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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The island of <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a>, above which the reported sighting took place.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">23 April 2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Approximately 14:09 (UTC+0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Approximately <span class="duration"><span class="h">0</span>:<span class="min">09</span>:<span class="s">00</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;">Over <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a>, Channel Islands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting&params=49_42_N_02_22_W_type:event_region:FR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°42′N</span> <span class="longitude">02°22′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.700°N 2.367°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.700; -2.367</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">UFO</a> sighting</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First reporter</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Ray Bowyer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Participants</th><td class="infobox-data attendee" style="text-align: left;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ray Bowyer (pilot)</li><li>Paul Kelly (air traffic controller)</li><li>John and Kate Russell (passengers)</li><li>Patrick Patterson (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Islands" title="Blue Islands">Blue Islands</a> pilot)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the afternoon of 23 April 2007, Ray Bowyer, a pilot flying south towards the island of <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a> in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> sighted <a href="/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">unidentified flying objects</a>. He reported the sighting to an air traffic controller who told him that a second pilot had seen something similar. In Bowyer's report to the British <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Aviation Authority">Civil Aviation Authority</a> he said he saw two bright, stationary objects. Two passengers on Bowyer's aircraft said that they saw unusual coloured lights at the same time. Proposed explanations for the sighting have included <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_lights" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthquake lights">earthquake lights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sun_dogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun dogs">sun dogs</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accounts_of_the_sighting">Accounts of the sighting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Accounts of the sighting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bowyer's_accounts"><span id="Bowyer.27s_accounts"></span>Bowyer's accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bowyer's accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> On 23 April 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECleland2008_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECleland2008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ray Bowyer, a fifty-year-old pilot with eighteen years flying experience reported seeing "a cigar-shaped brilliant white light" in the sky.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaines2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaines2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUnited_Kingdom_Government2007_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUnited_Kingdom_Government2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first thought that it was reflected light from greenhouses on the nearby island of Guernsey.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then he decided it was a stationary object, approximately the size of a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a>, at an altitude of around 2,000 feet (610 m) and at a distance of 10 miles (16 km). He later concluded that its distance was closer to 40 miles (64 km) and its size was "as much as a mile wide".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Bowyer said it was "the size of five or six <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a>", and that it had been "a very sharply defined, solid, bright yellow-gold object with a couple of black bands on the side that were kind of shimmering".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a 2007 BBC article two months after the incident, Boyer said was "like a <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a> on its edge".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohrer2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohrer2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_(7003405361).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph of a passenger aeroplane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg/220px-G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg/330px-G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg/440px-G-FTSE_Trislander_Aurigny_Air_Services_%287003405361%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2115" data-file-height="1419" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Trislander" class="mw-redirect" title="Trislander">Trislander</a> in the livery of Aurigny Air Services, similar to that flown by Bowyer</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2013, the British academic and folklorist <a href="/wiki/David_Clarke_(journalist)" title="David Clarke (journalist)">David Clarke</a> published a partial transcript of the recorded conversation between Bowyer and an air traffic controller on the island of Jersey. In the transcript, the air traffic controller said that he did not pick up any radar contacts ahead of Bowyer's aircraft, only seeing "a very faint primary contact", which he considered to be meteorological in origin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowyer said that he approached the light and looked at it through his binoculars. He later said that he had been "able to look at this fantastic light without discomfort".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said he saw a second object moving in formation with the first set of lights, later stating it was "exactly the same … [but] further away", being closer to the island of Guernsey. He said the UFO was "clearly visual" for approximately nine minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After landing in Alderney, Bowyer made an official report to the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Aviation Authority">Civil Aviation Authority</a>, labelling the incident as a "<a href="/wiki/Near_miss_(safety)" title="Near miss (safety)">near-miss</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bowyer then flew the return leg of his flight to Southampton, but did not see the objects again.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 25 April 2007, the British <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defence">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD) had stated that it would not investigate the reported sighting.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBBC_News2007_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBBC_News2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately a week after the reported sighting, the MoD stated the incident had taken place in French airspace and so was outside its responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks after that, the MoD released information connected with the report, including a statement from a second pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report of the sighting published by the MoD reads in its entirety: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>First object was bright orange/yellow. There was a gap in light or darker area. Second object was identical.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUnited_Kingdom_Government2007_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUnited_Kingdom_Government2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007,_a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg/220px-Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg/330px-Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg/440px-Alderney_VVVs_van_23_April_2007%2C_a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="629" /></a><figcaption>View of objects</figcaption></figure> <p>Later, in <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(British_magazine)" title="Pilot (British magazine)"><i>Pilot</i></a> magazine, Bowyer added a sketch of what he had seen to this report, in which he described the objects as approximately the size of a "reasonably large town."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bowyer reported to the BBC that he was "pretty shook-up" by what he saw, describing the incident as "pretty scary".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBBC_News2007_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBBC_News2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> regarded Bowyer's report as "one of the most impressive and perplexing testimonies to have found its way into MoD archives".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the British newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> reported on the incident in connection with what it called a "huge rise" in reported UFO sightings in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECleland2008_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECleland2008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_witness_accounts">Other witness accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other witness accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Bowyer, several passengers on his aircraft had noticed the light,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell2021_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of whom described it as "sunlight-coloured".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis-Kraus2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two passengers reported seeing the light to the <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening Standard">Evening Standard</a></i>, one of them describing it as "an orange light … like an elongated oval".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patrick Patterson, a pilot from the Channel Islands' airline <a href="/wiki/Blue_Islands" title="Blue Islands">Blue Islands</a> reported that he saw a similarly described object in the same approximate position.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClarke2013167_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClarke2013167-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later reported that this pilot saw "an object behind him to his left" at 1950 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaines2007_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaines2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One interpretation of this event was that this was an atmospheric phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClarke2013167_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClarke2013167-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_explanations">Proposed explanations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Proposed explanations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph showing the sun, central, and two tall, bright lights equidistant from it to the left and right." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/220px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/330px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/440px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Sun dogs photographed in <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Bowyer rejected the suggestion that he had claimed to see an alien vessel, only remarking that he had "never seen anything like it before in all [his] years of flying."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvening_Standard2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When interviewed by the BBC, he accepted the possibility that he had seen <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_light" title="Earthquake light">earthquake lights</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohrer2007_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohrer2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a scientifically-debated phenomenon where flashes of light appear over areas of seismic activity,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDerrSt-LaurentFreundThériault2011165_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDerrSt-LaurentFreundThériault2011165-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> connected to the <a href="/wiki/2007_Kent_earthquake" title="2007 Kent earthquake">earthquake in south-eastern England</a> that took place on 28 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohrer2007_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohrer2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A local astronomer, Michael Maunder, attributed Bowyer's report to <a href="/wiki/Sun_dog" title="Sun dog">sun dogs</a>, an optical phenomenon caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals in the atmosphere. He described the weather during the flight as "just right for setting up sundogs and similar phenomena".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaunder20075_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaunder20075-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sundogs appear at 22 degrees relative to the direction of the sun from the observer,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPretor-Pinney2011124_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPretor-Pinney2011124-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Maunder noted that at the time of Bowyer's sighting, the lights he reported seeing would have been approximately 22 degrees from the sun.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaunder20076_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaunder20076-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span 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style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Pre-20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism" title="Merkabah mysticism">Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 BC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airship_of_Clonmacnoise" title="Airship of Clonmacnoise">Airship of Clonmacnoise</a> (740s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg" title="1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg">1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1566_celestial_phenomenon_over_Basel" title="1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel">1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1665_celestial_phenomenon_over_Stralsund" title="1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund">1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonilla_observation" title="Bonilla observation">José Bonilla observation (1883)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_airship#The_airship_wave_of_1896-1897" title="Mystery airship">Airship wave (1896–97)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Texas,_UFO_incident" title="Aurora, Texas, UFO incident">Aurora (1897)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles" title="Battle of Los Angeles">Los Angeles (1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%84ngelholm_UFO_memorial" title="Ängelholm UFO memorial">Ängelholm UFO memorial (1946)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting" title="Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting">Kenneth Arnold (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_flying_disc_craze" title="1947 flying disc craze">1947 craze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_105_UFO_sighting" title="Flight 105 UFO sighting">Flight 105 (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell_incident" title="Roswell incident">Roswell (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes_UFO_photographs" title="Rhodes UFO photographs">Rhodes (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident" title="Mantell UFO incident">Mantell (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiles-Whitted_UFO_encounter" title="Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter">Chiles-Whitted (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorman_dogfight" title="Gorman dogfight">Gorman Dogfight (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_UFO_incident" title="Mariana UFO incident">Mariana (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMinnville_UFO_photographs" title="McMinnville UFO photographs">McMinnville photographs (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sperry_UFO_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Sperry UFO case">Sperry (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Lights" title="Lubbock Lights">Lubbock Lights (1951)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash-Fortenberry_UFO_sighting" title="Nash-Fortenberry UFO sighting">Nash-Fortenberry (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident">Washington, D.C. (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatwoods_monster" title="Flatwoods monster">Flatwoods monster (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter" title="Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter">Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakenheath-Bentwaters_incident" title="Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident">Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Villas_Boas" class="mw-redirect" title="Antônio Villas Boas">Antônio Villas Boas (1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levelland_UFO_case" title="Levelland UFO case">Levelland (1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Barney and Betty Hill">Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident" title="Lonnie Zamora incident">Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solway_Firth_Spaceman" title="Solway Firth Spaceman">Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_incident" title="Exeter incident">Exeter (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kecksburg_UFO_incident" title="Kecksburg UFO incident">Kecksburg (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westall_UFO" title="Westall UFO">Westall (1966)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Lake_Incident" title="Falcon Lake Incident">Falcon Lake (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident" title="Shag Harbour UFO incident">Shag Harbour (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident" title="Jimmy Carter UFO incident">Jimmy Carter (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force_UFO_sighting" title="Finnish Air Force UFO sighting">Finnish Air Force (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction" title="Pascagoula Abduction">Pascagoula Abduction (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lennon UFO incident">John Lennon UFO incident (1974)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Walton_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Travis Walton UFO incident">Travis Walton incident (1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident" title="1976 Tehran UFO incident">Tehran (1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk_phenomenon" title="Petrozavodsk phenomenon">Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Prato" title="Operação Prato">Operação Prato (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanfretta_UFO_Incident" title="Zanfretta UFO Incident">Zanfretta incident (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disappearance_of_Frederick_Valentich" title="Disappearance of Frederick Valentich">Valentich disappearance (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaikoura_lights" title="Kaikoura lights">Kaikoura Lights (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_incident" title="Robert Taylor incident">Robert Taylor incident (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Johnson_incident" title="Val Johnson incident">Val Johnson incident (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manises_UFO_incident" title="Manises UFO incident">Manises (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cash%E2%80%93Landrum_incident" title="Cash–Landrum incident">Cash–Landrum incident (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident" title="Rendlesham Forest incident">Rendlesham Forest (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-en-Provence_case" title="Trans-en-Provence case">Trans-en-Provence (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Cargo_Flight_1628_incident" title="Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident">Japan Air Lines (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkley_Moor_UFO_incident" title="Ilkley Moor UFO incident">Ilkley Moor (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voronezh_UFO_incident" title="Voronezh UFO incident">Voronezh incident (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave" title="Belgian UFO wave">Belgian UFO wave (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_School_UFO_incident" title="Ariel School UFO incident">Ariel School (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varginha_UFO_incident" title="Varginha UFO incident">Varginha (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Lights" title="Phoenix Lights">Phoenix Lights (1997)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Nimitz UFO incident">USS <i>Nimitz</i> UFO incident (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Mexico#2004" title="UFO sightings in Mexico">Campeche, Mexico (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_O%27Hare_International_Airport_UFO_sighting" title="2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting">O'Hare Airport (2006)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alderney (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Norwegian_spiral_anomaly" title="2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly">Norway (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_UFO_incidents" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> UFO incidents (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jetpack_man" title="Jetpack man">Jetpack man (2020–21)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_high-altitude_object_events_in_2023" title="List of high-altitude object events in 2023">High-altitude object events (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims" title="David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims">David Grusch claims (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO-related_hoaxes" title="List of UFO-related hoaxes">Confirmed hoaxes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maury_Island_incident" title="Maury Island incident">Maury Island hoax (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Falls_saucer_hoax" title="Twin Falls saucer hoax">Twin Falls, Idaho hoax (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec,_New_Mexico_UFO_hoax" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax">Aztec, New Mexico hoax (1949)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_British_flying_saucer_hoax" title="1967 British flying saucer hoax">Southern England (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majestic_12" title="Majestic 12">Majestic 12 (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Breeze_UFO_incident" title="Gulf Breeze UFO incident">Gulf Breeze (1987–88)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_Autopsy_(1995_film)" title="Alien Autopsy (1995 film)">Alien Autopsy (1995 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_UFO_hoax" title="Morristown UFO hoax">Morristown (2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sightings by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Africa" title="UFO sightings in Africa">Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa" title="UFO sightings in South Africa">South Africa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Albania" title="UFO sightings in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Argentina" title="UFO sightings in Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Australia" title="UFO sightings in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Belarus" title="UFO sightings in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Belgium" title="UFO sightings in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil" title="UFO sightings in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Canada" title="UFO sightings in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_China" title="UFO sightings in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_Czech_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO sightings in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_France" title="UFO sightings in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Greece" title="UFO sightings in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_India" title="UFO sightings in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Indonesia" title="UFO sightings in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Iran" title="UFO sightings in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Italy" title="UFO sightings in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Mexico" title="UFO sightings in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Nepal" title="UFO sightings in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_New_Zealand" title="UFO sightings in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Norway" title="UFO sightings in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Poland" title="UFO sightings in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Russia" title="UFO sightings in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Spain" title="UFO sightings in Spain">Spain</a> (<a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_Canary_Islands" title="UFO sightings in the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Sweden" title="UFO sightings in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="UFO sightings in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_United_States" title="UFO sightings in the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of UFOs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_triangle_(UFO)" title="Black triangle (UFO)">Black triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_saucer" title="Flying saucer">Flying saucer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo_fighter" title="Foo fighter">Foo fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_rockets" title="Ghost rockets">Ghost rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_fireballs" title="Green fireballs">Green fireballs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_airship" title="Mystery airship">Mystery airship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_jellyfish" title="Space jellyfish">Space jellyfish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_alleged_extraterrestrial_beings" title="List of alleged extraterrestrial beings">Types of alleged<br /> extraterrestrial beings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Energy_being" title="Energy being">Energy beings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_alien" title="Grey alien">Grey aliens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insectoids_in_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Insectoids in science fiction">Insectoids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men" title="Little green men">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_aliens" title="Nordic aliens">Nordic aliens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptilian_humanoid" title="Reptilian humanoid">Reptilian humanoids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studies and timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Investigation_of_UFO_reports_by_the_United_States_government" title="Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government">Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Saucers_Are_Real" title="The Flying Saucers Are Real"><i>The Flying Saucers Are Real</i> (1947–1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Sign" title="Project Sign">Project Sign (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Grudge" title="Project Grudge">Project Grudge (1949)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Saucer_Working_Party" title="Flying Saucer Working Party">Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Magnet_(UFO)" title="Project Magnet (UFO)">Project Magnet (1950–1962)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Blue_Book" title="Project Blue Book">Project Blue Book (1952–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Panel" title="Robertson Panel">Robertson Panel (1953)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Report_on_Unidentified_Flying_Objects" title="The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects">Ruppelt report (1956)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Investigations_Committee_On_Aerial_Phenomena" title="National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena">National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (1956–1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condon_Committee" title="Condon Committee">Condon Report (1966–1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_22" title="Institute 22">Institute 22 (1978–?)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Condign" title="Project Condign">Project Condign (1997–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Aerospace_Threat_Identification_Program" title="Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program">Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (2007–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identification_studies_of_UFOs" title="Identification studies of UFOs">Identification studies of UFOs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unidentified_Aerial_Phenomena_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force">Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (current)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA%27s_UAP_independent_study_team" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA's UAP independent study team">NASA's UAP independent study team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hypotheses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts" title="Ancient astronauts">Ancient astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Cryptoterrestrial_hypothesis" title="Mac Tonnies">Cryptoterrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extraterrestrial hypothesis">Extraterrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interdimensional_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Interdimensional hypothesis">Interdimensional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychosocial_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychosocial hypothesis">Psychosocial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_UFOs" title="Nazi UFOs">Nazi UFOs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time-traveller_UFO_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Time-traveller UFO hypothesis">Time-traveller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_International_Posadist" title="Fourth International Posadist">Trotskyist-Posadism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories" title="UFO conspiracy theories">Conspiracy theories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_51" title="Area 51">Area 51</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Area_51" title="Storm Area 51">Storm Area 51</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lazar" title="Bob Lazar">Bob Lazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulce_Base" title="Dulce Base">Dulce Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_in_black" title="Men in black">Men in black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_objects_proposed_in_religion,_astrology,_ufology_and_pseudoscience" title="Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience">Project Serpo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Involvement</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction" title="Alien abduction">Abduction claims</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_alien_abduction_claims" class="mw-redirect" title="History of alien abduction claims">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction_entities" title="Alien abduction entities">Entities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction_claimants" title="Alien abduction claimants">Claimants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrative_of_the_abduction_phenomenon" title="Narrative of the abduction phenomenon">Narrative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perspectives_on_the_abduction_phenomenon" title="Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon">Perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niche_insurance" title="Niche insurance">Insurance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alien_implants" title="Alien implants">Implants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_mutilation" title="Cattle mutilation">Cattle mutilation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close_encounter" title="Close encounter">Close encounter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contactee" title="Contactee">Contactee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crop_circle" title="Crop circle">Crop circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_investigations_of_UFOs_by_governments" title="List of investigations of UFOs by governments">Government responses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GEIPAN" title="GEIPAN">GEIPAN</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO_organizations" title="List of UFO organizations">Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ufologists" title="List of ufologists">Ufologists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UFOs_in_fiction" title="UFOs in fiction">Fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_religion" title="UFO religion">Religions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO_religions" title="List of UFO religions">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Skepticism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_scientific_skeptics" title="List of scientific skeptics">List of scientific skeptics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government & Law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Congress_hearings_on_UFOs" title="2022 United States Congress hearings on UFOs">United States Congress hearings on UFOs (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unidentified_Anomalous_Phenomena_Disclosure_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act">Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UADPA), USA law (2023)</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Air_West_Flight_612" title="Air West Flight 612">Air West Flight 612</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jan 25</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9gional_Flight_7775" title="Régional Flight 7775">Régional Flight 7775</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Feb 21</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Air_Flight_172" title="Adam Air Flight 172">Adam Air Flight 172</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 5</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Zell_am_See_mid-air_collision" title="2007 Zell am See mid-air collision">Zell am See mid-air collision</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 7</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_200" title="Garuda Indonesia Flight 200">Garuda Indonesia Flight 200</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 17</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/UTair_Flight_471" title="UTair Flight 471">UTair Flight 471</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 23</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Mogadishu_TransAVIAexport_Airlines_Il-76_crash" title="2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash">Mogadishu TransAVIAexport crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Apr 21</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Blue_Angels_South_Carolina_crash" title="2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash">Blue Angels South Carolina crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Apr 27</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Shatoy_Mi-8_crash" title="2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash">Shatoy Mi-8 crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">May 5</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Airways_Flight_507" title="Kenya Airways Flight 507">Kenya Airways Flight 507</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">May 26</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_San_Francisco_International_Airport_runway_incursion" title="2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion">San Francisco Int'l runway incursion</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jun 3</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Paramount_Airlines_Mil_Mi-8_crash" title="2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash">Paramount Airlines helicopter crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jun 21</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Free_Airlines_L-410_crash" title="2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash">Free Airlines L-410 crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jun 25</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/PMTair_Flight_241" title="PMTair Flight 241">PMTair Flight 241</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jul 17</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/TAM_Airlines_Flight_3054" title="TAM Airlines Flight 3054">TAM Airlines Flight 3054</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jul 27</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_news_helicopter_collision" title="Phoenix news helicopter collision">Phoenix news helicopter collision</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 9</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Air_Moorea_Flight_1121" title="Air Moorea Flight 1121">Air Moorea Flight 1121</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Aug 20</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_120" title="China Airlines Flight 120">China Airlines Flight 120</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Sep 9</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines_System_Flight_1209" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209">Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Sep 12</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines_System_Flight_2748" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2748">Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2748</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Sep 16</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/One-Two-Go_Airlines_Flight_269" title="One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269">One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Oct 4</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Africa_One_Antonov_An-26_crash" title="2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash">Africa One Antonov An-26 crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Oct 26</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_475" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 475">Philippine Airlines Flight 475</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Oct 27</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines_System_Flight_2867" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867">Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Nov 30</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Atlasjet_Flight_4203" title="Atlasjet Flight 4203">Atlasjet Flight 4203</a></div></div> </div> <div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_2006" title="Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2006">2006   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Overseas Territories</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Before<br />1910</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Harris_(aviator)" title="Thomas Harris (aviator)">Thomas Harris</a> (May 1824)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Shadbolt" title="Cecil Shadbolt">Cecil Shadbolt</a> (July 1892)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Percy_Pilcher" title="Percy Pilcher">Percy Pilcher</a> (October 1899)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rolls#Death" title="Charles Rolls">Charles Rolls</a> (July 1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Grace" title="Cecil Grace">Cecil Grace</a> (December 1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_Brooklands_Flanders_Monoplane_crash" title="1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash">Brooklands Flanders Monoplane</a> (May 1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cody_Floatplane" title="Cody Floatplane">Cody Floatplane</a> (August 1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maxstoke_air_crash" title="Maxstoke air crash">Maxstoke</a> (August 1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown" title="Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown">Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown</a> (June 1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Airship_N.S.11_crash" title="Airship N.S.11 crash">Airship N.S.11</a> (July 1919)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_Golders_Green_Handley_Page_O/400_crash" title="1920 Golders Green Handley Page O/400 crash">Golders Green Handley Page O/400</a> (December 1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/R38-class_airship" title="R38-class airship">R38-class airship</a> (June 1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/August_1923_Air_Union_Farman_Goliath_crash" title="August 1923 Air Union Farman Goliath crash">Air Union Farman Goliath</a> (August 1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_Daimler_Airway_de_Havilland_DH.34_crash" title="1923 Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.34 crash">Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.34</a> (September 1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_KLM_Fokker_F.III_disappearance" title="1924 KLM Fokker F.III disappearance">KLM Fokker F.III disappearance</a> (April 1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_Imperial_Airways_de_Havilland_DH.34_crash" title="1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash">Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34</a> (December 1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/August_1926_Air_Union_Bl%C3%A9riot_155_crash" title="August 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash">Air Union Blériot 155</a> (August 1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/October_1926_Air_Union_Bl%C3%A9riot_155_crash" title="October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash">Air Union Blériot 155</a> (October 1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_KLM_Fokker_F.VIII_crash" title="1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash">KLM Fokker F.VIII</a> (August 1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_Imperial_Airways_Handley_Page_W.10_crash" title="1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash">Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10</a> (June 1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_Luft_Hansa_Junkers_G_24_crash" title="1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crash">Luft Hansa Junkers G 24</a> (November 1929)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_Air_Union_Farman_Goliath_crash" title="1930 Air Union Farman Goliath crash">Air Union Farman Goliath</a> (February 1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Meopham_air_disaster" title="Meopham air disaster">Meopham air disaster</a> (July 1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_London,_Scottish_%26_Provincial_Airways_Airspeed_Courier_crash" title="1934 London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Airspeed Courier crash">London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Airspeed Courier</a> (September 1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_Hillman%27s_Airways_de_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide_crash" title="1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash">Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide</a> (October 1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_SABENA_Savoia-Marchetti_S.73_crash" title="1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash">SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73</a> (December 1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_Jersey_Air_Disaster" title="1936 Jersey Air Disaster">Jersey Air Disaster</a> (July 1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_KLM_Croydon_accident" title="1936 KLM Croydon accident">KLM Croydon accident</a> (December 1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_air_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton air crash">Edmonton air crash</a> (September 1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_Jersey_Airport_disaster" title="1938 Jersey Airport disaster">Jersey Airport disaster</a> (November 1938)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dunbeath_air_crash" title="Dunbeath air crash">Dunbeath air crash</a> (August 1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_Ruislip_Wellington_accident" title="1942 Ruislip Wellington accident">Ruislip Wellington accident</a> (October 1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_RAF_Hudson_crash" title="1943 RAF Hudson crash">RAF Hudson</a> (May 1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash" title="1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash">Gibraltar Liberator AL523</a> (July 1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moordown_air_disaster" title="Moordown air disaster">Moordown air disaster</a> (March 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster" title="Freckleton air disaster">Freckleton air disaster</a> (August 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USAAF_Boeing_B-17_crash_on_North_Barrule" title="USAAF Boeing B-17 crash on North Barrule">USAAF Boeing B-17 on North Barrule</a> (April 1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elvetham_air_crash" title="Elvetham air crash">Elvetham air crash</a> (October 1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_Broadway_Consolidated_Liberator_crash" title="1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash">Broadway Consolidated Liberator</a> (November 1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_Railway_Air_Services_Dakota_crash" title="1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash">Railway Air Services Dakota</a> (December 1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_BOAC_Douglas_C-47_crash" title="1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash">BOAC Douglas C-47</a> (January 1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_Croydon_Dakota_accident" title="1947 Croydon Dakota accident">Croydon Dakota accident</a> (January 1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_Heathrow_disaster" title="1948 Heathrow disaster">Heathrow disaster</a> (March 1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_Northwood_mid-air_collision" title="1948 Northwood mid-air collision">Northwood mid-air collision</a> (July 1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_KLM_Constellation_air_disaster" title="1948 KLM Constellation air disaster">KLM Constellation air disaster</a> (October 1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Exhall_mid-air_collision" title="1949 Exhall mid-air collision">Exhall mid-air collision</a> (February 1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Manchester_BEA_Douglas_DC-3_accident" title="1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident">Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident</a> (August 1949)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Llandow_air_disaster" title="Llandow air disaster">Llandow air disaster</a> (March 1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_Heathrow_BEA_Vickers_Viking_crash" title="1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash">Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking</a> (October 1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Ringway_Dakota_crash" title="1951 Ringway Dakota crash">Ringway Dakota</a> (March 1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_Aer_Lingus_C-47_accident" title="1952 Aer Lingus C-47 accident">Aer Lingus C-47 accident</a> (January 1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_crash" title="1952 Farnborough Airshow crash">Farnborough Airshow crash</a> (September 1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Little_Rissington_UFO_incident" title="Little Rissington UFO incident">Little Rissington UFO incident</a> (October 1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_Aldbury_Valetta_accident" title="1954 Aldbury Valetta accident">Aldbury Valetta accident</a> (January 1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_Swissair_Convair_CV-240_crash" title="1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash">Swissair Convair CV-240</a> (June 1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_Prestwick_air_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 Prestwick air disaster">Prestwick air disaster</a> (December 1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_Hawker_Hunter_multiple_aircraft_accident" title="1956 Hawker Hunter multiple aircraft accident">Hawker Hunter multiple aircraft accident</a> (February 1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath_nuclear_near-disasters" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Lakenheath nuclear near-disasters">RAF Lakenheath nuclear near-disaster</a> (July 1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_London_Heathrow_Avro_Vulcan_crash" title="1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash">London Heathrow Avro Vulcan</a> (October 1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Wick_air_crash" title="Sutton Wick air crash">Sutton Wick air crash</a> (March 1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_411" title="British European Airways Flight 411">British European Airways Flight 411</a> (March 1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_Blackbushe_Viking_accident" title="1957 Blackbushe Viking accident">Blackbushe Viking accident</a> (May 1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_Nutts_Corner_BEA_Viscount_crash" title="1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash">Nutts Corner BEA Viscount</a> (October 1957</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_Aquila_Airways_Solent_crash" title="1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash">Aquila Airways Solent</a> (November 1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_air_disaster" title="Winter Hill air disaster">Winter Hill air disaster</a> (February 1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_London_Vickers_Viking_accident" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 London Vickers Viking accident">London Vickers Viking accident</a> (September 1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Syerston_Avro_Vulcan_crash" title="1958 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash">Syerston Avro Vulcan</a> (September 1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_BOAC_Bristol_Britannia_crash" title="1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash">BOAC Bristol Britannia</a> (December 1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Turkish_Airlines_Gatwick_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash">Turkish Airlines Gatwick</a> (February 1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_Channel_Airways_Dakota_accident" title="1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident">Channel Airways Dakota accident</a> (May 1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_BAC_One-Eleven_test_crash" title="1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash">BAC One-Eleven test crash</a> (October 1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_United_Airways_Flight_1030X" title="British United Airways Flight 1030X">British United Airways Flight 1030X</a> (April 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Little_Baldon_air_crash" title="Little Baldon air crash">Little Baldon air crash</a> (July 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Skyways_Coach-Air_Avro_748_crash" title="1965 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748 crash">Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748</a> (July 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Airways_Liverpool_crash" title="Cambrian Airways Liverpool crash">Cambrian Airways Liverpool</a> (July 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_292" title="Pan Am Flight 292">Pan Am Flight 292</a> (September 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_706_(1965)" title="British European Airways Flight 706 (1965)">British European Airways Flight 706</a> (October 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Felthorpe_Trident_crash" title="1966 Felthorpe Trident crash">Felthorpe Trident crash</a> (June 1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Holden%27s_Lightning_flight" title="Holden's Lightning flight">Holden's Lightning flight</a> (July 1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_air_disaster" title="Stockport air disaster">Stockport air disaster</a> (June 1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iberia_Flight_062" title="Iberia Flight 062">Iberia Flight 062</a> (November 1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_incident" title="Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident">Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident</a> (April 1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/BOAC_Flight_712" title="BOAC Flight 712">BOAC Flight 712</a> (April 1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/BKS_Air_Transport_Flight_C.6845" title="BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845">BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845</a> (July 1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ariana_Afghan_Airlines_Flight_701" title="Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701">Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701</a> (January 1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_theft_of_C-130" title="1969 theft of C-130">1969 theft of C-130</a> (May 1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_548" title="British European Airways Flight 548">British European Airways Flight 548</a> (June 1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Court_Line_Flight_95" title="Court Line Flight 95">Court Line Flight 95</a> (April 1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_British_Airways_bombing_attempt" title="1974 British Airways bombing attempt">British Airways bombing attempt</a> (July 1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Norfolk_mid-air_collision" title="1974 Norfolk mid-air collision">Norfolk mid-air collision</a> (August 1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Hill_plane_crash" title="Graham Hill plane crash">Graham Hill plane crash</a> (November 1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_British_Airtours_Boeing_707_crash" title="1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash">British Airtours Boeing 707 crash</a> (March 1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_British_Army_Gazelle_downing" title="1978 British Army Gazelle downing">British Army Gazelle downing</a> (February 1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan-Air_Flight_0034" title="Dan-Air Flight 0034">Dan-Air Flight 0034</a> (July 1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Biggin_Hill_Invader_crash" title="1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash">Biggin Hill Invader crash</a> (September 1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aer_Lingus_Flight_164" title="Aer Lingus Flight 164">Aer Lingus Flight 164</a> (May 1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan-Air_Flight_240" title="Dan-Air Flight 240">Dan-Air Flight 240</a> (June 1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Bristow_Helicopters_Westland_Wessex_crash" title="1981 Bristow Helicopters Westland Wessex crash">Bristow Helicopters Westland Wessex crash</a> (August 1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_British_Army_Gazelle_friendly_fire_incident" title="1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident">British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident</a> (June 1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_British_Airways_Sikorsky_S-61_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash">British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash</a> (July 1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Manchester_Airport_disaster" title="1985 Manchester Airport disaster">Manchester Airport disaster</a> (August 1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hindawi_affair" title="Hindawi affair">Hindawi affair</a> (April 1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_British_Army_Lynx_shootdown" title="1988 British Army Lynx shootdown">British Army Lynx shootdown</a> (June 1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_British_International_Helicopters_Sikorsky_S-61N_crash" title="1988 British International Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N crash">British International Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N crash</a> (July 1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103" title="Pan Am Flight 103">Pan Am Flight 103</a> (December 1988)</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Pan_Am_Flight_103" title="Template:Pan Am Flight 103">template</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kegworth_air_disaster" title="Kegworth air disaster">Kegworth air disaster</a> (January 1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_British_Army_Gazelle_shootdown" title="1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown">British Army Gazelle shootdown</a> (February 1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Scotland_RAF_Shackleton_crash" title="1990 Scotland RAF Shackleton crash">Scotland RAF Shackleton crash</a> (April 1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390" title="British Airways Flight 5390">British Airways Flight 5390</a> (June 1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Llyn_Padarn_helicopter_crash" title="1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash">Llyn Padarn helicopter crash</a> (August 1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_British_Army_Lynx_shootdown" title="1994 British Army Lynx shootdown">British Army Lynx shootdown</a> (March 1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Mull_of_Kintyre_Chinook_crash" title="1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash">Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash</a> (June 1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Air_Alg%C3%A9rie_Flight_702P" title="Air Algérie Flight 702P">Air Algérie Flight 702P</a> (December 1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bristow_Helicopters_Flight_56C" title="Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C">Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C</a> (January 1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Royal_Air_Force_Nimrod_R1_ditching" title="1995 Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 ditching">Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 ditching</a> (May 1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Air_Flight_816" title="Knight Air Flight 816">Knight Air Flight 816</a> (May 1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_Flight_024" title="Virgin Atlantic Flight 024">Virgin Atlantic Flight 024</a> (November 1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Air_Charter_Flight_3W" title="Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3W">Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3W</a> (September 1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Air_Cargo_Flight_8509" title="Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509">Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509</a> (December 1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Loganair_Flight_670A" title="Loganair Flight 670A">Loganair Flight 670A</a> (February 2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268" title="British Airways Flight 268">British Airways Flight 268</a> (February 2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Loganair_Islander_accident" title="2005 Loganair Islander accident">Loganair Islander accident</a> (March 2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Morecambe_Bay_Eurocopter_AS365_crash" title="2006 Morecambe Bay Eurocopter AS365 crash">Morecambe Bay Eurocopter AS365 crash</a> (December 2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alderney UFO sighting</a> (April 2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38" title="British Airways Flight 38">British Airways Flight 38</a> (January 2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Biggin_Hill_Cessna_Citation_crash" title="2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash">Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash</a> (March 2008)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_helicopter_crash" title="Vauxhall helicopter crash">Vauxhall helicopter crash</a> (January 2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/CHC_Scotia_Flight_23R" title="CHC Scotia Flight 23R">CHC Scotia Flight 23R</a> (August 2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Glasgow_helicopter_crash" title="2013 Glasgow helicopter crash">Glasgow helicopter crash</a> (November 2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Haughey_Air_AgustaWestland_AW139_crash" title="Haughey Air AgustaWestland AW139 crash">Haughey Air AgustaWestland AW139 crash</a> (March 2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Loganair_Flight_6780" title="Loganair Flight 6780">Loganair Flight 6780</a> (December 2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Blackbushe_Phenom_300_crash" title="2015 Blackbushe Phenom 300 crash">Blackbushe Phenom 300 crash</a> (July 2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash" title="2015 Shoreham Airshow crash">Shoreham Airshow crash</a> (August 2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Leicester_helicopter_crash" title="2018 Leicester helicopter crash">Leicester helicopter crash</a> (October 2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport_drone_incident" title="Gatwick Airport drone incident">Gatwick Airport drone incident</a> (December 2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_English_Channel_Piper_PA-46_crash" title="2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash">English Channel Piper PA-46 crash</a> (January 2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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