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Aircraft mistaken for a UFO during its transport to a naval base

Patuxent River, USA - It is the X-47B, Northrop Grumman-manufactured UAV

The acronym "UFO" stands for "Unidentified Flying Object", but sometimes there is not even the need that the object at issue is flying for someone to think they are involved in a "Close encounter". It happened last night, when many persons mistook an aircraft, on its way to a military base in Maryland (USA) for a UFO . It is the X-47B, a UAV (Unmanned air vehicle, that is a remote-controlled aircraft...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142198
Rome, Italy, 06/15/2012 14:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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