U.S. Pilots Ordered to Shoot Down UFO

A bit shady and grey, but this picture of a potential UFO does catch your attention. The "UFO" has a very frisbee like appearance, however given that the picture was taken in 1957, maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge.

Thanks to secret files made public this last monday, this story which remained silenced for over 30 years has now been made public. Apparently two U.S. fighter planes were called on May of 1957 to respond and shoot down an unidentified "object" flying over the rural parts of England during the Cold War. The pilots found that the object would hover motionless and then suddenly reach speeds upwards of 7,600 mph. Seemingly impossible with the technology of the period.

The pilots had their lock on the object and were about to shoot twenty four rockets to bring it down, when instantly it vanished from radar. The pilots returned to base and were briefed, as routine, when a mysterious man threatened them with a "national security breach" if they ever said a word about the event. Now made public years later, any evidence implying UFO or otherwise, is very scarce. We may never know whether this incident was proof of extra-terrestrial life or a secret military project, as some have alluded to, but these pilots standby what they saw and are still hoping for answers.

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