Milton Torres

Milton Torres, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, is renowned for his 1957 UFO encounter over East Anglia, UK. Born around 1932, he served 20 years in the USAF, including as a Vietnam veteran, and later as Chief of Operations for NASA. On May 20, 1957, aged 25, Torres was scrambled from RAF Manston in a Sabre jet to intercept a radar target with unusual flight patterns, sized like a B-52 bomber. Ordered to fire 24 rockets, he locked on but the object vanished abruptly. Visited by a man with NSA credentials warning silence under threat of career ruin, he disclosed the incident 31 years later via declassified UK Ministry of Defence files. Torres testified the object's maneuvers exceeded known aircraft capabilities, convincing him it was extraterrestrial. His account, shared in interviews and UFO histories, highlights military UFO protocols.