The UFO Phenomenon

UFO alert as pilots report near-misses with mystery objects over Turkey

By T.K. Randall
January 30, 2025

Image: AI-generated (Bing AI / Dall-E 3) Local reports have highlighted a spate of unexplained encounters between pilots and unidentified, unseen objects in and around the airspace of Turkey's capital city Istanbul.

The incidents saw pilots receive traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) warnings near Sabiha Gokcen Airport, prompting extensive search efforts to try to track down the objects responsible.

"On final approach at 300 feet, we received a traffic alert," one pilot was recorded as saying. "It could be a drone or another aircraft. For your information."

"Sir, we have been dealing with this for the past two and a half hours," the control tower responded. "Several flights before you also received this warning. We have reported it to coastal authorities.""We see descending traffic 500 feet below us," the pilot said. "It appears as an unidentified traffic on our system. It is now 5 miles ahead of us. We also received this warning on our previous flight."

Despite multiple searches of the surrounding area, no explanation for the phenomenon has been forthcoming.

Some have speculated that the near-misses could be connected to the mystery drones that had been reported above airbases in the United States and beyond in recent months.

Earlier this week, President Trump's administration played down the drones sighted over New Jersey, but that doesn't explain all of the sightings - especially those in other states or countries.

For now, the objects picked up on traffic avoidance systems over Istanbul continue to remain a mystery.

Source: Turkiyetoday.con

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