NPAS St Athan incident
September 2016: Original disclosure
On 23 and 24 September 2016, NPAS St Athan went public with a short video of a supposed "UFO sighting" recorded on the helicopter's FLIR infrared camera. The footage (around 30 seconds, looped) was grainy and blurry, having been filmed with a crew member's cameraphone from a display monitor. Consequently the video was highly unsatisfactory. Nevertheless, it drew immediate attention.
Three screengrabs from the time of the original disclosure are reproduced below.
Three screengrabs from the time of the original disclosure are reproduced below.
1) Below: Initial report made public. N.b., the date of the sighting is given incorrectly as "17/9/2016"
(NPAS St Athan Twitter account, 23-24 September 2016)hsk
(NPAS St Athan Twitter account, 23-24 September 2016)hsk
2) Below: Details emerge
(NPAS St Athan account operator discusses sighting)
(NPAS St Athan account operator discusses sighting)
3) Below: More details
(NPAS account operator further discusses sighting)
(NPAS account operator further discusses sighting)