The British city of Stansted, one of the country's main airports, has become known as a "UFO hotspot" after a series of strange sightings over the past six years. According to the Daily Star, there have been as many as 27 reports of unidentified flying objects in the vicinity of Stansted Airport over the last six years.
Some of these sightings were classified as "near impacts" as mysterious objects moved around the sky above this intensely moving object. In 2022, a Ryanair plane was almost hit by something that didn't show up on drone monitoring devices but managed to get about 4,000 feet into the air.
"The fascinating findings show that no matter what anyone thinks about UFOs, there is a credible and serious problem with flight safety," former Defense Minister Nick Pope said, as quoted by the Daily Star. "When an object comes within 20 meters of an aircraft, it is a very dangerous encounter from any point of view. This, and other incidents revealed in response to the Freedom of Information Act, show that it was a mistake to end the research program UFO by the Ministry of Defense in late 2009 and suggests that it is time to change this policy.
In another example, several planes reported an object in their vicinity, approximately 500 feet below them, as they prepared to land on Stansted Airport's Runway 22, according to an Essex Police report, as reported by the Daily Star. The planes' collision avoidance systems allegedly detected an object, but neither pilot could see anything in the sky, the report adds.
Whether or not these objects are of foreign origin should not be of concern to those tasked with investigating these incidents. Stansted Airport serves around 27 million passengers a year, so any objects approaching aircraft must be taken seriously.
"Even if people are skeptical and think that these are just drone activities, it is important to remember that drones can be used for recreational purposes, by land survey experts, and can also be used for espionage and terrorism. Either way - especially in busy flight paths - we need to identify all objects in our airspace," Pope said, according to the Daily Star.
He emphasized that the United States takes these types of issues very seriously (although our last UFO/UAP bill was a total joke). The same approach should be taken when investigating these incidents in the UK to "reduce" their potential threat, Pope added, according to the outlet's reporting.
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