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1996: SAUDI JETLINER SEES UFO IN TWA 800 CRASH ZONE

A Saudi Airlines jetliner encountered “a bright greenish object” while flying at 12,000 feet early Thursday morning, December 12, 1996. The encounter took place over the ocean about ten miles south of East Moriches, Long Island, New York. According to the USA Radio News broadcast on Friday, the Saudi jetliner was coming into John F. Kennedy International Airport at 6 a.m. when the flight crew spotted “a greenish-white object with a long tail.” The object was traveling from east to west, the same bearing as the Boeing 747, but at a higher altitude. According to the CNN report of the incident, the mysterious object was picked up on the Boeing 747’s cockpit radar set. “At least one crew member saw the object for about […] Read More

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UFO Roundup: Volume 1 Number 2: February 26, 1996

Editor: Joseph Trainor NEW INFORMATION IN THE 1948 MANTELL CASE Last week’s “Sightings” had an interview with former Army sergeant Quinton A. Blackwell, who was in the tower at Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky the afternoon of January 7, 1948, when Captain Thomas F. Mantell had his fatal encounter with a UFO. During his meeting with Capt. Mantell’s two sons and sister, Blackwell made a startling statement. He said that once Capt. Mantell had the large metallic saucer in sight, the pilot remarked, “We’re going to need hot guns.” “Hot guns” is Air Force slang for aircraft weaponry loaded with live ammunition. The five F-51 Mustang fighter planes were on a routine ferry flight from Georgia to Godman Field that day and were not […] Read More