ACUFO-1943-00-00-ENGLISHCHANNEL-1
In the 2000's, Albert Rosales compiled a catalogue of about 12000 cases of “close encounters of the third kind”, i.e., UFO sighting reports in which occupants of the UFO were reported.
He noted in his catalogue that in 1943, at an unknown time, on the English Channel, four “ferry” pilots flying a Mosquito to a Royal Air Force airfield on the east coast of England, observed a strange object accompanying their plane over the Channel. It is said that it was “a streamlined cigar about three times the length of a flying fortress and without any apparent joints or rivets.” It had “a glazed nose, with two men in shining metallic suits visible inside.”
It is said that after flying alongside them for some time, it tilted upward and climbed almost vertically.
Albert Rosales indicates that this was published in Queensland UFO for July - September 1963.
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | 1963 |
| Reporting delay: | 2 decades. |
| Country: | U-K. |
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| State/Department: | |
| City or place: | On the English Channel. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 to 4. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Foreign ufology bulletin. |
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| Visibility conditions: | ? |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | Flies with plane, goes away up. |
| Witnesses action: | |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 1 to 4.
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | CE3 |
| Armed / unarmed: | Armed, 4 7.62 mm Browning machine guns, 4 20 mm Hispano cannons. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 1 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Possible invention. |
[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
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1943 Location: English Channel.
Date: 1943. Time: Unknown.
Four “ferry” pilots flying a Mosquito to an RAF airfield on the east coast of England, observed a strange object accompanying their plane “over the Channel.” It was “a streamlined cigar about three times the length of a flying fortress and without any apparent joints or rivets.” It had “a glazed nose, with two men in shining metallic suits visible inside.” After flying alongside them for some time, it tilted upward and climbed almost vertically. HC addendum.
Source: Queensland UFO, July/Sept, 1963.
Type: A
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
This author indicates that in 1943, at an unknown precise date, on the Channel, on the coast of England, four pilots who were flying to an air base on the east coast of England, observed a strange object which accompanied their aircraft above the English Channel. It was cigar-shaped, three times the size of a “flying fortress”, and had no visible joints or rivets. Its front was transparent like glass.
There were two men inside, wearing outfits that were the color of shiny metal. After flying with the English aircraft, the machine began to climb and flew away almost vertically.
The author indicates as sources “Rosales, according to Queensland UFO, 3rd quarter 1963”.
He comments that he would have preferred a reliable English source rather than an obscure Australian bulletin practically unknown to French ufologists, and that he delivers this case “with reservations.”
The de Havilland DH.98 “Mosquito” was a British multirole aircraft, which served as a fighter-bomber, torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The code name for these missions was “Bluestocking”.
Its armament was 4 7.62 mm Browning machine guns and 4 20 mm Hispano cannons.
Its pilot and its navigator were seated side by side, the navigator being shifted back about thirty centimeters for shoulder width.
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The Queensland UFO ufology bulletin did exist; but I do not have a copy of the relevant issue.
There is no exact date, no unit number, no witness name, no reference to a contemporary source.
A big problem with the report is that the De Havilland “Mosquito” had a crew of two, a pilot and a navigator, sitting side by side. A single passenger could ride in the aircraft's bomb bay when necessary, but it seems there was no way that a Mosquito would carry 4 people.
So, I do not think that the credibility of the report is established.
Possible invention.
* = 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 29, 2024 | Creation, [ars1], [jsr1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 29, 2024 | First published. |
