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RAF reserve pilot James Salandin reports near-collision with a disc over Essex

When: 14 Oct 1954
Where: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Sources: 1 public source

A Gloster Meteor F.8, the jet type James Salandin was flying in 1954 Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flt. Lt. James Salandin of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force said that after taking off from North Weald in a Meteor jet he saw two round objects streak between two other Meteors near Southend, then a third head straight at him before veering past. He later said he regretted not firing his camera gun.

Sources

OtherWeek-End Pilot in Near Collision with Flying Saucer (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1955, scan) (opens in a new tab)Flying Saucer Review (scan hosted by UFOScans) / 1955

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