 Category 11 Case Directory SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Pair
Of Luminous Objects Hover Near DC-8
Dec. 30, 1966
Coast of Peru
Dec. 30, 1966
Coast of Peru
| 3:00 a.m. local Duration 1-2 min+ aircraft DC-8 United States |
Commercial observers, crew No EMI No radar contact |
| Fran Ridge: Dec. 30, 1966; Coast of Peru 3:00 a.m. LT. A Canadian Pacific DC-8 airliner traveling on a northwest course at 35,000 feet observed a pair of pulsating, luminous objects hovering to their left. The objects descended at a slight angle and took up position off their left wing, pacing the plane for 1-2 minutes. Some members of the crew thought there was a connecting structure between the two lights. The lights were separated by about 3-4 degrees. A V-shaped pair of thin light beams emanated from the objects, first pointing upward, then downward. Finally, the objects accelerated, pulled away, and climbed out over the Pacific Ocean to the west, disappearing in the distance. (Volunteer Flight Officers Network report via Herb Roth; Gilmor, Colorado Project Case 11, pp. 280-82; McDonald, 1968b, reprinted in Vaughan, 1995, pp. 7-8; Hall, 2001, pp. 129-130.) Detailed reports and documents On file in NICAP archives, but not available for scanning. |