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“BOAC”

Stories4

The Zanthus Pilot Sighting: a Dark Formation over the Nullarbor

August 22, 1968 · Near Zanthus, Nullarbor, on the Adelaide to Perth air route, Western Australia

Australia

UAP · Formation · 11 sources

23Thinly documented

Angus Brooks and the Flying Cross, Moigne Down, Dorset (1967)

October 26, 1967 · Moigne Down, near Holworth, Dorset

United Kingdom

UAP · Other · 16 sources

17Thinly documented

The Pacific Smoke Ring: BOAC, Pan Am and the S.S. Iberville

September 21, 1961 · North Pacific Ocean, between Tokyo and Honolulu, northwest of Midway

International waters

UAP · Other · 8 sources

26Thinly documented

The BOAC 'Flying Jellyfish': Captain James Howard and the Stratocruiser Centaurus

June 29, 1954 · Near the Quebec-Labrador border, about 150 nautical miles southwest of Goose Bay, Labrador

Canada

UAP · Formation · 16 sources

30Partially documented

Names3

Brad Sparks Person · 70 stories
Brad Sparks is a researcher who compiled a catalogue of Project Blue Book unknowns.
Martin Shough Person · 17 stories
Martin Shough analysed radar and visual UFO cases.
NARCAP Organisation · 6 stories
NARCAP is a research organisation whose members have written technical studies of sightings reported by aircrews and pilots.

Documents8 · see all

Condign volumes 1 to 3 Document

Internet Archive· 258 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 29 …Instances have been reported where ball lightning has entered aircraft (BOAC 1938 and TWA 1948 Easter Airlines 1963, USAF KC97…
/specialCollection/nwcda4/92/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)_0140.pdf FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 88 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …14r BOAC plate, latch vas scheduled to leave for &lime from International Airport in Nov York ea At September at…
UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969) Document

Government Attic· 419 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 198 …Report of seven black objects that followed a BOAC stratocruiser for 80 miles over the coast of Labrador on July…
Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968. Hearing transcript

U.S. House of Representatives· 1968-07-29· 256 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 32 …It is just not reasonable to suggest that, say the BOAC Strato- cruiser that was followed by six UFO's…
- p. 52 …James Howard,a highly respected BOAC flight officer still flying with BOAC. At the time, he had had 7500 flight…
James E. McDonald statement, Symposium on UFOs, House Committee on Science and Astronautics Document

Princeton (kirkmcd archive)· 1968-07-29· 55 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 14 …James Howard, a highly respected BOAC flight officer still flying with BOAC. At the time, he had 7500 flight hours…
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 186 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 19 …Large dark object with smaller satellites Airliner crew Paralleled BOAC airliner for 80 miles; disappeared when F-86 interceptor neared…
- p. 43 …Griffin, BOAC; also PAA crew; ship at sea Ring-like UFO, passed above plane and over horizon at high speed…