TWA Flight 842 UFO Encounter
Background
On a bright clear summer day in 1981, Captain Phil Schultz, a veteran TWA pilot and former US Navy Korean War fighter pilot, encountered a UFO while piloting TWA Flight 842 from San Francisco to JFK Airport over Lake Michigan. The object approached rapidly and performed an extraordinary high-speed maneuver, analyzed by Dr. Richard Haines as reaching approximately 1,000 mph with a high-G turn, without causing any shock wave or turbulence.
Der Vorfall
Captain Phil Schultz piloted TWA Flight 842 over Lake Michigan on a bright clear summer day in 1981.
He observed a large, round, silver metallic object with six jet-black portholes equally spaced around its circumference.
The disc descended rapidly from above.
Zeugenaussagen
The object came so close it appeared as large as a grapefruit held at arm's length.
Schultz and his copilot braced for midair collision.
The object then made a sharp, high-speed turn and departed.
Analyse
Dr. Richard Haines calculated its approach and departure speed at approximately 1,000 mph with a high-G turn.
No shock wave or turbulence was felt.
Chicago Center had no other air traffic in the area within 150 miles of radar range.
Significance
Dr. Richard Haines personally investigated, interviewing Schultz extensively and receiving a six-page handwritten Aerial Sighting Report. Haines calculated the object's approach and departure speed at approximately 1,000 mph with a high-G turn. No shock wave or turbulence was felt. Chicago Center confirmed no other air traffic within 150 miles. Schultz, a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot in the Korean War, described the object as a large round silver metal disc with six jet-black portholes equally spaced around its circumference. He stated he had no doubt it was an extraterrestrial craft.