18 Feb 2010 | Telegraph.co.uk

The pilots of British Airways flight 5061 reported the incident as they flew over the Pennines on route from Milan on January 6 1995.

Captain Roger Wills and co-pilot First Officer Mark Stuart both saw a lit object fly down the right-hand side of the aircraft at a high speed from the opposite direction, a CAA report revealed.

The men were able to track the object through the right-hand windscreen and side window, having it in sight for about two seconds.

Manchester Air Traffic Control recorded no known traffic in the vicinity on radar.

In files released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and National Archives, correspondence reveals the MoD's take on the incident, following requests for details from the public.

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