UFOs, alien abductions and Tina Turner feature in Close Encounters secret files

[Reuters]

Passenger jets nearly colliding with UFOs, reports of alien abduction and lasers from a Tina Turner concert all feature in the latest "Close Encounters" released by the MoD.

The 19 files, which date from 1986 and 1992, show the extensive records of strange sightings by members of the public and unexplained radar images from air traffic control.
In one instance, an Alitalia flight coming into land at London's Heathrow Airport reported a near miss with a UFO, which the pilot described as "similar to a missile - light brown or fawn - about three metres in length but without any exhaust flame".
Captain Achille Zaghetti was so concerned about a collision he shouted "Look out! Look out!" to his co-pilot who then spotted the same object.
A corresponding image appeared on the Air Traffic Control radar and the MoD was brought in to investigate.
In the files, released by the National Archive, the military admitted the sighting in April 1991 could not be explained, having ruled out a British or American missile.
It concluded: "In the absence of any clear evidence which could be used to identify the object, it is our intention to treat this sighting like that of any other Unidentified Flying Object."
Two further near misses were reported in the summer of 1991 when one aircraft flying in to Gatwick airport reported a "wingless projectile" passing the left side of the plane and another flight leaving Gatwick spotted a "small lozenge-shaped object" speeding past the cockpit.
The newly released files also go into detail about a US Air Force pilot who claims he was ordered to shoot down a UFO flying above East Anglia in 1957, and was later warned never to speak about the incident.
Also included in the material are several reports of alien abductions and strange sightings.
In 1989, one man from Somerset reported seeing a flying saucer land near the Feltham bypass and two aliens, dressed in black, apparently emerged.
One alien checked the engines while a second said - in fluent English - "capture that man before he tells anybody else".
Another man from Brighton spotted a brightly-lit UFO, shaped like a "squashed rugby ball", which hovered above his house.
Two men in beige uniforms were seen inside, but when they spotted the man, they turned out the lights and sped out to sea.
The RAF official who took the call noted: "Caller sounded genuine enough and his main concern seemed to be that he didn't want to talk too much about the craft if it was 'one of ours that we wanted to keep secret'."
In August 1989, reports of "two to three lights, green, red and orange oscillating" and moving "left and right and around each other" were reported to the MoD.
What the concerned callers did not realise was that they were looking at the lasers illuminating Tina Turner's latest concert.

[Jenny]

Moved thread to Ufology.