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3D model Narrated

“Lydd”

Stories3

Pro early

The Britannia Airways Black Lozenge near Gatwick

July 15, 1991 · Descent towards London Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England

United Kingdom

UAP · Diamond · 12 sources

44Partially documented

Pro early

Dan-Air Boeing 737 Wingless Projectile near Gatwick, 1991

June 17, 1991 · Climb-out from London Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England, en route to Hamburg

United Kingdom

UAP · Cylinder · 14 sources

26Thinly documented

Alitalia MD-80 near miss over Lydd, Kent (Capt. Achille Zaghetti)

April 21, 1991 · Over Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England

United Kingdom

UAP · Cigar · 17 sources

47Partially documented

Names3

Lydd Place · 3 stories
A town in Kent, on the English coast above Romney Marsh, with Army firing ranges beneath a busy flight path.
Civil Aviation Authority Organisation · 12 stories
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority turns up in the archive whenever a pilot reports something that should not have been there.
Alitalia Organisation · 4 stories
An Italian airline, and the carrier at the centre of one of Britain's best-known airliner encounters.

Documents2

65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 009 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 290 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 188 …1961File i'OO-ll6fl !!!.i C1VILJAII KISBARCB, ll'lllliLlll'J'All'f l'LYDD caacrs, LEONMU> B. S'tlllml'IBLD…
FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9 Document

Department of War· 290 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 188 …1961File i'OO-ll6fl !!!.i C1VILJAII KISBARCB, ll'lllliLlll'J'All'f l'LYDD caacrs, LEONMU> B. S'tlllml'IBLD…