Watch what an Indonesian pilot saw in the sky that puzzled him during a flight from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/08/14

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Indonesian pilot Rod Van Pangemanan documented on video the appearance of unidentified flying objects during a flight from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, which surprised the flight crew.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the American website &quot;Coast to Coast&quot;, the incident occurred weeks ago when &quot;Pangimanan&quot; was flying a Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to the Nigerian airline &quot;Max Air&quot; on a flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Abuja, Nigeria.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Panjimanan shared the video on his YouTube channel, which documents his life as an airline pilot. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Unidentified flying objects that did not appear on the plane&#39;s radar were spotted and documented by Captain Rod Van Pangemanan, who was flying <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Explore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">a</a> flight from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B7%D8%A7%... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A5%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1?s... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%... <a href="https://t.co/8HkDJiPP6C">pic.twitter.com/8HkDJiPP6C</a></p> — RT Arabic Russia Today - Iraq (@rtarabiciraq) <a href="https://twitter.com/rtarabiciraq/status/1823607989095600365?ref_src=twsr... 14, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> seeing strange objects</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the video, the strange incident occurred about thirty minutes after the plane took off from Jeddah airport. Panjimanan noticed a large glowing ball in the distance, and said at the 21:01 minute of the recording: &quot;We have company on our flight,&quot; pointing to the strange object.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The strange object so astonished Pangemanan that he exclaimed &quot;Wow&quot; at its brightness. Although the object disappeared for a short time, it reappeared, further confusing the pilots, especially when a second bright ball suddenly appeared.</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>plane puzzle</strong></h3></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> When later explaining his experience to his followers in the video, Pangimanan asserted: “Guys, this is not a joke. What appeared in the sky and kept dancing?” explaining that the crew could not explain what they saw.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to a Coast to Coast report, Panjimanan explained that they initially suspected that the bright object might be another aircraft, but since it did not appear on the aircraft&#39;s radar, they ruled out that possibility, indicating that it was not an aircraft or even a drone.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He also ruled out that these luminous balls were caused by stars or satellites, because their movement did not match the movement of celestial bodies.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the end, Panjimanan concluded that these luminous balls were likely unidentified flying objects.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | The first cable car to reach “Hira Cave” in 2025</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%8A%D9%85... can your phone detect earthquakes?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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