LEAKED audio from a military pilot revealed he saw a “weird” flying object pass his under plane just 10 feet away.
The close encounter with the “cylindrical object” was reported around 2:30pm on September 17, 2024 during a Homeland Security flight over California.
Former FBI special agent and UFO investigator Ben Hanson shared the audio of the shocked pilot’s report with NewsNation.
He claimed that the flight was on a mission, most likely related to “drug interdiction” when the dark, football-sized object flew past the aircraft.
Hanson said the experienced US Air Force pilot was flying a Beechcraft 350 C at about 20,000 feet in controlled air space at the time.
The pilot, identified as “Troy 21” told the local air traffic controller in Los Angeles: “This is going to sound weird.
“I just had something pass underneath my wing.
“Maybe a football-sized object right under my wing.”
“I’ve got my sensor operator looking for it on the camera right now, we’ll see if we can find it,” he added.
“But it was like a dark gray, cylindrical object and it was probably the size of a football and it passed maybe 10 feet under our right wing.”
About a minute after the initial sighting, the pilot reported back to air traffic control saying he saw an object on the aircraft’s air-to-air system.
Just seconds later, he added that he could see an object on the radar 60 miles away, though it is not known if it was the same one.
If it was the same object that passed under the wing, it would have had to be flying at over 1,500mph, over Mach 2 to cover the distance in two minutes.
This is something a drone could not do, especially at that altitude, the former FBI agent said.
Following the pilot’s report, another air traffic controller said: “There was a UFO reported here, but that’s all taken care of now.
“It was earlier, but it’s gone.”
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But Hanson said that the unknown presence of these objects in controlled airspace is incredibly dangerous.
“There are big problems with that happening in controlled airspace like they were,” he said.
“And they weren’t notified of any air traffic that was supposed to be in the area.”
He added that the pilots in the aircraft were “very experienced” and due to the clear weather conditions, they could “get a good look” at the unusual object.
The leak comes just days after former UFO investigator Nick Pope told The U.S. Sun that Donald Trump needs to immediately set up a UFO czar.
Pope said the task force should work on developing a contingency plan for a potential alien encounter, he said.
He hopes that a czar would finally uncover the mystery that surrounds unidentified aerial phenomena that has haunted bureaucrats in Washington DC.
It comes after decades of allegations that the issue of unidentified aerial phenomena has been swept under the carpet and covered up by officials.
But calls are growing louder for transparency and disclosure especially as UAPs have been linked to national security fears and concerns have escalated that America’s enemies are penetrating the skies.