The Irish Aviation Authority has launched an investigation after several reports of sightings of an unidentified flying object (UFO) moving at incredible speeds before disappearing off the coast of Ireland.

The first report of UFO detection was sent from a British Airways pilot at 6:47 a.m. on November 9 (local time) when this pilot controlled a Boeing 787 plane traveling Heathrow-Montreal over the coast. South West Ireland.

The pilot contacted Shannon Air Traffic Control (ATC) to check if there were any training exercises taking place in that area. The ATC station replied that there were no exercises taking place and “no unusual signals appeared on both primary and secondary radar”.

The pilot described the object as moving very fast. It appeared from the left side of the plane and headed north with a bright light, before disappearing.

Suddenly, the pilot of a Virgin Airlines Boeing 747 joined the conversation, claiming that a meteor or some other object had just entered the Earth’s atmosphere. The pilot confirmed “there were many objects flying in the same direction, they were very bright”.

When the ATC control station asked the pilots what direction the objects were flying, the Virgin Airlines pilot said it was at “11 o’clock” from his current position with “two lights to the right.”

The incident is of more concern when the third pilot also made a similar report. Another BA pilot said he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw “I wasn’t the only one who saw this strange phenomenon”. He said the UFO moved at Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).

The Irish Aviation Authority said it was investigating “unusual aerial activity” after receiving reports from a number of aircraft on Friday.