Greece: Amazing UFO incident involving Air Force and airline

A remarkable UFO incident that occurred in the skies over Athens over a year ago but was kept secret by the Greek Aviation Authority and the Greek Air Force has recently come to light and is receiving extensive media coverage in Greece.

On 11 November 2007 at 3:20am the captain of Olympic Airways flight 266 from Athens to London noticed an extremely unusual object moving erratically to the west of Athens. The object was somewhat star like in appearance however much brighter and larger with a constantly shifting shape.

Meanwhile the captains of Olympic Airways flights 730 to Kos and 700 to Rhodes reported the same thing. The sighting was then confirmed by Athens Airport control tower, whose employees observed the object moving towards Karystos, a small town on the Greek island of Euboea. At this point the Greek Air Force was contacted.

The Greek Air Force confirmed that they too were visually monitoring the object from their radar station at the top of Parintha Mountain near Athens and had observed that it was travelling at incredible speed and did not fit the description of any terrestrial craft. The staff at the Air Force radar station later described the UFO as large, of an unusual shape and very bright. Air force staff were requested to photograph the craft and did so (no pictures have come to light yet).

At this point two F-16’s were sent up too intercept the UFO, while the various control towers monitored the object from earth. The object then shot off at incredible speed skyward and the Jets failed to indentify anything. While both staff at the Athens Airport and the Parintha Mountain Air Force Radar Unit confirmed that they clearly observed the object their radars picked up nothing.

Below is the recording and an unconfirmed translation of the pilots conversation with the airport control tower as well as the aviation authority document:

Narrator: Nov 11th 2007, Flight 266 London to Athens, during the flight the Olympic Airways pilot communicates with flight control at Eleftherios Venizelos airport (Athens International), listen to the conversation:

Pilot: Olympic 266, tower are you receiving me?

Tower: Go ahead

Pilot: Is another airplane flying near me?

Tower: Negative, why?

Pilot: I see on my right, at approximately the same altitude, an unknown target flying from the South to the East

Tower: No, there's nothing there, is it bothering you (in your way)?

Pilot: For the moment no, but its altitude and heading are not stable.

Tower: What exactly do you mean because I have no target on radar.

Pilot: It is increasing speed and its headings are erratic.

Tower: Olympic, continue on your present heading and altitude according to plan and we are staying in contact.