UK MoD UFO file release includes Alitalia near miss

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Alitalia MD-80 airliner at Lisbon airport
An Alitalia MD-80, the type involved in the 1991 near miss G B_NZ, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The UK National Archives released a batch of Ministry of Defence UFO files that included the MoD record of a 1991 near miss reported by an Alitalia crew over Kent, which officials said had no clear explanation. The captain spoke publicly about it after the release.

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  1. PressUFO encounter described by Italian pilot (opens in a new tab)The Telegraph (Nick Squires) / 2008-10-21

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This reports on Alitalia MD-80 near miss with unidentified object over Kent (21 Apr 1991).

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