Retired U.S. Air Force major. Stationed in the U.K. in 1957 with the 406th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, he was scrambled to engage what radar described as a craft the size of a B-52. He came within seconds of firing before the object accelerated away.
Maj. Milton Torres is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot who was ordered to intercept and fire upon a massive UAP over the United Kingdom in 1957. Flying an F-86D Sabre, Torres locked his radar onto an object matching the size of an aircraft carrier, but it accelerated away at anomalous speeds before he could release his payload. Torres's key contribution is his detailed account of the military's aggressive posture toward UAP during the Cold War and the subsequent intelligence debriefings that ordered his complete silence. His story was corroborated decades later when the UK Ministry of Defence declassified related radar tracking files. The incident serves as a striking example of attempted military engagement with unidentified aerial phenomena.