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British Airways Captain Roger Willis and First Officer Mark Stuart reported a wedge-shaped craft pass their Boeing 737 at extremely close range near Manchester. The CAA investigation lasted four years and concluded the object was 'unknown.' The Air Accidents Investigation Branch confirmed the crew's account.
On January 6, 1995, British Airways Boeing 737 Captain Roger Willis and First Officer Mark Stuart were on approach to Manchester Airport at 13,000 feet when a wedge-shaped craft passed their aircraft at extremely close range from right to left at high speed. Captain Willis instinctively ducked as the object passed. The object was described as having triangular or wedge-shaped silhouette with lights along its underside. The crew filed an official Airprox (near-miss) report. The UK Civil Aviation Authority investigated the incident for four years, involving the Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Ministry of Defence. Their conclusion: the object was 'unknown' and no conventional explanation — aircraft, balloon, meteor, or military aircraft — was adequate. The CAA report, published in 2000, is one of the few official UK aviation authority reports to formally classify a UAP encounter as 'unknown' after multi-year investigation. The crew's immediate instinctive reaction (the captain's duck) was considered a strong indicator of genuine close-approach.
This incident is indexed as file DoD-B11-020inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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