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Are UFOs the reason why aircraft disappear?
by Mike Hallowell
July 17, 2014
TWELVE years ago, a reader sent in a story about the mysterious disappearance of a light aircraft over the Bahamas.
Whispers at the time suggested that the plane ha
TWELVE years ago, a reader sent in a story about the mysterious disappearance of a light aircraft over the Bahamas.
Whispers at the time suggested that the plane had been destroyed by ‘aliens’, as a strange, blue light had been seen hovering near the aircraft shortly before it was last seen.
My memory was jogged, back then, because the press reported that a similar object had been seen flying at terrific speed over Washington DC.
Two USAF F-15 fighters were scrambled to intercept this UFO – again, a flashing blue light – but, in the words of one witness, ‘it left them for dust’.
Fortunately, that time, no planes or pilots went missing – but others have not been so lucky.
In the early 1970s a number of passenger transport planes mysteriously disappeared over South America.
Once again, UFOs were suggested as the culprits, although investigators proposed a far more sinister explanation.
Private aircraft are extremely useful pieces of kit for international drug cartels.
Some official sources believed that the planes had been hijacked for trafficking purposes.
The fate of the crews and passengers was another mystery, however.
Rumours abounded that they had been pressed into service harvesting marijuana in remote areas controlled by drug cartels.
This explanation was strengthened by revelations that several passengers on the flights had known connections in the trafficking world.
But not all disappearances can be explained away in this manner.
A number of aircraft – including military ones – have sometimes disappeared, quite literally, out of the sky.
One famous incident involved a Chilean Air Force fighter which, according to witnesses on the ground, was seen to circle a stationary UFO hovering in the sky.
Suddenly the plane was dragged, as if by some invisible force, to the centre of the UFO.
Then it disappeared, followed seconds later by the UFO itself. Neither the plane, its pilot, nor the UFO were ever seen again.
Aircraft are like ships in one respect; they have a romantic ambience which lends itself to superstition and mystery.
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Are UFOs the reason why aircraft disappear?
by Mike Hallowell
July 17, 2014
TWELVE years ago, a reader sent in a story about the mysterious disappearance of a light aircraft over the Bahamas.
Whispers at the time suggested that the plane ha
TWELVE years ago, a reader sent in a story about the mysterious disappearance of a light aircraft over the Bahamas.
Whispers at the time suggested that the plane had been destroyed by ‘aliens’, as a strange, blue light had been seen hovering near the aircraft shortly before it was last seen.
My memory was jogged, back then, because the press reported that a similar object had been seen flying at terrific speed over Washington DC.
Two USAF F-15 fighters were scrambled to intercept this UFO – again, a flashing blue light – but, in the words of one witness, ‘it left them for dust’.
Fortunately, that time, no planes or pilots went missing – but others have not been so lucky.
In the early 1970s a number of passenger transport planes mysteriously disappeared over South America.
Once again, UFOs were suggested as the culprits, although investigators proposed a far more sinister explanation.
Private aircraft are extremely useful pieces of kit for international drug cartels.
Some official sources believed that the planes had been hijacked for trafficking purposes.
The fate of the crews and passengers was another mystery, however.
Rumours abounded that they had been pressed into service harvesting marijuana in remote areas controlled by drug cartels.
This explanation was strengthened by revelations that several passengers on the flights had known connections in the trafficking world.
But not all disappearances can be explained away in this manner.
A number of aircraft – including military ones – have sometimes disappeared, quite literally, out of the sky.
One famous incident involved a Chilean Air Force fighter which, according to witnesses on the ground, was seen to circle a stationary UFO hovering in the sky.
Suddenly the plane was dragged, as if by some invisible force, to the centre of the UFO.
Then it disappeared, followed seconds later by the UFO itself. Neither the plane, its pilot, nor the UFO were ever seen again.
Aircraft are like ships in one respect; they have a romantic ambience which lends itself to superstition and mystery.
CONTINUE READING: www.shieldsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/wraithscape/are-ufos-the-reason-why-aircraft-disappear-1-6735814