L’Observation d’ovni par un pilote de la RAF surnommé “Soucoupe Sam” en 1952

L’Observation d’ovni par un pilote de la RAF surnommé “Soucoupe Sam” en 1952 a convaincu le ministre de l’aviation que nous ne sommes pas seuls

- Le Sergent Roland Hughes revenait à la base sur Allemagne de l’Ouest ;

- L’Objet, 30 mètres de long, était un disque métallique “d’argent brilant” ;

- Le Radar confirma qu’il se déplaçait à une vitesse de loin supérieure à celle des engins de l’époque.


Saucer Sam: Sgt Roland Hughes à côté de son avion de chasse orné d’ovnis peints par ses collègues
après son observation d’ovni confirmé par radar.


Pour poursuivre la lecture de l'article : http://area51blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/lobservation-dovni-par-un-pilote-de-la-raf-surnomme-soucoupe-sam-en-1952-a-convaincu-le-ministre-de-laviation-que-nous-ne-sommes-pas-seuls/

Merci à Era du Blog Aréa51.

Un disque de 30 mètres de diamètre ? C'est énorme !


Je note un passage :

«Il m’a dit une fois” Les gens pensent que vous êtes fou si vous dites que vous avez vu une soucoupe volante – Je n’en ai vu qu’une fois, je n’en ai jamais vu depuis “.

Voilà tout de même un point qui me semble important : Si cet aviateur avait été frappé d'hallucinations ou "d'hystérie" durant ses vols, il aurait très certainement répété ce même genre de vision durant d'autres vols. Or, ce n'est pas le cas !

Pour compléter ce sujet, voici un article paru le 27 mai dans "The Telegraph" (j'en ferais la traduc plus tard, sinon Google est votre ami )

The UFO sighting that convinced a Government minister


Following the meeting, Sandys went on to tell senior civil servants he was convinced by the airman's story.

The UFO sighting is not only one of the most detailed by a serving member of the armed forces but also shows how seriously such reports were taken by the authorities. British governments have historically downplayed the suggestion that such sightings have been investigated.

The existence of the sighting has emerged in papers released by the Churchill Archive, at Cambridge University. The centre contains the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, as well as Sandys, who married the former prime minister's daughter, Diana.

In one document – written a few days after the interview with the 23-year-old Hughes – Sandys tells the government's chief scientist, Lord Cherwell, about the meeting and states that he found the airman's account and the supporting evidence from radar "convincing".

The sighting came shortly after a number of similar "flying saucer" reports from US airmen and Sandys added: "I have no doubt at all that (Hughes) saw a phenomenon similar to that described by numerous observers in the United States."

Lord Cherwell had dismissed the US sightings as "mass psychology", but in his memo Sandys takes him to task for this attitude and makes clear his position on the existence of UFOs.

The minister, who was later promoted to Defence Secretary, went on: "Until some satisfactory scientific explanation can be provided, it would be most unwise to accept without further question the view that 'flying saucers' can be dismissed as 'a mild form of hysteria'." Sandys also wrote that there was "ample evidence of some unfamiliar and unexplained phenomenon".

The documents are among thousands released by the archive in recent years. Their disclosures were uncovered by David Clarke, a Sheffield Hallam

University academic, while he was conducting research for a new edition of a book he has written on UFO sightings for the National Archives.

By chance, shortly after his discovery, Dr Clarke was contacted by the fighter pilot's son, who had read the earlier edition and wanted to share information about his father's sighting.

Roland Hughes had died in 2009, aged 79, but had recounted his version of events to his son, Brian, who passed on the account to Dr Clarke, as well as his father's log book, in which he had noted the sighting and subsequent meeting with Sandys.

The incident will now feature in the latest edition of the book, to be released in September, following the release this summer of more government UFO files from the National Archives.

In the airman's account, relayed via his son, he was in one of four aircraft from No. 20 Squadron, of the RAF's 2nd Tactical Air Force, returning to RAF Oldenburg, in northern West Germany, flying in formation at high altitude in clear visibility.

He reported seeing a sudden flash of "silver light" in they sky high above him which rapidly descended towards him until he could see that it was a "gleaming silver-metallic disc".

The airman said its surface was shiny, "like tin foil", and "without a single crease or crinkle in it". He could see, with "astonishing clarity", the aircraft's "highly reflective and absolutely seamless metallic-looking surface". He estimated its size at 100ft across – "about the wingspan of a Lancaster bomber".

It flew alongside him for several seconds before flying off at great speed.

None of the other three pilots saw the object – it is thought because they were all executing a "banking turn" at the time and would not have been looking in the right direction – but radar on the ground had picked it up.

Six days later, Hughes – who later worked as a commercial airline pilot – was sent to RAF Fassberg, another base in northern West Germany, to give his account to senior RAF officers and Sandys himself, who was visiting. The minister's first question to Hughes was how many beers he had had the night before.

After the sighting, Hughes – who was known as Sam, after a character created by Stanley Holloway, the actor and comedian – was nicknamed "Saucer Sam" by colleagues, who painted a cartoon of a flying saucer on his jet.

Brian Hughes, 45, a Ministry of Defence civil servant based at Bovington Camp, in Dorset, said: "We knew about the sighting in the family when we were growing up but my father didn't talk about it a lot. We learned about it more from prompting him.

"He was very matter-of-fact about what he saw, just describing the details. He never did any research into UFO or flying saucers and didn't have any interest in the supernatural of science fiction.

"If it was someone other than my father who had told this story, I would be sceptical. He once said to me 'People think you're mad if you say you've seen a flying saucer – I've only ever seen one once; I've never seen one since.'"

Dr Clarke, who is sceptic on UFO issues, said: "There is absolutely no doubt that something was seen by Hughes. He is not making this up. But the only honest position to take is that we don't know what it was. But there could be some sort of scientific explanation, before you start jumping to conclusions about alien visitors."[/justify]

By Jasper Copping

Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/9292417/The-UFO-sighting-that-convinced-a-Government-minister.html

Un témoignage de plus, avec recoupement radar, qui était déjà suffisant en 1952 pour admettre la réalité des OVNI ! Alors en 2012.....

30 m de diamètre ! L'OVNI classique en somme. Faut juste avoir assez de place dans le garage

hocine a écrit:

Je crois qu’il a existé un garage pour ovnis fin des années 50 ( une sorte d’impression)

Dans la zone 51, par exemple ? ...