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Frankie · 10-20-2008, 09:41 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081020/...itain_ufo#full

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO
By Peter Griffiths Peter Griffiths

LONDON (Reuters) – Two U.S. fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the English countryside during the Cold War, according to secret files made public on Monday.

One pilot said he was seconds away from firing 24 rockets at the object, which moved erratically and gave a radar reading like "a flying aircraft carrier."

The pilot, Milton Torres, now 77 and living in Miami, said it spent periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated speeds of more than 7,600 mph (12,000 kph).

After the alert, a shadowy figure told Torres he must never talk about the incident and he duly kept silent for more than 30 years.

His story was among dozens of UFO sightings in defence ministry files released at the National Archives in London.

In a written account, Torres described how he scrambled his F-86 D Sabre jet in calm weather from the Royal Air Force base at Manston, Kent in May 1957.

"I was only a lieutenant and very much aware of the gravity of the situation. I felt very much like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest," he said.

"The order came to fire a salvo of rockets at the UFO. The authentication was valid and I selected 24 rockets.

"I had a lock-on that had the proportions of a flying aircraft carrier," he added. "The larger the airplane, the easier the lock-on. This blip almost locked itself."

At the last moment, the object disappeared from the radar screen and the high-speed chase was called off.

He returned to base and was debriefed the next day by an unnamed man who "looked like a well-dressed IBM salesman."

"He threatened me with a national security breach if I breathed a word about it to anyone," he said.

The documents contain no official explanation for the incident, which came at a time of heightened tension between the West and the Soviet Union. Planes were on constant stand-by at British bases for a possible Soviet attack.

The files blame other UFO sightings on weather balloons, clouds or normal aircraft. Torres said he had been waiting 50 years for an explanation.

"I shall never forget it," he told the Times. "On that night I was ordered to open fire even before I had taken off. That had never happened before."

UFO expert David Clarke said the sighting may have been part of a secret U.S. project to create phantom aircraft on radar screens to test Soviet air defences.

"Perhaps what this pilot had seen was some kind of experiment in electronic warfare or maybe it was a UFO," he said. "Something very unusual happened."

The files are online at:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos

Hydrae · 10-20-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey

I tend to not believe articles written by a cartoon character....

Peter GriffiN is the cartoon character, this is Peter GriffiTHS. Small difference.

**Tribal Warfare** · 10-20-2008, 07:54 PM

It was one of those goddamn Transformer robots I tell you, they were looking for Megatron and found this bitch

Adept Havelock · 10-20-2008, 08:00 PM

Nick Fury is gonna be pissed at that guy.

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**Rain Man** · 10-20-2008, 08:18 PM

The British government is bringing Herm Edwards in to watch film of the incident and determine what happened.

Frankie · 10-20-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StcChief

Well the tinfoil hats are plentyful.....

True. They tend to miss-spell words too.

teedubya · 10-20-2008, 09:46 PM

UFO: "Hello, we come in peace to share technologies to allow you all to be self-sufficient and use solar, wind and water power to power our homes freely.

We will teach you how to make all of your cars run on the earth's electo-magnetic field, we will teach you geological mining procedures and ways to harvest energy in a way that is endless and safe for everyone."

America: "Die you commie bastards!!! We don't know what you are, so you must be bad!"

If large US Corporations can't profit from it, then it just ain't American.

CHIEF4EVER · 10-20-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Thats no big deal, happens to me All the time!

boogblaster · 10-20-2008, 11:20 PM

That was my ole aunt Fanny flying her broom .. That biotch could fly upside down too .. Until she had a hairy-crack-up ...

**DaneMcCloud** · 10-20-2008, 11:22 PM

Two words for ya:

Roswell

Simply Red · 10-20-2008, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swazey

ohhhhh ZING!! You're right... jet pilots are soooo incompetent.... BELIEVE.

Are you satan?

Simply Red · 10-20-2008, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Two words for ya:

Roswell

Just Another Non Existent Terminal

Simply Red · 10-20-2008, 11:59 PM

[edit] Destinations
The following airports appear to be some of the most common "Janet" (JANET stands for "Just Another Non-Existent Terminal") destinations:

United States
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Nevada
Area 51
McCarran International Airport Hub
Tonopah Test Range

BWillie · 10-21-2008, 12:18 AM

You guys do realize a UFO isn't necessarily a extraterrestrial right?

blueballs · 10-21-2008, 12:52 AM

He would have killed his great great great great great grandson
who was gathering info for a history report

**TinyEvel** · 10-21-2008, 01:08 AM

Sounds like a viral campaign for RESISTANCE 2....ONLY ON PLAYSTATION 3

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10-20-2008, 09:41 AM
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