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Org🚨A METALLIC OBJECT PASSED JUST ABOVE A BOEING 777 AFTER LEAVING HEATHROW A British Airways 777 climbing out of Heathrow on June 24 reported a shiny silver object passing very fast in the opposite direction at 5,800ft. The pilot estimated it was around the size of “four toasters” and initially thought it was probably a medium sized drone. NATS checked the radar afterwards and found no corresponding contact. UK Airprox Board didn’t identify it as a drone. They officially recorded it as an unkn...

This past week in Disclosure: Oct 16 – Airprox Board records show RAF crews reported unidentified black objects passing overhead in February Two entries in the UK Airprox Board's summary sheet for its April meeting, published in the spring and reported by the Telegraph on Oct 16 from RAF incident logs, record unidentified objects passing close above military aircraft over the North Sea in February. On Feb 18 an RAF Voyager was refuelling a Typhoon at 16,000 ft, 32 nautical miles north-north-e...
✈︎Developing Story: A reflective silver object passed dangerously close to a Boeing 777 departing Heathrow, prompting the UK Airprox Board to assign the encounter its highest collision-risk rating: Category A. The incident happened on June 24, 2026, and is receiving fresh coverage today. Media reports identify the aircraft as a British Airways flight bound for New York. According to the official report, the jet was climbing through 5,800 feet, four nautical miles northeast of Guildford, when...

A transatlantic flight carrying hundreds of holidaymakers came within feet of catastrophe after a mystery airborne object shot past the aircraft shortly after taking off from Heathrow Airport, a safety report has revealed. The British Airways Boeing 777-300ER was climbing out of the UK’s busiest airport en route to New York when the flight crew spotted the bizarre metallic object screaming towards them at high speed. The packed passenger jet, carrying 256 passengers and crew, was ascending th...

Here’s part of the article from the Sun online. Was curious if this is anything queer? An official probe was launched by the UK Airprox Board who revealed the risk of collision was “high”. The report said: “The A320 pilot reports descending through roughly 6500ft downwind to RW27R, when a black object passed to the left of the flight deck by no more than a few metres I saw this about 8 miles from Heathrow at about 1:30 on June 1st. It caught my attention as it was on a constant straight path,...

A pilot spotted a ‘flying saucer’ narrowly close to their plane near LondonGatwick Airport. Aviation officials say the pilot was behind the wheel of an Airbus A319 when they saw an ‘unk obj’, or unknown object, at 11.30am on April 29. The A319 pilot reports that descending, turning left, a disc or “flying saucer” type suspected drone was seen flying very close in the opposite direction, at the same level to them, past their right wing,’ a report by the UK Airprox Board published in June said...

🚨PILOT REPORTS "FLYING SAUCER" NEAR GATWICK A passenger jet pilot has reported seeing a disc shaped object pass dangerously close to an Airbus A319 as it approached Gatwick Airport. According to the UK Airprox Board report, the object was travelling in the opposite direction at the same altitude and passed roughly 100 to 300 feet from the aircraft's right wing. The pilot described it as a disc or "flying saucer" with darker markings around its rim. Investigators treated it as a suspected dro...






