New Delhi: Several Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) are being sighted by pilots over the Pacific Ocean in the last two months, according to a UFO researcher.
As per a report by New York Post, Pilots from Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and several others have spotted multiple aircraft in the region between August 6 and September 23. According to a former military pilot, he witnessed several aircraft flying above him.
Former FBI agent and host of the Discovery+ show, 'UFO Witness', Ben Hansen, has procured video footage and recordings of air traffic control of mid-air UFO sightings by the pilots, as per the report.
“We’ve got a few aircraft to our north here and he’s going around in circles, much higher altitude than us. Any idea what they are,” New York Post quoted pilot Mark Hulsey as saying on August 18. Later, the pilot said that the three aircraft he had originally reported increased to seven, flying between 5,000 and 10,000 feet above him.
“They just keep going in circles. I was an F-18 pilot in the Marine Corps, and I’m telling you, I’ve done many intercepts, I’ve never seen anything like this,” he added.
According to Hansen, the pilot who claimed that he spotted strange lights was "seen by upwards of 15 different commercial flights. And at least six pilots are willing to go on record with their names and everything if asked to do so by any investigative agencies.”
Another pilot Chris Van Voorhis said that he too saw three to five bright objects flying in a circular motion for hours, while flying over the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu to Los Angeles in August.
“It had to be in a very, very high orbit, or actually even out in space quite a ways away from anything that a satellite would be,” he said, adding, “It lasted for such a long time that it actually became boring, almost.”
As per the report, last year, the Department of Defence had launched a new outfit to find and identify UFOs in restricted airspace after Washington officials admitted they could not explain the phenomena of such UFO sightings.