Varanasi, India: Air Force transport crew meets three luminous discs, thousands watch
On 11 January 1977, the crew of an Indian Air Force jet transport flying 42 miles west of Varanasi, India, encountered three luminescent discs that flew past, circled once and continued east; thousands reportedly watched from the ground for 45 minutes.
Background
The crew of an Indian Air Force jet transport was flying 42 miles west of Varanasi, India, when it encountered three luminescent discs. The discs flew past the aircraft, circled once and then continued east. Apparently thousands of people saw the objects from the ground over a period of 45 minutes. Eberhart cites Timothy Good's Need to Know. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.