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4/30/13

Air Trafic Safety: Airbus plane came close to crashing into possible 'UFO' flying over Glasgow - by Rob Cooper

A passenger plane came within 300 feet of crashing into a 'UFO' flying over Glasgow, an official investigation has found.

The plane was less than 10 seconds away from hitting the object as it flew over Baillieston on the outskirts of Glasgow at 3,500ft and prepared to land.

Despite an extensive investigation, the UK Airprox Board - which investigates reports of near misses - was unable to identify the 'blue and yellow' object which passed below the Airbus 320.

The pilot said: 'We seemed to only miss it by a couple of hundred feet it went directly beneath us - wherever we were when we called it in it was within about ten seconds; couldn't tell what direction it was going but it went right underneath us.'

Asked if he thought it was a glider, the pilot replied: 'well maybe a microlight - it just looked too big for a balloon.'

But the board ruled out any such aircraft and were baffled.

Read more: Airbus pilot on moment passenger plane came close to crashing into 'UFO' flying over Glasgow | Mail Online

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