UFOs spotted of the Irish coast. This could be a case for Mulder and Scully The truth is out there.
The Irish Aviation Authority is investigating reports of an unidentified flying object (UFO) by a number of aircraft off the south-west coast of Ireland last Friday.
The incident was reports by the pilot of a British Airways flight, who made contact with Shannon Air Traffic Control (ATC) to ask if there were military exercises taking place in the airspace through which her Boeing 787 was passing.
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Transcript of the call
Shannon ATC replied: “There is nothing showing on either primary or secondary [radar].”
The pilot responded: “OK. It was moving so fast.”
The controller then asked: “Alongside you?”
What is known about the UFO
The BA pilot, flying from Montreal to Heathrow, describes how the UFO came up along the left-hand side of the aircraft, “then rapidly veered to the north”.
The pilot added that it was “a very bright light” that “disappeared at very high speed”.
Another pilot said the speed of the UFO was “astronomical, it was like Mach 2”, or twice the speed of sound
Who else saw the UFO?
Two other planes also reported seeing the object in the area at the time.
