Two US fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down a UFO over the English countryside during the Cold War, according to previously secret files which have been made public.
One pilot said he was seconds away from firing 24 rockets at the object, which moved erratically and gave a radar reading like "a flying aircraft carrier".
The pilot, Milton Torres, now 77 and living in Miami, said the UFO spent periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated speeds of more than 12,000 kph.
After the alert, a shadowy figure told Mr Torres he must never talk about the incident and he duly kept silent for more than 30 years.
His story was among dozens of UFO sightings in defence ministry files released at the National Archives in London.
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