The idea of time travel has been a major debate among scholars and scientists over the years. This has given rise to movie producers making movies on this very hot topic like Back to the Future etc.
Although several scientists believe time travel might be at least theoretically possible, we have yet to see a working time machine. However, this hasn’t stopped people from reporting what we call time slips – brief and unexpected visits to the past, future or even alternate timelines. These time slips occur randomly and out of nowhere and those who experience them are left flabbergasted, confused and unable to explain their ordeal.
In 1935, British RAF Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard found himself in a bit of a time slip. Goddard was piloting his Hawker Hart biplane over Scotland, on his way to Andover base in England. He passed over the abandoned Drem airfield, which had been built and destroyed during World War 1. The decrepit airfield was overgrown with vegetation and served as a pasture. Continuing his flight, Goddard encountered a freak storm during which he narrowly escaped crashing his biplane.
As he was exiting the clouds, the storm inexplicably vanished and he found himself once again flying towards Drem. This time around, the airfield looked completely different: the hangars looked brand new, the decrepit airstrip was redone and four airplanes were parked on the ground. He recognized three of them although they were painted in an unfamiliar yellow. The fourth one, however, was a monoplane the RAF did not have at the time.
Goddard also noticed a group of mechanics although they paid him no attention. He found it odd that they were all wearing blue overalls since RAF regulations had mechanics wearing brown ones.
Upon leaving the area, Sir Goddard once again encountered the freak electrical storm but managed to land safely in Andover. Four years later, the RAF began painting their planes yellow and included the monoplane Goddard had seen on their plane list. The mechanics’ uniforms were also changed.
Some people disbelieve Goddard’s account, claiming he fabricated it to get the attention. But what explanation can we give to the others?
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