I've covered the presence of mysterious objects many times
on HPANWO and it turns out that I'm not the only blogger who does so. Katja and
Mic are a couple from
Slovenia
who run the blog
We Just Travel and,
as its name suggests, they are seasoned globetrotters who have toured the world
from
Austria to
Zimbabwe. One
of their entries covers a subject which converges with my own interests. While
backpacking on the Indonesian
island
of Bali they came across a
mysterious aeroplane whose presence defies all explanation. They'd heard
rumours about it from local people and other holidaymakers and so set out to
find it. The aeroplane is a Boeing 737 airliner and it can be found on the
Bukit
Peninsula in the far south of the
island. It is just a mile inland of
Pandawa
Beach and is difficult to spot from
ground level. It sits at the bottom of an oblong quarry on the north side of
the
Raya Nusa Dua Selatan Road.
It is hidden from view by a row of shipping containers and the quarry's owner
does not allow access; however it can be easily seen from nearby public land.
Katja and Mic have taken many photographs for their website and Instagram page.
Source:
http://wejusttravel.com/abandoned-plane-bali/
and:
https://www.instagram.com/wejusttravel/.
It has become a notable tourist attraction and many of
Bali's
three million annual visitors are seeking it out for selfies.
There is very little information available about the enigmatic
abandoned aircraft. I should point out immediately, before somebody inevitably
asks, that this is
not the missing
Malaysia
Airlines MH-370, see:
http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/malaysian-airlines-370-found.html.
That was a Boeing 777-200ER; this aircraft is a Boeing 737. Interestingly it is
the same model used by the "Janet" airline that provides access to
Area 51, see:
http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bob-lazar-25-years-on.html,
not that there is definitely a connection. The rumour is that the landowner originally
planned to convert the aircraft into an unusual themed restaurant, but the business
plan failed. The plane has obviously been at the location for some considerable
time. It is covered in cracks and rust, and it has weeds growing around its
undercarriage. It is certainly in no condition to fly. The faded paintwork is
plain white while the Janet planes have a red cheatline. There is no livery on
it and no markings at all except some graffiti. If it ever had a registration
number on its tailfin then this has been obliterated. Any positive identification
of the aircraft will be difficult unless it can be examined closely. The
biggest question is: how did it get there? It cannot possibly have flown
because it would have had to land in the quarry which, as you can see from the
photographs, is surrounded by steep walls and tall trees on all sides. If it
were put there some other way, then how? It would need to be transported by
road, probably in several separate pieces, then manoeuvred by a large crane or
a helicopter into the quarry and then reassembled. Such a major transportation and
construction project would have shut down half the island. The Balinese natives
would definitely remember it and would have made records; photographs,
documents etc. There is a piece of another aircraft in the quarry too, but this
is a far smaller model and it is only a nosecone. Could the mystery involve a
more esoteric element perhaps relating to UFO's or secret technology? This must
be considered. The situation actually reminds me of the scene in Steven
Spielberg's
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind where a ship that vanished in the Bermuda Triangle is left in the
middle of the Gobi Desert in central Asia. Did this 737 airliner go missing at
all? I've looked at Wikipedia's list of missing aircraft and there is not a
single recorded case involving a Boeing 737. UFO's have often been associated
with other missing aircraft though; most famously the disappearance of
Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who was flying a Cessna light aircraft
in 1978. He was traversing the sea between the Australian mainland and
Tasmania
when he reported a UFO to air traffic control just before he vanished. The
presence of the UFO could have caused him to crash into the sea and sink
without trace; or was he and his aircraft "taken" by the UFO? Was
this 737 airliner in
Bali "taken" in the same
way, but never reported for some reason; perhaps because it was part of the
Janet fleet? Alternatively this aircraft could be a large example of an
apport, an object that appears out of
thin air by supernatural means. This matter is further complicated by the
presence of yet another abandoned aircraft on
Bali. This
is also a Boeing 737 airliner and it sits by the side of a busy road in Kedonganan,
just a few miles away from the first plane, in the grounds of a branch of
Dunkin' Donuts. This aircraft is far
easier to visit, see:
https://indonesia.tripcanvas.co/bali/abandoned-plane-bali/.
There is some mystery surrounding this aeroplane too and it also clearly could
not have landed there. If UFO's are behind these unusual aviation reappearances
then what are they planning to return next?
And: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/mysterious-object-in-seattle-tunnel-dig.html.