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[excommo]

I was wondering if anyone here is old enough to remember the day in Aug. 1956 when the Brits called a full alert on the island?

Radar saw a blip moving about 400MPH, at 60,000 feet. As no known plane could fly that high it had to be a UFO and the balloon went up. After 1960 when Powers was shot down over USSR in his U-2 spy plane, it came out that a U-2 was sent from Incirlik AFB near Adana to see what all the Brits were doing on the island concerning the Suez Crisis at the time. Of course come end of Oct. Brits, French and Israelis all attacked Egypt. I was on the last commercial flight to the island at 1730 Oct 30 coming back to roost after three months in Baghdad. At 1800 the island was shut down for about two weeks. My residential hotel was full of RAF crews for the Canberras that had just flown into RAF Nicosia. Could not get to the bar to get some brandy sours, dining room packed, and exhausted from the all day traveling and went to bed with no dinner. Got up in the morning expecting a mob scene at breakfast and no one in the room. They all got up very early to go bomb Egypt.

As if the troubles were not enough to deal with on the island, now a war. RAF drove off two attempts by Syria to attack the island during the next few days.

[Paphitis]

I have an old mate who use to fly Canberras over Vietnam.

It had a service ceiling of 52000FT, probably more than that.

The U2 started flying in 1955 so it could have been the Yanks.

[supporttheunderdog]

I was three months old and oblivious.

[CBBB]

I was three months old and oblivious.

..and you have been oblivious ever since!

[kurupetos]

I was three months old and oblivious.

Yes, you were just a puppy.

[excommo]

I know for sure it was a U.S. pilot in the U-2.

See this link http://britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/Da ... O/ufo.html

At the Cyprus page on britains small wars is my story that David Carter, who ran the Cyprus link, put on that forum.

The U-2 only flew at 400 MPH , so it was a super sonic jet that the soldier in the story at the end must of heard.

[kurupetos]

Good. Now I can remove my socks.

[Paphitis]

I know for sure it was a U.S. pilot in the U-2.

See this link http://britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/Da ... O/ufo.html

At the Cyprus page on britains small wars is my story that David Carter, who ran the Cyprus link, put on that forum.

The U-2 only flew at 400 MPH , so it was a super sonic jet that the soldier in the story at the end must of heard.

Interesting. Thanks.

[excommo]

P.S.

For many years when the U-2 needed to stage out of Cyprus it did, and still does, at RAF Akrotiri , The U.S. Air Force personnel involved usually hang out at "Mom's Place".

[kurupetos]

I think the UFO was YFred. Didn't he land in Louroudjina?