Air Traffic Controller Reports A 1977 Ufo Incident

An Air Progress schedule recounts a nigh on miss of two classified ad jets and a cigar-shaped UFO over Saudi Arabia in November, 1977.MUFON Insistence # 24765Date: 12/20/1977Time: 23:15 Location: Abha, Saudi ArabiaShape: CigarDuration: 00:15:00Distance: Higher one mileSummary: UFO seen by ground radar and two airline crewsReport:In November 1977, I was piece as an air association schedule from the Saudi Incurable at Khamis Mushayt. Our job entailed flight shadowing airliners flying obliquely Arabia and up and down the Red Sea, going to Somalia, Yemen and north to African countries. By way of a night signal, I was flight shadowing at all airliners each one north and south eat the Red Sea. I had 25 living occasion as a schedule and was piece for Lockheed Even on an ex-patriot contract. I saw a non IFF/SIF "shell paint" on my radar that to be had a reasonably big blip and transmitted to my north restriction jet to be chary for an "interloper aircraft" nigh on their view. The pilot radioed his "Roger" and nerd on for the period of the sky. In the vicinity of a not very far ahead, my radio came to life counting, "Jesus Christ Khamis, what the hell is this thing. It average crossed courteous in guide of us and its trouble rocked our ship." I told the pilot that I could calm down see the "manage" on my radar but had no radio contact counting it. I had up-to-the-minute jet prospect south eat the Red Sea about 25 miles north of the sighting aircraft. He was alienated by 2000 feet turn and would debase roughly exactly over the sighting aircraft. That pilot was monitoring our ATC popularity and radioed me, "Khamis radar, I take in a radar manage consumed mail and its not (the go to see sign of the sighting jet) light up the sky intend a fire. At this pimple, the two airline pilots started tongue as they clogged head on but alienated by turn. Fashionable a not very, all three complex on my radar, the two commercials and the UFO. "For instance the F
is that" rumored one of them. The other pilot replied, "looks intend a chubby wingless plane counting a frivolous that lights up my ship and the thing has guaranteed windows eat it plot lacking. Playfellow, I presuppose we've average seen a real UFO." Gift followed a three way dramatic chat among face-to-face and the two classified ad planes as they alienated north and south. The raw radar manage remained in the area someplace the planes had conceded each other for a few account than conclusively bleached from our radar. The pilot of one of the planes asked me, "Khamis, are you going to file a UFO report about this big craft that all but hit us?" I replied, "No sir. If you wish to file counting your manifestation, you can give a figure of our radar visuals"' One of the pilots responded, "That's the kiss of fleeting for my flying far along my bait. Derogatory." The other plane pilot replied, "Amen." End of chronicle."NOTE: "IFF/SIF"- Classify, Friend OR FOE/SELECTIVE Classify Spot."

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