ACUFO-1941-00-00-EUROPE-1
Apparently, there was a publication titled “Pilot Sightings”, probably by a Website called Space 2001; which claimed with a lot of exclamation points that during World War II, a pilot “on a special mission needed to be heavily sedated” after an incident.
Space 2001 claimed that “Allied bombers returning from missions over occupied Europe kept experiencing unexplained engine trouble!”, and that this became so persistent that the Allies suspected the Germans had “somehow developed a machine capable of interfering with the electric's of their planes!” “Considering the power that this would have required - as much as the entire electrical output of Western Europe this sounded highly implausible!”
Space 2001 then apparently claimed that eventually, a “special plane with sensitive monitoring equipment” was sent aloft to try and track down what was causing the engine failures, but when this plane was back to base, the pilot was in a highly agitated condition, “ranting and raving hysterically!”, “so wild and emotionally charged that he screamed and cursed at anyone who came near him!” This is why, we are told, he had to be sedated.
Space 2001 claimed that the next day he woke up fit, but with “absolutely no recollection of the previous days hysteria!” It is claimed that “instrumentation from the special plane recorded nothing unusual, and the pilot was completely unable to remember what it was that caused him to become so irrational!”
I found absolutely no corroboration of this story in any serious ufology sources or official documents.
| Date: | In 1941 - 1945 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | 2001 |
| Reporting delay: | 6 decades. |
| Country: | Europe |
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| State/Department: | |
| City or place: |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 or more. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Defunct Website. |
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| Visibility conditions: | ? |
| UFO observed: | No. |
| UFO arrival observed: | N/A. |
| UFO departure observed: | N/A. |
| UFO action: | N/A. |
| Witnesses action: | Went crazy after return to base. |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | Went crazy after return to base. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | No memory. |
| Sensors: |
[ ] Visual:
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | ? |
| Armed / unarmed: | ? |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Probable invention on the Web. |
[Ref. ufe1:] "UFO EVIDENCE" WEBSITE:
Another disturbing incident occurred during the Second World War when a pilot on a special mission needed to be heavily sedated after an unexplained incident. At the time UFO's had frequently buzzed Allied and German aircraft! In addition Allied bombers returning from missions over occupied Europe kept experiencing unexplained engine trouble!
Mystery of Second World War.
The problem eventually became so persistent that the Allies suspected the Germans had somehow developed a machine capable of interfering with the electric's of their planes! Considering the power that this would have required - as much as the entire electrical output of western Europe this sounded highly implausible! But what else could it be? Eventually a special plane with sensitive monitoring equipment was sent aloft to try and track down what was causing these faults.
When the plane returned back to base the pilot was in a highly agitated condition, ranting and raving hysterically! He was so wild and emotionally charged that he screamed and cursed at anyone who came near him! As much for his own safety as anything else the pilot was quickly sedated! Surprisingly the next day he woke up as fit as a fiddle but with absolutely no recollection of the previous days hysteria! Instrumentation from the special plane recorded nothing unusual, and the pilot was completely unable to remember what it was that caused him to become so irrational!
Note: the Website indicates that the original source is “Pilot Sightings”, by Space 2001.
An “original source” link appears at the top of the page, but it leads nowhere.
All that is said means that the plane would be an Allied military plane.
The very vague story is devoid of any verifiable information: no date, no location, no unit name, no witness name, no contemporary or reliable source, one apparent primary source now gone, etc.
This authorizes in my opinion to put the story in the “probable tall tale” category.
Probable invention on the Web.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 28, 2024 | Creation, [ufe1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 28, 2024 | First published. |
