Pennines airmiss (BA flight 5061)
- Date
- 6 Jan 1995
- Place
- Over the Pennines on approach to Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Unexplained
- Evidence strength
What was reported
At 6:48 p.m. on 6 January 1995 Captain Roger Wills and First Officer Mark Stuart of a British Airways Boeing 737 descending into Manchester from Milan saw a lit, wedge-shaped object pass at high speed down the right side of the aircraft, close enough that they ducked. Manchester radar showed no other traffic. The Joint Airmiss Working Group investigated for about 18 months, ruled out military aircraft and found hang gliders or microlights extremely unlikely, and concluded in report 2/95 that the incident remained unresolved, with cause and risk 'unassessable'.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
Joint Airmiss Working Group report 2/95: unresolved; cause and risk unassessable
Strongest ordinary reading
none established
Evidence profile
Sensors1 of 9
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
Witnesses2 counted
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- Yes: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
ShapeTriangle
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- Yes: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
- Patrick Gross: Manchester 1995 airmiss and report 2/95ufologie.patrickgross.org
On the map
53.50° N, 1.95° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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