- Hello Jeff,
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UK. I'm sending the jpg images to James Neff along with the
report.
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- Best regards,
- Santiago Yturria
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- Two weeks ago the excitement and the traditional
display of the vintage aircraft revival festival that attracts a lot of
tourists and fans year by year in the UK was interrupted by the
intrusion of a non anounced flying object that caused confusion and
uncertainty in a dangerous situation that could have ended in a
tragedy.
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- The incident took place in Goodwood, West Sussex on
September 5, 2003 at the annual Goodwood Festival and Revival where an
old aircraft display was presented. Goodwood is located just outside
Chichester in West Sussex south of England, 60 miles from London and
about 30 miles from Brighton and Southampton. Goodwood is also known by
it's worldwide famous racing cars festival, an event that brings
together hundreds of enthusiastic fans in a major event that includes
new and old racing cars, motorcycles and airplane exhibitions.
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- Among the fans of the old war aircraft display was Mr.
Simon Anderson who likes to attend and film aircraft displays and in
this ocasion destiny was keeping for him an unusual and intruiging
surprise.
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- SIMON : " I made a discovery in the sky when filming
the Goodwood festival and old aircraft display.
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- Just two old aircraft were flying; facing north-south
when filming.
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- A fast object shot past the aircraft I was very amazed
then trying to keep filming as it went up into the clouds.
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- Then it went off to the south towards Portsmouth. I am
interested in aircraft filming them for years at displays but never seen
this thing before. "
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- Simon, a 29 years old from West Sussex was filming the
event with a JVC Hi-8 PAL camcorder . The time was 1:35 PM and the sky
was clear. After several days Simon contacted me asking for advice and
sent me a VHS copy of the footage.
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- I must say that I got impressed by the images and the
unique moment when two airplanes confronted a disc shape object in a
maneuver that may have resulted in a dangerous risk of collision.
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- The quality of the footage is crystal clear with zooms
to both the aircrafts and the UFO. The first images present two old war
airplanes, one british and one american flying in formation and making a
turn from left to right. Simon kept filming the airplanes and a few
seconds later a strange unknown brownish object, round in shape appeared
in the scene passing by from right to left close to the airplanes at
certain moderated speed.
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- The images are clear and the unknown object was caught
in several frames by Simon's camera. At this moment he realized that a
mysterious object was present in the sky so he turned his camera looking
for the object trying to locate it's position and in a few more seconds
he found the strange intruder still in the sky. Then Simon made a great
zoom to the object and it's shape and size was clearly revealed.
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- A disc shaped flying object was there floating making
balancing movements and shining with the sun suggesting a metallic
structure. This part of the footage sequence is impressive and the
excitement of an impressed Simon is evident when he discovered the true
shape of the unknown intruder.
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- Almost immediately while taping some questions began
wondering in Simon's mind : What is this ? From where ? After some
seconds of balancing maneuvers in wich the UFO seemed to be still in
that point it began to move itself to the right making a movement aside
it's right changing it's color to a certain brown tone but keeping the
disc shape while showing it's outline.
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- Some additional movements were made and Simon decided
to make a zoom out to establish height and distance from the ground for
reference. A tree is visible then and the UFO at great distance like a
dark point revealing Simon's videocamera potential. Then the UFO
dissapeared quickly but Simon continued filming another airplane that
arrived to the scene maybe in the hope that the spectacular UFO may
return but it did not. Simon was certain that he captured a unique
moment in history.
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- I made some interviews to Simon and assured him that
this was indeed a UFO, a classic flying disc even that he has not know
anything about UFOs before this could be the answer to his impressive
experience. As this was a massive event involving many people I asked
him some necesary questions for the research and Simon kindly gave me
his cooperation.
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- SIMON: " The air space was closed at the time of the
display. Many witnesses that's correct.
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- Persons which noticed object suggested telling a paper
they fly back to usa today with a still photo from an old camera not
that clear as crowds in view.People had cars with family's visiting from
the usa i don't personally know the americans they just said good by as
they left the area.
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- More people at the time pointed it out a man named Ted
about 45 in age from this area said look look up in the sky near the old
aircraft.
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- Santiago, I still have many question i need to know
about this. "
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- Simon Anderson's experience is certainly quite unique
and represent an important case for Ufology. But this incident is not
the only one of it's kind that has happened. In Mexico during the
Independence day some witnesses taped UFOs during the military aircraft
parade in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Also in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil
some incidents involving UFOs and airplanes at displays and exhibitions
have been documented on video by witnesses including some with tragic
results.
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- This situation reveals how little we know or nothing
about these presences that defy our knowledge challenging our airspace
control in the most surprising and intruiging appearances that leave us
confused and puzzled.
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- The Goodwood festival was now the one in turn and for
those enthusiastic fans that attended this magnificent event we could
only think that in some way maybe they received an extra attraction not
included in the program but as a bonus, a spectacular and amazing
one.
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- September 18, 2003
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- Santiago Yturria.
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- Comment
Pat
Hair
9-24-03
- The airplanes in question are an American made Curtis
P-40E or F model which appears with Chinese markings used in China and
Burma. The bigger-winged aircraft is an American Marine F4U-Corsair also
used in the Pacific Theatre against the Japanese. Just so you know. I
wouldn't want someone to doubt the UFO story because the airplanes were
inaccurately described as an American P-47 Thunderbolt and a British
Spitfire.
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- Pat Hair
Thanks, Pat! - Ed
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