U.F.O. At London Airport
(N.Z. Press Association—Copy right) LONDON. March 7. The Air Ministry has recorded a mysterious yellow disc seen hovering over London Airport last Thursday as “an unidentified flying object.” At least four reliable witnesses saw the “object” between 7.25 p.m. and 7.45 p.m. G.M.T. An air traffic control officer studied it for several minutes through a binocular before checking with radar operators, who found no image on their screens. One eye-witness said tonight that it was like the reflection of a searchlight on clouds. “There were no clouds,” he added. The Royal Air Force Fighter Command headquarters at Stan-
more, which was asked by London Airport air traffic control to investigate, gave this official description: “Bright yellow light varying in intensity. It stayed in one position for about 20 minutes, then climbed away at high speed.”
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28840, 10 March 1959, Page 10
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