Captured on Camera: Pilot & Photographers' Unexplained Imagines - Christiaan van Heijst | MERGED EP5

Christiaan van Heijst in his vast decades of flying planes has had several experiences of witnessing things that he can't explain. Today, he explains those UAP sightings with us and shows the photos that he has captured of these unexplainable objects in the sky. Christiaan shares his story over working in aviation, finding passion in photography, and his curiosity with UAP after having several strange encounters while flying.    ===   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:36 Christiaan’s Military Aviation Background 18:56 Current Aviation Work 21:07 Photography as a Pilot  28:15 Discussing UAP 38:28 Tools for Determining Flight Threats 40:54 Possible UAP Sightings 53:38 Do Other Pilots See These? 1:03:50 UAP Encounters that Remain Mysterious  1:11:39 Bringing Awareness to this 1:15:01 Christiaan’s Most Recent Sighting 1:28:49 Conclusion ===   Christiaan van Heijst   Christiaan is a Dutch airline pilot who's been flying since the age of fourteen. He started his career flying turboprops in Africa and Afghanistan, flew the Boeing 737 for four years and has been flying the Boeing 747 for the last twelve years. He's logged over 9,500 flight hours and is now a captain on the 747.   Parallel to his flying career, he is an award-winning photographer specializing in photography from the flight deck   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpcvanheijst/ Website: https://jpcvanheijst.com http://www.ipaco.fr/page28.html   ===   Ryan Graves:  AIAA UAP: https://www.aiaauap.org Twitter: @uncertainvector   Connect with Us:    Website: http://www.mergedpodcast.com Merged Point: https://www.mergedpoint.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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MERGED is a platform to enable the mainstream exploration of UAP through the lens of pilots, scientists, and innovators.  Ryan will host discussions on UAP that prioritize scientific inquiry and maintain an open-minded approach. In addition to exchanging ideas, MERGED will serve as a conduit for identifying technologies, companies, and individuals that can contribute to the ecosystem of UAP research and understanding. Ryan Graves is a former pilot who flew the F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. In 2014, he and his colleagues regularly encountered unidentified aerospace phenomena (UAP) off the coast of Virginia Beach. These sightings were so frequent that they had to cancel training missions. By 2021, there have been 11 documented near misses with UAP. The MERGED Podcast is here to explore this phenomenon and the efforts to understand it through the perspective of pilots, scientists, and innovators. Ryan believes that the UAP phenomenon is an engineering problem and that a rational, science-first approach is needed to explore it.