Early/First large UFO ship encounter?

[Driftkel]

So you guys know when you get the very first and early large UFO ship ecounter later on right?

What happens if you decide to not go for it? I just know that my Interceptors will not be able to shoot down that large ship. I wanna try again and learn from that mistake, so are Heavy Lasers ideal on to deal with that large ship?

[Crypto Gamer]

I think the first "large" UFO is the abductor which appears at month 3,can appear early as the second day.
One interceptor with laser might shoot one down on easy difficultys,on impossbile you need luck and or dodge boost.If you don not intercept UFO it will scout(maybe panic increase too) and I think 2-5 days later a new UFO will spawn on "destory the satellite" mission, depending on month and difficulty UFO will be large scout or battleship.
You can let the scout away and kill the big one for better loot,but battleships are the best UFOs in the game,so you need firestorms againts it.On Classic+ it 2 shoots interceptors.

A useful link for you: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/UFOs_(EU2012)

[red255]

If you don't attempt to intercept UFO's 1.) you lose out on the mission and resources
2.) panic spreads in the region
3.) aliens roll to send a second ship with the mission to take down your satellight. second ship is usually larger than first ship.

if you are talking about the quest ship that just appears and if you don't shoot it down it will appear somewhere else later.