light next to my b-17
i was a left waist gunner on a B-17. over france we saw a light,the altemeter went crazy and kept going from sea lvl to 10000 ft even though we were flying higher, but none of the other instruments faild or so the pilot said;it stayed with us for about 5 min. we wanted to shoot it but the pilot said "if it was hostile it would have killed us by now. teh engenner thought it was a kraut secret weapon.
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i was a left waist gunner on a B-17. over france we saw a light,the altemeter went crazy and kept going from sea lvl to 10000 ft even though we were flying higher, but none of the other instruments faild or so the pilot said;it stayed with us for about 5 min. we wanted to shoot it but the pilot said "if it was hostile it would have killed us by now. teh engenner thought it was a kraut secret weapon.
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France (over, somewhere)
France
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5 min.
light
Occurred : 6/8/1943 14:00 (Entered as : 06/08/1943 14:00) Reported: 11/21/2003 4:38:26 PM 16:38 Posted: 11/26/2003 Location: France (over, somewhere), Shape: Light Duration: 5 min. Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object, There were electrical or magnetic effects
light next to my b-17