RAF Rheindahlen, Germany: Explosions heard, Phantom crew sees objects in finger formation
On the evening of 5 November 1990, two explosions are heard around RAF Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, Germany, while two RAF Phantom jets perform practice intercepts under radar control; after the second explosion at 10:00 p.m., one crew sees UFOs heading north in finger formation.
Background
At 7:00 p.m. on 5 November 1990, an explosion is heard in the area around RAF Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the time, two RAF Phantom jets are performing practice intercepts under strict radar control. After a second explosion at 10:00 p.m., one of the crews sees UFOs heading north in "finger" formation. The report comes from Paul Whitehead's special report to Flying Saucer Review of May 1991 and is also covered in 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.