by Jamie Brassington February 19, 2019 (expressandstar.com)
• On the evening of February 14, 2019, two flying instructors for Air Midwest and their students, flying separate planes out of Halfpenny Green Airport in Bobbington, south Staffordshire (near Birmingham, England), were flying over Gloucestershire when all four pilots spotted ‘two square lights’ in the sky – one red and the other orange – which did not fit the appearance of any known aircraft.
• The pilots of both planes tried to track down the objects but could not reach them as the red and orange UFOs moved further south of Gloucester. Nor could they determine the size or distance of the objects, due to their strange appearance. Both pilots informed air traffic control and each other about what they had witnessed. The flying school has made its own inquiries as to what the objects were, but so far have found no answers. One of the instructors filed a report on what they witnessed.
• One pilot was the school’s chief flight instructor with 40 years of flying experience and 22,000 flying hours under his belt. The other instructor has 10 years flying experience and 2,000 flying hours, and also flies for a UK airline. Both students were also fully qualified pilots who were taking part in night navigation training.
• One pilot said, “I observed, initially, two large square orange lights, one on top of each other, but slightly off set. However there was a gap in height between them.” “The top object was constantly orange. The lower one occasionally flickered white, but for the majority of the time it was orange. In addition to that, on two occasions I observed five orange lights but that was momentarily.” “On our return leg up to (Halfpenny Green Airport), we climbed 7,000ft by Worcester and commenced a turn to observe the lights. At this point they seemed lower than us in the same place and stationary.” “I have no idea what these objects were.”
Unidentified flying objects were spotted by pilots from Halfpenny Green Airport during a night-time flying lesson.
One pilot described seeing ‘two square lights’ that were ‘large and orange’ – which did not fit the appearance of any known aircraft.
Two flying instructors and their students were flying over Gloucestershire when all four pilots spotted the lights on Thursday, between 8.15pm and 8.45pm.
Both small aeroplanes tried to track down the objects but could not reach them.
The pilots could not determine the size or distance of the objects, due to their strange appearance.
A spokesman for Air Midwest – a flying school and aviation services company based at the airport in Bobbington, south Staffordshire – said: “At approximately 8.15pm, one of our aircraft was tracking south towards Gloucester at 7,000ft after leaving the Birmingham air traffic zone.
“At the same time one of our other aircraft was also tracking south towards Gloucester at 4,000ft when both aircraft observed one red and one orange light in the the sky, south of Gloucester.
“Our aircraft approached the lights on an interception track but were unable to gain on the objects as they appeared to move further south of Gloucester as our aircraft approached. We were unable to identify the lights.”
One pilot was the school’s chief flight instructor. He is a long haul airline pilot with 40 years of flying experience and 22,000 flying hours under his belt.
The other instructor has 10 years flying experience and 2,000 flying hours, and also flies for a UK airline.
Both students were also fully qualified pilots who were taking part in night navigation training.
The two pilots, flying in a Grob G115 and PA-28 Warrior, spoke to air traffic control and each other about what they had witnessed.
The flying school has made its own enquiries as to what the objects were, but so far have found no answers.
It is the first time that the flying school has encountered a ‘UFO’ event, said director Tim Brannon, speaking to the Express & Star.
“There were reports all over about this UFO,” said Tim.
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