Former U.S. Pilot Confirms British Declassified Report About UFO Encounter In '57

October 21, 2008 7:24 a.m. EST

London, UK (AHN) - A former U.S. Air Force pilot based at Britain's Royal Air Force station in southeastern England confirmed a recently declassified report stating that he was ordered but failed to shoot down an unidentified flying object in 1957.

Retired U.S. airman Milton Torres confirmed that he and a co-pilot were ordered to intercept the UFOs that appeared on the radar of the RAF airfield in Manston in Kent, England.

Torres said controllers ordered him to shoot down the object that appeared in the size of an aircraft carrier on their plane's radar. However, the UFO went erratic and sped away at 10,000 mph before he could fire his rockets.

The pilot, who now lives in Miami, said he never saw the UFO with his naked eyes. He also never received any explanation about the flying objects when he returned to base, except that he was told by a civilian official not to tell anyone about the incident.