Person
John Kilburn
- Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force (Shackleton aircrew, RAF Topcliffe, 1952)
John Kilburn was a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant with a Shackleton crew at RAF Topcliffe in 1952. On 19 September 1952, during NATO's Exercise Mainbrace, he and other RAF personnel saw a silvery disc follow a Meteor jet on its approach, swaying like a pendulum before hovering and speeding away.
Sources: Mainbrace incident record
Facts and claims
- claimed Kilburn and other RAF personnel at RAF Topcliffe said that on 19 September 1952 they saw a silvery disc follow a Meteor jet on approach, swaying like a pendulum, then hover and speed away. — John Kilburn Source: project1947.com (archived)