MUFON Container # 24765
Date: 12/20/1977
Time: 23:15
Location: Abha, Saudi Arabia
Shape: Cigar
Duration: 00:15:00
Distance: First-class one mile
Summary: UFO seen by ground radar and two airline crews
Report:
In November 1977, I was act as an air group start from the Saudi Computer at Khamis Mushayt. Our job entailed flight subsequent airliners flying obliquely Arabia and up and down the Red Sea, goodbye to Somalia, Yemen and north to African countries.
During a night muddle up, I was flight subsequent a few airliners all north and south through the Red Sea. I had 25 being experience as a start and was act for Lockheed Airship on an ex-patriot contract. I saw a non IFF/SIF "abrasion paint" on my radar that on hand a desire big blip and transmitted to my north leap plane to be tell on for an "unidentified aircraft" close their contract.
The pilot radioed his "Roger" and relax on behind the sky. Around a tiny once, my radio came to life subsequently, "Jesus Christ Khamis, what the hell is this thing. It best crossed declare in frontage of us and its fighting rocked our ship."
I told the pilot that I might calm see the "target" on my radar but had no radio contact subsequently it. I had changed plane imminent south through the Red Sea about 25 miles north of the sighting aircraft. He was uncommitted by 2000 feet equal height and would warrant about anticipated over the sighting aircraft. That pilot was monitoring our ATC predominance and radioed me, "Khamis radar, I sustain a radar target last-minute sharp and its not (the get in touch with sign of the sighting plane) explanation up the sky swanky a flare.
At this time, the two airline pilots started spoken communication as they stopped head on but uncommitted by equal height. Happening a tiny, all three combination on my radar, the two commercials and the UFO. "Since the F
is that" intended one of them. The other pilot replied, "looks swanky a adult wingless plane subsequently a soft that lights up my ship and the thing has specific windows through it bottom line unfinished. Helper, I determine we've best seen a real UFO." There followed a three way sparkling wine conversation between myself and the two business planes as they uncommitted north and south.
The raw radar target remained in the area everywhere the planes had accepted all and sundry other for a few minutes than barely tarnished from our radar. The pilot of one of the planes asked me, "Khamis, are you goodbye to file a UFO report about this big craft that regarding hit us?" I replied, "No sir. If you standard to file subsequently your reminder, you can repeat our radar visuals"' One of the pilots responded, "That's the kiss of passing for my flying fortune my partner. Sniping." The other plane pilot replied, "Amen." End of piece.
"NOTE: "IFF/SIF"- Kind, Connection OR FOE/SELECTIVE Kind Quantity."
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