UFO. Spain

Valencia made an emergency landing of the Spanish plane with 119 passengers on Board. As informs Agency Reuters, the pilot of the plane said that "the reason for this was the appearance of unidentified flying objects". According to him, UFO, emitting two bright red beam, followed the plane for 15 minutes. Trying to break away from stalkers, the pilot lowered the altitude, but the UFO "continued to hang in the tail of the plane." As always in such cases, to check the validity of the message the pilot failed because, as noted by Reuters, "the unidentified objects disappeared before into the air at the request of the crew of the aircraft raised the fighters of the Spanish air force to investigate the case" (TASS).

From "Memorandum ECHOFON" (1983):

Valencia, November 11, 1979

"I have never faced a greater threat," said the pilot of a Spanish airliner "Caravelle" Francisco Lerdo de Tejada (34) years of professional experience - 15 years.

"Karavella" was flying on a Charter flight from Salzburg (Austria) in Tenerife, Canary Islands, with 109 passengers on Board and 7 crew members, when she had to make a semi-emergency landing at the airport of Valencia and in continental Spain due to the fact that, according to the pilot, they began to "chase" a UFO.

Lerdo announced that on Sunday shortly before midnight, after taking off from the Mediterranean island of Majorca, when the plane was at an altitude of 7315 meters, the sky drew a "bright red lights". The Director of the Valencia airport reported that, according to crew members, it was four flying object, which took the form of bright red balls, three times the size of stars or meteors.

The crew reported that the objects chased the plane for 4 hours, forcing the crew to abort the flight. Within minutes the object approached the plane at a distance less than a kilometer, and Lerdo ordered the passengers to fasten their seat belts. According to him, the object attempted to intercept the plane, which caused him to fall to the height of 4500 m. once the UFOs made two obvious attempts to get closer to the aircraft, the pilot sent the plane into a steep dive and turned the plane in the direction of Valencia.

According to the story of one of the passengers, an elderly man, sitting at the window, seeing the objects lost consciousness, in connection with which there is fear for his heart. The object was oval in shape, was bright red and throbbing.

Total argued that modern radar in Madrid spotted a UFO. The operators watched the object for 30 seconds. fell to 3658 m, "that can't do, no aircraft, as far as I know," in an attempt to follow to land his plane. Equipment to check the plane after landing, stated that he is in "excellent condition".

Director of the airport, among other witnesses claims that he saw a UFO. The passengers, mostly Germans and Austrians, said they saw a UFO in the sky over Valencia airport for two hours after landing. Director of the airport confirmed this statement. Later he said he saw a mysterious object hovering over the airport.

The local newspaper reported that the air force "Phantom" took them on film. Several people living in the vicinity of Valencia, said that he saw a UFO. A young mother reported that on Saturday, the day before the case of "Carabela" she was out with her children and saw the orange disk flying towards the sea. He was flying completely silent, emitting rays of light. The middle of the object was orange in color. A married couple living in a village far from Valencia, have reported that they too had seen a UFO and given an identical description.

When Lerdo asked a question, not whether objects are flying saucers, he said, "I can't answer this question. If I'd known, looks like a flying saucer, I'd say. I only know that objects have monstrous speed and incredible maneuverability. I never was exposed to great danger."

Transport Minister, Salvador Sanchez Teran arrived in Valencia and has ordered an investigation, saying: "it is Clear that UFOs exist." The civil aviation authority of the Ministry of transport of Spain began a secret investigation.

More about this incident in the manuscript F. J. Siegel:

The AFP passed on 12 November 1979 from Valencia: "Spanish jet airliner, with 119 passengers on Board made an emergency landing here after four glowing unidentified flying object (UFO) began to haunt him during the flight from Palma Mallorca island (Balearic Islands). This was reported today by the police. The pilot of "Carabela", the Spanish airline said that UFOs began to haunt him, when the plane flew over the Ibiza. The pilot tried in vain to escape from them, after which the tracking service Valencia airport and advised him to land here. UFO continued to follow the plane when it is ready for planting. Two of them hovered over located in a military base, the third on the building of the airport, and the fourth over the runway, the report said. Four "Phantom" Spanish air force were scrambled from the airbase of Los Llanos, but the UFO disappeared by the time when the planes flew to Valencia. As reported, several people in the region of Valencia has seen a UFO. Military authorities have launched an investigation."

The Agency UPI that on 12 November 1979 from Valencia, in particular, reads: "the Director of the airport in Valencia said that the crew of the "Carabela" described four flying object as bright red balls, three times more stars that emit impulsive flash of light."

November 14, 1979, the Agency UPI reported from Las Palmas (Canary Islands), in particular, the following: "Total (the pilot) said that shortly before midnight on Sunday, he gained height from 23.00 to 33.00 feet when he saw "two parallel to the flying object emitting a strong enough red light that he viewed the ships themselves, or something else that was there. They flew a course that would lead them to clash with us, moving at a speed that is unable to develop none of the aircraft, and then suddenly stopped very close to the "Carabela" squadron. Other crew members confirmed this description of the incident. Lerdo went on to say that the objects played with us for about 10 minutes, and at that time the nearest ground station surveillance reported that the radar screens, it has no objects. When objects are again headed on collision "with greater precision than the first time," said Total, he abruptly went on the decline with 29000futov to a height of 15,000 ft and requested by radio permission to land at the airport of Valencia, "because the pursuit of "Carabela" unidentified aircraft created a risk of collision." "It was a semi-emergency situation," he said.

Valencia airport reported that the red lights could be seen over the airfield for several hours after the plane landed. Daily newspaper "ABC" reported that the air force from the nearby Spanish base "several times tried to intercept a UFO. But the object always remained the same distance from a military interceptor, despite the fact that such aircraft can reach speeds up to 2,300 km/hour."

November 15, 1979, the Agency UPI has Aredale from Madrid the following message: "whatever has not come to a government investigation and observation of UFO in the Spanish airspace has become one of the most well-documented among those that have happened so far. The pilot changed course of the plane and the crew of seven people made an emergency landing, saying that unidentified flying objects were pressing plane and threatened to crash. Director of the airport said among others that he saw these objects. As reported, the jet aircraft was lifted into the air and photographed a UFO. The Minister of transport of Spain, giving instructions about the investigation, said: "it is Clear that UFOs exist."

Francisco Lerdo de Tejada, 34-year-old pilot of the Spanish "Carabela" broke the silence on the incident and explained on Wednesday why he abruptly went on the decline, which amounted to 4600 meters, and planted chartered by German and Austrian tourists plane in Valencia is Tenerife in the Canary Islands. "I never was in such danger, - told reporters the Total, a pilot with 15 years of experience. - What I saw was a UFO." Total said that the two "intense red of fire" raced across the sky to his "Carabela" shortly before midnight Sunday (11 November 1979), when he was flying at an altitude of 8000 meters up in the air with the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. In a matter of minutes, he says, the object approached his aircraft at a distance of half a mile (800 meters), and then he ordered his passengers to fasten to chairs. After two UFOs made two apparent attempts to stay on the plane, says Lerdo, he abruptly sent the plane down and flew to Valencia.

Total claims that vysokachestvennye radars in Madrid recorded a UFO and shown that these objects, with the aircraft, dived 4000 meters in 30 seconds. "None of the known aircraft are not able to do it," he said. Director of the airport in Valencia said later that he saw a mysterious object over the airport. The local newspaper reported that "Phantom", the BBC filmed them.

Some of the passengers of "Carabela" claim that Total changed the route and made an unexpected landing in Valencia because the plane was faulty. But technicians who checked the plane after landing in Valencia, said that he is in "excellent condition".

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