Near-Miss Over the Pennines: Boeing 737 and UFO, January 1995
On January 6, 1995, a Boeing 737 operated by British Midland Airways was on approach to Manchester Airport at approximately 13,000 feet when the crew observed an unidentified object pass dangerously…
Narration
At 13,000 feet, something impossible streaked toward the windscreen.
January 6, 1995 — a delta-shaped object crossed the Pennines at impossible velocity.
Both captain and first officer watched the silent wedge-shaped object pass the starboard side.
Silent, dark, impossibly fast — the wedge-shaped object defied every known aircraft category.
The CAA Air Miss Working Group concluded the cause was officially unassessable.
No photograph, no radar lock — only two pilots who saw the Pennines sky split open.