Passenger jet had 'near miss' with UFO
A passenger jet had a 'near miss' with a UFO as it flew in to Heathrow Airport, Ministry of Defence files have revealed.
In 1991 the captain of the Alitalia airliner saw a brown missile-shaped object shooting past them overhead show files made available by the National Archives.
He shouted "Look out - look out" to his co-pilot during the incident near Lydd in Kent but the UFO was not identified, though the MoD ruled out it being a missile or weather balloon.
The unexplained close encounter is one of 19 files covering sightings between 1986 and 1992 are being made available online today.
Others include a RAF pilot who was told to shoot down a massive UFO and a 14-year-old who saw a missile flying at low level, before it disappeared up through the clouds.
The official files allow web users to look at the actual primary material - the informations used by the MoD in investigations, before making their own mind up.
Dr David Clarke, UFO expert and lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University said:
"Because the subject is bedevilled by charlatans and lunatics, it is career suicide to have your name associated with UFOs, which is a real pity.
"The National Archives are doing a fantastic job here. Everyone brings their own interpretation."
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