Topic
Pilots
34 records: 33 cases, 1 narratives · 1953–2026
Its 33 cases
Strength
B 8C 16D 9
Plausibility
Very high 4High 24Moderate 5
On a line of years
19532026
Most connected
Iran's Air Force and the luminous objects over its nuclear sitesC2004 · Bushehr, Khondab (Arak), Natanz and Kharg Island, IranMinot AFB B-52 radar-visual case (24 October 1968)B1968 · Minot AFB, North DakotaCol. Willingham's Del Rio crash (1955)D1955 · Across the Rio Grande from Langtry, about 60 mi northwest of Del Rio, Texas (Mexico)F-86D ordered to fire on a giant radar target near ManstonB1957 · Over East Anglia, from RAF Manston, EnglandThe RB-47 radar-visual case (1957)B1957 · Over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma (from Gulfport to Oklahoma)Çandarlı: a T-37 in a 'dogfight'C2001 · Çandarlı Gulf, İzmir, TurkeyThe two admirals and the blocked debriefD2020 · A US Navy training compound (Top Gun, NAS Fallon per a YouTube recap, unconfirmed)F-86D pilot outclimbed and circled by a light over GuamC1956 · Over Guam, Mariana Islands
Related topics
Cases 33
1953Red lights in the Berlin air corridorC1953 · Berlin air corridor over the Soviet Zone, near Genthin, Germany1953Transair DC-3 crew see a metallic disc over HassleholmC1953 · Over Hassleholm, southern Sweden1955Col. Willingham's Del Rio crash (1955)D1955 · Across the Rio Grande from Langtry, about 60 mi northwest of Del Rio, Texas (Mexico)1956F-86D pilot outclimbed and circled by a light over GuamC1956 · Over Guam, Mariana Islands1957F-86D ordered to fire on a giant radar target near ManstonB1957 · Over East Anglia, from RAF Manston, England1957Ota: four F-84Gs and the yellow sphereD1957 · Night navigation route from Ota air base toward Córdoba and Cáceres, Portugal and Spain1957The RB-47 radar-visual case (1957)B1957 · Over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma (from Gulfport to Oklahoma)1967Montánchez: two radars, a T-33 and an F-86 scrambleB1967 · Over Montánchez (Cáceres) and Badajoz, Spain1968Minot AFB B-52 radar-visual case (24 October 1968)B1968 · Minot AFB, North Dakota1969Pori: seven yellow 'balloons' outrun a jetD1969 · Over Pori airport, Finland1970Plaški: a MiG-21 can't catch a luminous object at 22,000 mD1970 · Over Plaški, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)1971Swiss Mirage III pilots and the 'snake' light over InterlakenB1971 · Over Interlaken and Winterthur, Switzerland1975Carlos de los Santos: the mayday over AjuscoC1975 · Over Tequesquitengo and Ajusco, approaching Mexico City1977A Mirage IV paced near ChaumontD1977 · Near Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France1977Elmas: an orange sphere among the night exerciseB1977 · Cagliari-Elmas airport, Sardinia, Italy1977Italy 1977: professional sightings missing from the Air Force dossierC1977 · Central Italy, Naples-Capodichino and Pisa1977Pan Adria: an airliner paced by a red lightD1977 · Zagreb – Belgrade – Titograd route, Yugoslavia1980Kuwait Airways KU542 and the giant lightB1980 · North-west of Kuwait City, before the Wafra VOR1980Two ROK Air Force F-4s circle a glowing object near DaeguC1980 · Palgongsan (Daegu) to Yeongil Bay (Pohang), South Korea1983Karakuş's F-4 formation and the light beamC1983 · Eskişehir – Balıkesir – Denizli – Konya, Turkey1994Air France 3532 and the giant disc over CoulommiersB1994 · Over Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne), France, at FL3902001Çandarlı: a T-37 in a 'dogfight'C2001 · Çandarlı Gulf, İzmir, Turkey2004Iran's Air Force and the luminous objects over its nuclear sitesC2004 · Bushehr, Khondab (Arak), Natanz and Kharg Island, Iran2007Brazil's airliner 'phantom traffic' reportsC2007 · North and Northeast Brazil2010An F-5M's radar paints a Mach 1.5 targetC2010 · About 340 NM north-north-west of Anápolis, Brazil, at FL2502010Hangzhou Xiaoshan airport closed by a lightC2010 · Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhejiang, China2011The '8·20' giant sphere seen from an airlinerC2011 · Seen from Shanghai, Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China2019Lima airport: two objects on the tower's radarC2019 · Jorge Chávez airport, Lima, Peru, over the sea near San Lorenzo Island2020The two admirals and the blocked debriefD2020 · A US Navy training compound (Top Gun, NAS Fallon per a YouTube recap, unconfirmed)2021PIA PK-304: the shiny object over Rahim Yar KhanD2021 · Near Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Karachi–Lahore route2023Italy 2023: 'drones' at airliner cruise altitudeC2023 · Italian airspace: near Milan (FL380), Brindisi (FL340), Olbia, Padova, Turin2026Three pilots report an unknown object at Nuremberg airport at night (Germany, 2026)D2026 · Albrecht-Dürer-Airport Nürnberg (NUE/EDDN), Bavaria, Germany2026Unknown objects pass within feet of a BA airliner and RAF jets (UK Airprox Board, 2026)C2026 · Guildford, Surrey; North Sea off Cromer; danger area D323 off the Yorkshire coast; United Kingdom