UFO Halts Ben-Gurion Airport Traffic
Oct 14, 2012 8:14:25 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Oct 14, 2012 8:14:25 GMT -5
UFO Halts Ben-Gurion Airport Traffic 
With the military jumpy over the incursion of an enemy drone deep into Israeli airspace on Saturday, the IAF is taking no chances when they see something unusual on their radar screens, which are apparently now set at their highest sensitivity levels.
Around 5:00 AM on Wednesday morning, IAF fighter jets were scrambled over Ben Gurion Airport after IAF radar systems detected an unidentified flying object over the airport. All international flights were put on hold, and landing planes had to switch to a holding pattern as the fighter jets checked everything out.
Galei Tzahal reports that the all-clear was given a few minutes later and the planes were allowed to land.
There’s no report as to what the radar had detected.
This is the second time the IAF has scrambled fighter jets since Saturday. Earlier in week, they sent jets over Beit Shemesh, but that turned out to be nothing.
An IDF source is saying that the army would prefer to be more careful and not take extra chances.
Also, it turns out that Saturday’s F-16 had to launch two anti-aircraft missiles at the drone in order to shoot it down because of the drone’s low heat signature prevented a good lock the first time.
source:
www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/ufo-halts-ben-gurion-airport-traffic/2012/10/10/
With the military jumpy over the incursion of an enemy drone deep into Israeli airspace on Saturday, the IAF is taking no chances when they see something unusual on their radar screens, which are apparently now set at their highest sensitivity levels.
Around 5:00 AM on Wednesday morning, IAF fighter jets were scrambled over Ben Gurion Airport after IAF radar systems detected an unidentified flying object over the airport. All international flights were put on hold, and landing planes had to switch to a holding pattern as the fighter jets checked everything out.
Galei Tzahal reports that the all-clear was given a few minutes later and the planes were allowed to land.
There’s no report as to what the radar had detected.
This is the second time the IAF has scrambled fighter jets since Saturday. Earlier in week, they sent jets over Beit Shemesh, but that turned out to be nothing.
An IDF source is saying that the army would prefer to be more careful and not take extra chances.
Also, it turns out that Saturday’s F-16 had to launch two anti-aircraft missiles at the drone in order to shoot it down because of the drone’s low heat signature prevented a good lock the first time.
source:
www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/ufo-halts-ben-gurion-airport-traffic/2012/10/10/
