Plane crash the subject of authors’ new book

THE fatal crash of a Viscount airliner, the St Phelim on March 24, 1968, with the loss of 61 passengers and crew, is the subject of a new book by two Northside authors.

Carl Nally and Dermot Butler have both been involved in paranormal investigations for over two decades.

Their organisation, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Paranormal Research Ireland (UPRI), was formed in 1998 to probe unexplained phenomena. Their new book –

‘States Of Denial: The Tuskar Rock Incident And Other Mysteries’ – explores Ireland’s worst ever air disaster.

Carl Nally claimed the fatal crash has never been explained,

“until now

?.

“Our investigation has uncovered many flaws in the Government’s 1970 report, and the two subsequent reports,

? Mr Nally claimed.

“We had researched some material for

‘States Of Denial: The Tuskar Rock Incident’ before the release of our first book,

‘Conspiracy Of Silence’, in 2006.

“We also trawled through our extensive news file archive, and scrutinised a wealth of Government documentation obtained by us.

“This documentation comprised of three official investigation reports. The first of these was the original 1970 Government report; the second report was dated 1999; and, finally, the Government tasked an international panel of aviation experts to re-evaluate everything that had already been produced.

“Originally, just 20 pages were released by the Government to the media and public. The documents we waded through, meanwhile, weighed in at over seven pounds of paper.

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Mr Nally believes the St Phelim was doomed from the moment it took off from Cork Airport until the tragic incident less than 50 minutes later.

“Hindsight is 20/20,

? he said.

“The aircraft was never going to reach its destination. Over 20 years after the disaster, two witnesses came forward to tell the international panel of aviation experts that on the morning of the departure of the St Phelim from Cork Airport, the aircraft didn’t

‘look right’ as it took off.

“This observation was not elaborated upon in the panel’s findings. Something mysterious was unfolding, right from the beginning of the flight. Something far stranger than a British missile striking the aircraft was involved.

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In Mr Nally’s opinion, the two Government reports, and that of the international aviation panel, failed to solve the mystery.

“The Government’s final words on this perplexing case are

‘CASE CLOSED’,

? he stated.

“This year marks the 45th anniversary of the crash, and we now present the reader with the opportunity to peruse all of the facts of the case, and to decide for themselves what really happened on that Sunday morning in 1968.

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Separately, the book also presents a fascinating story of close contact between law enforcement helicopters and strange aerial craft in both Ireland and Britain, with near-fatal consequences, in one of the incidents.

Another strange case involved the rural home of a British government minister, which was apparently the focus of interest for a huge, black triangular airborne craft.

“The spectacle of this unidentified hovering craft was witnessed by a local newspaper journalist in the early hours of the morning,

? stated Mr Nally.

Also among the mysteries explored are alarming cases from the USA and the former Soviet Union, in which unknown aerial craft were said to be responsible for interfering with the launch codes of nuclear missiles.

“One such case in the Ukraine in 1982 brought the world to the brink of a nuclear war,

? added Mr Nally.

‘States Of Denial: The Tuskar Rock Incident And Other Mysteries’ was An Bord Gáis Book Club’s recommended read, and was also a Mercier Press Book of the Month. The Mercier Press award was also given to the authors’ previous bestseller,

‘Conspiracy Of Silence: UFOs In Ireland’.

Both titles are available in all good bookstores, from mercierpress.ie, amazon.co.uk and amazon.com, and on Kindle.