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Aircrew describes a large thin silver object with square windows

United Kingdom1999-02-03

BAe 146 route from Sweden toward Humberside; exact encounter location unspecified, United Kingdom

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Case description

The article says a BAe 146 crew on the Sweden–Humberside route reported an object the size of a battleship, silver and pencil-thin with square fuselage windows. It says the CAA and Ministry of Defence were not investigating. No encounter position, duration, movement or original statement is reproduced, and the flight route does not prove which country’s airspace held the object.

Recorded details

Named witnesses
BAe 146 aircrew
Craft description
Very large thin silver form, square windows
Date precision
day

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