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RAF report of UFO

Copy of MoD signal containing details of UFO reported by RAF Tornado crew, 5 November 1990

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RAF info on Russian Rocket

Information supplied by RAF Fylingdales concerning decay of Russian Proton-Gorizont rocket body on 5 November 1990. This event coincided with a UFO reported by the crew of a RAF Tornado in Dutch airspace

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FOI response re 1951 report

Response to FOI request for papers relating to the release of the Flying Saucer Working party report in 2001, including correspondence between Dr David Clarke, DAS UFO desk and MoD Records staff

..3. With regards tp the two short passages deleted rrom the DSI/JTIC Report No 7. I note

that the extracted passages are currently to subject of discussions between the MOD and the relevant party (presumably the US Air Force rrom the context). If a decision is made to release these redacted sentences, would it be possible to notify me of the content. If the decision is to withhold the passages, I would appreciate knowledge of the reasons why this is felt necessary in the public interest after the passage of 50 years.

.Main Building Whitehall London SWIA 2HB 15 January 2001

Your ref: D/DAS (Sec)64/311

Many thanks for your letter of 5 Ja.’1uary. The parcel containing copies oft.!:te files I requested arrived here at the end of last week, and in return I enclose a crossed cheque made out for the amount agreed. It would be helpful if you could let me

have a receipt

specifying the work done for use in my end of year accounts.

I wish to thank you and the staff who worked to process my request before the holiday.

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my ongoing research, which will aclmowledge the assistance the M()D ,,"Vi> ,.,,~";n~n,.

Wlth regards to my question regarding the location ofr..’1e missing file DSI/JTIC Report No . I’m satisfied that your staff have done everything reasonabk to locate t.’1is document, but it is encouraging that you do not appear to complet~ly rule om the possibility that it could have survived and may one d,,-y be found. In the meaI1time, I v"ill

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"D51/JTIC Report No 7 "Unidentified Flying Objects" (1952) and related reports on "UFO" 1951-52 - I can confirm that a review of closed files has taken place v but none were found to contain the report you seek. As a consequence of this. and earlier searches which failed to locate the report, we conclude it has not survive the

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Your ref: DAS(Sec)/64/3

.Finally, with Jegards to my request for access to DSI/JTIC Report No 7 on UFOs (1952). It is disappointing that this document has not been located during your review of closed files. The attachment I enclosed with my letter of September 4 clearly demonstrated this document existed in 1967 when it was referred to by an officer of the DSTI branch, DI55. It seems improbable that such an important document (the basis of a briefing by the Secretary of State for Air to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1952) would have been lost or ’not have survived the passage of time’ when other material of lesser interest has survived and is available in the Public Record Office today.

From the DSI/JTIC committee minutes availah]e at the PRO it is stated that a ’watered down’ copy of the Report No.7 was being considered for release to the Press during October 1952 by DDI (Security), so it is possible copies may have been sent to a number of different MOD departments. As it is also noted that the Americans (presumably the US Air Force) would have to be consulted before any Press release, copies of Report No 7 mav also have heen sent to the US Embassy in 1952-53. In addition. there is a note in the mi~utes stating thaL~oPY of this report had bOt;>! se!1L Lv Sit Henry TiL.ai , wi!vsc pape >

are preserved at the Imperial War Museum. I intend to visit the Museum to research Tizard’s papers in the near future, and will notify you if! find the document among these papers.

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I wonder if you could assist me with the following query:

I am researching material for an academic book on the subject of the UK Government’s involvement with the subject ofUFOsIFlying Saucers, N, you know there has been much material released into the PRO over recent years concerning this subject, and I have been able to work with this materiaL However, whilst searching for one particular document I have experienced difficulties, as follows.

The document is question is called DSI/JTIC Report No 7 On Unidentified FIving Objects. It was created in 1952 by a ’Flying Saucer Working Party’, There are several instances of minutes where this report and the composition of the working party are discussed yet the actual report itself is missing from the relevant files held at the PRO.

However the file must be in existence because evidence exists that it was retrieved in 1967 by a member of the DSTI branch, DI55, That this is the case is demonstrated by lE.Dickison’s note in file AIR 2/18117 where he states, "we have recovered all but two of the files on UFOs for the period 1951-52_....we consider that the report DSI/JTIC Report No, 7, Unidentified Flying Objects covers the situation as a whole for such activity at that time."

As I have been told that all UFO files from 1967 have been retained, and as DSI/JTIC Report No.7 is clearly mentioned as having been retrieved in 1967 it should have been lodged in the UFO files for 1967 which have now been released. Close scrutiny of these files revealed that report No, 7 does not appear to be there, nor is there any mention of the file, As it was created in 1952 surely it has long since passed the 30

Year Rule marker and should be available to members of the public.

If, however, you deny any knowledge of this report I would like an explanation as to how it was retrieved in 1967 yet appears to be missing_ If you have the report but are

withholding it from public scrutiny I would be interested to know why.

Based on the above information and current legislation about the release of documents I am therefore requesting any information you have about Report No. 7 and if at all possible to see a copy of the file. I am quite prepared to pay any costs incurred.

. . From my own research I am satisfied that the government position on UFOs, ie that they are of no defence sigpificance, misperceptions etc is valid. But from an academic point of view being able to see this report would Lvow considerable light on TR’( UFO policy in the ealy 1950s and it is for this reason I wish to see the report.

I realise that this sort of enquiry may not be a high priority for you but having spent many weeks at the PRO looking for this document and being unable to locate it I am obviously trying any avenues which appear re]evant.

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Your reference: D/Sec(AS)64/3

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In the meantime, as new information has come to light I am now in a position to be more specific in terms of my request for access to files addressed to the MOD Record Officer on 27 July and 7 August. I am now able to precisely specify the name and what I suspect to be the current location of the fUels to which I referred in my earlier requests to the Record Officer. The document I am seeking is known as DSIfJTIC Report No.7 on Unidentified Flying Objects. It was created in 1952 by the ’Flying Saucer Working Party’ set up in August 1950 at the request of Sir Henry Tizard.

\ DSUJTIC minutes I have viewed at the Public Record Office (DEFE 4/74-76) - "b11i:~ ’0 +q (, demonstrate that the Working Party consisted of representatives from DSTI, ADNI ’I-~ l. (Tech), MI 10 and ADI (Tech). Report No 7 is referred to in a minute of7 October 1952 and is listed on a register ofDSUJTIC reports in DEFE 41/76 (see enclosed, Attachment A). However, the document is missing from the DSUJTIC reports and _ papers which are contained within DEFE 152-54. This is not because the file has been <( \) ~*"\ destroyed, but rather because it was "retrieved" (moved to another file?) by a member’ of the DSTI branch, DI55, in December 1967. In evidence for this assertion, I attach a copy (enclosed, Attachment B) of an internal memo, copied from PRO file Air 2/18117, where IE Dickison ofDI55 states that: "we [DI55] have recovered all but two of the Metropole (ie Intelligence) files on UFOs for the period I95I-2...we consider that the report DSl/JnC Report No. 7 Unidentified Flying Objects covers the situation as a whole for such activity at that time."

It is accepted that all files and papers relating to UFOs have been permanently preserved by the MOD from 1967 at the request of the Secretary of the State for Defence. Attachment B demonstrates that DSUJTIC Report No 7 existed in 1967, and should therefore still exist today if that policy has been followed. r would suggest a

.capy af the repart will be faund in the DIS/DSTI Intelligence Papers fram the periad 1967-70 (possibly DEFE 31119,64 and/ar DEFE 44/1), which caver th" period dUr:Li’1g which it was ’retrieved’ by DI55. Further capies may well exist in ather MOD departments, and I wauld be surprised if even taday Air Staff are nat aware af this dacument, as its canclusians (that UFOs do net exist) appear to. farm the erigin afthe MOD’s palicy an UFOs fram 1952 right up to. the present day!As the eriginal repart was created in 1952, it sheuld be available far public scmtiny under the 30 year rule and I request access to. a cepy of this document plus any attached appendices uIlder the Freedem ef Infarmatian Act.

To summarise my request far access to UFO-related dacuments, set aut in my letters to the MOD Recard Officer on 27 July and 7 August and to. Sec (AS) 2 af 1 and 11 August, these are:

1. DSVJTIC Report No. 7, Unidentified Flying Objects (1952), plus related Intelligence reports an UFOs, 1951-2 (see attachment).

,. .There ~e references in some of the PRO files which relate to Intelligence papers on UFOs generated by the DSTI staff during

this’period. For example, I’m enclosing a copy

of a loose minute found in PRO file Air 2/18117 sent to Depa!1ment S4 (Air) by J.E. cd-

Dickison ofDI55 on 13 December 1967. It des ribes how staff had "recovered’~two"U

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Intelligence files on UFOs for the period 1951-52, and refers to one of these specifically

as "report DSI/JTIC Report No.7 - U! entified Flying Objects." This is good evidence

that at least some Intelligence files on UFOs did survive from this period.

From an exa.m"1ation of the PRO catalogue, it would appear these files - if they still exist

_ should be listed under t.1}e DEFE class 44/1 which is a register of JSTI/DSTI/DSI

reDorts and memoranda for the period from 1946 onwards. ]

I hope this info=ation assists in your rereview of the documents I have described

and I

look forward to hearing from you in due course,

.Departmental Record Officer

Defence Records Room 7/40 Metropole Building Northumberland Avenue

London WC2N 5BL 21 July 2000

Dear SirlMadam,

Defence Intelligence Staff Registered Files

The Enquiry staff at the Public Record Office have suggested that I write to you in order

to follow up an enquiry concerning the status of a group of MOD files which are

currentIy "retained by the Depar=ent UTId~r section 3 (4) oftne Public Record Act

1958."

The flies in question all appear to have been deposited at the Public Record Office. They

fall under the class reference DEFE and contain papers generated by the work of the

MOD Defence Intelligence Staff. They include:

DEFE 44/1 DSI, later DSTI: Reports and Memoranda; Register of JSTl/DSTI/DSI

reports and memoranda, 1946-1991.

I understand from the PRO that records would be retained un(e.r the 30 year n e until t..1-)e

latesi date ill the sequence covered by the file, in which case J bove should

be avcilable for public scrutiny on I January 2001. Could you COIlWll1 "" ",at is t..1-)e case?

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. .s for DEFE 44/1, although this file contains material more than 50 years old, it might not be released until 2021 because it also contains material dating from 1991. In the case of files held under class DEFE 21, these apparently contain files created by both the old Directorate of Scientific Intelligence between 1950-1964, which should be open; however, they also contain later material from t.J.je DSTI relating to the period 1964-1991, which under the tenms of the 1967 Act would remain closed until 202],

In these circumstances, would it not be possible to make an exception and allow access to the reports and memoranda contained within those files which specifically relate to the period 1946-1969, which would fal1 under the tenms of the 30 year rule?

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I hope you are able to help and look forward to hearing from you,

Everything is bigger in texas

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4t) AIR 20/12556 ’UFO’ reports January 1974 (additionally AIR 2118873) - File AIR 20/12556 is not a ’UFO’ file. AIR 2/18873 contains public enquiries concerning ’UFOs’ covering the period June 1973 to February 1974 and amounts to some 109 enclosures. Additionally, AF/584 contains ’UFO’ reports for January 1974 amounting to some 100 enclosures. It would be possible to sanitise and photocopy the contents of both files (see below).

As I mentioned in my letter of29 September, the Ministry of Defence is bound by the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. This means that we are committed to providing you with the information you require, as long as it is not exempted under the Code. However, to ensure this does not create an extra burden on the taxpayer, we have a charging regime for more complicated requests. If a request is likely to require over four hours’ work, each hour’s work over four hours (or part thereof) is charged at U5.00 per hour.

We estimate that the number of documents to be copied in the files mentioned in 1-4 and 6 above is in the region of 800 pages. Assuming it will take two minutes to check, sanitise and photocopy each page our calculation is that, after the first 4 hours, 22 hours of work at U5.00 per hour will remain totalling some B30.00. To copy the full 800 pages would be a four day task spread over eight half days. As the fairly small section likely to take on the work will also be heavily involved in checking material to be released in January 2001, those eight half days would be spread over an eight week period. The material could be made available to you during December 2000.

If you decide to wait to view the contents of file BJ 5/311 until its release to the Public Records Office in January 2001, then the cost of copying the remaining files falls, after deducting the first four hours of work, to around U60.00. I would be grateful for confirmation that you wish to proceed with this enquiry, indicating whether including or excluding BJ 5/311, and that you are willing to meet the appropriate charge. If the cost of obtaining the information is likely to be significantly greater than our estimate suggests we will contact you again before proceeding further.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

. That caveat aside, I do understand and sympathise with the MOD’s position on the subject of UFOs. My ongoing research into the social history of the subject at the PRO and the British Library has demonstrated how dealing with inquiries about UFOs has become an on-going public relations problem for your staff dating back to the early 50s. On the subject of "UFOs" themselves, I completely concur with the MOD’s conclusions that the vast majority - if not all - observations can be explained as n sindentifications of natural phenomena, balloons, planets and stars etc. However, the ongoing ’will to believe’ in the existence of ’exotic’ UFOs intruding into li’K airspace on the part ofUFOlogists and the attitude of the media, which you note observers often seek out to promote their alleged experiences, has meant the UFO myth has continued to develop and will not go away.

It is precisely these social and psychological contexts - particularly periods of Press interest and Parliamentary Questions - which I am examining as part of my on-going research based at the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, University of Sheffield. The paperwork generated by the various MOD departments which have dealt with tbr UFO issu... - both in terms of public and internal pdicy _ since 1950 are a crucial source of information for my project, hence my request for access to documents which currently fall within the 30 year rule.

I am grateful that you are taking the trouble to retrieve and review the UFO-related files to which I have requested access, and look forward to your progress report at the end of September.

In the meantime, as new information has come to light I am now in a position to be more specific in terms of my request for access to files addressed to the MOD Record Officer on 27 July and 7 August. I am now able to precisely specifY the name and what I suspect to be the current location of the filels to which I referred in my earlier requests to the Record Officer. The document I am seeking is known as DSI/JTIC Report No.7 on Unidentified Flying Objects. It was created in 1952 by the ’Flying Saucer Working Party’ set up in August 1950 at the request of Sir Henry Tizard. \ DSI/JTIC n nutes I have viewed at the Public Record Office (DEFE 4/74-76) _ ’b1E,:c.o .,."1 (,

demonstrate that the Working Party consisted of representatives ftom DSTI, ADNI ’t"~ (Tech), MI 10 and ADI (Tech). Report No 7 is referred to in a n nute of7 October 1952 and is listed on a register ofDSI/JTIC reports in DEFE 41/76 (see enclosed, Attachment A). However, the document is missing ftom the DSI/JTIC reports and papers which are contained within DEFE 152-54. This is not because the file has been? 1) . ’l-1 destroyed, but rather because it was "retrieved" (moved to another file?) by a member’ ofth DSTI branch, DI55, in December 1967. In evidence for this assertion, I attach a copy (enclosed, Attachment B) of an internal memo, copied ftom PRO file Air 2/18117, where JE Dickison ofDI55 states that: "we [DI55] have recovered all but two of the Metropole (ie Intelligence) files on UFOs for the period 1951-2... we consider that the report DSI/JTIC Report No. 7 Unidentified Flying Objects covers the situation as a whole for such activity at that time."

It is accepted that all files and papers relating to UFOs have been permanently preserved by the MOD ftom 1967 at the request of the Secretary of the State for Defence. Attachment B demonstrates that DSI/JTIC Report No 7 existed in 1967, and should therefore still exist today if that policy has been followed. I would suggest a

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. .preserved for The National Archives. A few have survived before 1967 and these together with

aecords up to 1977 are now available for viewing. The National Archives can be contacted at ~uskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or telephone, 020 8876 3444. The National Archives also have a website giving information about the records they hold and how to access them. This can be found on the internet at htto://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The Ministry of Defence Freedom of Information Publication Scheme also contains documents relating to UFO’s. These can be accessed via the internet at htto://www.foi.mod.uk. A search in the Scheme under ’UFO’ will take you to this information.

With regard to crop circles, alien abduction and cattle mutilation, occasionally a member of the public does write to us about these issues, but there is no evidence to suggest that these phenomena are caused by anything of military concern and the MOD does not therefore investigate reported sightings or carry out research into them. Also the MOD’s policy and view in relation to the alien abduction phenomenon, is that we are not aware of any evidence which substantiate the existence of extraterrestrial activity. The matter of abduction by alien lifeforms is a non-issue as far as the MOD is concerned. Abductionlkidnap and cattle mutilation in the general sense is, of course, a criminal offence and as such would be a matter for the civil police.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWIA 2HB.

If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner’s website, httD://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

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I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an intemal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWIA 2HB.

If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may wish to take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner’s website, httu://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

The National Archives

West Yorkshire UFO sightings

List of UFO sightings reported from West Yorkshire between 2002-2005, in response to FOI request from Huddersfield Examiner.

The National Archives

List of Welsh UFOs

List of Welsh UFO sightings reported to MoD, 2002-2005, produced in response to a FOI request from Wales on Sunday

.,. . 14/06/03 21:35 Llandrindod Powys Very big, red light ballsWells hoverin".

12/07/03 22:05 Rhonda Mid- Two round objects with legs,Glamorgan which were black and

sninninn.13/08/03 22:55 Maesteg Mid- Roundish, football shaped

Glamorgan object. The flashing lightswere multi-coloured.

14/08/03 23:09 Newport Gwent Orange circular object seen.Staved stationarv.

24/09/03 19:25 Barry South Saw an unusual object,Glamorgan falling from a cloud, like it

was burning and was veryfast.Reports for 2004:-

18/02/04 16:02 Rh I Clw d Lar e black ob’ect over Rh I.05/09/04 15:20 Barry South The object was a bright light at

Glamorgan first and then looked like a boxkite.

08109/04 20:15 Cardiff South Large flash of light whichGlamorgan tu rned into a grey object

descendin over Cardiff Ba .24/09/04 06:30 Newport Dyfed One object that looked like a

disc, with a tail and wasshinin .

Reports for 2005:-

Port Talbot West Said it looked like aGlamorgan parachute flare. (Seen in

Januarv 05\.Swansea West Said it looked like a

Glamorgan parachute flare. (Seen inJanuarv 05\.

31/01/05 05:00 Port Talbot West Looked like an orange ball ofGlamorgan light. like a big star in the sky

and it had sDiderish leas.Briton Ferry West Just said saw something in

Glamorgan the sky. (Seen in February05\.

20/02/05 09:50 Cardiff South Bright blue object, that brokeGlamorgan into three to four segments

and then disaDDeared.20/03/05 19:35 North Wales Just said saw a UFO.

Cardiff South Wales A UFO. (Seen in 2005),Pontyclun South Wales A UFO. (Seen in 2005).Croesycelliog Gwent Witness saw five to six white

lights flying very fastoverhead. They looked a bitlike bright stars. (Seen in2005\.

I hope this helpful. If this infonmation does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request. then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an

. .. infosubject: I am writing to make a further open govermnent request for all the information to which I am entitled under the fteedom of information act. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

I wish to know how many reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Wales have been made by members of the public to the Ministry of Defence during the last five years. I would also like full details of the dates, times and whereabouts of each of these sightings and the outcomes of any Miistry of Defence investigations into the sightings.

I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing ftom you in the near future.

.bsite at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. With regard to events on 24 March 1997 I can confirm that our records show that loud bangs were heard northwest of Sheffield in the Peak District between 2145Z and 2215Z and local people believed that an aircraft had crashed in the area. The Police and RAF Search and Rescue undertook a search of the area but no crash site was found. Over a year later, in May 1998, there was renewed interest in these events ITom journalists and MPs and the RAF Provost and Security Services (RAF Police) were asked to investigate whether a military aircraft could have caused sonic booms. The RAF Police concluded that although there had been a sonic event, there were no military aircraft operating in the area at speeds at which a sonic boom could be generated. I enclose for your information a copy of the RAF Police report containing full details of their findings. Details of the parliamentary question asked about these events can be found on the parliamentary website at www.parliament.uk/hansardlharsard.cfin. You may wish to be aware that despite rumours of an RAF Tornado crashing into a reservoir in Derbyshire, the MOD has no record of such an event.You also requested information regarding MAJESTIC 12 and Project JEHOVAH. I understand it is alleged that these were projects set up in the USA, you therefore need to direct your enquiries to the US Government. We are not aware of any information about these projects held by the MOD.

Finally, you requested information regarding our investigations into UFOs ITom the 1940s onwards. The MOD does not hold any documents about the history of the handling of UFO reports since the 1940s. Weare however aware that a working party was set up in August 1950 (at the suggestion of Sir Henry Tizard) who thought "flying saucers should be investigated". This was aptly named the Flying Saucer Working Party and was dissolved in June 1951. All the surviving MOD papers produced by the Flying Saucer Working Party are now open for public viewing at The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. The final report of the Flying Saucer Working Party detailing their conclusions can be viewed in the MOD Freedom ofInformation Publication Scheme at www.foi.mod.uk. For ease ofreference, please find a copy enclosed with this letter. In more recent times, a standard form was introduced for reporting UFO sightings and these were sent to Air Defence staff (to check whether there was any evidence of a threat to UK airspace), and Defence Intelligence staff (DIS) (in case they contained any information of value in DIS’s task of analysing the performance and threat of foreign weapons systems, nuclear, chemical and biological warfare programmes and technologies and emerging technologies). In December 2000 DIS decided that as none of the reports they had received over a period of 50 years had yielded any valuable information whatsoever they did not wish to receive these reports any longer. Air Defence staff do not now receive every report but may be consulted as described above.

I hope this is helpful. If this information does not address your requirements or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SWIA 2HB.

If you are still unhappy following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner’s website, httD://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely,

The National Archives

1951 UFO report

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I 1. Unidentified Oying ob~c[s" were first reported alter the ’wat (tom Sweden in the summer of 1946.~and rOf. .some Ihonfh.S’lhere ’was .a’considerab~ nlJmber ot alleged sightings. mosUy in Sweden, but a few also in Norway, lI’inland and Germany. The descri tions given were usuaJly of som,e sort or wingless missile t!a\’eJlbtg. at ver~ high speed" c~gar-3haped:or circular, so.mclimcs. emlU!ng ~right lights. and occaslonally’sound. The: reports attracted comnderabJ.e atte uon"l the press, where the objects becameknown..as .. ghost :rockets" or ," .spok. bortlbs." Th. reporl8 died awayaCler lbe .uonmcr." c 1946, and. >itry [ew have aPrared.lillCC lb. end of Ihal year., . . . ’.. . ’.. . .’. " .... ’.-. . : 2. Th~.firsl.report.of.a "Oying .~u.;.i" eam oon.lb .Ult.dS’~les in ):un~ 1947; .lbe naonc ar because Ihe..oh,erver .(Mr...[{. Arnold, oc~’ is., IdAhq) desc~n?ed what he h~d~sce .as a.’~~~u~r~~ke.dis.i;...The.report ’ved m h ~ub~IIY, and w...qulckly’Co1\owed by".a’.gr~t’m.ni onore.’ Sonce lb. repor~?C slghtings have been m~dc at I terva~s In.l~ DUmberS, m08t1Y’from~~e.UDl~ States, but .some ftom other p ts of, th .WrtJ; inludiog. ,Great"Britain, here .tKe:re Was a notable outbreak during the ’summe :.aJid’ ~\Jtumn 0(’1950.’ hc’.pbi ~ reported have beq)me popularly known by’tkc..gcneric title II Dying s uccrs:".b’ut I.h. descriptinos.givenhMe.i,c:1uded.nolonIY. YiI!g disc-lik. objecl8 of the ~riginal ".aucer.. " Iype, but al.o \’f!.n.gJrss. tnrp

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RevIew 01 prevIOus ev,dencf: ..". . . 4. A systematio..and’:cXlensive, inv.C6tigalion .of all the reported cido::nts in the:Uniled States was carried out betwecn.194S.and 1-95.0 by,. the U.S.Nf..-in con- junction with .lh~ Rand Corporation" Dr.’ Hyn~k,j a ~eIl-kn:own as~omer ..f!..9JiL Ohio Sial. Universily, and olber .peciali.t consultanl8. ---"-’’’--- ---

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~ 10. During the summer and autumn of 1950 the British presS"~av considerable - publicity,to reports’or,alleged ~ighlin s of luminous bodies,tTavellms ~t high s ,

U.sua.uy at. ref dark., b.ut.acea sian. ally In daylight.... Th.e,~ir Miniltry., a so. received! a ~,number. or tetter~,{r~m.membets,of,-the public’~i~h similar reporlS. ,One of these,. . ’frorp: a:"loComoh~:\fre~n ,at, Derby, ..who ,w,s’ clearly.. ’a careful and accurate . ob:iervet:’gavc;a x,,",l~rdescri.ption .o(’.whlll.wa. undoubtedly a’meteorite. We .’

ve, ;lot~ atteniptC4, iny :syslematic investigation’ or idt the evidence’ presented, but ":’can’6nd nO’reasOo’for suppOOog.ihat .ny’ol the’phenomena. reporF.\ cannot be r’ $imilarly’ ~p’rll ned; ’in ,cet;~incases;,whe~obSrvations ’were. reporlCd at" approxia ’,matelrt~e;s ,m. :ti",~}rom’ widely sepatated localiti~, this w.. un~oubtcdlY the ,.~xp!~~auon. . "._’ ,""’: ,’, ’,’ ’,., ’_:.’..’ I. . ,’~, ,", ’11. ’-.Three inti,dents Were reported ,officially by eXpe’r n~ officer.s Cro’m ,.R.AF. Stations... These have bc~ mvest;gared in as Plpch detail 8$-;$ possible with rcperlS or visual observaUons,

. 12. On 1st June; 1950; the pilot of a Meteor’ rCpi?rled on landing al Tangmere that at l:iJJO, while ying at 20,000 feel on an easterly cOurse over t~ Portsmouth ar~l he had sighted II.~ pbject travelling at very.high Spee9 on a reci roeal course, 1,UW-2,OOO reet above hi’1’ and roughly 1,200 yard. to ’tarboard.. H d~cribed the object as circular, and of bright mctaIHc- appc.ar ncc’. He could’ not give any real " tiInate onts ’peed, but thqught’ it,l11ight’be ahout 800 kn t$. He had ohsried

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. .1’/ Ll. Hubba{p, all..~pcrienced pil~t. said Ihal .1, I I nl’~ ,14th tugu.t, 1950, he .nd two ~ther o c~.on the .irfieldhearda ,ubdu!’4,hulj)}\\ingl.noi....lik.;. model Diesel motor,.whlch eaused them 10 sea",h Ih. sky ,Qvcrh~4....Jh. weath.r was.fine and visi~ility good. The oth~ two ot:ficers saw. m)t~ip.&J ,bl,it;f’ J~t.:.Hu.bb.rd. who al~c ~as weari~g sun:gla~ sta.tes that he sa.wHII)rn~t ,dirC!ltllY",overbcad at first slghtl$.t an obJcct which he descrlbes as a Oat dlsc,’h&ht pearl’~FY In colour, about 50 feet n diameter, at an’ estimated, height.or;s;OOO".’(<<;et,"~He ~tatcd.th,at he k.ept it under observation for 30 seconds. during,which"ptri ,:jt1hav lled,"at a

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We have DO reason to doubt that FlU. Hubbard hQn~tly..df!5ribed.his own impression of. what he. saw,’ but we find it impossible; ~o.ibelieve’~that;a most unconven on,al aircraft, of exceptional spec4. could have traveU~ at no great altitude, in the middle of a fine summer marnin.c. over a pop:ulous a"d air.minded dis\ricl like. FarnbofO’:Igh, wilhout attracting t~e. attention I of’mOre. than: one .observer. We conclude., either that F ILt. Hubbard. was _the .victim Jor an’. optical iIIusiont or. that’he,Qbsc;rved.sbme quite normal type,of .aircr~ft’an r~ev~, him. self abolll II. sha!>,> and speed,.... ." .... c. ,.

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Conclusiol1s cmd. Recommendaliolls; , :. . ., " ,: "’.

15. When the only material a~ail bl~ ii/ a rna:ss or purely su ’cctive evidence, it ,is }~~i~J tQ giv~apx~hing’ ~~,sci_~tilj ~r, lh~t the ,p~en .,mena ~bs.erve.. are, or are. nol;. caused .by somethIng’ enlirely-. novcl~. such as’ an’ 1rcrall of extra.;.

.

terrestrial origin, c,leveloped by:beings:’:I,nKnown to ,us on lines mor~ advanct4 than anytbing ’",.e have thought or..

. ’Weare;, .howeYOr; satisfied thallthe bulk or the

abserntions, reported’ dp not need’ such’ an, exp,la alioi1, and _ can t:,e ~ccOunlw.’ (or much;’mo~e’ simply:’ There is.a vtry bid! scieniific’ prinCip1e;

usu’~lly attriouted "to, Wi.l~iam,Q~ ~R!. ,which Slales,~hat,~h .

.nost.prob,a~le-hypo~~esis is t11.e s.impl~t.’. neceSsary to CJC.plam the observations,

’ . I .

We believe. that this prin plc should i)e app1ied to tbe csent case, and

accordingly conclude that aU the observa ons reported were d’ to one. or Qther o( the following causes:-

(I) Astronomical or mereorologicak phenomena of known ypes.

(2) Mistak.en idenlHicaUon of conventional aircraft, balloonr birds, or other normal or natural objects. .

(3) Optic,l illusions .and psychologiC<l1 delusions. (4) Deliberate hoaxes.

.

We consider that no progress will be made by attempting Cu her investigation

o( unco-ordinaled and. subjective’ evidence; and-lhat POSilive-~ults could. only be. obtaiOcd ~y. organising throughout the., country.’ OI.,the, arid. continuous

observation or ,thc!.skies by. a.co.ordinated’network’o( visual 0 rvers; equipped

with photographic. :apparatus.. and. supplemented by a network. of radar stations

.and’sound locaton. . We S.h01J.td regard th on’the. evidence 50 ~ar available, as a singularly profi~ enterprise. We accordiogly.recommend YO~..strongly that no (urther ’Investigation. of ’rcp.orted~’mystenous _aenal

.phenomena ,be_undertaken.

unless and until some’ material eYlden<:e becomes avatiable. I’,:,,"

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A NOTe ON - AN UNUSUAL RA:DAR ReSpONse BY .’ M~_ 0’. .E. . Git.H....,::.;b:S,’I~.\l ..

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With reference to the unusu~t response observ~ ’al Wartlin~ on 1st Ju~~-19S0, it is suggested tbat the signa~ observed, was received directly f~om’ another radar transmitter. possibly ship-borne. in the _ Portsmouth...lslo; of.

Wight, are~~. This .’Y’iU be termed the I’ ’Western’" transmitter,.-"

’.’ ’I, !

. Assuming the’ modu1ation pulses’ o( the’ ,. Western" transmitter to be

isoChronous wiUl chose of the Wartling set,. and that the p~lM: of. the former

was occurring anything’ up: to, say) 1.2 milliseconds minus. th~ transmi$Jion time later tban that. oC the.laUer. the received signal

",ould he yisible on the P.P.I. display.,. Moreover,. unless the

.~ Western" transmitter were ~ery rar away it is prob’abJc’.th t the received ’Signal would be or large amplitude and

would therefore,

as staled in the. ,report. ,~. ’appear very thick. lea.ving .more afte11glOW than a usual

response behind." .’.

," ,. It is reasonable, to suppose.that the repetition rates JTIcntion~ above would nol remain,identical rOf’.more than"a few sccondS;:"A.relaliVe1Y~Smi1l1 drift in the repetition rates will produce a considerable ’cHange.iI\ the. ti e interial.betwe

the.tranitniUcr:pube and-the firing instant. of the receiver tim base. This’would

res~lt i.n ’.a’:large. :disp~acemcnt. or ,the. r~i.~ed signal. aloDI,~he .scan, ~hic~ w~td. be’l tetreted.as a high s~.movc,"ent’or.the,.~I,taJJCt.. In thc,radlal ~Irecon. 11 ",ill be arpreciated thatlr at the. inalanl oCfirstoightmg the, .tpetition rate.oC the II.Wtstern t tJ:ansm~uer-~pie.ab~ve.-, but, ’s\owly. ,appfoaching.tha~ .of thc;’Warlling set,.th’f,1 tatget ... would.appear.to cl~ rang ,rapldly; as the re litlOn rates became

;equal:,.the’o’1 target ’~,::’W~ld..appe.ar stalonar.y~, ’and’.M .the, .. ’,Yestern ’,~’.repctition’

tate~ (ell, below! tl1at: of’.the"W.artling’ ~,..the\’r1,t rget.~’.:.w.o~1d AP~r to.,open !ra’nge rapidly.?,’Jt may, fut~hc_r -be: noted that.:one..would’,txPFt’ reflections

from

objetuf {ttjlls, &cJ relaltvdy" close to,_the"4 -Western :1\, tr.ansmitter to -be’ ’of- sufficient

amplitude to he displayed .Isn on the P.P.I., ",hich"’’’lUld gi>\eJthe Impression. or

n shadows II between successive points as described in the relrt. . ,

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(’Whil. on tho rin.rangeat Tipner,P b.mouth;’ ’objoct having tho arei ",ance of.a ~"Flying Saucer" wasobsorved inlh..:di,tance, Visibilitywas,go ,.thor. being. a cloUdl.... .ky .an. d bright. .unshine.; . The.’ objec r "’as, locale<! ’and held by teIe.scope (. 20 magnificalion’,’ and gave appearance’ 01 being a cjn:ular .hining disc’mov oD a r.gular: ght )>Ilth, . !t’wa. only alter observation had n kept. for’ ..v"!"al minute&; and th~’iltit~d"olthe obieet ’~hanged .0’ that i~ did ncjt roOeet

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Copy of Provost and Security Services report on ‘alleged sonic event’ near Sheffield/Peak District, dated 27 May 1998

The National Archives

FOI re Sheffield incident

FOI request for details of unexplained ‘sonic event’ incident reported near Sheffield on 24 March 1997

24 EVENING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005 . ww.

More ’flying saucers’ have been reported,. but close encounters i. lensBLUE and white circular objects reported in the sky, shooting stars falling to the ground, a silver grey rod flying over a small town - it sounds like a scene from Close Encounters of the TlIrd Kind. But an exclusive News investigation

has discovered normally Quiet and unassuming smaIl towns such as Huntingdon, Girton, Ely and St Neots are a hotbed of extra terrestrial activity. Ten UFOs have been reported in Mid-

Anglia in the past three years according to the Ministry of Defence, which revealed the figures after the News made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.. But is this an invasion of little green

men or a figment of fertile imaginations? Four lights. one brighter than the

others, seen in the skies over Ely in February last year could be a signal from extraterrestrials that has travelled millions of light years to get here using physics we do not yet understand. Or it could be a plane. The British UFO Research Association

(BUI<’ORA) has investigated reports of fiying saucers. abduction, crop circles and all things alien since 1964. Robert Rosamond. the group’s

chairman, said most sightings can be rationallyexpJained. "Some are everyday like aircraft,

miJitary or civilian. or astronomical phenomena like shooting stars," he said. "And they can be very rare like

geoJogical glowing balls of light. ’’All these can be mistaken by people for

UFOs. We find that 95 per cent of all reports can be explained." Cambridgeshire seems to be a highway

to the restaurant at the end of universe in the past 20 years, if reports are to be believed. Teenager Jamie Wilks said he saw a

strange craft defy the laws of gravity in Vinery Road at 10.30pm in August 1994. The 14-year-old and his friends claimed

they saw "strange pin-pricks" zipping

or . . Ie In es

----backwards and forwards in the sky. followed by what looked like some sort of craft emerging from behind a cloud. "I’m convinced it wasn’t a plane," said

Jamie. "Planes don’t move like it was mov ing. It was defying the laws of physics. .. Leslie Woodbridge was convinced he

saw an alien craft while driving across the Fens near Ely early one morning in November 1987. "I thought it was an aircraft. but its

shape, speed and colour soon convinced me it was something far more strange," he said. "I wasn’t dreaming, It was incredible-

the most fascinating thing I’ve seen in my life." Mr Rosamond says BUFOHA tried to be

as scientific as possible while investig- ating possible UFOs. "There are a few people who will hound

you out a room if you say a sighting might not be UFO but we tried to be as objective as possible," he insists. "We are neither pro-UFO nor anti-UI<’O.

We look at each case individually and we try to look at the broad aspects of the phenomenon. " "urology", as it has been dubbed, takes

in many other subjects, such as psychology, the sciences and astronomy. adds Mr Rosamond. "We have all had individual cases

where there is no obvious rational explanation but they are very rare. "’Ve never close a case and as we learn

more it is possible phenomena we don’t understand now can be explained later," he said. Hollywood has also played its part. BUFORA files from the 1980s are

bulging following the release of Stephen Spielberg’s 1977 blockbuster Close Encounters of tlIe TlIird Kind and his later hit ET, says Mr Rosamond. "We have files going back to 1924, and

War of the Worlds or an Easy jet flight to Malaga? CAMERON RAMOS makes contact and investigates UFO Cambridgeshire.

;:~... ..

evolution has been helped along the way by spacemen. But Roswell Is the most Infamous UFO story that sparked decades of fevertsh speculation. A flying disk was reported to have crashed landed near the town in New Mexico on July 2, 1947. The TImes even reported US scientists had taken the object for further investigation. The government denied claims it was an aJien landing but stories continued that extraterrestrial remains were

-- -.-the stereotype image of grey aliens you can see on everything from the bottom of skateboards to TV commercials came from the US. "Prior to that there was nothing in the

UK," he adds. Since Roswell, when an alien craft

allegedly crashed in New Mexico in 1947, reports of UFOs grew but over the past 15.years interest in little green men has died and sightings have dwindled. Mr Rosamond says: "We are keeping an

open mind. We will keep searching for answers. .. An Ministry of Defence spokeswoman

said: ’’A combination of civil and military radar installations provide a continuous real-time ’picture’ of UK airspace. "Any threat to the UK Air Defence

Region would be handled in the light of the particular circumstances at the time (it might, if deemed appropriate, involve the scrambling or diversion of air defence aircraft). "Reports provided to us of ’UFO’

sightings are examined within this department, but consultation with air defence staff is considered only where there is sufficient evidence to suggest a breach of UK air space. "The vast majority of reports we

receive are very sketchy and vague_ Only a handful of reports in recent years have warranted further investigation and none revealed any evidence of a threat. "The MoD does not have any expertise

or role in respect of ’UFO/flying saucer’ matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial lifeforms. "We remain totally open-minded, but to

date we know of no evidence which substantiates the existence of these alleged phenomena."

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cameronramos @cambridge-news.co.uk

Firing the imagination since ancient daysIMAGES of alien-type creatures date back thousands ot years to when man lived in caves. But ~ Is only in modem times thet extra1errestrials have become a major phenomenon. A picture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, of the Baptism of Christ by Aert de Gelder shows a large disk shining mys of light down on John the Baptist and Christ. ~ was pajnted in 1710. A theory of alien Interference has even been put forward that suggests human

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secretly transported to Hangar 18 a1 an air base in Ohio. The model of the autopsy, pictured, is in the town’s museum. Recently a film purporting to show an alien found at the crash s~e wes released, adding fuel to the r conspiracy theories. But categorical evidence of

’ , I~e forms from outer space , is still elusive. i .l Credible scientific evidence , suggests there is a chance of I~e but no proof of super- 1. intelligent baings. r’~ The truth is out there . . .

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~bridge.news.co.uk/news I .

EVENING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NDVEMBER 9, 2005 2.id Anglia may be more airborne than alien

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Numbers of ’unexplained’ aerial sightings reported to the MoDThe figures below relate to the number of reports. received by the Ministry of Defence. of aerial activity which was not immediately identifiable to the witness. They should not be taken to reflect sightings of "UFOs/flying saucers". . Figures from before 1959 are not available. 1959 - ZZ 1975 - Z08 1960 - 31 1976 - ZOO 1961 - 71 1977 - 435 196Z - 46 1978 - 750 1963 - 51 1979 - 550 1964 - 74 1980 - 350 1965 - 56 1981 - 600 1966 - 95 198Z - Z50 1967 - 36Z 1983 - 390 1968 - Z80 1984 - Z14 1969 - ZZ8 1985 - 177 1970 - 181 1986 - IZ0 1971 - 379 1987 - 150 197Z - ZOI 1988 - 397 1973 - Z33 1989 - Z58 1974 - 177 1990 - Z09

1991 - 117 199Z - 147 1993 - Z58 1994 - Z50 1995 - 373 1996 - 609 1997 - 4Z5 1998 - 193 1999 - ZZ9 ZOOO - Z10 ZOOI - Z03 ZOOZ - 100 Z003 - 99 Z004 - 85 Z005 - 90

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MAD AB the House

Parliamentary correspondent Bill Jacobs brings you all the latest from the Commons.---Memoirs not so diplomaticCAMBIUDGE graduate Sir Christopher Meyer. the former ambassador to the United States. revealed an interesting aside about his former boss. John Major. in his controversial memoirs. The Peterhouse

graduate was having coffee with the ex. Prime Minister and Huntingdon MP in Washington when news of the September 11 New York terrorist atrocity broke. He was with Mr Major

on the terrace of his palatial residence in the American capital when details came in of the disaster. Meyer assumed that

"some small private plane had wandered off course or got into mechanical difficulties". Then his wife

Catherine called him to the TV to see the second aircraft hitting New. York’s trade tower. Both Mr Meyer. a

former Downing Street Press Secretary to Mr Major. and his wife. tried to persuade the politician to go to a meeting of the Carlisle Group - one of the most

powerfl private financial firms in the US. He came back to say

there had been a brief meeting before his speech was abandoned but he had met a Mr Bin Laden - not the Osama behind the massacre but one of his many brothers who was a major investor in the firm. . MR Meyer was pretty scathing about Mr Blair’s Cabinet ministers. He brands Foreign

Secretary Jack Straw as "tongue tied" and Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as "blithering" . He does praise Cabinet

rebels Clare Short and the late Mo Mowlem as able and also extols the virtues of Environment. Food and Rural affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett compared with her predecessor Nick Brown whom he brands ineffective and almost inaudible.

It just shows you can take the diplomat out of Cambridge but never the Cambridge graduate’s superiority out of the diplomat.

Malcolm has a ’whet’ while wets rememberCAMBRIDGESHIRE South

MP Andrew ’LanSley

yesterday paid .,. his respects to the late Edwerd Heath at the former Prime Minister’s memorial

service at Westminster Abbey.As a classic .wet" Conservative tlat was entirely appropriate. But Cambridgeshire North East MP Malcolm Moss. pictured left. was at a lunch with merchant bankers Coutts who look after the Royal Family’s finances.

Bush-meat, Bird flu, it’s all the same to JimMR Paice has been tied up at Westminster with bird flu in his role as agriclture spokesman.

He’s been demanding that the Cabinet Minister responsible for tackling the issue. Margaret Beckett. take decisive action.

I have taken the mickey out of Mr Paice before for his obsession of putting down Commons’ motions about Symian Foaming Virus - a disease that affects chimpanzees and

- --

other apes which are sometimes imported illegally to Britain as "bush meat". But Mr Paice pointed

out to me: "This is all about bio.security and stopping getting dangerous animal diseases in to the food chain and the human population.

"It’s the same issue. The Government are not doing enough and they must act." Sorry. Jim!

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UFO

siahtina reDorts received

bv

the

MOD

2005

DateTimeTown

I

Village

County

Brief

Description

of

Sighting

14-Jan-0500:24Leeds

West

Yorkshire

Two

bright

lights,

round,

and

orange

in

colour.

14-Jan-05St

Clements

Cornwall

A

bright

light

was

seen

heading

towards

the

earth

through

the

clouds.

15-Jan-0523:15Stoke-on-

Trent

Stattordshire

Just

reported

as a

flying

saucer.

24-Jan-0523:10Portadown

Northern

Ireland

Eiahteen

liahts

movina

across

the

sky.

Orange

ball

of

light,

like

a big

star

in

the

sky

and

it

had

spiderish

31-Jan-0505:00Port

Talbot

West

Glamornan

leos.

01-Feb-0510:30Stirlinn

Black

saucer,

hoverina.

02-Feb-0517:50

Wellinaborouqh

Northants

V

shaDed

obiect,

which

had

briaht

liahts,

and

sounded

like

bees.

08-Feb-0522:55Ominoton

London

Massive

liaht.

The

obiect

was

shaped

like

an

iron.

Didn1

move

at

ail.

11-Feb-05Huntinndon

Cambridaeshire

Just

renorted

as a

UFO.

15-Feb-0501:00Greenock

Strathclvde

Laroe

vellow

conical

shaDe.

Object

seen

in

the

sky,

but

then

the

witness

said

it

could

have

been

20-Feb-05Leicester

Leicestershire

a

meteorite.

20-Feb-0510:00

Walthamstow

London

A

liaht

in

the

skv.Bright

blue

object,

that

broke

into

about

3

or 4

segments

and

then

20-Feb-0509:50Carditt

South

Glamoroan

disaDDeared.

A

’swishing’

sound,

like

a

firework

was

heard

and

there

was a

bright

20-Feb-0509:45Nr

Minehead

Somerset

areen

liaht

travellina

from

East to

West. It

had

a

white

trail.

20-Feb-05Yeovii

Somerset

Briaht

blue

flash

in

the

sky.

A

flash

of

green/blue

colour

going

across

the

sky.

Looked

like

it

was

20-Feb-05Sherborne

Dorset

disintearatina.

Looked

like

it

had

a

tail.

Barrinnton

Saw

an

amazing

blue

light

travelling

very

fast

across

the

sky.

Left

a

20-Feb-0509:45

Somerset

trail.

20-Feb-05Kenton

Mandeville

A

blue

flash

of

liCht

aoina

across

the

sky.

20-Feb-05

Somerset

A

blue

flash

in

the

sky.

20-Feb-05

Dorset

A

flash

of

blue

liaht

was

seen.

20-Feb-05East

Coker

near

Yeovil

Somerset

A

flvina

obiect.

.

The

object

was

missile

shaped.

Was

turquoise

in

colour,

metallic

20-Feb-05Yelderslev

Derbvshire

and

looked

reflective,

and

was

the

lenath

of

an

estate

car.

21-Feb-05Chivnal

Shrooshire

Silver

obiect/ball

with

a tail.

Movina

verY

fast.

21-Feb-0510:00Teddinaton

Middlesex

Somethina

seen

in

the

sky.

21-Feb-0509:56Winkleiah

Devon

Obiect

seen

in

the

skv.

Zoom

of

light

which

streaked

across

the

sky

from

left

to

right,

changed

into

a

silver

ball,

then

a

flying

saucer

shape,

before

27

-Feb-05Wokinaham

Berkshire

disaooearina.

One

strange

light,

that

stayed

there

for

about

an

hour.

It

dimmed,

14-Mar-0505:29

Imminaham/Grimsbv

Humberside

then

aot

briahter

aaain.

20-Mar-0519:35

North

Wales

Just

reoorted

a

UFO.

The

object

was

star

shaped

and

all

the

colours

of

the

rainbow

and

24-Mar-0521:30

was

dancina

around.

31-Mar-0521:15Wokina

Surrey

A

briaht

star

that

moved

to

the

side.

It

had

briaht

liahts.

04-Anr-05

Late

at

night

witnessed

something

in

the

sky

that

could

not

be

Crosby

identified.

One

yellow

sphere

that

was

very

bright

and

fast.

Moving

from

West

06-Aor-0523:00West

Kilbride

Avrshire

to

North

East.

07-Aor-0523:15West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Three

soheres

within

five

minutes,

movino

from

West

to

North

East.

11-Anr-05

Shronshire

A

triangular

shaped,

huge

craft,

with

red

lights

an

the

stern.

It

00:45ShrewsburY

hovered

over

the

southern

suburbs

of

ShrewsburY.

A

descending

white

light.

Then

rotating

beams

of

light

going

18-Aor-0500:30Matlock

Derbvshire

uowards

from

the

around.

21-Aor-0506:31

Norfolk

Three

obiects

were

seen

hoverino

in

the

sky.

22-Aor-05

Wellinaborouoh

Northants

A

UFO/briaht

liaht

was seen

at a

hiah

altitude.

A

black

cigar

shaped

object,

that

looked

like

a disc

side

on. It

14-Mav-0521:43

South-East

London

accelerated

to a

areat

saeed

that

would

outstrio

a

fiahter

iet.

27-Mav-0515:15

Kent

A

small

white

obiect,

that

was

movino

parallel

with

an

airliner.

Cambridaeshire

The

object

looked

like

a dim

red

light.

Was

zig

Zagging

across

the

04-Jun-0500:30St Neots

sky

in

an

easterlv

direction.

Was

faster

than

a

olane.

The

object

iooked

like

a rod.

Through

binoculars

it

appeared

to

08-Jun-0516:45St Neots

Cambridaeshire

shine

silver,

but

was

arev to

the

naked

eve.

Was

movina

around.

Two

extremely

bright,

round

lights,

they

had

an

object

by

the

left

of

23-Jun-0515:15Stapleford

Nottinahamshire

them,

which

was

lozenae

shaned.

Had

the

speed

of

an

arrow.

04-Jul-0521:00

Middlesbrouah

Cleveland

The

obiect

was

trianaular

and

the

ooint

was

sort

of

rounded.

It

was

.

silent

and

had

no

liohts.

Moved

slowlv

in

an

Easterlv

direction.

11-Jul-0523:30Nailsworth

Gloucestershire

Stranoe

liahts

in

the

skv

at a

very

hioh

altitude.

02-Aua-0522:15

Two

obiects

above

the

house

which

circled

about

five

times.

03-Auo-05

Seven

red

and

white

flashing

lights.

They

were

moving

in

an

erratic

00:00

Peacehaven

East

Sussex

tvoe of

wav.

Thin

band

of

cloud

with

beams

of

light

coming

down.

Lights

moved

06-Auo-0522:00Rotherham

South

Yorkshire

from

side

to

side

like

search

liohts.

Four

oblongs

that

were

equally

spaced.

They

also

looked

like

bright

07-Aua-0521:30Kirby

Mersevside

liahts.

10-Auo-0518:30Waltham

stow

London

The

obiect

was

the

size

of

aiumbo

iet

and

was

silver.

The

witness

didn’t

see

the

object,

but

said

that

it

sounded

like

a

11-Auo-0502:00Hurst

Berkshire

1930’s

airshio.

There

was a low

hummino

noise

over

the

house.

10 miles

West

of

One-two

metres

in

length.

Was a

yellow

colour

and

cyiindrical

in

13-Aua-0517:11Gatwick

Sussex

shape.

Not

a

balloon

shane.

21-Auo-0511:50Ripon

North

Yorkshire

Round,

football

shaped

obiect

that

was

shinv

and

metalic.

Eight

to

ten

circular

things/objects

that

looked

quite

low

in

the

sky.

23-Aua-05North

of

Derbvshire

Thev

were

uniform

shaoe,

small

and

ooaaue.

A

cylindrical

shaped

object,

that

changed

from

silver

to

black

as it

03-Sen-0517:45Little

Waltham

Essex

was

movinn

across

the

sky.

About

100ft

wide.

Two

orange

orbs

seen

outside

moving

very

slow

at

first,

then

very

04-Seo-0522:00Louth

Lincolnshire

fast

towards

the

North

Sea.

There

was a

three

dimensional

diamond

shaped

object,

approx.

size

04-Seo-0502:35Wolsinoham

Northumbria

of a

laree

helicooter.

It

had

creen

liqhts

on

either

side.

05-Sen-0521:00Hornchurch

Essex

A

’UFO’.

One

light

in

the

sky

that

burst

into

four

separate

ones,

before

09-SeD-0505:45Little

HamDton

West

Sussex

disaDDearino.

10-SeD-0522:00Louqhton

Essex

Three

alowina

liahts.

Thev

were

a

briaht

oranae

colour.

10-Sep-05

Three

golden

orbs

seen

hovering

in

the

sky

for

an

hour,

moving

in

a

22:00Louohton

Essex

trianole

formation.

Three

very

suspicious

looking

lights

up in

the

sky.

They

were

orange

10-SeD-0522:00Louohton

Essex

and

very

briaht.

Three

objects

were

seen

in

the

sky.

The

objects

appeared

to

be

10-Sen-0521:00Louahton

Essex

oranoe

in

colour.

10-Sep-0520:58Louohton

Essex

Three

balls

of

fire

In

the

skv. Thev

keep

circlino

and

then

lininn

un.

14-SeD-0521:15Lochaellv

Fife

Briaht,

white

liohts

that

were

movino

in

semi

circles.

.

14-Sen-0521:45Glenrothes

Fife

Three

to

six

briaht,

white

linhts

in

circles.

14-Seo-0523:15Creiff

Perth

shire

Clear

white

liahts,

like

a

torch

but

no

beam.

14-Seo-0520:50Letham

Fife

White

circles

all

over

the

skv.

14-Sen-0520:55Blairaowrie

Perthshire

Three

white

circles

aoinn

clockwise

then

anti-clockwise.

14-Seo-0521:23Kinross

Perthshire

Two-three

briaht

areen

and

luminous

liahts

circlina.

One

object,

dark

brown,

that

was a

military

shape

and

was

fast

17-Seo-0515:58

movinQ.

20-Sen-0520:39Romford

Essex

Four

oranae

liahts

above

the

witnesses

house.

1

O-Oct -05

.

Just

reoorted

a UFO

siahtina

in

the

evenina.

Chatteris

Cambridgeshire

Just

reported

as a UFO

sighting.

Whitstable

Kent

Strange

lights

in

the

sky.

Port

Talbot

West

Glamorgan

Looked

like

a

parachute

flare.

Swan

sea

West

Glamoraan

Looked

ilke

a

oarachute

flare.

Briahton

Siahtina

seen

sometime

in

2005,

in

Southwick.

Briton

Ferrv

West

GlamorQan

Somethina

was

seen

in

the

skv.

(sometime

in

Februarv

2005\.

SlouQh

Berkshire

Like

a bia

shootinn

star

but

was

aoinQ

too

fast

to

be

one.

Shepton

Mallet

Somerset

(Seen

in

April

2005).

The

object

looked

like

a

star,

but

moved

very

slow

sideways.

BasHdon

Essex

(Seen

in

April

2005).

Saw a

spacecraft

with

aliens

(the

greys),

sitting

on

top

of

it,

above

the

bunaalow.

Kendal

Cumbria

/Was

seen

sometime

in

2005T.

Just

reported

a

UFO.

Brixton

Hill

London

/Was

seen

sometime

in

2005\.

Just

reoorted

a

UFO.

09:34Chevithorne

Devon

The

obiect

looked

like

a

telearaph

pole.

Cardiff

South

Wales

A

UFO.

(Seen

sometime

in

2005\.

Pontvclun

South

Wales

A

UFO.

(Seen

sometime

in

2005).

Two

UFOs

were

spotted,

and

they

were

clearly

not

aeroplanes.

(Seen

sometime

in

Julv

2005\.

Lichfield

Staffordshire

The

object

was

circular

and

was a

dull

orange

colourllight.

Was

the

size

of a

meduim

aircraft.

(Seen

in

Auaust

2005\.

Ipswich

Suffolk

Just

reoorted

a

UFO.

(

Seen

sometime

in

2005\.

Somerset

A

bubble

like

thing

in

the

sky.

It

flashed

across

the

sky.

(Seen

sometime

in

Auaust

2005\.

Croesyceiliog

Gwent

Five

to

six

white

lights

flying

very

fast

overhead.

They

looked

a bit

like

briaht

stars.

.

I

I I Bagshot

I

Surrey

I

Just

reported

a UFO

sighting.

I

2004

DateTimeTown

I

Villaae

County

Brief

DescriDtion

of

Siahtlna

02-Jan-0404:30Avr

Strathclvde

A

sauare

red

obiect,

ainkish

at

the

front.

One

large

black

triangular

aircraft

with

three

bright

lights

in

a

09-Jan-0414:00Market

HarborouQh

Leicestershire

trianale

formation.

There

was a

rumblina

sound.

09-Jan-0422:30Thaxted

Essex

Stranae

liaht

that

was

watched

for

one

and

a

half

hours.

12-Jan-0416:30Huddersfield

West

Yorkshire

Round

obiect

with

white

liahts

all

around

it.

27

-Jan-0421:00

Peterborouah

Cambridaeshire

Four

dull

red

liahts

above

the

house,

travellinn

fast

and

low.

27

-Jan-0423:08Relford

NottinQhamshire

One

obiect

seen

over

Relford

Town

Hall.

28-Jan-0418:30

Peterborouah

Cambridaeshire

Flashina

areen

liahts

1000-5000ft

uo in

the

sky.

28-Jan-0418.15Billinnslev

Shrooshire

Liahts

in

the

ninht

sky

flvina

in

formation.

Object

appeared

to

be a

soundless

pair

of

lights,

one

yellow,

the

04-Feb-0406:15Grosmont

North

Yorkshire

other

white.

No

discernable

shaoe.

08-Feb-0421:45Elv

Cambridaeshire

Four

liahts,

one

brlahter

than

the

others,

sometimes

fadina.

Two

objects,

described

as a

fast

pair

of

speeding

lights

- very fast

11-Feb-0421:05Holbeach

Lincolnshire

briaht

liaht.

18-Feb-0416:02Rhvl

Clwvd

Larae

black

obiect

over

Rhvl.

Yellow

light

in

a

circular

formation.

The

flash

shot

across

the

sky

01-Mar-0420:00Lowestoft

Suffolk

and

the

liohts

went

out.

17-Mar-0420:20Edinburah

Loth

ian

Fast

movina

briaht

light.

Large

ball

of

light.

Looked

like

a

rocket.

No

sound

generally,

but

at

25-Mar-0422:10Leiahton

Buzzard

Bedfordshire

times,

a

sliaht

whirrinQ

sound.

Saw

the

object

at

17:30

Sri

Lankan

time.

The

object

looked

like

a

ring

doughnut

and

was

orange

and

had

other

rings

of

colour

27-Mar-04

Sri

Lanka

surroundinn

it

too.

02-Apr-0412:30West

Kilbride

Avrshire

One

sahere.

09-Apr-0417:57Greater

Chesterford

Essex

60ft

lona

svmmetrical

object.

.

Just

said

it

was

an

object.

That

it

was

flying

over

very

fast

and

then

09-ADr-0419:30Dimchurch

Kent

disaaaeared.

Saw a

UFO,

with

a

cluster

of

four

bright

lights

in

a ring

shape

on it.

11-Apr-0420:43Seaforth

Mersevside

Three

beams

of

white

liqht

shone

upwards

and

then

disaaaeared.

14.ADr-0410:30

Wellinabarouah

Northants

A

round

obiect

was

flyinq

overhead

at a

very

fast

saeed.

Looked

like

a

Jellyfish

flying

in

the

sky.

May

have

had

two

bright

14-Apr-0420:27Honlev

West

Yorkshire

liahts

on the

side

of

the

obiect.

15-Aar-0422:20West

Kilbride

Ayrshire

Yellow

sahere.

Very

briqht.

16-Aar-0422:40West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Yellow

sahere.

16-Apr-0422:55West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Yellow

sahere.

Two

objects

travelling

together.

They

climbed

at

an

incredible

19-Aar-0422:10Filev

North

Yorkshire

saeed,

and

headed

south

down

the

coast.

The

object

looked

like

a

boomerang

and

was

stationary

over

a

22-Apr-0416:30Goole

East

Yorkshire

nower

station.

An

aircraft

was

circlinq

the

obiect.

22-Anr-04Queensburv

West

Yorkshire

Just

said

an

obiect.

25-ADr-0408:50Primrose

Hill

London

The

obiect

was a

rectanale

shaae

with

a

white

iiaht.

Four

bright

lights,

plus

the

outer

circle

of

the

round

object,

had

eight

29-Apr-0422:30Derbv

Derbyshire

liahts

aoina

round

in

a

clockwise

direction.

05-Mav-0423:10Kinas

Lvnn

Norfolk

A

briaht.

aulsina-spider

lookina

obiect.

10-Mav-0422:45Storth

Cumbria

Looked

like

a

briaht

star

and

was

movina

around

like

a

kite.

10-MaY-0422:47West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Two

vellow

saheres,

aoinq

at a

tremendous

speed.

14-Mav-0403:10Leeds

West

Yorkshire

A

verY

briaht

liaht

and

also

saw

strobe

liahts

near

the

briaht

liaht.

15-Mav-04West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Two

saheres.

17-Mav-04West

Kilbride

Avrshire

One

sphere.

19-MaY-0423:20West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Lame

brinht

sahere.

The

witness

had

seen

the

object

sa

cleariy,

that

grooves

and

20-Mav-0409:43

Surrey

windows

could

be

seen

and

no

room

for

humans

to

fit

within

it.

20-MaY-0411:15Nelson

Lancashire

The

obiect

was

white

in

coiour

and

’chewy

mint’

shaped.

20-MaY-0413:30Skinton

North

Yorkshire

Looked

like

a

liaht,

transparent

rina.

Two

objects

were

both

an

orange

colour

and

were

disc

shaped.

22-Mav-0423:50

Thev

looked

like

aircraft

without

winas

and

were

very

silent.

25-MaY-0417:00Painnton

Devon

Lonn

sinnle,

black

cylinder

type

obiect

about

200ft

lona.

.

25-Mav-04West

Kilbride

Avrshire

One

snhere.

30-Mav-0412:15West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Five

briaht

spheres

flvinQ

beside

each

pther.

The

object

was a

bright

light

and

it

was

flashing

and

making

engine

01-Jun-0400:00Hamilton

Lanarkshire

noises.One

object

with

a

bright,

white

flashing

light,

and

was

making

02-Jun-0400:35Ham ilton

Lanarkshire

enaine

noises.

Object

looked

like

a

comet

at

first,

was

quite

bright

and

got

lighter

02-Jun-0401:00Haves

Middlesex

as it

arew

biaaer.

04-Jun-0421:07CoventrY

West

Midlands

One

lona,

black,

ciaar

shaped

obiect.

05-Jun-04

Wellinoborouoh

Northants

A

black

’UFO’

was

seen

flvina

over

a

Methodist

Church.

14-Jun-0409:30Rushden

Northants

A

’UFO’

was

followina

an

airliner.

One

object,

about

70ft

long,

with

brilliant

bright

lights.

The

object

14-Jun-0423:15Bridaend

chanaed

shanA,

iust

before

the

siaht

was

lost.

21-Jun-0417:55Oldham

Greater

Manchester

One

lona,

black,

ciaar

shaped

obiect.

Object

was

extremely

large,

completely

circular

and

the

lights

on it

13-Jul-0401:00Winchmore

Hill

London

were

pulsatina

different

colours.

Bright

yellow

light,

low

level,

appeared

from

nowhere

for

about

ten

14-J ul-0423:10Corbv

Northants

seconds.Ball

of

flames

with

a

solid

underneath,

the

flames

went

out

and

19-Jul-0422:20Wellford

Berkshire

came

on

anain,

and

then

plummeted

to

earth.

28-Jul-04L vnton

nr

Exm

oor

Devon

The

obiect

looks

like

a biQ

white

trianale

on

the

horizon.

Shepton

Mallet

Three

very

strange,

bright

orange

objects,

which

were

quite

large

31-Jul-0422:45

Somerset

and

aoinn-

in

an

unward

direction.

Strange

looking

abject,

bigger

than

an

aircraft,

it

had

mesh

around

it

07-Auo-0404:30Chinoford

London

and red,

blue,

areen

and

vellow

liahts

around

the

outside.

07-Aua-04Greenside

Newcastle

upon

Tvne

Onlv

reported

as

alien

siahtinas

above

the

house.

16-Aua-0423:35West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Five

snheres

spotted,

flvinQ

toaether.

29-AuQ-0403:05Louahton

Essex

The

obiect

was

white,

hazv

and

round,

and

there

was

no

noise.

01-Sep-0415:55Glossop

Derbvshire

Silver

disc.

The

object

was

very

bright

and

was of

large

proportions.

Large

in

02-Sep-0423:50Deal

Kent

velocitv.

The

object

was a

black

cylinder

rectangle

shape

and

was

the

size

04-Sep-0414:30WhiteHill

East

Hamoshire

of a

house.

One

minute

the

colour

was

black

and

then

channed

to a

.

silver

colour.

An

object

was seen

the

size

of a ten

pence

piece.

It

had

a

domed

05-Seo-0410:24Birminaham

West

Midlands

too

and

bottom.

Was

metallic

in

armearance.

The

object

was a

bright

light

at

first

and

then

looked

like

a box

kite.

05-Seo-0415:20Barrv

South

Glamoraan

There

was

no

sound,

winos

or

fuselaoe.

Two

silvery

objects,

they

were

pulling

apart

and

moving

together

07-Seo-0411:30Holvwell

Flintshire

and

thev

left

vaoour

trails

as

thev

were

movina.

Large

flash

of

light

which

turned

into

a grey

object

descending

over

08-Seo-0420:15Cardiff

South

Glamoraan

Cardiff

bav,

with

trailina

smoke

behind

it.

09-Seo-0423:20Dumfries

Dumfries

&

Gallowav

Snotted

stranae

liahts

over

the

town.

The

object

looked

like

a

great

bright

light

and

was

really

intense,

16-Seo-0403:50Iwerne

Minster

Somerset

like

a bia

ball

of

fire,

ranidlv

movina

towards

the

around.

20-Seo-0422:00Lutterworth

Leicestersh

ire

Flashina

liahts.

Looked

like

a big

ball

of

fire

coming

down

from

the

sky

with

a tail

24-Seo-0406:30Devizes

Wiltshire

and

soarks

comina

off

of

the

end

of it.

24-Seo-0406:30Newoort

Dvfed/South

Wales

One

obiect

that

looked

like

a

disc,

with

a tail

and

was

shinv.

Saw a big

orange

disc

going

from

East

to

West.

Said

the

object

was

totally

silent

and

moving

quite

slowly.

24-Seo-04Swindon

Wiltshire

30-Seo-0421:10Porchester

Hamoshire

Just

mentioned

a

siahtina.

The

object

looked

like

a

wide

test

tube

shape,

that

moved

from

the

10-0ct-0410:15Strath

Bonao/Glasaow

Strathclvde

South

East.

Bright

orange/red

colour

object,

rapidly

and

randomly

changing

1O-0ct-0422:15Colchester

Essex

direction,

from

East

to

West.

The

object

was a

round

sphere

like

the

moon

and

it

had

green

and

11-0ct-0402:35Preston

Lancashire

red

flashina

liahts

and

was

very

noisy.

12-0ct-0420:07Dumfries

Dumfries

&

Gallowav

Stranae

liahts

over

the

town.

18-0ct-04Wimbledon

London

A few

obiects.

06-Nov-0421:25Driffield

East

Yorkshire

The

obiect

had

three

to

four

different

colour

liahts.

The

object

was

very

bright

like

the

sun,

and

it

looked

like

the

size

of

a

space

hopper!

Had

flames

coming

off

of

it,

so it

could

have

been

09-Nov-04Warminaton

Northants

a

meteorite!

Now

saYS

orobablv

was!

11-Nov-0414:15lIford

Essex

The

obiect

was

the

size

of a

round

beach

ball

and

black.

Looked

.

disc

shaped

when

it

became

stationary

in

the

sky.

Had

no

wings.

The

object

was a

silver

disc,

with

solar

panels,

but

turned

out

to

be

19-Nov-0408:02Dounlas

Isle

of

Man

an

ATR

42

- twin orooeller

Euromanx

aeroolane.

Witnessed

at

least

25

yellow

spheres,

flying

in

groups

of

five,

flying

26-Nov-0421:00West

Kilbride

Avrshire

North

over

West

Kilbride.

29-Nov-0417:15

Wellinnborounh

Northants

A

Qroup

of

IiQhts

were

seen

and

then

a

buzzina

noise

was

heard.

Ball

of

fire,

with

a tail

five

to

seven

times

the

diameter

of

the

ball.

10-Dec-0417:25

Broxburn/Edinburah

Lothian

Briaht

oranae

wilh

a

weaker

oranae

tail.

Meteorite?

15-Dec-0408:30

Lisburn/Belfast

Countv

Antrim

Three

briaht

liQhts

movina

in

the

skv.

27-Dec-0417:15

Wellinnborouoh

Northants

A

’UFO’

was

seen

and

then

it

chanaed

into

a

briaht

liaht.

Three

to

four

discs,

that

looked

oval

shape

when

the

discs

moved

Leicester

Leicestershire

to

the

side.

Moved

in

a

trianQular

formation

across

the

skv.

Two

objects

flying

around

the

sky

for

about

two

hours,

and

that

they

Letchworth

Bedfordshire

were

aoina

auite

slow.

(Seen

in

December

’04\.

.

2003

DateTime

Town

{Village

County

Brief

Description

of

sighti

ng

04-Jan-0321:15St

Clares,

Nr

Carmarthen

Dvfed

White

obiect

with

vivid

flashino

areen,

blue

and

red

liahts.

One

object

with

a

very

bright

light

like

an

aircraft’s

landing

04-Jan-0319:20Nr

Benbecula

Airnart

liQht,

with

a

smaller

dimmer

liaht

an

taa

of

the

briaht

liahl.

Three

silver

or

white

balls

in

the

sky,

joined

by

another

two.

06-Jan-0315:00

Huddersfield

West

Yorkshire

Quite

larae.

Traveilina

in

a line.

One

bright

white

object,

hovering

at

first,

then

moving

07-Jan.0321:26Blackaool

Lancashire

auicklv.Changing

shape.

Strong

blue,

green

and

red

lights

08-Jan-0322:00Coaltown

of

Balaonie

Fife

pulsatinQ

liQhts.

Jumbo

Jet

sized.

Looked

like

a

satellite

re-entering,

moving

across

the

sky,

1

0-Jan-0303:00Briahton

Sussex

then

shot

off

like

a

shaotina

star.

Two

aircraft

type

objects

flying

next

to

each

other.

Both

had

10-Jan-03Stirlina

Scotland

vaaour

trails.

Lights,

that

were

formed

in

a

worm

shape,

wriggling

around

10-Jan-0301:00East

Dulwich

Landon

in

the

sky.

SaloP

Oblong

in

shape

with

three

vertical

flashing

lights,

red,

11-Jan-0323:45Bridanorth

vellaw

and

areen,

ail

flashina

at

the

same

time.

Distant

object

moving

from

side

to

side.

Bright

light,

brighter

13-Jan-0307:40Dunkeld

Tavside

than

any

star.

Went

dim

from

time

to

time.

A

large

round

disc,

slightly

smailer

than

the

moon.

Creamy

15-Jan-0322:10Cawbridae

South

Glamoraan

white

then

chanaed

areen.

19-Jan-0318:03

Stanehaven

Gramaian

Three

briaht

liahts

formina

a

trianale.

Hoverina

not

movina.

25-Jan.0319:08Chester

Cheshire

Twelve

briQht

liahts

mavino

from

side

to

side.

Two

triangular

shaped

objects,

flying

in

perfect

syncronisation.

Law

humming

noise

- not like

a

normal

29-Jan-0318:15

Wolverhampton

West

Midlands

commercial

airliner.

Bright

light

lit

up

the

curtains,

and

for

a

split

second

appeared

to

be

heading

for

the

window.

Followed

by a loud

03-Feb.03Levland

Lancashire

bana.

16-Feb.0317:20Birminnham

West

Midlands

Obiect

seen.

Static.

.

19-Feb-0318:30Huntinndon

Cambridneshire

Like

a

shootina

star

fallina

to

the

around.

A

circular

bright

light

- three arms

on

the

object,

(not

21-Feb-0310:30Penrvn

Cornwall

rotatina),

in

the

middle

of it

was a red

liaht.

25-Feb-0323:00Southfields

London

Oblect.

not

a

olane,

not

on

flioht

oath

and

not a

star.

Two

large

white

objects,

close

together,

looked

like

jets

or

01-Mar-03

Northamnton

Northamntonshire

refuellina

planes.

Goina

at

jet

speed.

02-Mar-0315:54Pontvpridd

Mid-Glamoraan

Stranae

obiect,

silver

and

shaped

like

a

dart.

11-Mar-0321:50

Wellinoborouoh

NorthamDtonshire

An

abject

hioh

uo in

the

sky.

HamDshire

A

very

large

delta

shaped

formation

of

steady

red

lights

- no

30-Mar-0320:00Aldershot

noise.

30-Mar-03

Glastonburv

Somerset

Liohts

in

the

sky.

Two

silver

objects

that

were

stationary

in

the

sky.

One

31-Mar-0309:20

London

seemed

to

be

closer

than

the

other.

Massive

object,

about

the

size

of

two

football

pitches,

05-Apr-0303:58

trianaular

shape.

Took

off

verY

fast.

One

craft

with

three

yellow

lights

on

portside

and

three

red

lights

on

starboard

side.

Shape

was

between

circular

and

07-ADr-0302:30Falmouth

Cornwall

trianoular

or

Delta

wino

size.

11-Apr-0322:21Stansted

Aimort

Essex

A

ball

of

fire,

very

brioht,

with

no

colour.

Heathrow

Aimort

A

ball

of

light,

with

no

colour,

passed

under

an

aircraft,

front

23-Apr-0318:15

London

to

back,

very

fast.

24-ADr-03SheDherds

Bush

London

Crafts

comino

down

from

behind

the

clouds.

Saw

a

black

triangle

flying

quite

fast

and

silently,

through

05-Mav-0318:30

the

sky

in

a

sinale

direction.

13-Mav-0317:45Belfast

Northern

Ireland

Two

obiects

that

looked

like

stars.

Sandvford

The

object

was

high

and

bright

and

had

no

anti-collision

25-Mav-0323:00

Lanarkshire

liahts.

25-Mav-0323:05Kilmacolm

Strathclvde

Laroe

briaht

liaht.

Huge

white

ball

that

was

glowing.

Looked

like

a flying

25-Mav-0323:20St.

Leonards

East

Kilbride

;

iellYfish.

28-Mav-0307:50Great

Yarmouth

Norfolk

The

object

was

saucer

shaDed.

30-Mav-0323:25

Kinaston-upon-Hull

Humberside

A

briaht

liaht

in

the

skY.

31-Mav-0321:00Gateshead

Tvne

and

Wear

Black

orb

with

five

or

six

tasseis

underneath

it.

08-Jun-0317:00

Wellinoborouoh

Northam

Dtonshire

White

cylindrical

obiect

movino

very

fast

UD

into

the

sky.

09-Jun-0306:40Isleworth

London

Silver

object

as

briaht

as a

star,

chanaed

from

a

cvlinder

to

.

a

crescent

moon

shaDe,

with

red

and

silver

strines.

Very

big

red

light

balls

hovering.

One

red

light

hung

smaller

14-Jun-0321:35

Llandrindod

Wells

Powvs

and then

droaaed

out.

Cylinder

shaped

object,

with

faint

stars

around

it.

Thought

it

14-Jun-0315:39Waltham

stow

London

was

metal,

as

liaht

was

shinina

off

of it.

14-Jun-0306:00Girton

Cambridneshire

Small

circular

obiect.

Blue

and

white

translucent.

20-Jun-0308:35

Kent

A

strina

of

two

sets

of

two

liahts.

A

doughnut

shaped

object

was

spotted

moving

from

left

to

right,

side

to

side.

One

side

was

shiny

and

reflective,

and

21-Jun-0316:43Richmond

London

the

other

black.

Just

said

something

was

seen

for

three

seconds.

(Didn’t

21-Jun-0312:32

Wimbledon

London

saecifv)

.

The

object

was a

silvery

white

colour

and

non

reflective

in

26-Jun-0316:28Melksham

Wiltshire

the

sunshine.

Orange

lights

moving

as a

group

in

a

circular

motion.

28-Jun-0323:22G laston

burv

Somerset

Moved

slawlv

alona.

A

stationary

triangular

object

was

seen.

The

object

08-Jul-0320:00Hereford

Herefordshire

remained

stationary

for

about

30

minutes

at

nuite

a

heinht.

Two

round

objects

with

legs,

which

were

black

and

12-Jul-0322:05Rhonda

Mid-Glamor

an

spinnina.

13-Jul-03

Wellinnborounh

Northants

Saw a ball

of l1

ht

in

the

skv.

13-Jul-0320:30Winterlev

Cheshire

Aaaeared

like

a

star,

aossiblv

a

balloon.

Saw

the

biggest

white

light

that

the

witness

had

ever

seen

14-Jul-0321:30

Northamatonshire

before.

It

shot

off

across

the

skv

and

then

disaaaeared.

Assumed

object

to

be a

shooting

star

at

first.

No

trail

15-Jul-0303:25

Bermondsev

London

behind.Disc

like

object,

moving

in

the

sky

slowly,

poised

once

and

15-Jul-0321:40Galston

on

Sea

Norfolk

headed

in

a NE

direction.

15-Jul-0300:30Malvern

Worcestershire

One

li

ht

was

seen.

Erratic

movement

and

stationarv.

Bright

white

star

like

light.

Moved

from

side

to

side,

up

and

20-Jul-0323:05Bridlinaton

East

Yorkshire

down

and

in

circles.

22-Jul-03Bridlinnlon

East

Yorkshire

Silver

or

white

object.

Moved

at

an

unbelievable

saeed.

Silver

ball

up

in

the

sky

for

about

an

hour.

Disappeared

and

27

-Jul-0318:00Gravesend

Kent

then

returned

aaain

about

an

hour

later.

.

04-Aua-03

21:00

Wellinaborouah

Northants

A

brilliant

oranae

ball

of

liaht

seen

2000ft

UP

in

the

skv.

Avrshire

A

star

shaped

object.

Witness

watched

for

a few

minutes,

08-Aua-03

22:35West

Kiibride

then

it

dropped

from

the

skv

like

a

bomb.

10-Aua-0323:15West

Kilbride

Avrshire

Could

see a few

round

spheres.

Raund

football

shaped.

Flashing

lights-multi

coloured.

The

13-Aua-0322:55Maestea

Mid-Glamoraan

liahts

were

on

top

then

moved

around

the

obiect.

Unusual

object,

with

flashing

lights

but

not

like

aircraft

14-Aua-0318:00Southfleet

Kent

liahts

more

like

reflections

from

the

sun.

No

trait.

Very

bright

white

light,

bigger

than

a

star,

but

quickly

14-Aua-0323:57Worcester

Worcestershire

diminishina

in

size

until

it

completelv

disappeared.

14-Aua-0323:09Newport

Gwent

Oranae

circular

obiect

seen.

Staved

stationarv.

16-Aua-0321:00Amesburv

Wiltshire

Flvina

saucer

shaped

obiect.

17-Aua-0323:45

Bonnvbridae

Central

Just

a

siahtina.

No

detaiis

aiven.

Object

with

two

white

lights

with

one

red

and

one

orange

in

19-Aua-0323:30St

Seithins

Perthshire

the

middle,

both

flashina.

Cigar

shaped,

grey

in

colour

with

damed

ends,

was

silent

21-Aua-0314:00Lincoln

Lincolnshire

and

verv

slow.

A

helium

type

balloon,

size

of a

moon,

w~h

flashing

blue

and

red

lights,

moving

north

along

the

line

of

the

A38

over

27-Aua-0323:00Worcester

Worcestershire

the

area

south

of

Worcester.

03-Sep-0321:35

Wellinaborouah

Northamntonshire

An

oranae

ball

seen

about

2000lt

UP

in

the

skv.

Six

lights

that

split,

at

one

point

becoming

eight

lights.

04-Sep-0323:40Todmorden

West

Yorkshire

Oranae

and

red

in

colour.

Two

circular

objects,

about

half

the

apparent

size

of

the

13-Sep-0321:40

Heckmondwike

West

Yorkshire

moon.

Verv

dull

vellow.

Greater

13-Sep-0322:40Manchester

Manchester

Round,

white

liahts

in

the

skv.

Bright

as

Mars.

White

light.

Dim.

Moved

in

a

South

East

13-Sep-0320:15Great

Yarmouth

Norfolk

direction.

Two

small,

star

size

objects,

much

darker

orange

or

rust

17-Sep-0320:45

Northampton

Northamotonshire

colour,

followed

bv

another

two

doina

manoeuvres.

One

object.

White

brilliant

light,

flickering

yellow

and

red.

Extremely

brighter

than

other

stars

around

it.

Moving

from

17-Sep-0321:00Northolt

London

side

to

side.

18-Sep-0303:00Wimbledon

London

Trianaular

obiect,

copper

coloured.

Hovered

over

the

house

..

for

about a

minute

then

disappeared.

Ashby

De

La

Launde,

Nr

19-5eo-0322:30Diobv

Lincolnshire

A

obiect

soinnina

above

a

house.

22-Sep-03Hove

East

Sussex

A red

unidentified

flvina

obiect,

definitelv

not

an

aeroolane.

An

unusual

object,

falling

from

a

cloud,

like

it

was

burning,

24-Sep-0319:25Barrv

South

Glamoraan

Verv

fast. Was

viewed

for

five

minutes.

Northamptonshire

Two

pairs

of

objects

that

were

not

recognisable

as aircraft

24-Seo-0320:45

Northamoton

and

were

oUrDle

in

colour.

14-0ct-0306:56Whitney

Oxfordshire

Very

larqe

obiect

with

flashina

liahts.

Two

objects

travelling

side

by

side

overhead.

Dull

red

in

26-0ct-0321:06North

Wirral

Mersevside

colour.

05-Nov-0316:30

Southbound

on

the

A 11

Two

briaht

liahts

in

the

sky.

There

were

20-30

red

flashing

lights

In

the

sky

17-Nov-0302:25Bromlev

Kent

accompanied

bv a

whirrina

noise.

25-Nov-0314:25Wem

Shronshlre

A

stranae

briaht

oranaelred

liaht

in

the

sky.

01-Dec-03

Woodbridae

Suffolk

An

unusual

aircraft,

but

with

stranae

liahts.

Nothing

was

seen,

but

a loud

noise

was

heard,

like

a

02-Dec-0301:20Avlesburv

Buckinahamshire

balloon

lettina

out

air.

A

loud

noise

like

a hot

air

balloon

was

heard,

but

nothing

02-Dec-0301:30Thame

Oxfordshire

was

seen.

The

object

was

black/dark

with

lights

along

the

side

and

a

weird

strobe

light.

Was

about

60

ft

across.

Very

high

in

the

17

-Dec-0319:15

Wokinaham

Berkshire

sky.A

steady

bright

light

in

the

sky

resembling

the

front

of a

29-Dec-0301:50Nr

Barnton

Park

Edinburah

helicopter.

(Seen

for

six

weeks

- Feb/March

2003).

Twa

strange

lights

Ashburton

Devon

in

the

sky.

(Seen

for

three

weeks

in

Feb

2003).

Very

bright

white

light

with

five

other

lights

around

it,

that

were

moving.

Looked

Wellinoborouah

Northamotonshire

like

a

barraoe

balloon

from

World

War

2.

(Seen

2003).

17

spaceships.

V

shaped,

oblong,

wings

and

ditferent

colours.

Could

see

green

aliens

with

cream

Wiaan

Lancashire

coloured

bellies.

.NUMBERS OF "UNEXPLAINED" AERIAL SIGHTINGS REPORTED

TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Figures ITom before 1959 are not available.

N .B. The figures below relate to the number of reports, received by the Ministry of Defence, of aerial activity which was not immediately identifiable to the witness. They should not be taken to reflect sightings of "UFOs/flying saucers".

1959 - 22 1960 - 31 1961 -71 1962 - 46 1963-51 1964-74 1965 - 56 1966 - 95 1967 - 362 1968 - 280 1969 - 228 1970 -181 1971-379 1972 - 201 1973 - 233 1974-177 1975 - 208 1976 - 200 1977 - 435 1978 -750 1979 - 550 1980 - 350 1981-600 1982 - 250 1983 - 390 1984 - 214 1985 - 177 1986 -120 1987 -150 1988 - 397 1989 - 258 1990 - 209 1991-117 1992-147 1993 - 258 1994 - 250 1995 - 373

. .1996 - 609 1997 - 425 1998 - 193 1999 - 229 2000 - 210 2001 - 203 2002 - 100 2003 - 99 2004 - 85 2005 - 90

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lights above the house, travelling fast and low.

lights, 1000-5000ft up in the sky.

08/02/2004 21. 45 Ely Carobs Four lights, one brighter than the others, sometimes fading.

Chatteris Carobs Just said that it was a ’UFO’. (Seen sometime in 2005) .

11/02/2005

Huntingdon Carobs The witness just said that it was a ’UFO’.

04/06/2005 00.30 St Neots Carobs The object looked like a dim red light.

08/06/2005 16.45 St Neots Carobs The object looked like a rod, that was silvery/grey.

Reports for Hertfordshire:-

Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire One disc shaped object that was tangerine colour.

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FOI re RAF/USAF alert status

Briefing on request for records of alert status at RAF and USAF bases during period of Rendlesham forest incident

.. HARD COPY LETTER dd 16/6, REC’D 27/6

This is a request under the FO! Act. Please use above address for correspondence.Firstly I should make clear although my application relates to the period in which the Rendlesham UFO incident occurred my request does not relate specifically to this incident per se. I am aware the MOF file is available on the pub scheme on line but my request relates to a related occurrence not dealt with by the contents of this file.

My request is for copies of original docs and any corespondence generated by MOD or related departments specific to the info listed below

I Any info (documents papers logbooks) relating to the level of alert status in force at RAFIUSAF tenated air bases in GB during 25- 30 Dee 1980

2 Copies of any papers, reports or correspondence generated relating to reports of aerial phenomina reported by the public, civ aircrew and MOD sources on the evening ck.~ )

of25/12/80. My request relates to the re entry of the Russian Cosmos 749 rocket body 1)1\1 <L-\ shortly after 2100 on 25/12/80. I understand this object was sighted by numerous civilans over SE England including the crew of a civy airliner and reported to RAF West Drayton on 25/26.12.80.

3 Copies of papers reports correspondence relating to satellite debris detected sighted or reported to MOD/RAF by RAF Fylingdales or other MOD agencies between 25/30.12.80.

4 Copy of Op record book & any other surving logbooks for Sector Operation Centre/control and Reporting Centre RAF Neatishead, Dec 80 & Jan 81.5 Copy of Ops Record Book & any other surviving logbooks for Eastern radar (RAF Watton) Dec 80 & Jan 81.6 Copy of Ops Record Book for RAF Bawdsey and/or units operating from RAF Bawdsey Dec 80 & J an 81.

7 Copy of the report on Exercise Proper Watch which took place at RAF Bentwaters, May 89 and "testeD the procedures in place for responding to the crash of a US transport alc carrying nuclear weapons" (Hansard 30 Jun 98

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Information on decay of Cosmos 749, supplied by RAF Fylingdales.

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FOI requests on two incidents

FOI request for papers relating to UFO sightings linked to the re-entry of Russian rocket body Cosmos 749 on Christmas Day 1980 and other papers relating to the Rendlesham forest incident

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Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the scenario of the exercise, Proper Watch, in 1989; on what dates and where it took place; if the United States Department of Defense took part; and ifhe will place a copy of the results of the exercise in the Library. [46819]

Dr. Reid: Exercise Proper Watcb took place at RAF Bentwaters in May 1989. The exercise tested the procedures in place for responding to the crash of a US transport aircraft carrying nuclear weapons. The United States response forces participated in this exercise. A classified report on the exercise does exist, but for the reasons my bon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence gave to the hon. Member on 31 July 1997, Official Report, column 470, and under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice of Access to Government Information, I am not prepared to release the report.

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Rendlesham Forest UFO - the rocket re-entry Page 1 of2. Rendlesham Forest UFO - the rocket re-entry

THE ROCKET RE-ENTRYAt 21.07 on the evening of 1980 December 25 (i.e. a mere six hours before the supposed UFO ianding in Rendlesham Forest) the Russian Cosmos 749 rocket re-entered over north-west Europe and was widely reported as a UFO. A report on this re-entry can be found in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association (1981, vol. 91, page 561). It broke up during re-entry, and the last fragment is thought to have burnt out somewhere east of Clacton. Any surviving fragments would have fallen Into the North Sea, and hence have been unrecoverable. As far as I am aware, no fragments from this re-entry were ever detected on radar, but it is possible that the radar tapes were examined to see if anything did get through and this may explain some of the stories about radar checks that were later attributed to the Rendlesham Forest UFO.

In her 1998 book UFO Crash Landing?, Jenny Randles suggests that the NSA on Orford Ness had fired an energy beam into space to "jam the electronics on the Soviet military satellite and deflect its orbital path causing it to burn up in a controlled fashion". She names the source of this energy beam as a secret radar project called Cobra Mist. And in a subsequent book, The UFOs That Never Were, she goes on to claim that the flightpath of the incoming debris altered "as if something caused the trajectory to be deflected". Exciting stuff, if true.

To assess the credibility of that idea requires some background information. Firstly, the object that re-entered was not what most people would think of as a ’real’ satellite. It was in fact the upper stage of the carrier rocket that launched Cosmos 749 over five years earlier, in July 1975. (It is usual for the top stage of a launch rocket to go into orbit with the satellite, and is a major contributor to the amount of ’junk’ in orbit). As such it was a dead, inert cylinder of metal, and there would have been no way to command it down even if anyone had wanted to do so. What’s more, the re-entry started 1,500 miles away over North Africa.

The real Cosmos 749 satellite had in fact re-entered three months earlier, in September 1980. It was an electronic eavesdroppin9 satellite but it was not the type of satellite designed to be brought back to Earth, nor was it nuclear-powered. And the British Astronomical Association research paper referenced in paragraph one makes it clear that Jenny’s claim that the incoming object somehow changed course Is simply wrong.

Now for some information about Cobra Mist. It was an over-the-horizon radar and as such was designed to detect missiles coming from Russia and the eastern bloc over azimuths from 19.50 to 110.50 clockwise from true north, whereas Cosmos 749 came in from the southwest. What would have been needed here was not an over-the-horizon but an over-the-shoulder radar. According to FOIA documents made available on http;ilwww.cufon.org/cufon/cobramst.htm the radar never worked successfully. It was closed at the end of June 1973, over seven years before the Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting, and the hardware dismantled. The closure was publicly announced by the MoD that same month (not 1983, as Jenny has it on page 189 of UFO Crash Landing).

Although the Cosmos 749 re-entry sparked a rash of UFO sightings that were reported on radio that night and could well have put the airmen at RAF Woodbridge on "UFO alert", there is no evidence to suggest that it had any other connection with the later events in Rendlesham Forest.

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