Dozens of UFO reports made to police, including by concerned airline pilots

Dozens of UFO reports made to police – with stunned pilots spotting objects from cockpits

Several people reported seeing bizarre phenomena in the skies above them to Essex Police, according to the chilling response to a Freedom of Information Act request

Several people have reported spotting unidentified flying objects in the skies above them to police, including concerned pilots flying planes full of passengers.

A Freedom of Information Act request was made to Essex Police to ask about sightings made from frightened members of the public. several talk of lights travelling at high speed while one says they “danced in the night’s sky” above their home. Also known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), there are no answers to ascertain what each of the bizarre sightings really were.

One was made by a pilot from Ryanair travelling at more than 200mph, who said: “Ryanair was climbing out from Stansted Airport and was a height of 4000ft and just over the St Elizabeth Centre the pilot saw an object which describes as ‘black’. It passed within 20 metres of the aircraft, the plane was travelling at 230mph and the object was travelling from north to south. They have said that it was possibly a drone but the drone monitoring equipment at the airport has not picked it up.”

Another report was made after three aircraft reported seeing an object near their planes at the same time. The eerie report read: “Incident placed on as UFO as three aircraft reported an object was in their vicinity. Inf from tower reporting two planes have reported an object at about 500ft below them as they were coming into land on runway 22, the closest being 20km away. Approach (2-3 miles out) when their tcas [traffic collision avoidance system] alerted them to something at around 500ft. None of the pilots could see anything when they looked.”

Another creepy report made by a member of the public said: “I would like to report a sighting of an unidentified flying object. The object appeared oval in shape and was a metallic colour with no apparent markings or lights. There were no conventional aircraft characteristics at all. the object was travelling east to west just south of my address in a straight line and the altitude was level around 100 feet at all times, as a guess. The object was moving quickly across the sky very smoothly with no deviation in height or direction or without any effects of the weather is the only way I could describe it.

“It was moving too fast for a bird and definitely was not a balloon that usually gets affected by the wind causing them to turn or tumble. This was unaffected by the light breeze blowing. This was a solid oval shape and was silent. This was not a drone or model aircraft due to the way it was flying. I viewed this from inside the rear of my home and then this object did not leave my sight until it was too far in the distance and obscured by another property. I have no explanation as to what this object could be.”

Earlier this month a sleepy Scottish village was named as a hotspot for UFOs. The bizarre sightings have been made in Scotland for several years and the famous ‘Falkirk Triangle’ is a popular hunting ground for spotters. Bonnybridge near the town has become famous for unusual objects spotted in its skies, sparking calls for a government probe.