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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,
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3. With regards tp the two short passages deleted rrom the DSI/JTIC Report No 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 ofthe
content. Ifthe 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
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Your ref: D/DAS (Sec)64/311

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

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I wish to thank you and the staff who worked to process my request of great ilelp as pan
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my ongoing research, which will aclmowledge

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Extract from Ministry of Defence letter to XXXXXX dated 11 October 2000

"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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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 hassurvived 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
of this report had bOt;>! se!1L Lv Sit Henry TiL.ai , wi!vsc pape >
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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 ofthe UK
Government’s involvement with the subject ofUFOsIFlying Saucers, 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.

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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 ofminutes where this report and the composition ofthe 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 ofthe 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 ofthe 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
ofthese files revealed that report No, 7 does not appear to be there, nor is there any
mention ofthe file, As it was created in 1952 surely it has long since passed the 30
Year Rule marker and should be available to members ofthe public.
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.

If, however, you deny any knowledge ofthis 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.

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From my own research I am satisfied that the government position on UFOs,ie that
they are ofno defence sigpificance, misperceptions etc is valid. But from an academic
point ofview 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

4 September 200U

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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
I am now able to precisely specify the name and
what I suspect to be the current location ofthe 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 (DEFE4/74-76)
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demonstrate that the Working Party consisted of representatives from DSTI,ADNI
(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’ )
ofthe 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 ofthe Metropole (ie Intelligence)files on UFOsfor 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."

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It is accepted that all files and papers relating to UFOs have been permanently
preserved by the MOD from 1967 at the request ofthe Secretary ofthe 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

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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 afthis
dacument, as its canclusians (that UFOs do net exist) appear farm the erigin afthe
MOD’s palicy an UFOs fram 1952 right up the present day!

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As the eriginal repart was created in 1952, it sheuld be available far public scmtiny

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under the 30 year rule and I request access a cepy ofthis document plus any
attached appendices uIlder the Freedem efInfarmatian 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 Sec (AS)2 af 1 and 11
August, these are:

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DSVJTIC Report 7,Unidentified Flying Objects (1952),plus related
Intelligence reports an UFOs, 1951-2 (see attachment).

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which relate to Intelligence papers on
references in some of the PRO files
enclosing a copy
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For example,
the DSTI staff during this’period. to Depa!1ment S4 (Air)by
UFOs generated by
bAir 2/18117 sent
of a loose minute found in PRO file1967. It des ribes how staff had "recovered’~two"U
Dickison ofDI55 on 13 December
1951-52, and refers to one of these specifically
files on UFOs for the period
Intelligence
Flying Objects." This is good evidence
Report No.7 U! entifiedsurvive from this period.
as "report DSI/JTIC
on UFOs did
that at least some Intelligence files
would appear these files - if they still exist
"1ation of the PRO catalogue, itwhich is a register of JSTI/DSTI/DSI
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44/1
should be listed under DEFE class 1946 onwards. ]
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reDorts and memoranda for the period

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documents I have described and I
assists in your rereview of the
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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

that I write to you in order
the Public Record Office have suggested files which are
The Enquiry staff at
the status of a group of MOD
to follow up an enquiry concerning UTId~r section 3 (4)oftne Public Record Act
currentIy "retained by the Depar=ent
1958."

They
deposited at the Public Record Office.
question all appear to have been papers generated by the work of the
The flies in
contain
fall under the class reference DEFE andinclude:
MOD Defence Intelligence Staff. They

DEFE 44/1

Memoranda; Register of JSTl/DSTI/DSI

and
DSI, later DSTI: Reports1946-1991.

reports and memoranda,

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be retained un(e.r the 30 year n e
should
from the PRO that records would in which case J
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date ill the sequence covered by
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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
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;
DSTI relating to the period 1964-1991,
however, they also contain later material from
which under the tenms of the 1967 Act would remain closed until 202],

1991.

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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?
or

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

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2118873)- File AIR 20/12556
4t) AIR 20/12556 ’UFO’reports January 1974 (additionally AIR’UFOs’covering the period June is not
1973
a ’UFO’file. AIR 2/18873 contains public enquiries concerning
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 ofboth files (see below).

As I mentioned in my letter of29 September,the Ministry of Defence is bound by the Code ofPractice 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 (orpart thereof) is
charged at U5.00 per hour.

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We estimate that the number of documents to be copied in the files mentioned in 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.
Ifyou 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. Ifthe 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.

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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 ofthe 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 ofnatural 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 ofthe 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.

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It is precisely these social and psychological contexts particularly
periods ofPress
interest and Parliamentary Questions which I am examining as
part ofmy 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
both in terms ofpublic and internal pdicy
since 1950 are a crucial source ofinformation for my project, hence
my request for
access to documents which currently fall within the 30 year rule.

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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 ofmy request for access to files addressed to the
MOD Record
Officer on 27 July and 7
I am now able to precisely specifY the name and
what I suspect to be the current location ofthe 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 the
by
’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 (DEFE4/74-76)
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demonstrate that the Working Party consisted ofrepresentatives ftom DSTI,
ADNI
(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
Attachment A). However, the document is missing ftom the DSI/JTIC enclosed,
reports
papers which are contained within DEFE 152-54. This is not because the file and
destroyed, but rather because it was "retrieved" (moved to another file?) a has been? 1)
by member’
ofth DSTI branch, DI55,in December 1967. In evidence for this
assertion, I attach a
copy (enclosed,Attachment B)ofan internal memo, copied ftom PRO file Air
2/18117, where JE Dickison ofDI55 states that: "we [DI55]have recovered
all but
two ofthe Metropole (ie Intelligence)files on UFOsfor 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."

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

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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 ofthe handling ofthis 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 ofthe Freedom of Information
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

Act.

Information Commissioner can be found
httD://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

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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 ofthe handling ofthis 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
internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the

Act.

httu://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
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14/06/03

21:35

12/07/03

22:05

Llandrindod
Wells
Rhonda

Powys

Very big, red light balls
hoverin".

Mid-

Two round objects with legs,
which were black and

Glamorgan

sninninn.

13/08/03

22:55

Maesteg

MidGlamorgan

14/08/03

23:09

Newport

Gwent

24/09/03

19:25

Barry

South
Glamorgan

Roundish, football shaped

object. The flashing lights

were multi-coloured.
Orange circular object seen.
Staved stationarv.
Saw an unusual object,
falling from a cloud, like it
was burning and was very

fast.
Reports for 2004:18/02/04
05/09/04

16:02
15:20

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Cardiff

South
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24/09/04

06:30

Newport

Dyfed

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Lar e black ob’ect over Rh
The object was a bright light at
first and then looked like a box
kite.

Large flash of light which
tu rned into a grey object
descendin over Cardiff Ba .
One object that looked like a
disc, with a tail and was
shinin .

Reports for 2005:Port Talbot
Swansea
31/01/05

05:00

West
Glamorgan

West
Glamorgan

Port Talbot

West
Glamorgan

Briton Ferry

West
Glamorgan

Cardiff

South
Glamorgan

Cardiff
Pontyclun
Croesycelliog

North Wales
South Wales
South Wales
Gwent

Said it looked like a
parachute flare. (Seen in
Januarv
Said it looked like a
parachute flare. (Seen in
Januarv
Looked like an orange ball of
light. like a big star in the sky
and it had sDiderish leas.
Just said saw something in
the sky. (Seen in February

05.
05.

05.

20/02/05

09:50

20/03/05

19:35

Bright blue object, that broke
into three to four segments
and then disaDDeared.
Just said saw a UFO.
A UFO. (Seen in 2005),
A UFO. (Seen in 2005).
Witness saw five to six white
lights flying very fast
overhead. They looked a bit
like bright stars. (Seen in
2005.

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

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infosubject: I am writing to make a further open govermnent request for all the
In order to
information to which I am entitled under the fteedom ofinformation
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.

act.

I wish to know how many reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Wales
have been made by members ofthe public to the Ministry ofDefence during the last
five years. I would also like full details ofthe dates, times and whereabouts of each of
these sightings and the outcomes ofany 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 ofthe 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 (RAFPolice)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 ofthe RAF Police report containing full details oftheir
findings. Details ofthe 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 ofany 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 ofthe 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
All the
was aptly named the Flying Saucer Working Party and was dissolved in June
now open for public
surviving MOD papers produced by the Flying Saucer Working Party are
viewing at The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew,Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU.The final
report ofthe 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 staffdo not now receive every report but
may be consulted as described above.

1951.

I hope this is helpful. Ifthis information does not address your requirements or you wish to
complain about any aspect ofthe handling ofthis 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
internal review process has been completed. Further details ofthe role and powers ofthe

httD://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,

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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
high speed"
lights. and occaslonally’sound.c~gar-3haped:or circular, so.mclimcs.emlU!ng
The:reports attracted comnderabJ.e
press, where the objects becameknown..as ghost :rockets" or ,"atte uon"l the
bortlbs."
reporl8 died awayaCler lbe .uonmcr." c 1946,
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.as
what he
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and w...qulckly’Co1owed by".a’.gr~t’m.ni onore.’ Sonce lb.
slghtings have been
at I
DUmberS,
States, but .some ftom other p ts of,th .W inludiog.,Great"Britain, here .tKe:re
rtJ;
Was a notable outbreak during the ’summe :.aJid’ ~Jtumn 0(’1950.’
hc’.pbi
reported have beq)me popularly known by’tkc..gcneric title Dying s uccrs:".b’ut
descriptinos.givenhMe.i,c:1uded.nolonIY. YiI!g disc-lik. objecl8 of the
".aucer.. " Iype, but
’f!.n.gJrss. tnrp
objects, BJ?d lummoLl:’ dn....or C. 19aNh~ped"bodles. ,ph.nea’ or
of V8nous
.
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.3.
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cXt:lusiveJy
ot
associated sound have been rare, In DOl ,case ,-h~s
tangible,. ~terial. or
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received! a
Miniltry., a
ref
b.ut.aceasian.ally In
U.sua.uy at. or tetter~,{r~m.membets,of,-thedaylight.... Th.e,~ir reporlS. ,One of these,.
so.
similar
. ~,number.
’a careful and accurate
,at,Derby,..who ,w,s’ clearly..
’frorp: a:"loComoh~:f
.o(’.whlll.wa. undoubtedly a’meteorite. We
. .’ob:iervet:’gavc;a
ve,;l atteniptC4,iny :syslematic investigation’or idt the evidence’ presented, but
":’can’6nd nO’reasOo’for suppOOog.ihat .ny’ol the’phenomena.
cannot be
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ned;’in ,cet;~incases;,whe~obSrvations ’were. reporlCd at" approxia
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that at l:iJJO, while ying at 20,000 feel on an easterly cOurse over
Portsmouth
he had sighted
pbject travelling at very.high Spee9 on a reci roeal course,
reet above
and roughly 1,200
to ’tarboard.. H d~cribed the
ncc’. He could’ not give any real
as circular, and of bright
" object
but thqught’ it,l11ight’be ahout 800 kn t$. He had ohsried
tiInate onts
.1 it for’ab’out’15’JeJlds,during whi
lookcd’liway to porI.’.and ’ba ,
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entirely def te about the,pilot"s report. Assuming that he ,W8.$:’is,
iIIus’n, the Circular." Jmpt:Y108:8
m of.
l J c&_11$1.that he
the ,objeCt.as,"
hls_ ~escnptlon
,~W.f’can fjnd~ no
saw a. meteorologK:al baUo;on and pc. aU.y over-estlmat.ed.
hypo~hC$,s’,;:’;I’ .: .’......" .1".’ . :
reason whate~r for adoptml any Jess
were reported (roth the- -R ya(’Aircr’sCt
13. The rema ning two -incidents officers conceme:;"W’ in iewcd by
and the
.-"1: ,I.
Establishment, Famborough.
.,’ ~..’~.~!t.;, ,J!
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members of this Working’Party,_
1950,
,14th
said Ihal I I
.
.1’/Ll.Hubba{p, all..~pcrienced
the .irfieldhearda
o
two
he
weath.r
model Diesel motor,.whlch eaused them 10 sea",hsaw. sky ,bl,it;f’
two ot:ficers
was.fine and visi~ility good. The
sta.tes that he sa.wHII)rn~t ,dirC!ltllY",overbcad
who
In colour,
first slghtl an obJcct which he descrlbes as a Oat dlsc,’h&ht
at
he
50 feet n diameter,at an’ estimated, height.or;s;OOO".’(<<;et,"~He ~tatcd.th,at a
about
,:jt1hav lled,"at
it under observation for 30 seconds. during,which"ptri uti+g.a series of
a heading of
speed estimaled also lightm.p.h.. on care from diffet’ent,seg~e,nt;; as it moved.
reftection
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More ’flying saucers’ have been reported,.but close encounters i

BLUE 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 MidAnglia 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
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 lightyears 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

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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
’’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

light.

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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,"

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he said.
"I wasn’t dreaming, It was incrediblethe most fascinating thing I’ve seen in my

life."

Mr Rosamond says BUFOHA tried to be
as scientific as possible while investigating 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

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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: 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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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.

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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

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
wes released,
crash
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conspiracy theories.
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But categorical evidence of
outer space i
forms from
is still elusive.
Credible scientific evidence
suggests there is a chance
of but no proof of superintelligent baings.
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man lived in caves.
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Cambridgeshire.

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Memoirs not
so diplomatic
CAMBIUDGE 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

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while wets remember
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the late

Numbers of ’unexplained’aerial
sightings reported to the MoD
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".
Figures from before 1959 are not available.
1991 117
1975 Z08
1959 ZZ
ZOO
199Z 147
1976
1960 31
1977 435
1993 Z58
1961 71
1978 750
196Z 46
1994 Z50
1979 550
1963 51
1995 373
1980 350
1964 74
1996 609
1981 600
1965 56
1997 4Z5
198Z Z50
1966 95
1998 193
1983 390
1967 36Z
1999 ZZ9
1984 Z14
1968 Z80
ZOOO Z10
1985 177
1969 ZZ8
ZOOI Z03
1986 IZ0
1970 181
ZOOZ 100
1987 150
1971 379
Z003 99
1988 397
197Z ZOI
Z004 85
1989 Z58
Z33
1973
Z005 90
1990 Z09
1974 177

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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 Jim
MR 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

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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
Sorry. Jim!

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colour. the

of

in

the

towards

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saucer.

and heading
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round,

lights,

flying

seen

acros
movina

a

was

hoverina.

which

light,

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as

obiect,

of
light

reported

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bright

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clouds.

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shaDed

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a
as

renorted

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leos. Black

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Yorkshire

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skv.

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sky.

very

the

a

going had

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from

like

seen.
light

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the

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in

sound, travel ina

object,

across

it

sky. colour

like

travelling

liCht

gre n/blue
flash

sky.

was

blue

of

amazing

the liaht
in

blue

meteorite.

in
liaht

Object

blue

liaht

disintearatina.

disaD eared. ’swishing’

areen

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a A

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an
blue blue flash flvina

flash

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A

A

obiect.

flash flash of

blue of

A A A A

Glamoroan
Northants

West

across tail.

the

Glamornan

Stat ordshire

Northern

that

conical the

Cambridaeshire

Cornwal

but

broke

in

liaht.

saucer,

ball

firework

sky,

shaDe.

fast

a
into

obiect

like

the

It

to

then

had

a

acros

sky.

the

was

big

a

was West.

about

briaht

liahts

County

witnes

shaped

the star

heard

3

liahts,

in

orange

4

or

like

sky.

the

had

and

said

and an

sky

sky.

it

iron.

and

like

Looked

like

through

Left

segments

move

a

was

bright

then

Leicestershire

Somerset Somerset

Strathclvde

London

London

South

Somerset
Dorset

Somerset

Somerset
Dorset

MOD
Yeovil

the

bv

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near

.
metal ic

car.

left

estate

turquoise

of

verY

hour.

of

colours

about

the

sky

was

the

and

sky.

a
the

missile

with
in

reflective,

seen

was

skv.

and

seen
object looked
Silver

Obiect

light,

Zoom

briahter

moved
UFO.

star

a was

disao earina.

strange

aot

One

then Just The

was

shaped,

sphere

East.

A

Late

One

the

over

soheres

were

red

shaped

to

A

Was an

than

eve.

a

arev

like

was

the

shaned.

Three

A

was

the

and
round

lozenae

trianaular

bright,

was

silver,

extremely which

object

A A

speed sort

looked easterlv iooked but
white

cigar

of

they Had ooint

the

rod. to
direction.

had

lights,

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obiect,

a

ac elerated small
black

A

object of

binoculars

like

UFO/briaht

uowards

hovered

a

rounded.

an

it

a

dim

saeed
areat

liaht

triangular

Three

Was

olane.

arrow.

by

faster
naked
movino light.
Through

that

was

from obiects
descending

North

identified.

white

object,

It

the

was

southern light. around. seen
the

zig

to

yel ow
at

looked would

Zagging

was

left

movina

with

paral el

like

Then

within

star night
briaht

changed

that

that

reo rted object dancina

huge

an

outstrio

a
that
hoverino at that

suburbs
craft,

seen

witnes ed

around.

rotating

in hiah

was
five

into

of

Somethina

a ain.

silver

a
light

minutes,

shaped
that

in

very

the something

altitude.

the

with

to

streaked ball,

sky.

of

bright

side.

stayed

the which

obiect/bal

The and

all

beams

lights

a

a

ShrewsburY.

movino red

in

there

disc

of

and

It

then

tail.

from

around.

ap eared

light

the

an

the
for

acros a

Movina

West

fast.

that
briaht

flying

Was
shaped.

liahts. could

the

an

the

going

side fiahter

Moving

had
lenath

on. iet. airliner. acros

to

shape,

sky saucer

It

It

stern.

It

from

fast.

North

from

not

rainbow

in

an

be

before

to

colour,

of

the
to

dimmed,
right,

East.

West

and

an object

was
obiect

in

The sky The shine

Two them, The

London

Wales
Derbvshire Shro shire Mid lesex

Cambridaeshire

Humberside

Shronshire

Berkshire

Devon

North

Surrey

Avrshire Avrshire

Derbvshire

Norfolk

Northants

South-East

Cambridaeshire

Not inahamshire
Cleveland

Kent

.
be

un.

were

to

lininn

colour. hour,

They

ap eared

then

an

sky.

a

size
erratic

bright

moved

a

an

direction.

times.
five

moving

about

an

was

slowlv

and

circled They

in

hioh

very

Moved a
at

of

lights.

skv

had

in

cloud

and
liahts

obiects red

and

wav.
of

silent

Stranoe

Two Seven

but

size

were

tvoe

of

that

hum ino

was

metres

liahts.

a

One-two
1930’s
The The

shaped

from wide.

o a ue.

very
changed

that

small

diamond

moving

either

object,

shaped across

outside

to

cylindrical

shape. Round, Eight Thev

A

It

East

South

Sussex North

of

in

keep

sky.

lights

Thev

skv.

the

hovering

looking

in

seen

seen

that

the

in

movino

were
that

In

liahts.

sky

orbs the three helico ter.

was
There

formation.

the

alowina golden

in

laree ’UFO’.
a
of

A

light

colour.

briaht.
objects

very

disaD earino.

in

fire liohts

of
balls

white

very
Three Three

One

were

suspicious

orbs

trianole

Three

and

Three oranoe Three

Briaht,

Sussex
Lincolnshire

Berkshire

The

Thev

Yorkshire

London

a
were

into

seen North

was Two fast

circlino

semi

up

briaht the

four

liqhts

Sea. dimensional had

movin orange towards

objects

the

circles.

in

Sussex
Mersevside

for

sky

a

were

and

burst

football

ten

oranae

separate

cre n

that

the

uniform

ones,

100ft

sky.
shaoe,

side.

on

About

things/objects

circular

Not

obiect witnes

Yorkshire

Gloucestershire

balloon

object,

slow

shaped

airshio.

from Four

was

yellow

in

before

at

and

There

to

band side

first,

silver

quite

shinv looked

didn’t

side

oblongs

Thin

colour

see

the

above

noise

low

said

like

white

the

no

with

the

liohts.

equally

search

flashing

and

that
a
aiumbo object, low
Was
obiect
a
of
shane.
the was
length.

liohts.

beams

house

iet

spaced.

light

which

that

They

coming

and

it

were
altitude.

over

silver.

also

to

moving

then

in

metalic.

sounded

down.

ap rox.
black

orange

in

very

as

the

the

looked

Easterlv

house.
cyi ndrical

Lights

in

in

like

like

it

sky.

Essex

Northumbria

Essex

West Essex

Essex

Essex

Essex Essex

Fife

.
the

sitting

very

2005.

was

Februarv be

beam.
then

circles.

no
in

linhts
white

torch

a
like

briaht,

six

luminous

but

clockwise

shape
in

Southwick.

evenina.

military

and
the aoin

are n

over

liahts, all circles

briaht

a
was

witnes es

white circles white

Three Clear White Three

Two-thre

2005,

sky.

above

brown,

liahts

dark

in

UFO

UFO a
a as

parachute oarachute
the

a

a

like

movinQ.
Four Just Just

Strange

was

reported reo rted

spacecraft

star
2005).

a

in in

a

above

like

Somethina a

20 5.

sometime sometime

in

sometime flashed

fast

was (Seen
aircraft.

spot ed, Julv
circular

of

top

(Seen
Like (Seen slow
on

were

looked

sometime

(Seen (Seen

seen seen

UFOs

obiect

GlamorQan

A A

(

UFO.

was meduim a
object

the

2005. flying

in

thing

lights

Auaust
white stars.

a reo rted
of

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sky.

like in

UFO. UFO.

/Was /Was The

very

It

Seen

and

sometime sometime

it,

in

and
in in

April

sideways.

overhead.

in

dull

in

2005).

April

bia in

Glamora n

20 5T. 20 5.

telearaph

the

was sho tin

Looked Siahtina

Auaust

were

Just Just

a buna low.
Saw

The

across

orange

2005. 2005). they

ilke

Lo ked

2005. 20 5.

a a

with

but

seen

the

clearly

object

They

not

pole.

sometime seen

in

oranae reo rted reported

object,

skv.

in the

siahtina

six
bubble

The size Just

A

sometime

to

Perthshire Perthshire

Wales Wales
Berkshire

Kent West West

Essex

.

West

Staf ordshire

Somerset

Essex

Cumbria

London Devon South South

Somerset
Suffolk

briaht

Five like

Cambridgeshire

shire

Perth Fife

aliens

a

too like

flare. flare.

the

Glamorgan

Fife

fast

aoinQ looked
in

that

One

looked

sky.

col url ight.
UFO. UFO.

in

the

lights

to

(the

(Seen

aeroplanes.

(sometime

sighting.

skv.

but

to star,

house.
liahts

moved

greys),

one.

and
circlina.

a

Was

fast

anti-clo kwise.

bit

Gwent

.
I

at
fast

the

a
low.

in

hours.

lights

yellow,

fadina.

and

-

sky

like

very

the

sound. a

Siahtlna

it.

of

DescriDtion
sighting.

front.

and

with

travel in

rumblina one around
for

the

at aircraft

a

was

watched

Hall.

in

pair

house,
liahts the

Relford

triangular

There

was
that

a

black

sauare
Just

A

sky

over
with liahts

seen

formation.

red

reported

above

liaht

obiect red
dull

large

One

of

soundles

a
be

obiect

discernable

ap eared
the

over

brlahter

like

circular

out.

a

went

briaht

trianale

orange

was

at

objects, liaht. black

light

Two briaht Larae

Yellow

light.

and too.

object.

movina

ball

doughnut

a

the

times,
Saw
and Fast Large

svm etrical

it

of sliaht object

the

Flashina
Stranae Round
Liahts Object other Four
Four One

Sri

17:30

sound.

light. Lo ked

in

liohts
liahts,

and

whirrinQ

No one
white.

Lankan

formation.

Rhvl.

a
as
described

in

other

time. had

a

the fast

obiect

ninht

are n

shaoe.

to

liahts

obiect,

UFO

white

The

others,

than
flvina

ainkish

Brief

in

rocket.

speeding

pair

Town
10 0-50 0ft

No

The

of

rings

sound

flash

lights,

the

shot

sometimes

uo formation.

all

of

object

sky.

three

looked

acros

fast
half

bright

colour

general y,

lights

one

a

but

sahere.
lona

sur oundin

One 60ft

ring

I

County

Essex West

Vil a e

Lincolnshire

Shro shire

Strathclvde

I

Cambridaeshire

Cambridaeshire Not inQhamshire Cambridaeshire

Leicestershire

Surrey

Yorkshire

Yorkshire

North

ian

Clwvd

Suffolk

Loth

Bedfordshire

Lanka
Avrshire
Sri

Essex

.
it.

then

eight

on

and
shape

disa aeared.

over

saeed.

ring

in

a

fast

very

lights

stationary

an

have

at

May

climbed

coast.

at sky.

and

four

That

in

of
flying

liqht

object.

cluster

a

an

flyinq

was

Just

a
Saw

south

Jel yfish of

Very

travelling

side

obiect

disa aeared.

briqht.

a
like

the

objects and

round

A

Looked

liahts

Yellow Yellow Yellow

Mersevside Northants
West

Ayrshire Avrshire

Avrshire

strobe

a

looked

was a
at saw

aircraft

plus

An
station.

object

obiect. a
was

lights,

a

round

Just

obiect

bright

North

London
East West

liaht

Looked

A

orange
transparent

without type

an
cylinder

brinht

verY
Two A Two One Lame

both aircraft

white
liaht,

was a
like

witnes

obiect

windows
The

The

Norfolk Cumbria Avrshire West Avrshire Avrshire Avrshire

Lo ked

were

like

objects

looked

black

sinnle,

Two Thev Lonn

Yorkshire

Yorkshire
Derbyshire

winas obiect
rina.

coiour

be
had

saheres. sphere.

about

colour

seen

could
briaht

vel ow

liahts

Yorkshire Yorkshire

seen
sahere.

a

briaht.
The Four

saheres,

like

aoina

’chewy

no
and

and

aulsina-spider

for

in

in

briaht

and

the

star

an
said

Two sae d, The nower

object

aoinq also

the

rectanale

200ft

were

mint’

sa room
and

clockwise lookina
and

Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Kent

was

sahere. sahere. sahere.

on
Three

headed

obiect.

shaae outer

bo merang

like

white

UFO, beams

it

together.

movina tremendous

direction.

circlinq

the

with of

was

obiect.

down

cleariy,

circle

the

shone overhead

humans

liahts

of

with

They the

it

a

very

and

the
the

lona.

disc

shaped.

were
that

around

white

fit

to

speed. near

round

obiect.

gro ves

the

like

silent.

within

briaht

a

iiaht.

was

upwards a
bright

was

said

had

then

and

flying

object,

shaped.

and

kite.

incredible

two

it.

had

over

fast

very

liaht.

a

bright

Lancashire
Surrey

North

Devon

.
a

it
it

engine

making

making

got

and

was

and

bright

Methodist

quite

light,

lost.

each

was

beside

obiect.

flashing

it

first,

and

a

at

white

shaped

flvinQ

an

spheres

seen

bright,

bright

a

One

briaht

noises.
Five The

One

arew
enaine Object

obiect. completely

shanA,

lona,
black ’UFO’

it

as One A A One

objects,

ciaar

plum eted

direction.

low

a

then

a

and

like

with

light,

unward
strange,

pulsatina

flames

yel ow

on

lona,

seconds.

were

Bright

obiect

very

vel ow

came The

Three

of

are n

cylinder

the

hazv

bright

black minute

white,

very

a

as

was

was
reported snheres

obiect

disc.

was One

object

object house.

red,

Strange

and

spot ed,

was
colour

and

siahtinas

looking blue,

-n ioa

rectangle

was

and

alien

an

black

large

toaether.

abject,

of
Ball

shape

and

bright

anain, looks

Object

round,

flvinQ

in

One

above

and

and

than
white orange

bigger

black,

chanaed

around the

and then

prop rtions.

there

biQ

different

was

house.

an

level,
solid

was
object,

underneath,

colours.
shaped large,

the

liahts

ap eared

extremely

about

aircraft,

the

to

followina

’UFO’

looked

object

object

was
biaaer. black,

noises.

snhere.

iust

like

with

long, before

70ft

ciaar

a

a
was

siaht

flvina

comet

earth. on

from

airliner. with the

light

it

circular

was

had

trianale

brilliant

over

were

chan ed

was

no

the which

flames

was
was

horizon.

nowhere

bright

the

outside.

went

Church.

flashing

pther.

mesh

for

size

Large

noise.
quite

out

the

lights.

and

and

about
lights

in

around

large

object

The

and

ten

on

lighter

to

velocitv.

and

Onlv Five The

Silver

The

a

The of

Tvne
Manchester

upon
Hamoshire

Midlands
Lanarkshire
Avrshire Avrshire

Lanarkshire

Northants Northants

Mid lesex

West

Greater

London

Northants

Berkshire

Somerset

Devon

oor
Hill

Newcastle

London

Derbvshire
Avrshire

Essex

Kent

East

.
box

a

size

like

object

a

intense,

together

a

had

with

descending

looked

piece.

and
then

armear nce.

sky

around.

fuselaoe.
first

in

size metal ic

at or
light

Was

was bot om.

grey

it.

towards

a

into behind

town.

were as turned smoke
trailina

objects,

vao ur

was no

of
left

object

was

flash

silvery

great

liahts

fire

a

ranidlv

of
ball

like

There
Large
An too The Two and

bav,

big

off
looked

a

Snotted

that

soarks obiect
Flashina

Looked

and

like

Glamora n

West

South

moving

a
One Saw

West.

four

colour to round
and the
East
over

looked

object

three

East.

orange/red from

was

liahts

had
liahts

orobablv a

Bright
Just The South

The red

of

flames

very Had
was hopper!

saYS

size
the

Now

was

obiects.
meteorite! obiect

obiect object

object flashina
direction,

totally

bright

a

mentioned

round

to

a
like

silent

sphere

coming

like

was town.

Stranae few

A

space
The The

a a

The

Gal owav

ire

&

&
Dumfries

Flintshire

South

siahtina.

orange and
big

different the

very

Wales

Gal owav

Glamora n

object,

wide

beach
was!

like

quite

of

sun, off

test

going

ball

it,

noisy.

rapidly

a

comina

and

it

so

and
colour

the

tube

from

disc

liahts.

moon

and

to

a

looked

and

slowly.
disc,

like

The

Midlands

shape,

with East

of like

a

object bia
Cardiff

the

fire,

looked of
stranae
ball liahts.

thev

and

it.

coming end

light

with

a

black.

could

it

tail

the

over

winos

movina

randomly

West.

of
bright

thev

sound,

down

light

were a
pulling

from

like

it

that

and

and

bright

colour.

silver

movina.

have

Looked

had

was Said

the

they trails which

the

object

moved

the

was

object

apart

and

ten

seen

the

green

changing

been

shinv.

It

of

from

the

really

moving

a

and

the

tail

domed

pence

of

was

over

kite.

Somerset Leicestersh

Dvfed/South
Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Hamoshire

Lancashire Dumfries

Strathclvde

Essex

Yorkshire

London East

Northants

Essex

.
they

be
flying

wings. to

heard.

out

five,

no
Had
sky.
the

of

groups

turned
but

panels, aero lane.

was
noise

moved

the

diameter

in

a
solar

a

the

stationary

Euromanx
disc,

25

Kilbride.

when a
was
shaped object

-

twin

were

least

at

42

over

about
formation

December
for

tail

chanaed

sky
in

looked trianQular the

in

then

weaker
movina

and

a
wilh

oval

it

liQhts

seen

that

discs,

of

fire,

oranae

was

briaht

A

’UFO’

Ball Briaht Three

Three

A

slow.

Moved

flying

auite

four

to

North

(Seen

a around
in

IiQhts with

Qroup of

ATR Witnes ed
The an

to

a
West

when across two ’04.

the

five

oro el er
silver

skv.

seen

it

the hours,

shape

seven oranae
and

yel ow

skv. and

into

tail.

then

spheres,

with

became

times

discs

briaht

Meteorite?

buzzina

that

the

liaht.

of

flying

in

disc

ball.

side.

objects aoina

the

Two were

to

Antrim

Man
of
Isle

Leicestershire

Avrshire Northants

Lothian

Countv

Northants

Bedfordshire

.
two.
liahts. landing

had

liahl.

sighti

blue

an

the

of

of

areen,

by

then
first,

and

joined

the

at

sky,

liaht

in

dimmer balls
vivid

Brief
with

obiect
White

a

a
object with

One

white Traveilina

liQht,

silver

Jumbo
liQhts.

larae.

Three Quite

objects

a

shot
auicklv.

Changing pulsatinQ

One

Looked

then

trails.

aircraft

Two

va our

that

shape
sky.

in

Lights, the Oblong

moving Went

Dvfed

areen.

in

large

Distant

than

the

objects,

humming

mavino

chanaed

liahts

curtains, for

Law

the

heading
airliner.

liahts

Static.

up be
lit

to

briQht

triangular

briaht

then

any

vel aw

formina

window.

and

from

object star. round

and

a
for

white Three

Twelve

A

syncronisation.

seen.

light

com ercial
ap eared
Bright

Two

bana.

Obiect

Midlands

Midlands

Sussex
Fife

Carmarthen
Airnart

trianale.

shaped
disc,

-

split

not

Glamora n

Lancashire
West

slightly

Followed

like

flying noise

a

are n,

Yorkshire

County

{Vil age

with ail

were

type

off

like

bright

dim

formed

in

side

time smailer

three flashina from

a
like

shape.

white

than

from

in

satel ite

side.

to

side

shaotina

Strong

time.

vertical at

a

flying

Jet

in

or

with

same

the to

worm

star.

re-entering,

blue,

perfect
Hoverina side.

Bright

to

next
sized.

object,

smal er

moving

flashing

second

a

the

shape,

by

not

moon.

lights,

each

green

line. hovering

very

a

wriggling

to

an

flashino bright

normal
time.

red

light

Description

other.

acros

taa
like

a

red,
light,

lights

ng

loud

movina.

Creamy

the

moving

briaht

and aircraft’s

brighter

Both

another
red

around

sky,

Balaonie

Scotland

Landon

SaloP

Tavside

Lancashire

Gramaian Cheshire
South

West

West

.
-

or
jets

star.

(not

the

around.

to
fallina

star

and

arms

-

a
was flioht
it

of

on
not

light

the shaped

silver

olane,
bright

sho tina

the
in

a

Like

circular

rotatina),

Oblect.

A

delta

Two

about Took

the
in

very noise.
Liohts

An A

object,

shape.

clouds.

size.

brioht,

Delta very

craft on

One

from

fast

chanaed
very

and
glowing.

behind quite

bright

colour,

from
with

was

and

skY.

looked

fast.

down

of of

Crafts
to

saucer
that

high

triangle

sinale that

liaht.

was

a
in

briaht

obiects object

a

back,

lights

A A

tasseis

shaDed.

star,

movino

like
flying direction.

no

trianoular ball ball

trianaular

underneath

Lo ked

a

stars.

or fire, light, very comino
black

to

se med Massive

with

UD

had

the fast

pas ed

starboard
with

silver

Two

like

no

side. wino

three

sky. objects

be

abject
Stranae

verY lights Shape

closer

large
refuel ina

that

obiect, hioh

not

size

off
yel ow
than the

in

uo
white planes.

large

a

were

and

the

it. into

no

colour.

of

the

silently,

under

on was

flying

a
and

formation

sky.

cvlinder

anti-col is on

an

portside between

two fast.
stationary other.

jet

objects, Goina

fo tbal

in

spe d.

middle

and

the

like

at

through
aircraft,

of

shaped
close

sky.

circular

sky.

steady

a

red oath together,

three

dart.

to

front

and

three
pitches,

red

on

the

One

like

not looked

liaht.

red
lights

a
object,

no

the Two

or obiect

a
as
briaht

the five

ball

was

as

in

with
liaht

white

cylindrical
object

orb

object

sky

Saw

six

briaht

The

liahts.

Laroe Huge

iellYfish.

The

Black White Silver

A

;

Wear

Ireland

Northamntonshire

Cambridneshire

Cornwal London

Mid-Glamora n

NorthamDtonshire

Kilbride

HamDshire Somerset

London

Cornwal

Essex

London London

Bush

Northern

Lanarkshire

Humberside and

Strathclvde

East

Dtonshire

Norfolk

Tvne

Northam London

.
it

to

smal er
Thought

light

silver

and

stars of

One

off white
with

shinina

and
Blue

shaDe,

balls

out.

object,

was
liaht

light

droaaed shaped as

red

metal,

crescent

two
sets

Very

and

was

object

reflective,

seconds.

non
circular

colour

seen

was

white

a

object

One

a
was

something
black.

moving alona.

. object sunshine.
saecifv)

right,

A A

the

Just

The

balloon.
the

which

a

that

skv. aos iblv

legs,

the
in

triangular

star,

slawlv

and star

remained

Orange Moved

skv

the

Two

A

from

shooting

Erratic

about
sky

seen.

to

object.

like

circles.

star

NE

a was
in

It

for

light.

moving direction.

object,

hour

an

Moved

a

biggest shot object

later.

at about

the
in

a Aa eared
before. As umed
Saw Saw

hour.

an an

Moved

the aaain
in

in

white
ht

like

the

spin ina.

movement

sky

off

ball

round

stationary

unbelievable

side

slowly,

across be
white

a
like

Disap eared

the

ht
l1

sae d.

to

and

witnes then at

of
lights

strina

about

poised

first.

stationary objects

to
other said

30

up
stationarv. side,

No

had

for with

silvery

shaped side.

nuite

light

as

was

side

once

trail

and

and

disa aeared.

in

group

object

doughnut
Small

shiny

and

were
seen. minutes

a

three

side

circular of

ever

black
The at

and

was was

two

big then

Cylinder

a

liahts.

and

seen

a

motion.

for

of

obiect.
moon

spot ed

faint

hovering.

reflective

and

it.

red

heinht.

(Didn’t

moving

translucent.

around

red
with

from

it.

hung
strines.

in

and
left

white up

and or

ball

returned

li

behind.
Disc

headed

One

Bright

down

Silver Silver

then

an

Powvs

London

Yorkshire Yorkshire

Northamatonshire

Cambridneshire

Herefordshire

Kent

London

London

Wiltshire

Somerset

Mid-Glamor

Northants Cheshire

Worcestershire

London

Norfolk

Wells

Sea

East East

Kent

.
in

skv.

The
orange

minutes,

coloured.

the
in

UP

like

a
lights-multi

bomb.

2000ft

watched

seen

the

quickly

sun.

star,

the
lights

Witness skv

spheres. Flashing

stationarv.

aiven.

of
ball

oranae

round shaped.

a football
shaped dropped
see

A A

light,

on object,

saucer

north

Very

siahtina.

Flvina Just

of

slow.
shaped,

with

a

Kent

Worcester.

balloon, moving

Object

verv
Cigar

Gwent

becoming

doina
point

about one

type lights,
helium red

and A

and

south

Wiltshire Central

Perthshire

vel ow.

split, in

objects,

and

area oranae

An

Northamntonshire

objects,

another

White

Verv

bril iant

than

copper

White brighter

obiect,

size bv

Mars.

star

as

small,

followed

white

object.

lights

Oranae
the

circular

other

light.

liahts

that

coloured.
light,

in

dull

red

ball

the

colour.

stars

two

skv.

Six

Yorkshire

Two

moon.

Hovered

flickering

much

Dim.

about

seen

around

Moved
half

Worcestershire

the

Worcestershire

Avrshire Avrshire

darker

ap arent

at

grey

middle,

Oranae

2000lt

in

two both

circular

diminishina

Mid-Glamora n
Northants

size

white

bright

Unusual
liahts

No

white
in

more

were

Could Raund liahts
then

shaped

size
like

flashina.

obiect

with

it

star

colour

lights

until

reflections

then

top

few

brilliant

along

it.

in

UP

of

obiect.

it

a

with

with

detaiis

the

object. from

seen.

bigger

moon, the

the

over

orange manoeuvres.
yel ow

a

the
in

and Moving

South

size
eight

the

than completelv Staved

flashing

w~h line
damed

from

moved

skv.

red.

or

of

lights.

of

one

but

like

ends,

red

a

A38

house

from

rust

East

the

flashing the

and

but

not

around

a

disap eared.

No

blue

was

one

trait.

obiect.

few
for

liaht

aircraft

over

silent

Round, Bright direction.

Yorkshire

Two

colour,

side.

Extremely to Trianaular
One

side

Northamot nshire
Manchester

Lincolnshire

West

West Greater

Norfolk

London London

.

.

a
aero lane. burning,

an

as

was

like

Dull

sky

it

recognisable

disap eared.

house.

obiect, from

liahts.

above

five

that

falling

Was

soin ina unidentified

a
unusual
obiect

for

red

A A

fast.

in

oUrDle

An Verv Two

lights

the red

a

in

travelling
obiect

liahts

oranaelred

but

were

larqe

and Very

objects

Two

briaht

colour.

Two

black/dark

ac ompanied

was
seen. object

World

bal o n

A An

A

it,

sky

Was

Feb/March

in

The

see
Could

weeks
lights

six

balloon

three other

17
bright

strobe

five

weird sky.

(Seen

A

the
in

colours. bellies.

barraoe

for sky. for

steady helicopter.

was

V green

around from spaceships.

weeks

light.

aliens

shaped,

Feb

-

in

stranae
loud

2.

were War

2003). that

light

noise

unusual
Nothing

There

ft

a

briaht

was lettina

2003).

the

like

were

Very

about

but air. hot

oblong, with

Twa

acros .

air

aircraft, seen, out

20-30 bv

cream
bright

the

with

with loud

wings

moving.

60

balloon

a

Lo ked

strange

resembling

stranae noise

of
pairs

front

was

liaht

flashing
whir ina

with

objects

object,

about

sky.

side

colour.

flvina

viewed

in

noise.

along

was

by

were

for

minute

the

lights

side

flashina

a
then

liahts.

not

white

heard,

sky.

the

overhead.

minutes.

a

of

the Very

heard,

In

definitelv cloud,

high

and

light

lights

a

but

not
like

in

side

nothing

a

red

the

and

in

aircraft

(Seen with

a

2003).

(Seen

ditferent coloured

like

Glamora n
Northamptonshire

Sussex
Lincolnshire

East

Northamot nshire

Buckinahamshire
Oxfordshire

Shronshlre

Mersevside

South

Kent

Oxfordshire

Berkshire

Devon

Nr
11

A

Launde,

the

on
La

Lancashire

Edinburah

Suffolk

Park

.

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 ofreports, 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

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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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425
193
229
210
203
100
99
85
90

Peterborough

Carobs

c’ur dull red

lights above the house, travelling fast and low.

28/01/2004
18.30
peterborough

Carobs
Flashing green lights, 1000-5000ft up in the sky.
08/02/2004
45
Ely

21.

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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