
The object also appeared on RAF radar screens and reportedly confirmed the flying saucer moving at a speed no other aircraft of the time could achieve. Mr Hughes' family said he never told anyone about the incident unless forced to do so.
Los Angeles - 1942
A few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, in the world movie capital Hollywood, people discovered a series of lights emanating from an unidentified flying object. However, these lights went out later and the incident remains a mystery to this day.
What are UFOs?
U F O stands for unidentified flying object in English (ie "unidentified flying object"), which refers to an object or visual phenomenon flying in the sky that cannot be identified even after has been studied extensively by many people.
