One day a friend building hours decided to
do a return trip in a Rockwell Commander (a light single engine aircraft)
from Moorabbin Airport to Tullamarine return...
Tullamarine is Melbournes busy
international airport and a Primary Control Zone... I went along for the ride.
On the way there, someone on the ground had released
a kids helium filled shiny balloon... one of the things that
look like a bladder out of a wine "cask".
Anyway as it zipped up past us to the port, I easily
identified it for what it was, however when the pilot in command
saw it, he gasped "I just saw a UFO!"... I thought yeah, very funny!
Before I could object, he got on the radio and reported his "UFO" sighting to
Tullamarine Air Traffic Control... He really thought it was a UFO. LOL
As he'd made the sighting "official"
and identified himself/us with the aircrafts call sign
with his call to ATC, I decided to
keep my mouth shut... (for reasons that may or may not be obvious
)
After we landed, he then went and reported his "sighting" to Tullamarine Ground
in person as well.
That was more than 30 years ago, however, to this day he believes he saw a "UFO"... ROFL.