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US Fighter Jets Ordered to Shoot Down UFO

Aircraft carrier-sized ship darted off; pilot ordered to keep silent

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2008 7:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – US fighter jets were ordered to shoot down a UFO over England during the Cold War, newly released files reveal. What appeared to be a massive "aircraft carrier" in the sky hovered before darting off undamaged, said one of the military pilots, who was...   Read full story »

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