1 00:00:17,449 --> 00:00:24,329 it is and gentlemen good morning my name 2 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:28,079 is Josh Homme de Burgh I am a retired 3 00:00:24,329 --> 00:00:33,349 Air Force captain during Air Force 4 00:00:28,079 --> 00:00:35,910 flight 35 32 from this to London on 28 5 00:00:33,350 --> 00:00:39,960 January 1994 6 00:00:35,909 --> 00:00:44,038 I observed with my crew a UFO in broad 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:47,460 daylight near Paris we had few 8 00:00:44,039 --> 00:00:49,260 passengers on board and none of them had 9 00:00:47,460 --> 00:00:54,149 reported and that observation to the 10 00:00:49,259 --> 00:00:56,640 crew so time was 1:00 p.m. and the 11 00:00:54,149 --> 00:01:01,799 visibility was excellent with some 12 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:05,430 altocumulus clouds that object had been 13 00:01:01,799 --> 00:01:07,620 identified initially by you Stuart who 14 00:01:05,430 --> 00:01:08,340 was in a little cockpit and by the 15 00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:11,820 co-pilot 16 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:15,049 as a weather balloon but when I'd 17 00:01:11,819 --> 00:01:20,219 identified it it looked quite different 18 00:01:15,049 --> 00:01:24,599 in fact this UFO was in evolution and it 19 00:01:20,219 --> 00:01:28,980 looks like this with a bank angle of 45 20 00:01:24,599 --> 00:01:35,509 degrees it seemed to be a huge flying 21 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:35,510 disc it stabilized and stopped moving 22 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:43,319 we observe it over one minute on the 23 00:01:38,849 --> 00:01:46,709 left of our plane surprisingly totally 24 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:52,649 stationary in the sky and it disappeared 25 00:01:46,709 --> 00:01:56,269 progressively this large object was 26 00:01:52,650 --> 00:02:00,480 below us at the altitude of 35,000 feet 27 00:01:56,269 --> 00:02:05,129 we were certain 9,000 feet at a distance 28 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:10,679 of about 25 nautical miles the color was 29 00:02:05,129 --> 00:02:13,829 red brown with broad outlines the 30 00:02:10,679 --> 00:02:16,229 apparent diameter of this object could 31 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:21,080 be compared to the diameter of the moon 32 00:02:16,229 --> 00:02:24,259 or the Sun that means that it was about 33 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:28,349 1,000 feet wide 34 00:02:24,259 --> 00:02:31,949 we had no idea of the structure of the 35 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:36,209 UFO that seemed to be embedded in a kind 36 00:02:31,949 --> 00:02:38,899 of magnetic or gravitational field with 37 00:02:36,209 --> 00:02:43,699 no lights of this war metallic structure 38 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:47,730 which gave it a really physical pearance 39 00:02:43,699 --> 00:02:50,459 so most incredible expected is that it 40 00:02:47,729 --> 00:02:55,139 became transparent and disappeared in 41 00:02:50,459 --> 00:02:59,039 about 10 to 20 seconds my co-pilot 42 00:02:55,139 --> 00:03:01,708 chef Jared and I quickly realized that 43 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:05,310 what we were seeing did not resemble 44 00:03:01,709 --> 00:03:09,319 anything known to us and we reported our 45 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:12,269 sighting to Russ traffic control 46 00:03:09,318 --> 00:03:14,639 simultaneously the radar of the 47 00:03:12,269 --> 00:03:18,719 operational center of the air defense 48 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:23,369 the coda what he stirred a 1-minute spot 49 00:03:18,719 --> 00:03:26,128 causing the track of our plane when I 50 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:29,849 recorded the estimated position of the 51 00:03:26,128 --> 00:03:32,598 UFO on an IO nautical map I was 52 00:03:29,848 --> 00:03:37,729 surprised to realize that its position 53 00:03:32,598 --> 00:03:42,780 one knows the bars of tahini which puts 54 00:03:37,729 --> 00:03:48,988 the headquarters of the French Strategic 55 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:51,509 Air Command this sighting has been 56 00:03:48,989 --> 00:03:54,659 studied by the French military cometa 57 00:03:51,509 --> 00:03:57,179 group under the direction of General 58 00:03:54,659 --> 00:04:00,000 Daniel 80 and with the participation of 59 00:03:57,180 --> 00:04:03,719 several honking officers of the French 60 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:08,269 difference as well as by Japan under the 61 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:11,989 French National Space Center yes the 62 00:04:08,269 --> 00:04:11,989 investigations determine