What I saw as a flight attendant

I'm not a big UFO buff but I know there are a lot of you here. I'm hoping some of you can tell me what I might have seen one time when I a flight attendant. I know it was something but I'm not really sure what.

This was in 1995. I was working as a flight attendant for a charter airline. About 99% of our flights were international and most of them were for the military, transporting soldiers to and from bases outside the US.

If I remember correctly we were flying over Eastern Europe at the time. It was daylight out. I was standing in the galley near the cockpit when one of the pilots stuck his head out and asked me if I wanted to see something.

I walked into the cockpit and saw a large dark metallic looking object hanging in the sky. It didn't have any lights or windows on it and it wasn't moving at all. It looked very heavy and out of place in the sky. Another thing that was really odd about it was it wasn't shaped like any UFO I've ever heard of. It was cigar shaped and judging from the distance it seemed to be from our plane it looked much bigger than what we were flying in. (we flew DC10's and MD11's) There also seemed to be a thin mist around it even though we were above the cloud line. I asked the pilots what it was and they just shrugged and laughed.

Has anybody ever heard of anything like this or have any idea what it might have been? Forgive me if this is something common, I've never seen anything like it before or since.

Mitzella

Hey there,

Looks like i am the first reply. and most likely the least useful reply you will get but here is my 2 cents on ur post. i've seen an history channel special, about the same thing a few times now. its the same program it just airs a lot. its a big cylinder object. just like a cigar. and its either sitting there or moving slowly, sometimes they have a go at the plane. most sightings of such a craft i believe was around like northeastern america around newfoundland cananda and north western america and alaska. if memory serves me right. Aliens what they cry. sorry i cant remember what the show was called. i think it was mostly actual recordings of air convos about UFO's and reenactments of the recordings. interesting.

[edit on 21-5-2007 by rotting_in_paradise]

It sounds to me like you saw a large dark metallic cigar object hanging in the sky.

You're asking us what it was? You are the one who saw it, how are we supposed to know what it was? It was a dark metallic cigar-shaped craft apparently...

It was a cigar shaped something, It's quite often sighted, but no one knows what it is sorry

Very interesting Mitzella,you saw more than I ever did.But since it wasn't moving I couldn't say it was an ET craft.I believe that the US has their own craft that looks like this so it could have been ours.But thats just my opinion.



[edit on 21-5-2007 by crowpruitt]

Originally posted by Diplomat
It sounds to me like you saw a large dark metallic cigar object hanging in the sky.

You're asking us what it was? You are the one who saw it, how are we supposed to know what it was? It was a dark metallic cigar-shaped craft apparently...

O' the sarcasm.. lowest form of wit you know?

I think on this occasion though you have a point. It may not have been cigar shaped of course, it could have merely been a cylindrical metallic object hanging in the sky. It might have been a tin of beens travelling at the same speed as the plane. At that speed, the label would have ripped off exposing its shiny metallic cigar shape?

EDIT: Not a tin of beans, a tin of hot dogs.. the tins they come in are longer.

[edit on 21-5-2007 by fiftyfifty]

OP, whatever you saw, it seems to have been "odd" enough that you knew instinctively that this was not a usual craft. Plus you said the pilot pointed it out to you. I too have no way of knowing what it was that you saw, though I am not as blunt as Diplomat.

You mentioned at the bottom of your post something about artwork. Perhaps a quick rendering, without any frills, could better convey the idea of what you saw.

The cigar shaped UFO craft are submarine hulls which have been converted into fully working UFO vehicles... or so i've heard.

I feel we've taken the serious side out of the OP. sorry for that. There have been a lot of cigar shaped UFOs sighted many times but nobody knows what they are.. hence UFO until its classed as an IFO we won't know.

As for the pilot shrugging and laughing it off, i find that a bit unlikely. IF there was something in the sky that shouldn't have been there, it is a danger to air traffic and would have been taken seriously and reported to air traffic control. Either the OP wasn't telling the truth or her pilot was very unproffesional and put lives in danger.

The Pilots reaction implies that they've seen this object more than
once and weren't concerned in the least. They probably didn't
report it to the control center either. I wonder if the plane's radar
was picking it up? Does anyone know if a detailed survey of airline
pilots has been conducted regarding UFO sightings? Since they
spend so much time in the sky and have keen vision, it would be
interesting to learn what percentage feel that they've seen genuine
UFO's while on the job.

Thanks for conveying this story to us Mitzella. The pilots reactions
speaks volumes about how common unidentified objects are in our
skys. Hope you're enjoying your retirement! -CWM (Chicago)

Originally posted by carewemust
The Pilots reaction implies that they've seen this object more than
once and weren't concerned in the least. They probably didn't
report it to the control center either. I wonder if the plane's radar
was picking it up? Does anyone know if a detailed survey of airline
pilots has been conducted regarding UFO sightings? Since they
spend so much time in the sky and have keen vision, it would be
interesting to learn what percentage feel that they've seen genuine
UFO's while on the job.

Thanks for conveying this story to us Mitzella. The pilots reactions
speaks volumes about how common unidentified objects are in our
skys. Hope you're enjoying your retirement! -CWM (Chicago)

Whoah there horsey! Thats quite an assumption. What makes you think that? Don't you think pilots have a code of practice to follow and have something called 'moral duty'. I'd want to alert my fellow pilots that there was a dangerous obstruction in the sky

Im not saying that the OP is lying but i am saying that its a very irresponsible thing for a pilot to do... Was it Ryanair by any chance.. i might believe it then

Large Cigar shaped Ufos are quite a common sighting. They are very big and are thought to be carriers for the smaller disk shaped craft. They are alien craft but I am not sure what race pilots them.

I wonder how accurate the OP's memory is, considering this has been 12 years ago.

I remember a documentary on discovery channel about Roswell incident, they did a test with some people to see how accurate their findings were.

How accurate were they?
The big lines were still there (All they got to see was a NO CROSSING line, and an army-soldier looking guard with a gun).

Though there was a crapload of inaccurate information:
Some people claimed there were multiple guards. < INVALID
Some people even claimed they got shot at. < INVALID
Some people claimed to have seen debris. < INVALID

Now i'm not saying that everything the OP says isn't true, but there is a chance that there are a few fake details added in the mix.

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Originally posted by Dr X
Large Cigar shaped Ufos are quite a common sighting. They are very big and are thought to be carriers for the smaller disk shaped craft. They are alien craft but I am not sure what race pilots them.

You've been onboard of one to be sure they're alien???

I asked the pilots what it was and they just shrugged and laughed.

That's a rather interesting response.....almost as if they had seen strange stuff like that on a frequent basis.

Originally posted by fiftyfifty

Originally posted by carewemust
The Pilots reaction implies that they've seen this object more than
once and weren't concerned in the least. Thanks for conveying this story to us Mitzella. The pilots reactions speaks volumes about how common unidentified objects are in our skys. Hope you're enjoying your retirement! -CWM (Chicago)

Whoah there horsey! Thats quite an assumption. What makes you think that? Don't you think pilots have a code of practice to follow and have something called 'moral duty'. I'd want to alert my fellow pilots that there was a dangerous obstruction in the sky

Im not saying that the OP is lying but i am saying that its a very irresponsible thing for a pilot to do... Was it Ryanair by any chance.. i might believe it then

When I read the OPs post I had the exact same reaction as CWM. It's not so important what the object was. That will probably never be known. The important point is the reaction of the pilots and their "matter of fact" attitude.

cigar shapes have been reported for a long time in a lot of cases a disk if tilted in a way and in accordance with the direction you are viewing the object can look cigar shape and that is probebly most of them,but does not explain the disks!!!!
The pilot's reaction was intresting and as has been mentiond seen this object before I'm guessing a stealth craft of earth origin, which from the side or certin angles could look cigar shape i guess.
Or it was a space ship!!!

Originally posted by MinMin
The pilot's reaction was intresting and as has been mentiond seen this object before I'm guessing a stealth craft of earth origin, which from the side or certin angles could look cigar shape i guess.
Or it was a space ship!!!

The OP clearly stated the object was hanging motionless in the sky. How many stealth planes do you know of that can do that? As far as I know, none of the stealth planes have anti-gravity capability.

@darkside

no I've never been on one (that I can remember :-D)
but I have read a hell of a lot about the subject and I am pretty sure they are alien. I read a story once that the cylindrical craft were piloted by ET's that look a bit like praying mantises or grasshoppers. Don't know of its credibility but I think the evidence is out there if you look for it ...

Mitzella, Thanks for sharing your story There have actually been many reported sightings of cigar shaped ufo's. I'm still torn on if these things are terrestrial or alien in origin. I'm leaning towards man-made.