It has been described as one of the most remarkable UFO sightings in history. Multiple witnesses see two enormous, unidentifiable craft. And the whole event was recorded. Subscribe here:
April 23, 2007.
Captain Ray Bowyer was flying a routine passenger flight for a civilian airline company.. from Southampton, on the coast of England.. to Alderney..a small island off the coast of France.
A senior pilot for 18 years, the 45 minute flight is a route Captain Bowyer had flown thousands of times.
Flight 544 departed at 2.00pm, with 9 passengers on board.
Conditions were fine, with good visibility for miles around.
Captain Bowyer rose to an altitude of 4,000 ft (1,200 m) and was cruising on autopilot about 16 km (10 miles) south of the Isle of Wight.
Captain Bowyer was doing paperwork and looking out for other aircraft, when he noticed what appeared to be a brilliant yellow lamp or light.
At first, he thought it might be an aeroplane, or reflections from the ground, or the sun.
But what he saw was no light reflection.
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