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Weekly World News: Flight 427 UFO Collision Claim

Weekly World News published a story claiming USAir Flight 427 crashed after colliding with a UFO. The tabloid cited an alleged NTSB investigator and a burned note from the crash site as evidence for the extraordinary claim.

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November 29, 1994
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Via TheBlackVault.com (FOIA). The tabloid newspaper Weekly World News published an article alleging that USAir Flight 427 was brought down by a collision with an unidentified flying object. According to the piece, an unnamed National Transportation Safety Board investigator suggested a collision with an unknown aerial vehicle caused the crash. The story referenced a partially burned note allegedly found at the site, containing words describing a large glowing object. UFO researcher Phil Brunei was quoted demanding presidential involvement in investigating what he termed potential 'starship traffic' in American airspace.

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