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A BBC sports presenter claims to have seen a UFO near Stansted Airport early this morning, the BBC reports.
Radio 5 presenter Mike Sewell says he was driving early this morning about 15 miles from Stansted airport in Hertfordshire, England, when a bright light descended towards the road before banking to the left and then circling over a field. It was disc shaped with several lights flashing around the edge. During the interview, UFO expert Timothy Good said he "knew for a fact" that experimental spacecraft have been developed with the help of aliens, and that this might be one of them.
Sewell doesn't mention taking any photographs with his mobile phone, and of course Good doesn't give any hard evidence to back up his claim. So could this be a hoax? I doubt Sewell would stick his professional neck out by lying to reporters from his own news agency. Perhaps he hallucinated? Perhaps it was some strange electrical phenomenon?
The proximity to Stansted raises the possibility that it was indeed some sort of experimental aircraft, but we don't have to go so far as Good does and spin tales about aliens. I met a reporter who once saw what he was convinced was a UFO flying over the New Mexico desert. He described it as a black triangle unlike any aircraft he had ever seen. He became a UFO believer until the first photos of the Stealth bomber were released, and then he knew what he had seen.
Have you ever had a strange encounter near an airport? Tell us what you saw in the comments section!
[Photo of "unusual atmospheric occurrence observed over Sri Lanka" courtesy UK Ministry of Defence. This is not the object Sewell claims to have seen]BBC presenter spots UFO near Stansted airport originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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