INCIDENT INTELLIGENCE / CASE FILE

İzmir Çiğli T-37 Escort Incident

DATE OF INCIDENT

June 12, 2001

KEY WITNESSES

Air Pilot Capt. Kaya Özdengil & Instructor Capt. İlker Dinçer (Turkish Air Force)

Summary

A metallic, highly luminous disc accompanied a T-37 military training aircraft over Çandarlı for nearly 30 minutes.

Detail report

While flying a T-37 trainer aircraft out of İzmir Çiğli Air Base near Çandarlı, Capt. Kaya Özdengil and Capt. İlker Dinçer observed a metallic glowing disc position itself near their left wing. The craft maintained formation for 30 minutes and performed sharp, high-speed directional changes corroborated by radar interference at the control center.

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