THIS refers to the report ‘Extraordinary object spotted in sky: PIA’ (Jan 28). PIA pilots reported an unidentified flying object (UFO) during a flight from Karachi to Lahore on Jan 23 between Multan and Sahiwal. The matter became a hotly discussed topic nationwide after the video made by the pilots went viral on social media.

A white circular object was noticed by the pilots over the plane which was flying at 35,000 feet. The crew members recorded the unidentified object quickly after it came into notice. According to the observations, the object was surrounded by a metal ring and was releasing a white light from its centre.

The pilots alerted the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) about the sighting of a UFO, which later reported this incident to the police and asked them to initiate a search operation in that area.

It is pertinent to note that a few weeks earlier, Haim Eshed, a former Israeli space security chief, had talked about alien existence on earth in an interview with a Hebrew-language Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, which was also reported by the Jerusalem Post.

Eshed claimed that world powers, like the United States and Israel, were working closely with aliens under the terms and conditions put forward by the ‘Galactic Federation’. He also added that there was a secret underground base on Mars where there are American and alien representatives.

In the background of such reports, our intelligence agencies should remain alert and focussed on these incidents because such classified activity and inventions can be a threat to humanity, especially for a developing country like Pakistan.

Nimra Firdous

Lahore

Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2021