Flying saucers over British Scientology HQ

 Close encounter of the absurd kind

Space oddity ... Scientology HQ in Sussex, and Tom Cruise

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By PAUL SIMS 

THREE passenger jets had a close encounter with UFOs above Britain’s Scientology HQ, a report has revealed.

Their pilots each saw “two flat, silver discs” as they lined up to land at Gatwick Airport — and some flew within 100ft.
Air traffic control staff then spotted a total of SIX UFOs on their radar before they suddenly vanished.
The close encounter above the Church of Scientology HQ in East Grinstead, West Sussex, on December 30 last year lasted a full seven minutes.
Oddly it emerged a day later that Scientologists — famously followed by Tom Cruise — carved a message to aliens in hills in New Mexico, US. The cult believes aliens inhabit human bodies.
Former MoD UFO investigator Nick Pope called the UK sightings “spectacular”, adding: “The evidence is first rate. The witnesses are experienced pilots and there is radar evidence to back up their stories.”
A probe by UK Airprox Board, which examines near misses, failed to find an explanation. Its report yesterday revealed how a Boeing 777 pilot raised the alarm at 8.53am after spotting “two flat silver discs”.
Minutes later a Boeing 767 and an Airbus 319 saw the same “saucer-like” shapes. The 777 crew said they looked “man-made” and “toy-like”.
Investigators considered explanations including that they were balloons or kites. But Mr Pope added: “None of the theories hold water.”
Airprox classified the encounter as level D — meaning it is unexplained.