APRIL 21 / TODAY-IN-HISTORY 4 cases on file · 1949–1991
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The Alitalia MD-80 Kent Encounter
Lydd, Kent, England
At 22,000 feet over Kent, Alitalia pilot Achille Zaghetti observed a three-meter-long khaki-colored object pass approximately 300 meters from his McDonnell Douglas MD-80 passenger aircraft on a flight from Milan to London Heathrow. The object was confirmed on radar - making this one of the best-documented commercial aviation encounters of the early 1990s.
Scranton, Pennsylvania UFO Sighting (April 21, 1949) — FBI Files
Scranton, Pennsylvania
In April 1949, an unidentified object reportedly caused a fire and an explosion at a Pennsylvania property, according to declassified FBI records.
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