Case 107281: It’s not particularly unusual to view videos of white or multi-colored lights dancing in the night skies. As videos go, they’re quite common for MUFON Case Management System (CMS) reports, so I don’t pay a lot of attention to them even when there are videos and still photographs. But, to me, the best observers are either airline or military pilots who quite often don’t want to report their sightings for fear of a job loss or a poor performance report. Case 107281 is different, and that’s why I’m reporting it here. It’s different because the pilot had been with FedEx for 19 years, and before that, he had spent an additional 10 years in the US Air Force flying Boeing KC-135 “Stratotankers”, which required a great deal of depth perception when it came to refueling jet fighters. His co-pilot, in fact, had been a USAF McDonnell-Douglas F-15 “Strike Eagle” jet interceptor pilot, so both had extensive day and night flying experience. On FedEx Flight FX82 flying over a mountainous region in Mexico in clear skies, pilot Erik Delgado and his co-pilot (name withheld) saw something that they had never experienced before. The co-pilot was the first to see the object about 150 miles south of Monterrey, Mexico. According to him, “It was a brilliant yellow-white plasma object — teardrop-shaped!” The MUFON field investigators, Robert Spearing (CAG International) and Ruben Uriarte (MUFON Northern California State Director) report the co-pilot as saying, “He exclaimed, ‘Look at that shooting sta . . .’ but he didn’t finish his thought. The object had come straight down from above and suddenly a bright spotlight, white in color, seemed to turn towards them on a collision course. Both pilots realized this was a possible aircraft turning into their path with bright landing lights on. They prepared to take emergency avoidance procedure, but the object became static and paced them perfectly with the light reducing in brightness but remaining plasma-like. “Erik, being bi-lingual, immediately realized what he was witnessing and began to shout, ‘!Platillo, Platillo!’, which is the Spanish word for flying saucer! “The most remarkable part of the sighting was that the crew had the wherewithal to shut off the cockpit lights and pull out a camera and begin taking video as well as still photographs while the plane flew on auto-pilot. As a result, besides 5 minutes of video and nine photos, we have the voices of the cabin crew and radio transmissions from Monterrey Ground Control. So, what we have here is what is considered an exceptional sighting by Ufology standards. First the episode was filmed so what have a physical evidence. Secondly, you have multiple witnesses which greatly enhances the validity of a case and lastly, they were highly experienced professional pilots with military backgrounds! Truly a sighting beyond reproach!” READ MORE |
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David Reimers
12/17/2020 11:24:56 am
Mufon has never posted a single picture or video of this. I've been subscriber for >20years and it's ridiculous that they can't post a viable youtube link anywhere. the search terms the offer are bulldust, SO disappointing! WHERE IS THE VIDEO????
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Mmiller
8/10/2020 09:18:35 pm
Another exceptional sighting by pilot and copilot was the Japan airlines 747 cargo plane over Alaska. Trailed them for quite awhile. Witnessed by another airliner nearby. The UFO came so close they could feel the heat from its exhaust. It was a walnut shaped craft so large the captain said several 747s could fit wing tip to wing tip. This was a cargo plane so no other witnesses except the flight crew. Clearly this was a mothership with several small scout ships flying alongside. The captain faithfully reported the sighting....and flew desks after that. The sighting over the English Channel of the mile long cigar shaped UFO by a commuter plane and witnessed by 14 or more people is another that comes to mind. Both cases are clearly motherships. Very large ones. Clearly not made here. Clearly not top secret black programs. Clearly not ours.
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Mmiller
8/24/2020 04:59:21 pm
Increadable sighting over the U.K....actually 2 motherships. And the pilot never lost his pilots license. Too bad no one had a camera...Or phone....but 14 passengers witnessed a truely amazeing sighting.
Zoo Nkauj
8/14/2020 08:48:10 am
Country land, in Michigan. No city light we can see them moving. It beautiful, like stars are dancing. And how speed of light when it comes down or up. near people house, it's like something or one sent it. It disappears with a fast light the speed. Around 10:30 - 3am if you stay out all night, clear sky less clouds. you still can see it with clouds, But if God made us why would he not make others before earth, or after. Good Old Details, always around.
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Michael Thrasher
8/15/2020 01:14:03 pm
i have witnissed
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Mmiller
8/16/2020 12:21:14 pm
Michael...thank you for your service sir. Seems like they were observing your military operations or at the very least checking out your military base. I'm 62 and have been seeing UAPs since I was 10... I think once you have seen one...your more prone to see another because your more aware of the sky and look up more. I have a telescope observatory I'm my back yard so I'm a confirmed skywatcher. It's really unfortunate how many people run around all day long...glued to their phones screen and when it gets dark dash inside to watch tv and go to bed. Belive me there is a whole bunch of stuff flying around between 12:00a.m.and sunrise. Take care and keep looking up.
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Bob Last
9/12/2020 12:54:12 am
Agree. A few weeks ago, August 7th to be precise, my fiancée and I sat in the garden on deck chairs, rural Nottinghamshire, and watched the night sky for an hour. We witnessed a series of about 30 satellite-like lights. It definitely wasn’t Starlink. They travelled at varying speeds, one took an approximately 70 degree turn, another moved in a jerky or rotating motion, one caught another one up and they then forked directions. I watched through binoculars but couldn’t get any decent footage on my mobile phone. My fiancée has always laughed at me and my love for the mysteries of the night sky, but she’s still talking about it as she had never seen anything like it either!
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Mmiller
9/12/2020 01:54:18 pm
Yes Bob...my wife definitely thought I was bonkers....until I ran inside and grabbed my digital camera and ran outside with her. We both observed a VERY low flameing orb over our house....maybe 100 feet..about the size of a vw bug...hovering. And as we watched it it split into two...one shot off out of sight...followed by the other seconds later. Intelligently. I snapped two pictures...which only shows a orange blur....and when they shot off a orange blurry streak...really not much. Could be my fault...I was astonished and nervous. But it looked almost cartoonish...like hand drawn fire or flames done in a comic book or coloring book. It really freaked out my wife. I simply said " welcome to my world". I have worked graveyard shift my whole life ( great pay..No bosses ) and getting off at 4:00a.m. till sunrise is primetime for weird stuff. Unfortunately camera shots don't show much...a orange dot or streak. Nothing better than witnessing it firsthand.
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Arnie
9/12/2020 03:53:53 am
You guys familiar with the Ireland ATC audio from a couple of years back? At least three pilots witnessed and had a clear view. When you hear the audio, the official explanation of “meteor” simply doesn’t wash! https://youtu.be/6kIprgAaWbo
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Mmiller
9/12/2020 02:07:54 pm
Arnie there are tons of these types of reports from pilots and ATC that leave you scratching your head. But most reports never leave the break room or cockpit unfortunately because of job security. Pilots end up flying desks...air traffic controllers end up getting dismissed for stress. ( It is a stressful job ) But really I guess people would be a little apprehensive about flying if they knew how many "Unknowns" are buzzing aircraft and airports.
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