Air Traffic Control at Prestwick reported an unknown flying object on their radar screens, assumed at first to be a Concorde jet, but then it was noticed that the speed of the object was at least four times greater. It headed south and approached the Pennine Range. It was also being tracked by NATO radar and two RAF Jaguar aircraft were scrambled from Coltishall base in Norfolk. At 2037 it was reported on the radar screen at Gatwick Airport at an altitude of 10,000 ft. At the same time Captain Fodoala Parc of the Egyptian Royal Army intelligence, among others, was conducting military maneuvers with the British Army at Salisbury Plains was instructed to go to the above location. Upon arrival they found a cylindrical object, about 60 by 40 feet in diameter with four hydraulic legs, two of which had been damaged on landing causing the object to rest on a 30 degree angle. The object appeared to be made of metal and carbon fiber, highly polished and seamless. Its color was dark charcoal. There was an opening on the side measuring 4 by 2 feet. Upon being detected by USAF high ranking officers he and the others were instructed to secure the area until recovery personnel arrived. Before leaving he noticed standing on top of what appeared to be a flight deck of the object, two strange figures. This were described as being about 3.5 to 4-feet tall, with a grayish smooth complexion, their heads were in extreme proportion to their bodies with slanting eyes and thin arms, and at no time did these communicate. Within 50 minutes an USAF Sikorsky chopper arrived and lifted the object away.

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