KARACHI – Authorities started an investigation about an Unidentified FlyingObject (UFO) which was spotted by a Pakistani pilot during a routine flightin Karachi air space here on Friday.
The pilot, who was flying PIA flight PK 536, found UFO that was flyinghigher than the aircraft. On this, he alerted the Civil Aviation Authority(CAA) about the situation and then CAA reported to the police for furtherinvestigation, Propakistani reported while quoting sources.
After the aircraft was airborne at a distance of 4.7 nautical miles and analtitude 4,300 feet, the pilot spotted a flying object (FO) about 105 feetabove the aircraft and reported this to Air Traffic Control (ATC) Karachi,the tech website report added.
“I {pilot} saw a FO which was flying about 150 feet above our aircraft. TheFO is dark brown or black in color and looks like a spaceship,” he said tothe ATC.
After this, the pilot changed the flight path and continued flying to hisdestination.This report caused a panic in the aviation industry. Authorities suspectedthat the FO was a land operated drone.
On this suspicion, the CAA reported the incident to the police and askedthem to search the area. A police party in the command of SSP Malir IrfanBahadur started the investigation and searching the area.
“If this was a land operated drone it could come from Super Highway area.Police started the search operation to identify any activity related tothis drone.” Irfan Bahadur told.
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It is worth mentioning here that the UFO was spotted in the same area wherethe laser beam incident was reported by the pilots.
This UFO could be a weather balloon because Pakistan Meteorology (Met)Department launches balloons in the air to collect weather data. Theseballoons are sent in the air four times in 24 hours. In the evening, Metofficers launched the balloon in the air at 5:00pm.
Abdul Rasheed, a local meteorologist told the reporter that these balloonscan go as high as 10 miles. But, he ruled out the possibility that the UFOwas a weather forecasting balloon.
“Weather forecasting is part of pilots’ training and they are familiar withthese kinds of balloons,” Rasheed added.
