jul 31, 1976 - July 1976 British flight, cigar/round sighting (Grok rendering) Dolan: "British Airways Tri-Star on a return flight from Portugal was involved in an incident which led to the scrambling of fighter jets to chase 4 objects – 2 of which were round and brilliant white, 2 of which were cigar-shaped... captain was so alarmed by what he and the passengers had seen that he reported the sighting to air traffic controllers... According to British MoD files... fighters were immediately scrambled from Lisbon"
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https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology-ebook/dp/B0C94W38QY?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GA0HJz5rg1XI1vhQTilun3PP3ZJPcdqJIGvqPqjftiw.Jz6jNNopiAivpCNB-tW5t5AeYDzvdvjjWfXxpdnz9a0&dib_tag=se&keywords=UFOs+and+the+National+Security+State%3A+Chronology+of+a+Coverup%2C+1941-1973&qid=1734726610&s=books&sr=1-1Added to timeline:
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jul 31, 1976
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~ 49 years ago