Sightings1995

British Airways 5061 near miss on approach to Manchester

When: Jan 1995
Where: Manchester, England
Sources: 1 public source

A British Airways Boeing 737-200, the type flying as BA 5061 into Manchester in 1995 G B_NZ, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The crew of British Airways flight 5061 from Milan reported a lit, wedge-shaped object passing very close at high speed as they descended over the Pennines toward Manchester. A Civil Aviation Authority airmiss review later could not establish what the object was.

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OtherUnsolved Mysteries: The Pennines UFO 'Near Miss' of Flight BA5061 (opens in a new tab)Manchester's Finest / 2022-05-08

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