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DEFE 31/172 is the UK Defence Intelligence Staff (DI55) air-defence UFO incident file covering 1978–1983, including the period that later informed Project Condign and surrounding the Rendlesham window.
DEFE 31/172 is the UK Defence Intelligence Staff (DI55) air-defence UFO incident file covering 1978–1983, including the period that later informed Project Condign and surrounding the Rendlesham window.
The file is a DI55 working folder of incoming UFO reports from RAF stations, military air traffic control (LATCCMIL), civil police, and operations staff between 1978 and early 1983, logged on MOD Form 136 minute sheets under reference DI55/108/15/1. Reporting nodes include RAF Boulmer, RAF Manston, RAF Valley, RAF Binbrook, RAF Coningsby, RAF Staxton Wold, RAF Cosford, RAF Shawbury, ADCC West Drayton, MHQ Plymouth, UKRAOC, and Thames Valley Police. The file also contains a January 1983 loose minute and Annex A/D briefing pack prepared by DS8 for a BUFORA television interview, stating the MOD line that its sole interest in UFO reports is to establish whether they reveal anything of defence interest, and a December 2002 internal note documenting the release of four enclosures under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. The file is closed at enclosure E.92 with the annotation 'No further action to be taken in this file'.
No further action to be taken in this filep.8
The sole interest of the Ministry of Defence in UFO reports is to establish whether they reveal anything of defence interest (eg. intruding aircraft).p.12
There is no unit within the Ministry appointed solely for the study of UFOs, and no staff are employed upon the subject on a full-time basis.p.12
It certainly has no evidence that alien spacecraft have landed on this planet.p.12
This concluded that 90% of all UFO reports proved to be plausibly related to ordinary phenomena.p.12
The earliest UFO reports retained by the Ministry of Defence date back to 1962. Prior to 1967, such reports, like other routine papers, were destroyed after five years.p.12
The Ministry of Defence examines UFO reports to determine whether they could be aircraft illegally in UK airspace.p.13
In response to the reference you agreed to take part in the BUFORA programme on UFOs subject to satisfactory briefing being provided.p.11
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after night has fallen . .
be 40 feet in diameter and reflect the sun from their canopies as they
ascend to heights of as much as 100,000 feet, and a host of natural phenomena such
as St Elmo's Fire, the Aurora Borealis and the 'green flash' that sometimes
occurs just as the setting sun sinks below the horizon.
The list of possible explanations for UFOs is almost unlimited: flares
released by aircraft, short condensation trails lit by the sun after dusk, meteoro-
logical searchlights, lights on distant towers, car lights in far-off hills - all
have been mistaken for flying saucers at some time or other.
[ILLEGIBLE] Positive radar responses from alleged UFOs are sometimes cited
as evidence [ILLEGIBLE] that there is [ILLEGIBLE] 'something out there', but false reflections
of radar beams are a well known occurrence, and during the much-publicised
appearance of UFOs over New Zealand last December the atmosphere in the
area provided classic conditions for the propagation of spurious radar echoes.
With such an astonishing diversity of feasible natural explanations, it
seems unnecessary to invoke such an obscure, remote possibility as the arrival
of alien space craft, for the existence of which there is no concrete
evidence. Not once in its 30 years of operation has the huge radio-telescope
at Jodrell Bank located anything that could not be attributed to some
conventional phenomenon.
There is an entirely understandable desire to find something more
significant in human existence than mere life and death on our tiny planet.
This has led in the past to the development of mystical religions and
our Victorian great-grandparents' enthusiasm for ghost stories. Perhaps
one of its modern manifestations is a persistent desire to believe in
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MOD Form 136.
Minute Sheet No. 1 Reference D155/108/15/1 PT XXXI
Minutes and Brief Details of Enclosures Clas. Encl.
No.
1814 15Z NOV 81 - ADCC WEST DRAYTON — 1
18 1830 Z " - RAF BOULMER — 2
200900Z " - RAF MANSTON — 3
210745Z " - LATCCMIL — 4
231710Z " " — 5
231810Z " " — 6
231900Z " " — 7
23 2130Z " " — 8
24 1400Z " RAF VALLEY. — 9
24 2100Z " THAMES VALLEY POLICE — 10
19.11.81 AF OPS — 11
25 1514Z NOV81 HQ 1GP — 12
25 2200Z " RAF HANSTON — 13
2600945Z " RAF ST ATHAN — 14
26 2250 Z " LATCCMIL — 15
27.11.81 AF OPS — 16
27 1750Z NOV81 RAF MANSTON — 17
28 1715Z " LATCCMIL — 18
28 1740Z " " — 19
28 1830Z " " — 20
24 1230Z " DS8a — 21
1.12.81 AF OPS — 22
01 1200Z DEC81 RAF VALLEY —
01 1910Z " LATCCMIL —Clas. Encl.
No.
0122552 DEC81 RAF CONINGSBY — 25
02 1445Z " RAF STAXTON WOLD — 26
02 1805Z " RAF CONINGSBY — 27
28.11.81 AF OPS — 28
25-11-[81] " — 29
3.12.81 " — 30
041800Z DEC 81 LATCCMIL — 31
05 1030Z " 4 ARSY GNEROL G [ILLEGIBLE] — 32
05 1624Z " MHQ PLYMOUTH — 33
07 0305Z " RAF BOULING — 34
07 0815Z " LATCCMIL — 35
0801002 " RAF BOULING — 36
081920Z " LATCCMIL — 37
121915Z " " — 38
122100Z " " — 39
122330Z " " — 40
08 1130 DEC AFOPS — 41
15.12.81 AFOPS — 42
151135Z DEC81 RAF BINBROOK — 43
151645Z " RAF VALLEY — 44
15 1715Z " LATCCMIL — 45
11.12.81 AIS MILITARY LATCC — 46
161415Z DEC 81 LATCCMIL — 47
9 1240Z " " — 48
9 1744Z " " — 49
Dd 0383631 415M 4/79 B & S Ltd.MOD Form 136
Minute Sheet No. 2 Reference D155/108/15/1 PT XX11
Minutes and Brief Details of Enclosures Clas. Encl.
No.
22 2320Z DEC81 LATCCMIL — 50
291305 Z DEC. 81 LATCCMIL — 51
3007302 " " — 52
222320Z " " — 53
291305 Z " " — 54
3004302 " " — 55
0521302 JAN 82 LATCCMIL — 56
05212 Jan 82 AF OPS — 57
1320552 [REDACTED] LATCC MIL — 58
1409102 RAF MANSTON
1409452 LATCCMIL — 59
13. 2055Z —"— — 60
1320552 —"— — 61
1320552 —"— — 62
1409102 RAF Manston — 63
1409452 LATCCMIL — 64
1308502 DS80 — 65
1815302 14 MU RAF CARLISLE — 66
2019562 LATCCMIL
2022452 LATCCMIL — 67
2019562 LATCCMIL — 68
2022452 —"— — 69
2022252 UKRAOC — 70
2114442 UKRAOC — 71
2210302 RAF BINBROOK
2511152 RAF STAXTON WOLDClas. Encl.
No.
0814202 RAF Cosford — 75
1207152 LATCC MIL — 76
1406152 LATCC MIL — 77
1420312 LATCC MIL — 78
1508282 RAF MANSTON — 79
1508002 RAF Shawbury — 80
17094D2 FEB MHQ PLYMOUTH — 81
221930Z FEB? — 82
220024Z FEB LATCC MIL — 83
230900 Z FEB LATCCMIL — 84
250915Z FEB LATCCMIL — 85
261725Z FEB RAF VALLEY — 86
212355Z FEB DS8a — 87
27.2.82 AF OPS — 88
0216302 MAR LATCC MIL — 89
—"— —"— — 90
032115Z MAR RAF BINBROOK — 91
19 JAN 83 0/DS8/63/5 — 92
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Last enclosure E.92[ILLEGIBLE]
DISSY From: Section 40 Sent: 10 December 2002 16:45 To: DISSY; DI55B Subject: FW: Section 40 House of Lords Debate on UFOs Dear Section 40 Section 40 Please see the attached note from Section 40 advising that they have released the documents which found on file DI55/108/15/1 part 32. Section suggests that the file should be annotated to show which papers have been released. I am happy to do this if you are too busy. Thanks Section 40 -----Original Message----- From: Section 40 Sent: 10 December 2002 16:34 To: Section 40 Subject: Section 40 - House of Lords Debate on UFOs Teresa The documents on the House of Lords Debate on UFOs which you kindly found for the Code request made by Section 40 have now been released to him along with some other documents from one of our files. The Code says that when material is released, the file should be noted accordingly. I would, therefore, be grateful if you could arrange for a note to be put on the Minute side of the file (DI55/108/15/1 Part 32). I suggest something along the lines of the following; Enclosures 1/1, 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 from this file were released into the public domain on 9 December 2002 following a request made under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information by Section 40 Names and signatures of individuals were removed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Further details can be found on Directorate of Air Staff file D/DAS/64/3/11 - Part C - UFO Persistent Correspondent - Section 40 Thanks again for your help. Section 40 1
LOOSE MINUTE 92
D/DS8/63/5
DPR(RAF)
Copy to:
DPF(RAF)
Ops(GE)2(RAF)
— DI55
UFOs - BUFORA REQUEST
Reference:
A. D/DS8/63/5 dated 30 Dec 82
1. In response to the reference you agreed to take part in the BUFORA
programme on UFOs subject to satisfactory briefing being provided.
2. I attach at Annex A a background briefing setting out the MOD line on
UFOs. I also attach Hansard extracts of two oral questions raised in the
House of Lords last year and additional Q and A briefing which may be of
assistance.
3. If you agree to participate in the interview it would be helpful to
obtain advance copies of the questions as proposed by so that detailed
responses could be prepared. Section 40
Section 40
19 Jan 83 DS8
Section 40ANNEX A
to D/DS8/63/5
dated 19 Jan 83
1. The sole interest of the Ministry of Defence in UFO reports is to
establish whether they reveal anything of defence interest (eg. intruding
aircraft). Reports are passed to operations staff who examine them as part
of their normal duties. There is no unit within the Ministry appointed
solely for the study of UFOs, and no staff are employed upon the subject on
a full-time basis.
2. The Ministry of Defence does not deny that there are strange things to
see in the sky. It believes, however, that there are adequate material
explanations for these - satellite debris re-entering the earth's atmosphere,
ball lightning, unusual cloud formations; meteorological balloons, aircraft
lights, aircraft at unusual angles etc. It certainly has no evidence that
alien spacecraft have landed on this planet. We are aware of independent
scientific studies into UFOs, notably the report produced by the University
of Colorado in 1969. This concluded that 90% of all UFO reports proved to
be plausibly related to ordinary phenomena.
3. In response to demands for publication of UFO reports Viscount Long (in
the House of Lords on 7 April 1982) said that he saw no objection to these
reports being made public. We are therefore studying the best means of
publishing this material. Publication of the reports would help us to rebut
the notion that there is a MOD 'cover up' in respect of UFOs.
4. The earliest UFO reports retained by the Ministry of Defence date back
to 1962. Prior to 1967, such reports, like other routine papers, were
destroyed after five years. The decision to retain these reports instead of
destroying them was taken in response to increasing public interest in the
subject.ANNEX D
Q and A Brief
Q1. Why are UFO reports A1. The Government is not interested
referred to the Ministry of in the scientific significance of
Defence? these phenomena as such. The Ministry
of Defence examines UFO reports to determine
whether they could be aircraft illegally
in UK airspace.
Q2. Why does not the A2. The Government does not consider
Government set up a proper that there is any justification for
inter-departmental study of the expenditure of public money on such
UFOs? a study.
Q3. Is it not time that A3. The Ministry of Defence does not
MOD recognised that many doubt the genuineness of many people's
people have a genuine interest in UFOs. Its own interest,
scientific interest in these however, is limited to the defence aspect.
phenomena? It is not concerned with the scientific
significance, if any, of UFO sightings
and could not justify spending money
voted by Parliament for defence on
matters which fall outside the defence
field.
Q4. Why cannot the British A4. The French Minister of Defence
Government admit the existence did not say that UFOs were real. He
of UFOs like the French Minister said that the phenomena were genuine
of Defence did in 1974? and reported by sensible people. At
no time did he say that they were real
in the sense of being alien space craft.
Q5. Have any of these A5. No
sightings ever been identified
as a hostile aircraft?
Q6. If UFOs do not A6. No. The maintenance of the integrity
represent a threat, are not of UK air space requires that the Ministry
the MOD's investigations of Defence should be satisfied that any
simply a waste of time and unidentified flying object is not an
money? intruding aircraft. This is an
elementary precaution and one which takes
up very little staff time. No staff are
employed solely to examine UFO reports.
Q7. How many UFO reports A7. The Ministry of Defence does not
remain unexplained? investigate reports to a point at which
a positive identification can be made.. , . )I.’ ( ’/.369 /. e ~ I ’ I , , I :0 ’ British CitiZt’llS: [4 MARCH 1982] 1370 I-louse of I-Iords T/lIlJ’.rdtJ)’, 41/1 Mal’ch, /982. /:’ " ’.(:11 ~. The House nK’.t at three or the dock (Prn)’crs hm’il!g heCJJ read rarlier at the Judicia} Si/fiJJg by J e Lord Bishop of J)crhy): The LORI) ClIA!’o:CELLOR Oil the Woolsack. British Citizcns: Ovcrseas Supplements I ! .J Lord H:>1c.l1 of Lushy: My Lords, I beg leave to a~k the first Question which stands in my name on the Ordc.r Paper. The Question was as follows: To asl: Her Majesty’s Govcrnment how many British citiz(;l1s received Brilish’ Expatriatcs Supple- mentation Schem(; or Overseas Service Ai Scheme supplements in 1979 and in 1931 and what fll1’lher changes arc planned. , I I I t t I I i j I I I The Pnrliamcntflry UIHTC’r-Sccrctary of Stntc, Fordgn mal CO\lHl1omn:alth Ofi cc (Lord Tl’(’fgarnc): My Lords, the 3.\’eragG numb::r of Brilish citizcns rcceiving Briti.~h Exp:1Iria((:s Supplementation Scheme or Ov(;r- seas Service Aid Scheme supplements in 1979 was <1,083. . I n In!, the comp:nab!c figure was 2,975, The numbers h:lve ai len s.tcadiiy since 1970 and rcdudions arc expectcd to con [iJll!e’ at about 10 pCI’ cent. j)er flnnUI1l over the next few years. No changes’ in terms of s~r\’ice arc p]nm;ed at the moment. lArd Hn{ch of Lusby: I\ fy Lords, may l ask the noble Lorct th~ Ministcr wheth!:r he kls read thc Ans\’.cr gh’cn by liis C’oiteaguc to. a simil’:lr. Qucstion which I put in December? The Answcr, which I paraphra~e, wns that the numbcrs had faHcn because local jndi- p,eJJOl1S j1t’.oplc had now become sun cicl1tly trained to take thos~ pusitions. If the noule Lord IH1$ looked since at [h~se ftgures, would he [lgrce tbat this is not an a.deC)llate ansl’/cr and that this is a deliberate policy by the Government 10 reducc Ihe number of Br iish .citiz’. !1S who are given supplements to work overseas? Would the nobll: Lord further agree that this j~: callsing very treat dinic-tllI)’ to univcrsiti;:s, to technical c01leges anu to u whole r<lnge r nation[ll activities in the COJ~1mon\’.(’aHh ? i I I I I I I i . , ! I .LQrd Trcrgar::c: No, I do not agree \’;ith that, my Lords. I h3.\’c indecd ~tud c.:1 th~ Ans\’,cr which my nobk friend Lord Shln.....’r:;dalc gavl: to the noble Lord, Lord II<ltcl1 of Lusby, at the cn of la~t ycar. The reasons which my noble frir.ncl tll1~n ga\’c rel\1,\l1l correct. Lord Hat C’!) of Lt:sby: But surety the I gLJ res \\ hkh have been gi\"l~n this afll.’l"Il00I1, if ~ h(’ard cOI ’(’dly. havc reduced Ihe numher hy abollt ~5 pCI’ ecn’ in two yea:.5. Docs Illis nol entail [I great n’:=lk;:tion in British it1nli’.::n(’(~ all ver the Com:non’,’..callh? ^nd is th.:. noh!..: L,,’rd ;’:lVarl~ lh~l p:lI’lii:U!:ll’ly in l\1l er’~ilics it is ,HISir.~~ \cry great :I,1xi(’ty and dif1kullY’)\’C!’ the I’ccndtmr.nt of thc rc’ttuisit.: Ir’lincd sla : III. 15 }d2 o ref.l.em Supplelllcnt s Lor TrC’fg:lrnc: My Lords, thr. numbers h:\vc: inde,~d declined, as [ desc:ribc:d in the original Ans\’.’er and as W:1S rcferred to at the time of th~ earlier Qucstion at the end of last year. But one h:\s to remcmber thaI thes~ schemes :Ire operated in the closest consllltal on with the variOIl~ Gov(’,rnments concerned, and they sometimes choose to use the aid funds for ,Ollwr purposes. Unidentified Flying Objects: Sightings 3.4 r,n~.’ The Earl f Clancarty: ~1 y Lords, I beg leave to asl: the Quc:stion which stands in my name on the Order Paper. The Qucstion W<1S as follows: To nsk Her Mnjcsty’s Government how many reporls have becn rcceivcd by the Ministry of Defcncc on unidcn[ified !lying objects (UFOs) in caell or the last fOllr years, and what aclion has becn taken in eae]l casc, Visconnt Long: My Lords, in ]978 there were 750 sightings; in ]979 Ihere were 550 &ightings; in 1%0, 350 sightings;, and in 198], 600 sightings, All UFO reports arc passed to 0pera(jons staff wllo examine them soldy for pmsible defellce in ptica!ions. The E:!rJ uf ClaT1C;\l’iy: Jvfy l.ords, while than1:ing the noble \’i~;counl for that Answer, may I ask !rim whether or I~ot it is a fan that ovcr 2,000 authcllticated UFO reports were pub!ishc Jasl yca,’ in the naliol)aJ prc!;s? If so, werc thc)’ <:cccplcd Or passed Oil to the Ministry of J)cfcnce? An:l what JH~ppcned to them? Vi:;count Lbng: My l.ords, they did not all r~cl to the Ministry of Dc:fcncc. I have jllst infcJ Gd your Lordships of the Ilumhc.-s sightl:d. If the noble E:11’1 is sllspiciotls []UI! thc \’linistry of ])l~rCnr:~’ is covc jng up in any way, T Crin :\s.sure him t al there is no rc:\~on why wc sJl!JlI!d covcr II p the ftgures which he h~ls IHcnt;on(’d if they [lrc true, The $01.; it1[-:;rc::;( of (he T\.1inislry of Defence in UFO reports is to est;1b!i:.h whether thc~; re\e,:;! nnYlhing o 0Crcncc: intcTcst-for example. ? Rmsian aircraft or :’:’1’1 lIliklcnti! d ::tircr;ift -wllict! might ha\’c b "ilCttcd anI’ sccurily syskm,.:;. That $ the sole rcason why we fire intcreskd in 111(: reports, tonl \Vy:mc-Jollcs: rvfy Lords, docs the Answer given mC~!!l that since there has been a ConSer\’;11i\’c Govc!’I1m..:nl the UFOs havc done a O-tllrn and <lcpar(ed ’! Visco\jl;1 Long: Not ;I(’cording to my rcadin2., my LOI"ds. The f’~;Ir1 f !~ i :nhcrltY: M \’ Lords. f,:; illY nohle, friend ~:!id li1i!: 6(:() UF ,; ha " ken (’Ilki~d:y (~porl :1 or :1C::n(l..:.!cd!:cd bv IIw ivlil1i~’ry of J)~k!!Ct~ in 1\1:’:1. l11:l:’ J ;I:,k hin; ho\’,:m:l1IY or lho~.,~ ~:ightill:.~:’ ~;:i!1 r(’In;~ii\ lIoid(;!:iitkj HJhf wer..: Ih)t !iuh. e ( 10 ~(:Cllri:y. or \’:t’ ": ]~\I~;~;i;;n acrnplalH~~., or anything ikc th~l( ’!. .;jI: . i’"j71 . .UllidculijiedBj’ /Z , ~ ....J , I r ’.y . " ";:;:Olmt. Lung: [..1Y Le.n S, llo not l\aye 11\0:;’,: / flt~’:’c\... ’1 h;Y di:,appl..:arcd into the tlllknow:l bdore ’" ef;Ot .i\tUn. .’ .r . -,1 Stru!Jo]zi: My Lords, !\Jay I ask tlie noble Vis /;.,t whelh~T th0 present G vernnlcnt adh(’rc to the ~’ie\\’ of the previous Govc:rnmcllt which 1 put forward when I rcr:JiC’d to thc dch;j(c t[lree ’ycitrs ago in your Lonlsh ps’ l’louse, that nlOst ot’ these so-called sigbting~; C~ln be accounted for a~ n:ltura! phenomena? [ LORDS] Viscount Long: Ycs, my Lords, they an be. .[any of [hem arc <lceounted for in one way or another, but nobody h;’}s got a really conslruct ivc answer for all of them. I.ord I-riJI-:’\mto~l: My Lords, may J ask the noble Visconnt whether or not it is trl1e that ~dl the sighting reports rec.::ivcJ by the 1\linistl’Y of Defence before 1962 were destroyed beeallse they were dcemed .. to’ be of no interest"? And if il is true, who was it who decided that they were of no inkrest ’! Visconnt Lon~: 1\ly Lords, my reply to the noble Hnd gallant Lord--1 was wondering wh(:ther he was going to say that the Royal Na\’y had many times seen the Loch Ncss monstcr--is that since 1967 <111 UFO rcporls have been preserved. Before that ’time, they were gCl1crally destroyed after five yca~s. Lord I’aget of 1\’ort/wmplon: My Lords, can the l10bk Viscount tell l1$ whcther, out of thcse thousands of f::igbtin[~:; .vr’hich 11~ hn:; rtl~~~~(,n~d, ll1\:1’C: h:1S O (;J) i:\ single one which $uggestecl any mcnace to ollr defences? In the circumstances, is not an awful ]ol of time being wasted on this nonsense? Visecunt Long: My Lords, T think Her r-.1ajesty’s Government arc wa ting for an invitation from them to disCllSS ~hese problems. 1\11’. A.nato]y Shchar:msky: Rcp.i’csen ions 3.9 p.m. . Lonl Rento:l: My Lords, I beg Jeavc to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Pa per. The Qucstion was as follows: To ask Hcr Majcsty’s Government whether they arc awarc. that Analoly Shchal-ansky has for the past 15 months been undernourished, tortured and frequently pbced ill punishmcnt cells, and in October 1981 had his priSC.:1 sentence increased by J years for his refusa! "to plc:J.d guilty to a charge f which he has always m:1inta:ned his i:lIlocenec; and whether they will request the Sodet Government to stale whcth.::.r they j nt;;nd to keep hi In in tlJQ:~e unI.: viliscd conditions until he relents or die5. lord Trefgarnc: :-vfy Lords, Her 1\] ajesty’s Govern- ment remain g.r;l’:cly concerned :Ihollt the plight of Anntoly Shch~\r~!I1sky ant! arc di~tllrh<:’t! by recent reports or his ill-treatment. We havc raised this c;"Ise . with the Sovid authorities on many occasions, both Objects: Sighf llgs 1372 in direct biblcral c ntact aiJt! at rhe i\.!.l’Jrt~,:~~"’C:: meelin13: We shall continue to take a dose: inlclT"t in I\ I r. Shcharansky’s case, and 10 ]]lab; reprcs-::nta lions as suitable ,)pporhlllities arise. Lord RcntorJ: 1\"1y Lords, may I thank my noble fricnd not only for .Ihat Answer but for the action which he and. the Ford n omce havc be;::!! and ar;:: taking with rC3:1rd 10 Shchar:lI1sky’s pl!ght’! lay I ask my nobk r:end whether or not tile Sovid Govern- ment’s "failure, as shown by IIle treatment 01’ ShdJ:1ran- sky and others, to honour their Helsinki undertakings dimitllsh.;s their credibility n rebtion to all olller matters in which they say thcy arc sce"- ng agrcemc"nt and on whicll thcy would tike to bc bc!i-::vccl? J" 0 1"11 Trcfg:-rH1c: If r may say so, my Lords, my nobh: fricnd has put his Dnger on the nub 01’ tilt.: pro- blem. How can we believe what they say in ncgolia- tions stich as the 1M F ncgotbtion~, the M 13 F R negotiations as thc;y are c:dkd in Vienna, or in any other fon~Jl] for t1mt matter, when they do not do what they said they would do al Helsinki in 1976? Lonl Shhmcll: My Lords, in view of the rtlmours, wh.ich arc probably well fOllnd,~d, that ~vrr. Brezhnev is about 10 retire, could :l message from your l.ord- sh ps’ J"louse be senl to him through the Sovjet Embassy wishing him for th remainder of his lifc--and we hope he has many years left )’ct---pcace and contentment and asking whether, as a graeio"us ;t l upon his rdrre- ment, he will ensure that i....lr. Shehar:ll1sky i:; t rented as a ci\,jjised pcrson? Lord Trd’gamc: lV!Y Lords, I would certainly be will- ing to send another message to the Soviet Union auout MI’. Shchar~nsky if 1 thought it would have any effect. As to the fulllre of i\1r. Brezhnev, J bclie’ie that that is a matter for them to decide for themselvcs. Visco11ilt r....lo:.rntgnrre{.: v1y Lords, would it nol help if the western nations ceased providin!j whent io tllc Soviet Union, at a time when they arc ! nding them- sch’es short, until they cease to carry out such i nhu man" activities agninst indi vidunls and sovereign St:1tcs? Lord Trcfg:m1e: r.ly Lords, the failure of’ the Soviet ngr llltural industry is now plain for :111 to see, but r am nol surc that the interests of the West ;"Ire served by stal’ving lhem out. Lon! Elwyn-Jones: j\,’Jy Lords, .in view of the f~lct that the treatment of Sh haransky scems to be.;l seriolls vio1:1tion of human rights, hils the matter be;::.n raised before Ih.-:: sub-commission on hunl::\n’ rights at the United Nations? _Lord Trcfgarnc: My Lords, I am lJot ccrta n that the nutler has been raised k- or;; th::-.t par:i,:ii]ar body but certainly it has been raised before ail the others [ mentioned, There could be a goud opp rtunilY or doing as the noble and leanwd Loril sn:?z,~~t~. Lord ,hc1Hlry: i\1y Lords, :s InC j\1inistcr aW~.rc that ;-.. Jr. SlIch;n;i nsky is a \\~I")’ d islill~lI is1tcd [amputer scientist’? Will he therefore consider a reduction in I.~"’" .._....__________~......,___._ ,___................_... .--~’ __ ..".P -_’~ ~ _’.’ . .. ,. ~..r. . _ . or" ’r......, [....... .-; .~." .-..... ............. -- -_’ -. . ._..,.. ..... . +r-. ~,.. ....---.-- ....... ..--.-.__.......- -~...-. ~-~ . y:o:,..., . ,rr. ’. , . . . . " , ~; (, I.. r j; i I I’ , . I j I I l I 1 ! I 1 j I I I I .j j I I f I t ! ! ’ :!!7 .. UFO Si:.;h:iilg [7 f,J>RIL J982] 2\~ e I-Io~H:: .f:’ L ~ 1 , , L~,-,e OJ. 01 CS W(’d’ ~,!:.;(fay, 7tIJ Api’ iI, 1982. The Home mel al tleR"n of the clock (Prl7.1’a:. hal’iilg be,’11 rend carliN at the }udicia! Sitting by J!u: Lard Bishop of Portslllomh): Th.: LORD CH,\;-’;CELLOR on lite W olsack. UFO Sighting ~~CpOl’{s: Security ~ . . \ .... ! . Th(’ Earl of Cork :~I: Orrery: My Lords, I beg lease to ask the QlI ljoll which swnds in my name on the Order Pap:cr. The Qucslion was as follows: , To ask Her Majesty’s GovernmeJ1t ho\v many of the 2,250 sighting,s of UFOs rcportn! 10 the !inistry of [)(;fcnc.: in lhe ;cars 1978-8] were, and st tl arc, classified for reasonS of ~ccurjty, Viscount Lo.:g; None, In)’ Lords. The E:::rI of Cork and Orrery: My L.ords. Ithn.nk my noble kinsman for thf\t Answer. J\’lay I ask him two qucstions? First, what did he mean when he said n his Answer on, T think, ’1Ih ~brch th:1t feports of sigh1ings that \v~re con~ider(:d 10 be of n1crest to, defence were in fact dassiJiect ’": Secondly, what pro- cedures may be open (0 indi"jdlli!Js or o1’C<(1llisati0m \vho wOldd like to see the reports? ~ . ViscomI( L0ng: My lords, with reg[1rd to the bUer part of my nobk fricnd"s supplementary question, therc is no re.:Son why he should not come ,:nd sce the reports, Not rn.ll~Y of them com~ in b.:’CflUSC not many people actuaUy report ,si.;h lings. There is no co\’(’r lip in that f~spct;,L ’^f:. for the iil’st part of my noble friend’s supplcmentary q uestjon, I stick to what J Sa id carl ie r. The Earl of Kimhcdey: My Lords, can my noble friend say why,. Wh,;11 I previolls!y asked a supple- ment:lry questi011, he said that the figun’s had got lost on the w~y to the Minis: )-, whereas today he says that they arc thefe and a\’;Jilable for anyone to see? Can hc thcrefort’ place them in the Library for all of us to see? Viscount Long; My I_or s, I will look info that and find out whether it is po~siblc for your Lordships to see thcm, r ~hou!d Ii h~ all of your Lordships to see ’them in th:: Libr~ry, if possible. . Lord Str::bolgi: i\! y Lords, may J ask the G o\"ern- ment whe~hr.r they ihlnk Ihat any of these UFOs ar~~ manned spacecraft comin~ from a planet olltside the solar systcm, as is beJiewd by the" ufo!ogists "? Viscount L()!I~: 1....1 y Lords, the IwbJc Lord can clil:\(; Ihal; anYihing is possible. Lord ~:;!lin\\’cll: j\liy Lor<1s, do I l:nJcrs!and that lhe noble Yi:; lll thc :\Iinistcr in h.:s rcpl) to thc origin:!! QI!CSlior, {:’,:Cs O?t deHY (!nt UFOs exisl? Is il p(\:~:.ihk ...--1 lIS~: I hl’ word "possible" wry arefully. hut HI. 20 K2 Rcports: SC’c/ll’ ty I ddib’~r:ileJY---lhat :t/] 1hl’ information is wc’]-I’I’O\ I’ . - I. ~ l \ L to Ihe Min stry of Defence, but that for diplomatic ,md othcr rcasons it is not prepared 10 m:d,e an ann0l1l1eCnE~l\t ? Vi’,;C.o\H.t L n;~: No, my Lorch, it is 1)(1t prep,HC’d to maLe an an n0uncemcnt because it has not got lhe fncts to nwke an ;,nnOlillcclll.::’n: \ViOl authority bdl nd it. Lord Jkswick: T\1y l.ords, tile Question ask:> abollt 2,250 sighlings, The Ilohle ViSCOltl11 says thaUherc arc vcry few sighting:; reported to the rvlin :;try of Defence. Docs Ihat mean to $(1)’ that the frgurc in thl’ Question is incorr(:cl ’! Viscount Long: No, 1)1)’ Lords, it was on \he orit,inal assumption Ill:;t there are probably Blany sightin[’.s that <ire not reported to the !\1injstry of D;:-fencc, That is what T was really rl"ferring 10. Thereforc’, at this stagc what we have snid is thaI we have g0t. Lord Be~;\’ikk: Ivty Lords, r should Jike to denr up that point. The Queslion rcrers to 2,250 sighljngs " rcpoJled " to the j\!inislry of DefeBce. The Question 1 \~’as asked was, " Is tl::H figure correct, or not?" Viscount Long: That is correct, my Lorcl~, lip to this moment. Lord W~d~: My Lords, may T a~k which Mioi~lry i~ responsible for UFOs’? . Viscouat Long: None, my Lo,ds. Rcpor!s come into the Ministry of Defence, nnd an)’one c:m bl~ thcm from there, Viscount St. Davids: My Lords, hns anybody yet fOllne! an empty beer can marked, "M Rde in Ccntaurus ", or any similar obj~ct? Until they have, will the vlinistry deal w th these matters with very considerabk scepticism, please’! Viscount Long: My Lord~, 1 am not the wHnisler for conservation, if it is a question of beer Ci1Il:~. Lord \’lorrh: My Lords, if something is ~<1ic1 to be unidentified, how can it pos!;ibly be said to exist? Viscount LOI1~: A vcry good queslion, my Lords_ Lord Lt’athcdand: !vfy Lords. can [he !\’!inisier Ie]] II~ whc!hcr ::ny of tlw 12nidcJl ificcl ilying i,1bjects arc i’vlinish~rs \\.ho arc 1leeing from the C.1biaclj~’sl now’! Viscount LO:lg: No, my Lords. The EM! or CI:mcarty: My Lt’rds, may I ask ill.:’ 1lob!8 Viscount whelher he is aware of a Ministry of !)cre)Jce document concerning UFOs, which W S pllb\i~hi:d in 1 ;’JI: July 197!-: i.->;uc of;~ j lJrnal culled Vinl’flrJit! .,1,-,"I:/I’i:! ? r~~llrth~.rp!fJi’~.\ h\: !~ H’.1..~~~rl’. n..~tt t~lH.h.~r t~~~ L.~:~!~i~n~ \~r "Contacls" I here \\’ere lislCl: [8 nam s, a nd ;l ’.~;jir’ .:~ (,ICh. ji,l1, C lherc \\’a; givcn !h,; tOW11 \<’bci, was I:’~r: locatioll or (h;: :,upposed OCeL’J reHce ’,J ,Tit,;:;-,; ’,.en: a~:;l: "cn c.i:t,;:;iJi<:atjon~ :’J:d:. didl’ and lii\jc r..Li ;llg (" cad: n:!ln<.:, is the ]~ h!e Vis CllIlt rlware Ifn! thcn; \\’:I~ :t219 Home Forces: [LORDS] Recruitment Campaign 220 [THE EARL OF CLANCARTY.] tremendous distribution of the document to other Government departments, and to NORAD and the CIA? I should like to ask whether in this case the word "contacts" means close encounters? Viscount Long: Yes, my Lords, I have the document here, and it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Defence. It is made up to look rather like a Christmas menu. Its existence in the Ministry of Defence has been denied on television. Someone else has made it up. It is not a Ministry of Defence document—not the way it is made up, like a Christmas menu. Home Forces: Recruitment Campaign 11.7 a.m. The Earl of Kimberley My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper. The Question was as follows: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that a robust publicity campaign is launched about their proposals for the new Home Service Force, the expansion of the Territorial Army, and the new Teenager Training Scheme. The Earl of Avon: My Lords, a campaign to publicise the Youth Adventure Scheme is already in progress, and appropriate action to publicise the Home Service Force is in hand. There are already periodic recruiting campaigns for the Territorial Army. The Earl of Kimberley: My Lords, may I thank my noble friend for that Answer? I wonder whether he can enlarge upon it a little and say whether the Royal Naval Reserve is being increased? Perhaps we shall be in dire need of them very shortly. Can he perhaps give some firm figures for the Territorials? The Earl of Avon: My Lords, I understand that the Royal Naval Reserve stands at 5,361 and the Marines at 1,089, and these figures are close to the total strengths. The Territorial Army has had some very satisfactory recruiting figures since May 1979. They have increased in strength from 59,000 to 71,000. Lord Molloy: My Lords, can the noble Earl tell the House whether there have been any amendments to the Teenager Training Scheme, in order to rid it of those elements that are redolent of industrial con- scription? The Earl of Avon: My Lords, so far as I know, there has been no amendment to the scheme. Lord Harmar-Nicholls: My Lords, is my noble friend making full use of television, through both advertising and news and documentary programmes, in order to bring the schemes to the attention of possible recruits? The Earl of Avon: My Lords, so far as the Youth Adventure Scheme is concerned, it started only a week ago, and whether it will require more or less publicity will depend on how it is received. With regard to the Home Service Force, it is to be a pilot scheme, and no such publicity is envisaged at the moment. Lord Molloy: My Lords, is the noble Earl aware that in our previous discussions on the Teenager Training Scheme it was pointed out that if a teenager did not accept the conditions, such as the £15 a week, his punishment would be that he could not receive any form of unemployment benefit? As I understand it, the Government were going to look at that aspect and possibly remove its ugliness. The Earl of Avon: My Lords, I am sorry, I did not understand the noble Lord's first question. Of course, we are talking about different things. This is the Youth Adventure Scheme, which is a two-week scheme and has nothing to do with the one to which he refers, which, I am afraid, is wide of the Question. Baroness Wootton of Abinger: My Lords, is not the teenager training scheme included in the noble Earl's Question? The Earl of Avon: No, my Lords. This is the Youth Adventure Scheme, which is a fortnight's scheme. This is not the scheme to which the noble Lord, Lord Molloy, is referring. Pension Payments to Britons Living Abroad 11.10 a.m. Lord Mackie of Benshie: My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper. The Question was as follows: To ask Her Majesty's Government why British pensioners who have paid their full contribution during their lifetime but are now living abroad do not receive the increases in the pension and why the Government allow this to continue. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Depart- ment of Health and Social Security (Lord Trefgarne): My Lords, the general position is that British pensioners abroad receive their pensions at the rate which was in force when they left this country, or, if they were already abroad, at the time when they first qualified. Subsequent increases are payable only where this is provided for either under EEC regulations or under a bilateral agreement on social security between the United Kingdom and another country. To pay increases other than in these cases would cost about £113 million a year, and we have no plans to do so. Lord Mackie of Benshie: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer, but is the reason not a little unjust? Does he not agree that, if British people have paid the money, they deserve to get the same pension wherever they are living? Surely it is a little unjust for the Government to collect this money, which is what they are doing, simply because these people live abroad?
UNCLASSIFIED CAV221 03/2310 062C5230 FOR CAV Section 40 43 ROUTINE 032115Z MAR 82 FROM RAF BINBROOK TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC LGZ/Z6F (SIC:Z6F:INS:BY DCO) A 3 MAR B SOUNDED LIKE A LIGHT A/C: LIGHTS SEEN WERE 2 STEADY WHITE; 1 GREEN AND 1 RED FLASHING C OVER Section 40 GRIMSBY. OUTDOORS D NAKED EYE E STATIONARY OVERHEAD THEN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH WEST F NOT GIVEN G NOT GIVEN H SLOW J CLEAR K NOT GIVEN L WING OPS BINBROOK M Section 40 LIVING AT C N SEEN ABOUT 6 TIMES IN LAST 3 WEEKS O 3 PAGE 2 RBDOXA 023 UNCLAS P 032030Z MAR 82 CHECKED WITH BINBROOK ATC BUT NO KNOWN OR SEEN TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA BT DISTRIBUTION LGZ F NO SDL DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD OPS(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV181 02/1842 06104315 FOR CAV Section 40 ROUTINE 021630Z MAR 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A: 251830 FEB. 10 MINS B: LARGE WHITE FLASHING LIGHTS C: MOUNTAIN ROAD BETWEEN NEW TREDEGAR AND ABERBARGODE. MOVING VEHICLE D: NAKED EYE E: N/K F: N/K G: 15-20 FT ABOVE CAR H: VERTICAL ASCENT THEN HOVERED ABOVE CAR AND FOLLOWED IT J: CLEAR K: N/K L: GWENT CONSTABULARY BLACKWOOD POLICE STATION M: Section 40 N: NONE PAGE 2 RBDOXT 005 UNCLAS O: Section 40 P: 021300 MAR. BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD OPS(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV177 02/1831 061C4284 FOR CAV Section 40 ROUTINE 021630Z MAR 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A: 251830-1900 FEB. 6 TO 7 MINUTES B: 3 SETS BRIGHT LIGHTS C: FAIRVIEW PENGAM D: NAKED EYE E: SOUTHERLY F: N/K G: N/K H: DARTING IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION J: CLEAR K: N/K L: GWENT CONSTABULARY, BLACKWOOD POLICE STATION M: Section 40 N: NONE O: Section 40 PAGE 2 RBDOXT 004 UNCLAS P: 021650Z MAR BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD OPS(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
Section 40 88
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
23
A. Date, Time and Duration of 27 Feb 82
Sighting. 0030Z
15 minutes
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT One large object, red
(Number of objects, size, flashing lights on the top.
shape, colour, brightness)
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER Indoors.
(Location, indoor/outdoor,
stationary, moving)
D. HOW OBSERVED Naked eye.
(Naked eye, binoculars,
other optical devices,
still or movie)
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT Hovering over houses in
FIRST SEEN Eastern Avenue North,
(A landmark may be more Northampton.
useful than a badly estimated
bearing)
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT Approx 60°.
(Estimated heights are
unreliable)
G. DISTANCE 300 yards.
(By reference to known
landmark)
H. MOVEMENTS Moved from left to right and
(Changes in E, F and G may right to left, eventually
be of more use than estimates moved off slowly.
of course and speed)
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING Not known.
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc)K. NEARBY OBJECTS Not known.
(Telephone lines, high voltage
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting)
L. TO WHOM REPORTED Police Station, Campbell Square,
(Police, military, press etc.) Northampton.
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT Section 40
Northampton.
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE Housewife.
VOLUNTEERED
O. OTHER WITNESSES Not Known.
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT AF Ops 2715152 Feb 82
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL No
CONDITIONS
R. REMARKS Object appeared to be attracted
by a particularly large TV
aerial on one of the houses.
Section 40
Date 27 Feb 82 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleCIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
NATS
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Section 40 87
23
A Date, time and duration of sighting (Local times to be quoted)
21/2/82 2130 - 2215 + 3 other occasions in the previous 2 months
B Description of object (Number of objects, size, shape, colours, brightness,
sound, smell, etc).
Flashing lights, red + green, but stationary.
C Exact position observer (Geographical location. Indoors or outdoors.
Stationary or moving)
Standing outside Public House in Brenchley, near Tunbridge Wells.
WALNUT TREE.
D How observed (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or movie camera).
Naked eye
E Direction in which object was first seen (A landmark may be more useful than a
badly estimated bearing).
In the direction of Gatwick, but a little to the South.
F Angle of sight (Estimated heights are unreliable).
10°
G Distance (By reference to a known landmark wherever possible).
A few miles
H Movements (Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of
course and speed).
The lights remained stationary, + disappeared after
3/4hr.
J Meteorological conditions during observations (Moving clouds, haze, mist etc).
Clear weather on all occasions
K Nearby objects (Telephone lines; high voltage lines; reservoir, lake or dam;
swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts; airfields; generating plant; factories,
pits or other sites with flood-lights or other night lighting).
—
L To whom reported (Police, military organisations, the press etc).
ATC GATWICK.
M Name and address of informant
Section 40 [---] NOT. WELLS. KENT.
N Any background on the informant that may be volunteered
?
O Other witnesses Section 40 THE BARMAID.
ALL HIS CUSTOMERS
P Date and time of receipt of report
21/2/82 23552.
Q Is a reply requested?... YES
Copies Vo:
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OPS(GE)2(RAF)
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U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV209 26/2130 057C4946
FOR CAV
ROUTINE 261725Z FEB 82 .
FROM RAF VALLEY
TO MODUK AIR
HQRAFSC
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A 252115Z FEB 82 10 MINS
B ONE SOLITARY FLASHING LIGHT PLUS DEEP THROBBING NOISE. VIBRATIONS
REMINISCENT OF PROPELLER DRIVEN AIRCRAFT
C GLAN CONWY
D NAKED EYE
E APPROX N NW
F LOW IN ALTITUDE AND ELEVATION
G UNKNOWN
H CONSTANT HEIGHT AND DIRECTION
J CLEAR BUT WINDY
K NONE
L COMMANDING OFFICER ROYAL AIR FORCE VALLEY
N CAPT [REDACTED] RNVR(RTD). [REDACTED]
PAGE 2 RBDTOG 029 UNCLAS:
[REDACTED] CLWYD
N RNVR BEFORE AND DURING LAST WAR. RETIRED COMPUTER CONSULTANT AND
AN EXPERT IN LASERS
O [REDACTED] ADDRESS ABOVE. SGT [REDACTED] OPERATIONS RAF VALLEY
(HOME ADDRESS [REDACTED]
P 260930Z FEB 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS B ACTION ( CXJ 1. DSC(AFDO) ).
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
°END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV053 25/1000 056C1087
FOR C AV
ROUTINE 250915Z FEB 82 Section 40 25/24[M] 1/3
FROM LATCCMIL
TO MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F.
AERIAL PHENOMENA
A. 24 FEB 1900A (CONTINUOUS)
B. ROUND CHANGING TO OVAL FLASHING GREEN AND RED
C. DARCY WAY ESSEX OUTSIDE STATIONARY
D. NAKED EYE BINOCULARS
E. NOT KNOWN
F. JUST HIGH IN SKY
G. NOT KNOWN
H. MOVING UP AND DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT
J. CLEAR SKY
K. TOLLESHUNT DARCY 5 MILES FROM RIVER CROWN
L. ESSEX POLICE HQ
M. [REDACTED] ESSEX
N. NONE
O. WHOLE STREET
PAGE 2 RBDOXT 004 UNCLAS
P. 241940A FEB BY CIVIL SUPERVISOR
Q. ESSEX POLICE TELEPHONED AT 242050A FEB TO REPORT THAT A
[REDACTED] OF THE ESSEX UFO STUDY GROUP HAD IDENTIFIED THE FLYING OBJECT
AS BEING THE STAR SIRIUS [REDACTED]
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS B ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV049 23/1001 054C1214 Section 40
FOR CAV 24/2
ROUTINE 230900Z FEB 82 Section 40 25/2
FROM RAF VALLEY Section 40 1/3
TO MODUK AIR
HQRAFSC
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A 161930, 5 MINUTES
B SAUCER SHAPED, RED LIGHT AT REAR, SMALL VAN SIZED. NO SOUND
C LLANFAWER. OUTSIDE
D NAKED EYE
E HEADING TOWARDS SOUTH STACK AND HARBOUR
F LOW
G APPROX 800 YDS
H TRAVELLING VERY SLOWLY
J SKY CLEAR
K CHIMNEY SMOKE
L INITIALLY TO POLICE THE ATC RAF VALLEY
M [REDACTED] HOLYHEAD
N NONE
PAGE 2 RBDTOG 002 UNCLAS:
O NONE
P 162035
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ. 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV015 22/0815 053C0477 /
FOR CAV
ROUTINE 220024Z FEB 82 Section 40
FROM LATCCMIL 22/2
TO MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F.
SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA
A. 212130 FEB 45 MINS
B. 2 FLASHING, RED AND GREEN LIGHTS.
C. [REDACTED] BRENCHLEY NEAR TUNBRIDGE WELLS. OUTDOOR
STATIONARY
D. NAKED EYE
E. SOUTH WEST OF PUBLIC HOUSE
F. 10 DEGREES NEARLY ON THE HORIZON
G. A FEW MILES
H. STATIONARY AND THEN DISAPPEARED
J. CLEAR
K. NIL
L. SUPERVISOR GATWICK AIRPORT
M. [REDACTED]
PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS
N. NIL
O. WIFE
P. 212355Z FEB
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ).
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC).
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40 26/2
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
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| A. Date, Time and Duration of | 22 Feb 82 |
| Sighting. | 1930Z |
| | Observed for over 1 hour |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT | One/three round in shape. |
| (Number of objects, size, | Colours varied between electric |
| shape, colour, brightness) | blue, green, red, orange, deep |
| | purple. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER | Outdoors in back garden. |
| (Location, indoor/outdoor, | |
| stationary, moving) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| D. HOW OBSERVED | With naked eye and later |
| (Naked eye, binoculars, | through binoculars. |
| other optical devices, | |
| still or movie) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT | To the South West. |
| FIRST SEEN | |
| (A landmark may be more | |
| useful than a badly estimated | |
| bearing) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| F. ANGLE OF SIGHT | 60° |
| (Estimated heights are | |
| unreliable) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| G. DISTANCE | Far off, uncertain of distance. |
| (By reference to known | |
| landmark) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| H. MOVEMENTS | Very little, but was wavering. |
| (Changes in E, F and G may | |
| be of more use than estimates | |
| of course and speed) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| J. MET CONDITIONS DURING | Clear Sky. |
| OBSERVATIONS | |
| (Clouds, haze, mist etc) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------++------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| K. NEARBY OBJECTS | No |
| (Telephone lines, high voltage | |
| lines, reservoir, lake or dam, | |
| swamp or marsh, river, high | |
| buildings, tall chimneys, | |
| steeples, spires, TV or radio | |
| masts, airfields, generating | |
| plant, factories, pits or | |
| other sites with flood lights | |
| or night lighting) | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| L. TO WHOM REPORTED | Sgt [REDACTED] |
| (Police, military, press etc.) | Asst Ops Offr |
| | AF Ops |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT | [REDACTED] |
| | Palmers Green N13 |
| | [REDACTED] |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT | Housewife |
| MAY BE VOLUNTEERED | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| O. OTHER WITNESSES | [REDACTED] and son, also |
| | next door neighbours. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT | 222050Z Feb 82 |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL | No |
| CONDITIONS | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| R. REMARKS | Further report 222205Z Feb. |
| | Original object has moved South |
| | and lower. A Further two |
| | objects similar in nature: One |
| | to the SE at an angle of 45°, |
| | another South and almost |
| | overhead. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
Section 40
Date 22 Feb 82 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleCopy to: DS8a
Ops(GE) 2
DI55
U N C L A S S I F I E D
[MINISTRY OF DEFENCE stamp]
17 FEB 1982
CXJ022 17/1121 048C1632
FOR CXJ
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 170940Z FEB 82 Section 40 18/2
FROM MHQ PLYMOUTH
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
LATCCMIL
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC IAJ/IAA (IAA INS BY DCC)
A 160620Z - 160645Z FEB 82
B TRIANGLE WHITE - RADIANT OBJECT
C OBJECT APPEARED TO BE STATIONARY - MOVING INTERMITTENTLY
OBSERVER IN CAR ALSO OBSERVED FROM LORRY CAB
D NAKED EYE
E FIRST OBSERVED WHILE PROCEEDING ALONG FORDER VALLEY MAIN ROAD
TOWARDS PLYMPTON. OBJECT DISAPPEARED BEHIND CLOUD IN DIRECTION
OF CHADDLEWOOD
F 45 DEGREES ANGLE FROM OBSERVERS POSITION TO OBJECT AND HORIZON
G APPROX 1 MILE
H N/A
J VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVER - STARS CLEARLY VISIBLE
PAGE 2 RBDHC 041 UNCLAS
K PLYMPTON TV AERIAL
L MHQ PLYMOUTH
M [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
N LORRY DRIVER
O NO OTHER WITNESSES
P 161735Z FEB 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION IAJ
F
NO SDL
DISTRIBUTION IAA
F
CYD 1 ACAS(Ops) ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) >
CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO)U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV009 16/0046 046C0918 Section 40 16/2 FOR CAV Section 40 18/2 ROUTINE 150800Z FEB 82 FROM RAF SHAWBURY TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F A 10 FEB 82 2020-2030 APPROX B 2 ROWS BRIGHT RED LIGHTS IN A RECTANGLE (LONG SIDES PARALLEL WITH HORIZON) 8-10 LIGHTS IN EACH ROW. LIGHTS STATIC DURING MOST OF VIEWING TIME C OUTDOORS: INITIALLY THROUGH CAR WINDSCREEN THEN FROM ROADSIDE D NAKED EYE E OBSERVER FACING DUE EAST FROM ROAD JUST EAST OF SHELLFLEET VILLAGE (I.O. WIGHT) F 20 DEGREE G ESTIMATED 3 MILES THEN RECEDED AT END OF SIGHTING OVER A 10 SECOND PERIOD H MOVEMENTS: CLN STATIC FOR APPROX 10 MINS THEN AWAY FROM OBSERVER OVER A 10 SECOND PERIOD J BRIGHT AND CLEAR K TV AERIALS AND LIGHTS FROM OIL DEPOT PAGE 2 RBDTOE 001 UNCLAS: L RAF SHAWBURY OPERATIONS OFFICER M [REDACTED] N EX ROYAL AIR FORCE FITTER [REDACTED] O MOTHER [REDACTED] BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS B ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CA 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV019 15/0934 046C0703
FOR CAV Section 40
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 150828Z FEB 82 16/2
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO HQSTC Section 40 16/2
INFO HQ 18 GP
MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. 132115 FEB 2-3 MINUTES
B. AT LEAST 12 LIGHTS PINK/WHITE, SIZE OF 4-5 HELICOPTERS DISC
SHAPED, 2 WHITE LIGHTS AT FRONT
C. IN CAR MOVING, DRIVING MAIDSTONE BRIDGE, BISHOPS WAY, DIRECTION
MAIDSTONE
D. NAKED EYE
E. STATIONARY ABOVE BRIDGE, DIRECTLY ABOVE
F. DIRECTLY UPWARDS
G. 120FT IN AIR
H. HOVERED AND MOVED AWAY DOWN RIVER
J. CLEAR NIGHT
K. TOWER CRANE, RED LIGHT ON TOP
PAGE 2 RBDPGF 001 UNCLAS.
L. MAIDSTONE POLICE
M. [REDACTED]
N. NIL
O. PASSENGER; [REDACTED]
P. 142025Z FEB. 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO). )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV050 14/2055 045C0977 Section 40 FOR CAV ROUTINE 142031Z FEB 82 1/4 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F. SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 132035Z FIVE MINUTES. B. LARGE ROUND ORANGE BRIGHT OBJECT. C. CAMDEN ROAD, BATH - OUTDOORS WALKING WEST TO EAST. D. NAKED EYE, NO CAMERA E. EAST TO WEST F. ALMOST OVERHEAD G. 754662... H. CHANGING MOVEMENT FROM WEST TO EAST J. CLEAR SKY K. HOUSES EACH SIDE OF ROAD L. PC [REDACTED] M. [REDACTED] N. [REDACTED] A SALESMAN. P. 2230 13 FEB BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8. ACTION ( CXJ -- 1 DSC(AFDO) )... CAM 1 ACS(P) . CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) ... CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV032 14/1332 045C0355 Section 40 FOR CAV ROUTINE 140615Z FEB 82 Section 40 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 140335Z FEB 3 SECS. B. ONE ROUND WHITE LIGHT WITH GEENISH TINGE - C. MERSTHAM A23 BRIGHTON ROAD IN A CAR MOVING. D. NAKED EYE E. IN THE EAST (CAR WAS DRIVING NORTH) F. PERRENDICULAR ABOUT 1 MILE HIGH G. NOT KNOWN H. STEADY DESCENT J. SKY CLEAR GOOD VISABILITY K. HOUSES L. POLICE M. PC [REDACTED] POLICE STN TATERHAM SURREY TEL TATERHAM [REDACTED] N. NONE [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS: O. PC ADDRESS AS IN PARA N [REDACTED] [REDACTED] P. 140545 FEB BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ. 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) . CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CYX050 12/0847 043C0695 Section 40 FOR CAV ROUTINE 120715Z FEB 82 Section 40 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 120130A FEB B. WHITE MOVING LIGHT C. WASHFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE REDDITCH OUTDOORS, STATIONERY D. NAKED EYE E. S.W F. N/K G. HALF MILE H. LEFT AND RIGHT, UP AND DOWN J. CLEAR K. FACTORIES L. REDDITCH POLICE M. [REDACTED] N. NIL P. 120200A FEB BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV017 09/0131 040C0185 FOR CAV Section 40 ROUTINE/ROUTINE 081420Z FEB 82 FROM RAF COSFORD Section 40 TO- MODUK AIR INFO HQRAFSC U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F REPORT OF UFO A. 8 FEB 82 0245HRS TILL 0330HRS B. ONE BRIGHT WHITISH PINK ROUND LIGHT, SIZE OF MILK BOTTLE BASE, NO SOUND, NO SMELL C. IN BEDROOM OF BUNGALOW D. OBSERVER WOKEN BY THE BRILLIANCE OF THE LIGHT E. TOWARDS THE WEST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WREKIN HILL F. FAIRLY HIGH ANGLE G. ABOVE TWO MILES AWAY H. MOVING SPASMODICALLY BUT VERY FAST J. CLEAR SKY, LITTLE OR NO WIND K. NOT KNOWN L. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RAF COSFORD M. [REDACTED] STAFFORD, STAFFS PAGE 2 RBDTPR 006 UNCLAS N. NIL O. NONE P. 8 FEB 82 1015HRS BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40
CAV061 25/1304 025C1670
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 251115Z JAN 82 27/1
FROM RAF STAXTON WOLD
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. 220630Z JAN 82.
B. LARGE LIGHTS IN SKY APPROX 15-20 IN NUMBER
C. FROM INDOORS AT HOUSE IN RAVENSCAR NORTH YORKS
D. NAKED EYE
E. TO SSE OF RAVENSCAR
F. NOT KNOWN
G. NOT KNOWN
H. STATIONARY
J. CLEAR SKY NIGHT
K. NOT KNOWN
L. DUTY ENGINEERING OFFICER RAF STAXTON WOLD
M. [REDACTED]
PAGE 2 RBDOXP 002 UNCLAS
N. HE HAS ALREADY REPORTED EARLIER SIGHTINGS TO THE MERCURY NEWSPAPER
SCARBOROUGH
O. NIL
P. 221000Z JAN 82
REMARKS [REDACTED] REQUESTED RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40 CAV089 22/1605 022C1660 FOR CAV ROUTINE 221030Z JAN 82 25/1 FROM RAF BINBROOK TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F/LGZ (SIC Z6F INS BY DCC) A 21 JAN B LARGE OBJECT (LARGER THAN AIRCRAFT) WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS C [REDACTED] GRIMSBY, INDOORS D NAKED EYE E OVERHEAD F NOT GIVEN G OVERHEAD HOUSE H STATIONERY THEN DISAPPEARED J CLEAR K NOT GIVEN L TO ATC RAF BINBROOK ONLY M REFUSED TO GIVE N NOT KNOWN O NONE P 212015Z JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI DISTRIBUTION LGZ F NO SDL °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
Copy Vo: DS8a
Ops(GE)2(RAF)
DI SS (RAF)
File. Section 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
[MINISTRY OF DEFENCE stamp]
21 JAN 1982
AIR[ILLEGIBLE]
Section 40
CXJ039 21/1637 021C3348
FOR CXJ
ROUTINE 211444Z JAN 82
FROM UKRAOC
TO MODUK AIR Copies to usual addresses.
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC I3F
SUBJECT UFO REPORT
A. 21 JAN 82 BETWEEN 1230 AND 1300
B. ONE VULCAN SHAPED OBJECT, SMALLISH, METALIC COLOURED
C. STOOD OUTSIDE HOUSE
D. FIRST BY NAKED EYE THEN BINOCULARS
E. OVER BRANT BRUTON NEAR LINCOLN
F. NOT KNOWN
G. APPROX 1/2 MILE
H. HARDLY MOVING, BUT APPEARED TO MOVE SOUTH THEN ROSE UP 100FT AND
DISAPPEARED INTO CLOUD
J. CLEAR AND SUNNY CLOUDBASE 3 OCTAS AT 25000 FEET
K. NOT KNOWN
L. RAF WADDINGTON
M. [REDACTED]
N. MEALS ON WHEELS OPERATOR, HER SON REPORTED A SIGHTING ON THE
PAGE 2 RBDTYI 106 UNCLAS
6 TH DEC 81
O. NONE
P. 211345Z JAN 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION I3F
F
CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )Section 40 22/1
U N C L A S S I F I E D
[MINISTRY OF DEFENCE stamp]
21 JAN1982
AIR FORCE O
DI 55 (RAF)
Rm 3/17
MetroPolis
CXJ100 20/2249 020C4644
FOR CXJ
ROUTINE 202225Z JAN 82
FROM UKRAOC
TO MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC I3F
SUBJECT UFO REPORT
A. OBSERVED AT 202145Z JAN FOR 5 SECONDS
B. A VERY BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT WITH NO TAIL
C. OBSERVER POSITIONED STANDING OUTSIDE FLAT ON SECOND FLOOR
OF TOWER BLOCK ON A HILL
D. NAKED EYE
E. MOVING EAST TO WEST
F. NOT KNOWN
G. NOT KNOWN
H. SPEED VERY FAST COVERING A DISTANCE OF 3 TO 4 MILES APPEARED TO
CRASH TO THE GROUND
J. MET CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR
K. NONE VISIBLE
L. BIRMINGHAM POLICE
M. [REDACTED] HOLLOWAY HEAD, BIRMINGHAM
PAGE 2 RBDTYI 223 UNCLAS
TEL 021622 6450
N. NOT KNOWN
O. NONE
P. 202153Z JAN 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION I3F
F
CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) >
END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40
22/1
CAV203 20/2335 020C4744
FOR CAV Section 40
22/1
ROUTINE 202245Z JAN 82
FROM LATCCMIL
TO MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
AERIAL PHENOMENA
A. 202135A-SECONDS
B. VERY BRIGHT SILVER LIGHT SEEMED TO HAVE A RED TAIL. TRAVERSED
THE SKY FROM EAST TO WEST DISAPPEARED BEFORE REACHING THE HORIZON.
C. CARDIFF-OUTDOORS-STATIONARY
D. NAKED EYE
E. EAST
F. NOT KNOWN
G. APPEARED QUITE LOW
H. TRAVELLED VERY FAST
J. CLEAR NIGHT
K. NOT GIVEN
L. CARDIFF POLICE
M. [REDACTED] CARDIFF, TELEPHONE
[REDACTED]
PAGE 2 RBDOXT 011 UNCLAS
N. NONE
O. NONE
P. 202230A JAN
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
°END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV188 20/2121 020C4414 FOR CAV ROUTINE 201956Z JAN 82 Section 40 22/1 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 201830Z 10-15 MIN B. 1 V SHAPED OBJECT APPROX 100FT LONG 2 LARGE FLASHING LIGHTS AT TIPS OF V. AT THE MIDDLE OF THE V TO THE TAIL 4 LIGHTS ORANGEY WHITE. VERY BRIGHT C. KILVE SOMERSET. INDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. MINEHEAD TO BRISTOL F. LOOKING UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE G. 200-300FT AGL H. STEADY DIRECTION MINEHEAD TO BRISTOL J. SKY CLEAR K. POWER STATION L. LOCAL POLICE AND SALISBURY POLICE M. [REDACTED] NR BRIDGEWATER O. 2 X SONS HUSBAND DAUGHTER PAGE 2 RBDOXT 010 UNCLAS P. 201945Z JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV203 20/2335 020C4744 FOR CAV ROUTINE 202245Z JAN 82 Section 40 22/1 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 202135A-SECONDS B. VERY BRIGHT SILVER LIGHT SEEMED TO HAVE A RED TAIL. TRAVERSED THE SKY FROM EAST TO WEST DISAPPEARED BEFORE REACHING THE HORIZON. C. CARDIFF-OUTDOORS-STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. EAST F. NOT KNOWN G. APPEARED QUITE LOW H. TRAVELLED VERY FAST J. CLEAR NIGHT K. NOT GIVEN L. CARDIFF POLICE M. [REDACTED] CARDIFF, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 011 UNCLAS N. NONE O. NONE P. 202230A JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END U N C L A S S I F I E D
UNCLASSIFIED CAV200 22/2349 356C4413 FOR CAV ROUTINE 222320Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 2221002 DEC, 45 MINS B. 1 ROUND OBJECT, RED/GREEN/BROWN IN COLOUR C. SOUTH OF GIRVAN STRATHCLYDE SCOTLAND D. NAKED EYE E. EAST F. 45 DEG G. 5 MILES H. STEADY AT FIRST THEN STARTED MOVING AFTER APPROX 30 MINS J. CAVOK K. NIL L. ATCC (SCOTTISH CIVIL) M. RELUCTANT TO GIVE NAME N. HOUSEWIFE O. FOUR, MEMBERS OF FAMILY PAGE 2 RBDOXT 004 UNCLAS P. 222305Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) [CAV] 2 DSTI >END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CBN058 29/1505 363C0870 FOR CAV ROUTINE 291305Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 250358A. 2 MINS B. A NUMBER OF VERY BRIGHT RED LIGHTS. NONE. NONE C. GLASTONBURY. SOMERSET. OUTDOORS. MOVING D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH TO EAST F. 45. G. HALF TO 1 MILE H. STEADY J. CLEAR SKY K. TOWN OF GLASTONBURY L. GLASTONBURY POLICE M. [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBUOXT 001 UNCLAS N. NONE O. NONE P. 251110A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55J(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV002 30/0819 364C0383 FOR CAV ROUTINE 300730Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 291750A APPROX 1 MIN B. ONE VERY BRIGHT LIGHT YELLOWISH WHITE SPHERICAL IN SHAPE C. CAMBRIDGE. OUTDOORS. STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. NORTH NORTH WEST F. 10DEGS ABOVE HORIZON G. N/K H. STEADY J. LIFTING FOG K. STABLES WITH TREE OBSCURING OBJECT L. INITIALLY CAMBRIDGE POLICE WHO REQUESTED HE CALL US M. [REDACTED] N. N/K PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 292045Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV200 22/2349 356C4413 FOR CAV ROUTINE 222320Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 2221002 DEC, 45 MINS B. 1 ROUND OBJECT, RED/GREEN/BROWN IN COLOUR C. SOUTH OF GIRVAN STRATHCLYDE SCOTLAND D. NAKED EYE E. EAST F. 45 DEG G. 5 MILES H. STEADY AT FIRST THEN STARTED MOVING AFTER APPROX 30 MINS J. CAVOK K. NIL L. ATCC (SCOTTISH CIVIL) M. RELUCTANT TO GIVE NAME N. HOUSEWIFE O. FOUR, MEMBERS OF FAMILY PAGE 2 RBDOXT 004 UNCLAS P. 222305Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) [CA] 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI <END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CBN058 29/1506 363C0870 FOR CAV ROUTINE 291305Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 250358A. 2 MINS B. A NUMBER OF VERY BRIGHT RED LIGHTS. NONE. NONE C. GLASTONBURY. SOMERSET. OUTDOORS. MOVING D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH TO EAST F. 45. G. HALF TO 1 MILE H. STEADY J. CLEAR SKY K. TOWN OF GLASTONBURY L. GLASTONBURY POLICE M. [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS N. NONE O. NONE P. 251110A. BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI <=ND UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV002 30/0819 364C0383 FOR CAV ROUTINE 300730Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 291750A APPROX 1 MIN B. ONE VERY BRIGHT LIGHT YELLOWISH WHITE SPHERICAL IN SHAPE C. CAMBRIDGE. OUTDOORS. STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. NORTH NORTH WEST F. 10DEGS ABOVE HORIZON G. N/K H. STEADY J. LIFTING FOG K. STABLES WITH TREE OBSCURING OBJECT L. INITIALLY CAMBRIDGE POLICE WHO REQUESTED HE CALL US M. [REDACTED] N. N/K PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 292045Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV196 05/2242 005C4294 FOR CAV ROUTINE 052130Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 051810Z 5 MINS APPROX B. ONE GREEN/RED/WHITE LIGHTS NO SOUND NO SMELL C. LLANRUMNEY CARDIFF OUTDOORS MOVING D. BINOCULARS E.F.G. N/K H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. BUILDING ESTATE L. POLICE CARDIFF CENTRAL M. [REDACTED] N. NONE O. SEVERAL OTHER YOUTHS P. 052120Z BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) [CAV] 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI °END UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, Time and Duration of Sighting.
12 Jan 82
1750Z
Approx 3 mins
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
(Number of objects, size, shape, colour, brightness)
One, red and white flashing lights, very bright, no shape.
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER
(Location, indoor/outdoor, stationary, moving)
In moving car and parked.
D. HOW OBSERVED
(Naked eye, binoculars, other optical devices, still or movie)
Naked eye.
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT FIRST SEEN
(A landmark may be more useful than a badly estimated bearing)
Object seen in direction of Wardens Point, Isle of Sheppey.
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT
(Estimated heights are unreliable)
Below tree tops.
G. DISTANCE
(By reference to known landmark)
East of Wardens Point going away.
H. MOVEMENTS
(Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of course and speed)
Object moved fast and low.
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc)
Very clear sky.K. NEARBY OBJECTS
(Telephone lines, high voltage lines, reservoir, lake or dam, swamp or marsh, river, high buildings, tall chimneys, steeples, spires, TV or radio masts, airfields, generating plant, factories, pits or other sites with flood lights or night lighting)
None.
L. TO WHOM REPORTED
(Police, military, press etc.)
Isle of Sheppey Police
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT
[REDACTED] Tel: [REDACTED]
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE VOLUNTEERED
NK
O. OTHER WITNESSES
[REDACTED] (husband)
(daughter)
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT
122200Z Jan 82
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
None
R. REMARKS
Isle of Sheppey Police passed report to Flt Lt [REDACTED] RAF Manston.
[REDACTED]
Date 12 Jan 82 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleUNCLASSIFIED CAV210 13/2253 013C4577 FOR CAV ROUTINE 132055Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 131820A JAN 20-25 SECONDS B. FAT COFFIN C. NORWICH OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. THREE MILES NORTH OF COLTISHAL F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. CAVOK K. NIL L. NORWICH AIR TRAFFIC M. [REDACTED] N. NIL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 008 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 132037A JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION (*CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) GAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) GAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
CAV015 14/1005 014C1050
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 140910Z JAN 82
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO MODUK AIR
INFO HQSTC
HQ 18 GP
UNCLASSIFIED
SIC Z6F
A. 12 JAN 1982 2050 5 MINS
B. VERY BRIGHT LIGHT WINKING WITH RED ORANGE AND/BLUE LIGHTS MOVING
AROUND THE WHITE ONE-DID NOT LOOK LIKE AN-A/C
C. OUTSIDE FACING SOUTH
D. NAKED EYE
E. SOUTH OF RAMSGATE CIRCLING
F. LOW ON HORIZON
G. FAR AWAY
H. CIRCLING AND THEN MOVING AWAY
J. VERY CLEAR
K. NONE
L. ORDERLY OFFICER RAF MANSTON
M. [REDACTED]
PAGE 002 RBDPGF 002 UNCLAS
O. FRIENDS OF INFORMANT
P. 131900Z JAN 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED CAV026 14/1055 014C1369 FOR CAV ROUTINE 140945Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 132105A JAN 6 MINS APPROX B. ONE ROUND CRIMSON COLOURED OBJECT SHINING VERY BRIGHTLY. NONE NONE C. INDOORS. MOVING D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH - SOUTH WEST (MUD - OLD DEER ROAD) F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY THEN ACCELERATED J. CLEAR SKY K. FARMHOUSES L. INITIALLY TO LOCAL POLICE M. [REDACTED] ABERDEENSHIRE N. N/K O. ONE P. 140930Z JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) GAM 1 ACS(P) GYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) GAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) GAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CYX027 14/0411 014C0135 FOR CAV ROUTINE 132055Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 131820A JAN 20-25 SECONDS B. FAT COFFIN C. NORWICH OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. THREE MILES NORTH OF COLTISHAL F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY 5c J. CAVOK of Morston K. NIL of Morston NIL L. NORWICH AIR TRAFFIC M. [REDACTED] N. NIL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 008 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 132037A JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) GAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTH °END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CYX027 14/0411 014C0135 FOR CAV ROUTINE 132055Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 131820A JAN 20-25 SECONDS B. FAT COFFIN C. NORWICH OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. THREE MILES NORTH OF COLTISHAL F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. CAVOK K. NIL L. NORWICH AIR TRAFFIC M. [REDACTED] N. NIL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 008 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 132037A JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTH °END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
CAV015 14/1005 014C1050
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 140910Z JAN 82
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO MODUK AIR
INFO HQSTC
HQ 18 GP.
UNCLASSIFIED
SIC Z6F
A. 12 JAN 1982 2030 5 MINS
B. VERY BRIGHT LIGHT WINKING WITH RED ORANGE AND BLUE LIGHTS MOVING
AROUND THE WHITE ONE-DID NOT LOOK LIKE AN A/C
C. OUTSIDE FACING SOUTH
D. NAKED EYE
E. SOUTH OF RAMSGATE CIRCLING
F. LOW ON HORIZON
G. FAR AWAY
H. CIRCLING AND THEN MOVING AWAY
J. VERY CLEAR
K. NONE
L. ORDERLY OFFICER RAF MANSTON
M. [REDACTED]
PAGE 002 RBDPGF 002 UNCLAS
O. FRIENDS OF INFORMANT
P. 131900Z JAN 82
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
GAM 1 ACS(P)
GYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
.CAV 1 Di 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED CAV026 14/1055 014C1369 FOR CAV ROUTINE 140945Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 132105A JAN 6 MINS APPROX B. ONE ROUND CRIMSON COLOURED OBJECT SHINING VERY BRIGHTLY. NONE NONE C. INDOORS. MOVING D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH - SOUTH WEST (MUD - OLD DEER ROAD) F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY THEN ACCELERATED J. CLEAR SKY K. FARMHOUSES L. INITIALLY TO LOCAL POLICE M. [REDACTED] PETERHEAD ABERDEENSHIRE N. N/K O. ONE P. 140930Z JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
Ops GE
DI 55/
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, time and duration of sighting. (Local times to be [REDACTED])
13 0950 Jan 81 1-2 mns.
B. Description of object. (Number of objects, size, shape, colours, brightness, sound, smell, etc).
Spherical - lunar module shape. Whitish yellow with
reddish glow at rear (similar to Lightning afterburn)
C. Exact position observer. (Geographical location. Indoors or outdoors. Stationary or moving).
52° 41' N 01° 41' E
Yarmouth met office Outdoors. Stationary.
D. How observed. (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or movie camera).
N/E
E. Direction in which object was first seen. (A landmark may be more useful than a badly estimated bearing).
150° from office
F. Angle of sight. (Estimated heights are unreliable).
1,200' - 3000'
G. Distance. (By reference to a known landmark wherever possible).
H. Movements. (Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of course and speed).
Mvt. from 150° to 330°. Speed comparable to
helicopter, but silent.
J. Meteorological conditions during observations. (Moving clouds, haze, miles etc).
Calm, sunny. -4.6°C. Visibility 4000 m - No hazeK. Nearby objects. (Telephone lines; high voltage lines; reservoirs, lake or dam, swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, tall chimneys, steeples, spires, TV or radio masts; airfields; generating plant; factories, pits or other sites with flood-lights or other night lighting).
No tall buildings
L. To whom reported. (Police, military organisations, the press etc).
RAF Neatishead
M. Name and address of informant.
[REDACTED]
c/o Met. Stn.
Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk.
N. Any background on the informant that may be volunteered.
Qualified. Used to dealing with met balloons. Object
not a balloon
O. Other witnesses.
2 - both employees of Met Office
P. Date and time of receipt of report.
13.0915 Jan 82.
Flt Lt. [REDACTED] Neatishead [REDACTED]UNCLASSIFIED CAV164 18/2006 018C3664 FOR CAV ROUTINE/ROUTINE 181530Z JAN 82 FROM 14 MU TO MODUK AIR INFO HQRAFSC UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F FROM STN ADJ, HQRAFSC FOR (CPSY O). SUBJECT SIGHTING OF UFO. A. 140730A JAN 82 FOR APPROX TEN SECONDS B. SAUCER SHAPED ABOUT SIZE OF FOOTBALL PITCH, SIX OR SEVEN ELLIPTICAL SHAPED WINDOWS AROUND CENTRAL RED DOME. OBJECT SILENT C. OBSERVER IN STATIONARY POSITION IN GARDEN D. OBSERVED WITH NAKED EYE E. OBJECT SIGHTED FROM SE TO NW F. ANGLE OF SIGHT FORTYFIVE DEGREES G. DISTANCE HALF MILE H. MOVEMENTS SMOOTH, NO INCREASE OF SPEED, APPEARED TO FOLLOW CURVATURE OF EARTH J. CONDITIONS, TWILIGHT JUST BEFORE DAWN K. NEARBY OBJECTS (OPENCAST SPOIL HEAPS, HIGH VOLTAGE PYLONS PAGE 2 RBDBYM 288 UNCLAS L. REPORTED TO STN ADJ, RAF CARLISLE TELEPHONE CARLISLE [REDACTED] M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHITEHAVEN. O. OTHER WITNESS [REDACTED] WHITEHAVEN ALSO A NUMBER OF REPORTS TO LOCAL PAPER P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT OF REPORT WAS 14 JAN 82, 1000 HRS BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) GAM 1 ACS(P) GYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) [CAV] 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV188 20/2121 020C4414 FOR CAV ROUTINE 201956Z JAN 82 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR UNCLASSIFIED SIC Z6F AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 201830Z-10-15 MIN B. 1 V SHAPED OBJECT APPROX 100FT LONG 2 LARGE FLASHING LIGHTS AT TIPS OF V. AT THE MIDDLE OF THE V TO THE TAIL 4 LIGHTS ORANGEY WHITE. VERY BRIGHT C. KILVE SOMERSET. INDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. MINEHEAD TO BRISTOL F. LOOKING UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE G. 200-300FT AGL H. STEADY DIRECTION MINEHEAD TO BRISTOL J. SKY CLEAR K. POWER STATION L. LOCAL POLICE AND SALISBURY POLICE M. [REDACTED] NR BRIDGEWATER O. 2 X SONS HUSBAND-DAUGHTER PAGE 2 RBDOXT 010 UNCLAS P. 201945Z-JAN BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F GAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) GAM 1 ACS(P) GYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) [CA] 1 DI 55B(SIC) GAV 2 DSTI °END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV111 19/1928 353C1148 FOR CAV ROUTINE 191744Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D 17-2N/2 SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 191715A 10MINS B. ONE BOWL SHAPED OBJECT. SQUARE LIGHTS AROUND IT. RED IN COLOUR SIZE UNKNOWN DUE TO TREES OBSCURING IT C. INDOORS. SEEN THROUGH BEDROOM WINDOW D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTHERLY DIRECTION F. 20-30FT AGL G. N/K H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. SMALL WOOD L. STONE POLICE STATION M. [Section 40] STONE, STAFFS N. NONE PAGE 2 RBDOXT 002 UNCLAS O. FATHER P. 191732A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYS 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV103 19/1350 353C0892 FOR CAV ROUTINE 191240Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 182245Z DEC, DURATION NOT KNOWN B. ONE BRIGHT ORANGE ROUND LIGHT WITH HANGING OBJECT BELOW C. MELKSHAM WILTS, OBSERVER INSIDE HOUSE D. NAKED EYE E. N/K F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY AT FIRST THEN MOVED TOWARDS OBSERVER PRIOR TO DISAPPEARING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION J. N/K K. N/K L. MELKSHAM WILTS POLICE M. [Section 40] N. NIL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS O. WIFE OF OBSERVER P. 191215Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV092 16/1607 350C2815 FOR CAV ROUTINE 161415Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 140015A HALF A MINUTE B. SOLID BRIGHT ORANGE/YELLOW LIGHT C. INDOORS STATIONARY HARROW D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH WEST F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. NONE L. HARROW OBSERVER M. [Section 40] N. NONE O. HUSBAND PAGE 2 RBDOXT 002 UNCLAS P. 1651005A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Date, Time and
Duration of Sighting 11 DEC 1130 → 1135
Description of Object 3 OBJECTS 2 WHITE 1 BLUE
1 IN FRONT DOME SHAPED (LIKE INVERTED PEAR.)
Exact Position of
Observer WALKING HOLEBURN RD NEWLANDS
How Observed
EYE
Direction in Which
Object was First Seen S/W MOVING S/WESTERLY.
Angular Elevation of
Object NOT KNOWN.
Distance of Object
from Observer CANT ASSESS DUE CLEAR SKY
1 FRONT LOWEST
Movements of Object BOTTOM HALF OF FIRST OBJECT.
SEEMED TO BE ROTATING RHYTHMICALLY.
Meteorological Conditions
During Observations BLUE SKY -NO CLOUDS.
TEMP AT AIRPORT MS07.
Nearby Objects NONE
To Whom Reported CAA GLASGOW AIRPORT
Name and Address of [Section 40]
Informant
GLASGOW.
Any Background Information
that may be Volunteered
Other Witnesses NO OTHER WITNESSES
Date and Time of Receipt
of Report 1245 11TH DEC 1981.
To: ✓ The Ministry of Defence (AFOR) Phone: AIS Military
Royal Air Force LATCC
Main Building
Whitehall
LONDON SW 1
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
[Section 40] [Section 40] [Section 40]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleUNCLASSIFIED CAV143 15/1909 349C3747 FOR CAV ROUTINE 151715Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. W40020A DEC. N/K B. ONE BRIGHTLY BURNING OBJECT WHICH FELL TO EARTH IN A GREEN FLAME. NONE. NONE. C. OUTDOORS. MOVING. TRAVELLING A356 DORSET TO CREWKERNE ROAD. GRID REF 070080 TO 040049 D. NAKED EYE E. N/K F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. N/K K. N/K [Section 40] L. AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE. PC CREWKERNE POLICE STATION M. [Section 40] SOMERSET PAGE 2 RBDOXT 010 UNCLAS N. N/K O. ONE P. 151200A DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
CAV120 15/1805 349C3428
FOR CAV
ROUTINE 151645Z DEC 81
FROM RAF VALLEY
TO MODUK AIR
HQRAFSC
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A 111725Z DEC 81, 4 TO 5 MINS
B GOLDEN BROWN, BIG BLOB, BRIGHT, NO SOUND
C LITTLE ORME-COLWYN BAY, LAST SEEN LLANDUDNO AREA. OUTSIDE
D NAKED EYE THEN BINOCULARS
E FROM COLWYN BAY TO LLANDUDNO (WESTERLY)
F QUITE LOW ANGLE
G APPROX 2 MILES AWAY FROM OBSERVER
H CONSTANT SPEED AND HEIGHT THROUGHOUT
J FAIRLY HAZY
K TV AERIALS
L MILITARY ORGANISATION
M [Section 40]
N SCHOOL BOY
PAGE 2 RBDTOG 013 UNCLAS
C [Section 40] FATHER
P 111725Z DEC 81 TO 111730Z DEC 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 0 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED CAV074 15/1335 349C1959 FOR CAV ROUTINE 151135Z DEC 81 FROM RAF BINBROOK TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F LGZ (NO SDL LGZ, Z6F INSERTED BY DCC) A 09 DEC B MASS OF LIGHTS C ON ROAD BETWEEN BARNOLDBY AND ASHLEY HILL CROSS ROADS D NAKED EYE E OVERHEAD THEN MOVING SOUTHERLY DIRECTION F N/K G N/K H NOT GIVEN OTHER THAN E J N/K K N/K L CLEETHORPES POLICE M [Section 40] ROWENDALE N N/K O NIL P 100325 BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, Time and Duration of 120700Z DEC
Sighting. 5 - 10 Mins
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT DOME ORANGE SHAPE,
(Number of objects, size, VERY BRIGHT
shape, colour, brightness)
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER OUTSIDE IN STREET
(location, indoor/outdoor,
stationary, moving)
D. HOW OBSERVED NAKED EYE
(Naked eye, binoculars,
other optical devices,
still or movie)
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT LOOKING NORTH OVER
FIRST SEEN LEICESTER
(A landmark may be more
useful than a badly estimated
bearing)
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT 60° ELEVATION.
(Estimated heights are
unreliable)
G. DISTANCE ESTIMATED 300 Ft
(By reference to known ALTITUDE
landmark)
H. MOVEMENTS HOVERING FOR ABOUT 5
(Changes in E, F and G may MINS, THEN MADE SQUARE
be of more use than estimates LIKE MOVEMENTS AND
of course and speed) SHOT OF AT A GREAT
SPEED
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING CLEAR SKY NO CLOUD
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc)K. NEARBY OBJECTS STREET LIGHTS IN BUILT
(Telephone lines, high voltage UP AREA
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting)
L. TO WHOM REPORTED [Section 40]
(Police, military, press etc.)
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT [Section 40]
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE
VOLUNTEERED ——————
O. OTHER WITNESSES ——————
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT 120900Z DEC
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL [ILLEGIBLE]
CONDITIONS
R. REMARKS Mrs [Section 40] REPORTED
IT TO [Section 40] WHO
SHE KNEW WAS A AMATEUR
UFO RESEARCHER
[Section 40]
Date 15 DEC 81 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm [Section 40] Rm[Section 40] Rm [Section 40]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleOps GE
DI 45b
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, time and duration of sighting. (Local times to be quoted).
07 1600 DEC 81
10 secs
B. Description of object. (Number of objects, size, shape, colours,
brightness, sound, smell, etc).
No light ; 2ft long ; 18 ins wide ; similar in shape to an
inverted meat dish with arm capable of moving from underneath
to top about 18 ins long. Underneath had 8 discs spread equally with two
(transverse lines along base)
C. Exact position observer. (Geographical location. Indoors or outdoors.
Stationary or moving).
Car park, Wolverhampton Hospital.
D. How observed. (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or
movie camera).
N/E
E. Direction in which object was first seen. (A landmark may be more useful
than a badly estimated bearing).
Above casualty ward
F. Angle of sight. (Estimated heights are unreliable).
40-50ft 85° from horizontal
G. Distance. (By reference to a known landmark wherever possible).
About 50ft above ward
H. Movements. (Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of
course and speed).
horizontal plane, slowly dropped to left, raised extension arm
and then moved to left across carpark.
J. Meteorological conditions during observations. (Moving clouds, haze
mist etc).
Overcast but good visibilityK. Nearby objects. (Telephone lines; high voltage lines; reservoir, lake
or dam; swamp or marsh; river; high buildings; tall chimneys; steeples; spires;
TV or radio masts; airfields; generating plant; factories; pits or other sites
with flood-lights or other night lighting).
Hospital chimney nr car park - giving out smoke - Object below
smoke.
L. To whom reported. (Police, military organisations, the press etc).
Cosford ATC
M. Name and address of informant.
[Section 40]
Tel: [Section 40]
N. Any background on the informant that may be volunteered.
Police Constable
O. Other witnesses.
None
P. Date and time of receipt of report.
08. 1130 DEC.UNCLASSIFIED CAV001 13/0002 347C0013 FOR CAV ROUTINE 122330Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D [Section 40] SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 112135 DEC. 10 MINS B. ONE NO SHAPE RED AND YELLOW BRIGHT C. [Section 40] BLACON CHESHIRE OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. DIRECT ABOVE F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY THEN AFTER 5 MINS MOVED TOWARDS MOLLINGTON J. SKY CLEAR K. NIL L. CHESHIRE POLICE M. [Section 40] N. NONE O. [Section 40] PLUS ONE OTHER NOT NAMED PAGE 2 RBDOXT 003 UNCLAS P. 122325Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV079 12/2233 346C1270 FOR CAV ROUTINE 122100Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 121800Z DEC. 15 MINS B. ONE BRIGHT STAR WITH A DARK CENTRE. RAYS OF LIGHT BEAMING OUTWARD C. DOWNTON, WILTSHIRE. INDOORS. STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. WESTERLY F. N/K G. APPROX 2 MILES H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. N/K L. SALISBURY POLICE STATION. WILTSHIRE M. [Section 40] N. NIL O. NIL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 002 UNCLAS P. 122030Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV067 12/1939 346C1164 FOR CAV ROUTINE 121915Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 121720Z DEC. 45 MINS B. ONE BRIGHT ROUND WHITE LIGHT C. A47 OUTSIDE KINGS LYNN. OUTSIDE. STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. SOUTH EAST F. LOW G. NOT KNOWN H. STATIONARY THEN MOVED QUICKLY 90 DEGS WEST AND FINALLY BECAME STATIONARY AND DIMMED TO YELLOW J. CLEAR K. NIL L. EASTERN RADAR M. INSPECTOR [Section 40] NORFOLK CONSTABULARY N. POLICEMAN PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS O. TWO CONSTABLES P. 121845Z DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CYX024 08/2119 342C3969 FOR CAV ROUTINE 081920Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL [Section 40] TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 081835 10MINS B. ONE UNDECIPHERABLE WHITE NO SOUND C. [Section 40] WHITLEY CHAPEL, HEXAM D. BINOCULARS E. NORTH TO SOUTH: HEXAM TO HALLAM HEAD F. NONE GIVEN G. 150FT HORIZONTAL FLIGHT H. STEADY J. NOT GIVEN K. NONE L. BORDER RADAR M. [Section 40] O. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR P. 081900 DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV075 08/0919 342C0729 FOR CAV ROUTINE 080100Z DEC 81 FROM RAF BOULMER TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC LEZ/Z6F UFO REPORT A. 080032Z DEC 81. VERY SHORT DURATION B. THREE BRIGHT RED RANDOM FLASHES. NO NOISE. SLOW MOVING. LOW JUST ABOVE HOUSES C. IN HOME STREET D. VISUAL SIGHTING E. THREE OBJECTS SEEN. FIRST TO THE SE. SECOND TO THE E. THIRD TO THE NE F. 45 DEG G. CLOSE H. RIGHT LEFT J. CLEAR AIR CONDITIONS K. NEAR TO ELECTRIC PYLONS AND NEWCASTLE METRO LINE L. J4276762 FS GEAVES M. [Section 40] FOREST HALL PAGE 2 RBDOXB 001 UNCLAS NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE N. SOBER BUT VAGUE O. NO P. 080100Z DEC 81 BT DISTRIBUTION LEZ F NO SDL DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV022 07/1205 341C0501 FOR CAV ROUTINE 070815Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 070300A DEC APPROX 30 MINS B. INTENSE GREEN LIGHT. WHITE TAIL C. NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM POLICE IN NORTHUMBRIA AREA AS FOLLOWS. 2 POLICE ON FOOT 2 POLICE IN CAR AT HEXHAM, 2 POLICE ON FOOT 2 IN CAR AT ALNWICK, AND AT LEAST 6 POLICE OUTDOORS AT ASHINGTON D. NAKED EYE E. VARYING REPORTS F. BETWEEN 200FT AND HIGHER G. NOT ABLE TO ASSESS H. VARYING REPORTS SOME SAY GOING NE SOME SAY GOING SOUTH J. CLEAR K. N/A L. NORTHUMBRIA POLICE M. REPORTS COLLECTED BY HQ NORTHUMBRIA POLICE MORPETH PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS N. ALL REPORTS FROM POLICE O. TOTAL OF AT LEAST 14 P. 070530A DEC BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED CAV048 07/1433 341C1564 FOR CAV ROUTINE 070305Z DEC 81 FROM RAF BOULMER TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F/LEZ (SIC-Z6F INSERTED BY DCC) SUBJECT UFO REPORTS A. 070030 070030 070030 070030 B. HIGH/MED HIGH/SLOW HIGH/SLOW HIGH/SLOW GRN/RED GRN/RED GRN/RED GRN/RED C. HEXHAM ALNWICK ASHINGTON ROHBURY D. VISUAL VISUAL VISUAL VISUAL E. NORTH SOUTH EAST NORTH NORTH F. 60 DEG 80 DEG 60 DEG 50 DEG G. FAR NEAR FAR FAR H. HOVERING HOVERING SLOW HOVERING J. CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR K. CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR L. CPL [Section 40] CPL [Section 40] CPL [Section 40] CPL [Section 40] M. PC [Section 40] PC [Section 40] SGT [Section 40] PC [Section 40] N. RELIABLE RELIABLE RELIABLE RELIABLE PAGE 2 RBDOXB 001 UNCLAS O. PC UPTON PC KIRKUP P. 070050 070050 070050 070050 BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Obs(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI DISTRIBUTION LEZ F NO SDL END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
CAV041 05/1748 339C1144
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 051624Z DEC 81
FROM MHQ PLYMOUTH
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
LATCC MIL
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC UAJ
A 042345 DEC 81 APPROX 30 MINS
B ONE LARGE CIGAR SHAPE, DULL GOLD
C HAMERDON HIGHTS, SPARKWELL, NE PLYMOUTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
STATIONARY MOTORCAR
D NAKED EYE
E COLLARD HILL-WSW-SLOW
F 30 FROM HORIZONTAL
G APPROX 3 MILES
H STEADY SLOW ROTATING ON OWN AXIS
J CLEAR BELOW LOW CLOUD
K TRANSMITTERS AND RESERVOIR
L MHQ PLYMOUTH AND REPORTED ON CB
PAGE 2 RBDHC 049 UNCLAS
M [Section 40]
O OTHER CBIERS NOT NAMED
P 051310 DEC 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION UAJ
F
CYG 2 DIC ACTION ( CYG 1 DISDO )
CAV 2 DDI(L)
CAV 2 DEI
CAV 2 DSTI
*END UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED CAV028 05/1054 339C0721 FOR CAV ROUTINE 051030Z DEC 81 FROM 498338 GWEPOL G TO MODUK AIR [Section 40] U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F (INS BY DCG) TELEX U.F.O. SIGHTING REPORT. A. 041281, 2050 HURS 15 MINS. B. OBJECT HAD AN ORANGE GREEN AND WHITE LIGHTS. C. INSIDE LIVING ROOM OF HOUSE. D. EYESIGHT AND BINOCULARS. E. SOUTH FROM THE HOUSE. F. 30 TO 40 DEGREES FROM HORIZONTAL. G. NOT KNOWN. H. STATIONARY. J. 3/10THS CLOUD COVER CLEAR NIGHT K. CLOSE TO COPSE OF TREES. L. PC HAYWARD STATIONED AT USK. [Section 40] M. [Section 40] NEAR USK, GWENT.. PAGE 2 RBDTCU 2002 UNCLAS N. PRISON OFFICER O. WIFE OF ABOVE P. 2050HRS 4/12/81 Q. NO BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Section 40
CAV197 Ø4/2151 338C44Ø7
Section 40
FOR CAV
ROUTINE Ø418ØØZ DEC 81
FROM LATCCMIL
TO MODUK AIR
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA
A. Ø41645 NOV 45 MINS
B. ONE APPEARED TO ALTER IN SIZE TRIANGULAR WITH LIGHT ON EACH
CORNER, ONE LIGHT DETACHED AND APPEARED TO FLY AWAY
C. SE OF ROYTON NORTH OF OLDHAM LANCS
D. NAKED EYE OUTDOORS STATIONARY
E. UNKNOWN
F. UNKNOWN
G. UNKNOWN
H. CHANGING
J. MOVING CLOUDS
K. EDGE OF BUILT UP AREA
L. AISM LATCC·
M. Section 40
N. NONE
PAGE 2 RBDOXT ØØ9 UNCLAS
O. Section 40 -WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN THIS OBJECT ON MANY
PREVIOUS OCCASIONS
P. Ø41730Z DEC·
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD /1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV / 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40 30
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, Time and Duration of 021830Z DEC 81 Continuous for
Sighting. several hours.
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT One horizontal shaped
(Number of objects, size, beaming yellow light.
shape, colour, brightness)
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER Garden terrace.
(Location, indoor/outdoor,
stationary, moving)
D. HOW OBSERVED Naked Eye, telescope and
(Naked eye, binoculars, binoculars.
other optical devices,
still or movie)
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT West over Croydon/Clapham.
FIRST SEEN
(A landmark may be more
useful than a badly estimated
bearing)
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT Eye Level.
(Estimated heights are
unreliable)
G. DISTANCE Could not be estimated.
(By reference to known
landmark)
H. MOVEMENTS Stationar y.
(Changes in E, F and G may
be of more use than estimates
of course and speed)
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING Low Cloud - Poor visability
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc)K. NEARBY OBJECTS High buildings.
(Telephone lines, high voltage
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting)
L. TO WHOM REPORTED A F OPS
(Police, military, press etc.)
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT Section 40
TEL: 01 674 8518
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE Amateur Astronomer.
VOLUNTEERED
O. OTHER WITNESSES Many friends of this lady.
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT 021900Z DEC 81.
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL Nil.
CONDITIONS
R. REMARKS This lady states that she has
seen this object on 29 Nov and
again on 30 Nov 81
Section 40
Date 3 Dec 81 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleREPORT FORM Copy To: DS 8a 29
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OPS(GE)2(RAF)
MANUAL OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE Part 1 DI 55(RAF)
20.12.76 Amendment 12. Section 40
A. Date, Time Duration of Sighting.
28th Nov 1981 1605. and still visible at 1639.
B. Description of Object
A ROUND LIGHT. WITH NAKED EYE. WITH BINOCULARS AN ETCHED APPEARA[ILLEGIBLE]
C. Exact Position of Observer.
EAGLESHAM.
D. How Observed.
By naked eye and by binoculars.
E. Direction in which Object was first seen.
DOWN TOWARDS THE S.W.
F. Angular Elevation of Object
About 45° to observed [ILLEGIBLE].
G. Distance of Object from Observer.
About AYR or PRESTWICK
H. Movements of Object.
STATIONARY
J. Meteorological Conditions During Observations.
Moving Clouds, Haze, mist etc.
CUSITAR SKY.
K. Nearby Objects.
ONE A/C FLOWS ACROSS IT FROM STK TO WEST
L. To Whom Reported.
Sc. Atcc Sup.
M. Name & Address of Informant.
Section 40
N. Any Background Information on the Informant that
may be Volunteered.
NONE
O. Other Witnesses.
Section 40
- wife of above.
P. Date & Time of Receipt of Report.
28th Nov. 1981 1637.REPORT FORM Copy To: DS 8a 28
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OPS(GE)2(RAF)
MANUAL OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE Part 1 DI 55(CAF)
20.12.76 Amendment 12.
Section 40
A. Date, Time Duration of Sighting.
28 TH Nov 81 1725 IS STILL IN VIEW
B. Description of Object
ROUND LIGHT IN SKY SPINNING.
C. Exact Position of Observer.
ABOVE ARRAN BACK GARDEN
D. How Observed.
THROUGH BINOCULARS
E. Direction in which Object was first seen.
AS IN C ABOVE ARRAN DUE WEST
F. Angular Elevation of Object
ABOUT 45°
G. Distance of Object from Observer.
ABOUT 20MLS
H. Movements of Object.
MOV IN A DIAMOND SHAPE
J. Meteorological Conditions During Observations.
Moving Clouds, Haze, mist etc.
CLEAR WITH SLIGHTLY HAZE
K. Nearby Objects.
/ NIL
L. To Whom Reported.
ATCC SCOTTISH CENTRE PRESTWICK
M. Name & Address of Informant. Section 40
PENNYBURN KILWINNING
N. Any Background Information on the Informant that
may be Volunteered.
HOUSEWIFE
O. Other Witnesses.
7 OF FAMILY + NEIGHBOUR
P. Date & Time of Receipt of Report.
28 TH Nov 81 | TIME 1800Section 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV139 Ø2/2358 336C4141
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE Ø21805Z DEC 81
FROM RAF CONINGSBY
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
POSSIBLE AMPLIFICATION OF MY Z6F Ø12255Z DEC 81
A. Ø11800Z DEC 81 DURATION Ø5 SECS
B. MEDIUM BRIGHT RED LIGHT DESCENDING TO GROUND LEVEL AND TURNING
WHITE
C. R/W CARAVAN ON RW26 AT RAF CONINGSBY - STATIONERY - INSIDE
D. NAKED EYE
E. ALONG Ø80 DEGREES M
F. 60 DEGREES
G. ESTIMATED ~6 TO 10 MILES
H. DESCENDED TRAVELLING APPROX NORTH TO SOUTH
H. SLIGHT HAZE - MOON AND STARS VISIBLE
K. AIRFIELD R/W AND INSTALLATIONS
L. DUTY OPERATIONS OFFICER RAF CONINGSBY
M. CPL Section 40 RAF CONINGSBY
PAGE 2 RBDOXE Ø38 UNCLAS
N. AN EXPERIENCED ATC TOWER NCO
O. NIL KNOWN
P. Ø21730Z DEC 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV138 Ø2/2356 336C4137
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE Ø21445Z DEC 81
FROM RAF STAXTON WOLD
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. 241645Z NOV 81 TO 242145Z NOV 81
B. RECTANGULAR, APPEARED TO BE ENVELOPED SHAPED WITH FLAP OPEN.
LIGHTS ALL AROUND THE OBJECT IN DIFFERENCT COLOURS, VERY BRIGHT
C. SHERBURN VILLAGE, SCARBOROUGH. OUTDOORS. STATIONARY
D. NAKED EYE
E. TOWARDS DRIFFIELD
F. FAIRLY LOW
G. NOT KNOWN
H. OBJECT REMINDED STATIONARY }
J. NOT KNOWN
K. OBJECT BETWEEN HOUSES
L. POLICE, PC Section 40 SHERBURN POLICE STN, TEL Section 40
PAGE 2 RBDOXP ØØ4 UNCLAS
M. Section 40 SHERBURN
N. 75 YRS OLD, BUT WITH ALL FACULTIES. INCIDENT REPORTED BECAUSE OF
PUBLICITY OF SIGHTINGS LAST WEEKEND 21/22 NOV IN WEST YORKS
O. S Section 40 POINTED THE OBJECT OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT THEIR
VIEWS WERE NOT REPORTED
P. Ø11555Z DEC 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D
CBN098 02/3730 336C0335 Section 40
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE Ø12255Z DEC 81
FROM RAF CONINGSBY
TO MODUK AIR
INFO UKRAOC
HQ 11 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z5F
REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Ø11730Z DEC 81 - Ø11830Z DEC 81
B. BRIGHT LIGHT FROM A GLOBE LIKE OBJECT DESCRIBED AS A FLOODLIGHT IN
THE SKY
C. IN MOVING CAR TRANSITING FROM TETFORD, NR HORNCASTLE, LINCS
NORTHERLEY DIRECTION THEN WEST THROUGH SCAMLESSY TO GOULCEBY
D. NAKED EYE DIDNOT NEED CAR LIGHTS QUOTE COULD HAVE READ A BOOK
UNQUOTE
E. APPEARED OVERHEAD WHILST CAR TRAVELLING NORTH
F. DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN AS APPEARED TO BE MOSTLY OVERHEAD
G. AS F BUT CLOSE
H. GENERALLY THE LIGHT WAS ABOVE THE CAR AND FLOODLIT THE ROAD AHEAD
LIGHT DISAPPEARED IN VICINITY OF OTHER TRAFFIC OR APPROACH OF BUILT
PAGE 2 RBDOXE Ø21 UNCLAS
UP AREA. WHEN DRIVER TOOK A WRONG TURN SHE LOST THE LIGHT BUT HAVING
TURNED AROUND SHE FOUND IT AWAITING HER FURTHER ON LIKE A BRIGHT
GLOBE WITH A LEAF OF LIGHT
J. FINE NIGHT MOON AND STARS VISIBLE
K. UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN AS SHE WAS MOVING ALL THE TIME
L. DUTY OPS OFFICER RAF CONINGSBY
M. Section 40
N. MRS Section 40 WAS VERY FRIGHTENED AND DID NOT WANT ANY PUBLICITY BUT
AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED. HER HUSBAND WHO WAS AT HOME ALSO SAW THE
LIGHT AS HE MET HIS WIFE.
O. AS ABOVE. BOTH APPEARED TO BE LEVEL HEADED CHARACTERS
P. Ø12222Z DEC 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z5F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
U N C L A S S I F I E D[ILLEGIBLE] Section 40 CVA S [ILLEGIBLE] CVA 4 [ILLEGIBLE](SIC) CAV 4 [ILLEGIBLE](SIC)(CAV) [ILLEGIBLE] U N C L A S S I F I E D [ILLEGIBLE]
PAGE 2 U N C L A S S I F I E D 336C0335
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
Section 40
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40 CBN054 02/3447 335C4284 FOR ••• ROUTINE Ø11910Z DEC 81 FROM LATCCMIL Section 40 TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z5F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. Ø11655Z DEC 1 MINUTE B. ONE SINGLE WHITE BRIGHT LIGHT C. PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, LANCS OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. OVER SOUTHPORT 18-20 MILES F. 2000FT G. N/K H. STATIONARY THEN MOVED NORTH J. CLEAR K. NIL L. BLACKPOOL ATC M. Section 40 N. NIL O. BROTHER PAGE 2 RBDOXT ØØ9 UNCLAS P. Ø11830 BT DISTRIBUTION Z5F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
Section 40
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV117 Ø1/1620 335C3193
FOR CAV
ROUTINE Ø11200Z DEC 81
FROM RA VALLEY
TO MODUK AIR
HQRAFSC
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A 30-NOV 1845-4 MINS
B HUGE BRIGHT ORANGE CIRCULAR LIGHT. TWO SMALLER LIGHTS SEPARATED
FROM MAIN LIGHT
C BETWEEN BETHEL AND BONT NWYDD. OUTDOORS. MOVING WHEN FIRST SIGHTED
THEN STATIONARY
D NAKED EYE
E NORTHWEST OVER AERNARVON
F LOW ANGLE POSITION AT SIGHTING HIGHER THAN CAERNARVON
G APPROX. 5 MILES
H SMALL OBJECTS SEPARATED AND REJOINED MAIN LIGHT. MOVED WEST
SEPARATED AGAIN, THEN DISAPPEARED
J RECENTLY STOPPED RAINING. SKY FAIRLY CLEAR
K CLEAR VIEW
PAGE 2 RBDTOG Ø12 UNCLAS
L OPERATIONS CENTRE, RAF VALLEY, EXT 494
M Section 40
N Section 40 GWYNEDD COUNTY COUNCIL
O Section 40
P 1 DEC 1115
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40 22
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, Time and Duration of 302200 NOV
Sighting. 10 MINS DURATION
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT VERY LARGE BRIGHT OBJECT,
(Number of objects, size, PYRAMID SHAPE
shape, colour, brightness)
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER LOOKING OUT OF BEDROOM
(Location, indoor/outdoor, WINDOW
stationary, moving)
D. HOW OBSERVED NAKED EYE
(Naked eye, binoculars,
other optical devices,
still or movie)
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT COMING FROM DIRECTION OF
FIRST SEEN CROWTHORNE HEADING TOWARDS
(A landmark may be more HEATHROW.
useful than a badly estimated
bearing)
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT ___________
(Estimated heights are
unreliable)
G. DISTANCE RIGHT ABOVE HOUSE
(By reference to known
landmark)
H. MOVEMENTS TRAVELLING SLOWLY IN
(Changes in E, F and G may A STRAIGHT LINE
be of more use than estimates
of course and speed)
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING VERY CLEAR
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc)K. NEARBY OBJECTS HOUSEING ESTATE
(Telephone lines, high voltage
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting)
L. TO WHOM REPORTED BRACKNELL MET OFFICE
(Police, military, press etc.)
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT Section 40
BRACKNELL
Section 40
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE ___________
VOLUNTEERED
O. OTHER WITNESSES INFORMANT's WIFE
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT 302220 NOV
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL ___________
CONDITIONS
R. REMARKS INFORMANT STATED THAT HE
IS VERY INTERESTED IN UFO's
Section 40
Date | DEC 81 Sqn Ldr D00 AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40 Rm Section 40
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleOps(GE)
DI 55b Section 40 21
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, time and duration of sighting. (Local times to be quoted).
; 19 1640 Z NOV 81
19, 2100 Z NOV 81
B. Description of object. (Number of objects, size, shape, colours,
brightness, sound, smell, etc).
Bright flashing light, with a light to top left and right
No noise.
C. Exact position observer. (Geographical location. Indoors or outdoors.
Stationary or moving).
Kings Lynn - Fairstead Estate ; outdoors ; moving
; ; Stationary
D. How observed. (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or
movie camera).
Naked eye
E. Direction in which object was first seen. (A landmark may be more useful
than a badly estimated bearing).
South
F. Angle of sight. (Estimated heights are unreliable).
2000ft.
G. Distance. (By reference to a known landmark wherever possible).
Fairly close
H. Movements. (Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of
course and speed).
i. Stationary
ii. Slowly N.; Sudden flat turn E.
J. Meteorological conditions during observations. (Moving clouds, haze,
mist etc).
V low cloud. Object below cloud.K. Nearby objects. (Telephone lines; high voltage lines; reservoir, lake
or dam, swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, tall chimneys, steeples, spires,
TV or radio masts; airfields; generating plant; factories, pits or other sites
with flood-lights or other night lighting).
Landscape flat - no high buildings etc.
L. To whom reported. (Police, military organisations, the press etc).
Press - 20 Nov 81
Police - 24 Nov 81
M. Name and address of informant.
Section 40
N. Any background on the informant that may be volunteered.
Factory Foreman
O. Other witnesses.
2 work mates
P. Date and time of receipt of report.
24 1230 Z Nov 1981.
Section 40
DS8aU N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40 CAV104 28/1012 332C1306 FOR CAV ROUTINE 281830Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 281725A STILL VISIBLE WHEN REPORTED B. ONE ROUND SPINNING LIGHT C. PENNYBURN KILWINNING D. BINOCULARS F. WEST F. 45 DEGS G. TWENTY MILES H. MOVING IN DIAMOND SHAPE J. CLEAR WITH PATCHES OF HAZE K. NIL L. SCATCC CIVIL SUPERVISOR M. Section 40 PENNYBURN KILWINNING SCOTLAND N. HOUSEWIFE O. 7 FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBOUR PAGE 2 RBDOXT ØØ3 UNCLAS P. 281810A BT DISTRIBUTION-- Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40 CAVØ97.28/18ØØ 332C1263 FOR CAV ROUTINE 281740Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 281545Z 30 MINS B. ONE SPHERICAL SHAPE, LIKE CIGAR, GLISTENING. NONE. NONE C. KNARESBOROUGH, N YORKS D. BINOCULARS E. SOUTH EAST F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. HOUSES L. KNARESBOROUGH POLICE M. Section 40 N. NONE O. HUSBAND AND SON PAGE 2 RBDOXT ØØ2 UNCLAS P. 281720A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40 CAVØ96 28/1741 332C1243 FOR CAV ROUTINE 281715Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 281605A STILL BEING OBSERVED AT 1639A B. ROUND LIGHT NONE NONE C. EAGLESHAM SCOTLAND OUTDOOR STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE BINOCULARS E. SOUTH WEST F. 45 DEGS G. TOWARDS PRESTWICK AYR H. TOWARDS SOUTH WEST J. CLEAR SKY K. 1 A/C FLEW BY SOUTH TO WEST L. SCATTCC CIVIL SUPERVISOR M. Section 40 N. NIL O. WIFE PAGE 2 RBDOXT ØØ1 UNCLAS P. 281637Z BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D Section 40
CAV177 27/2009 331C3823
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 271750Z NOV 81
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO MODUK AIR
INFO HQSTC
HQ 18 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT UFO SIGHTING
A. 27 NOV 1729Z CONTINUOUS
B. SINGLE STEADY VERY BRIGHT RUND WHITE LIGHT
C. ISTEAD RISE, GRAVESEND. A227 ROAD---OUTDOORS STATIONARY
D. NAKED EYE
E. DUE SOUTH OF OBSERVERS POSITION
F. APPROX 45 DEGREES
G. NIL
H. NIL ESTIMATE - AIRCRAFT OBSERVED TO PASS IN FRONT OF OBJECT
J. LITTLE CLOUD MOVEMENT
K. BBC RADIO MAST
L. GRAVESEND POLICE INITIALLY WHO PASSED TO RAF MANSTON
M. Section 40
PAGE 2 RBDPGF ØØ7 UNCLAS
TEL. SOUTHFLEET 3483
N. NONE
O. FAMILY OF INFORMANT
P. 271735Z NOV
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E DSection 40 16
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 30/11
A. Date, Time and Duration of
Sighting. 271750Z 20 Mins.
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
(Number of objects, size,
shape, colour, brightness) One bright light, yellow and
white.
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER
(Location, indoor/outdoor,
stationary, moving) Indoors.
D. HOW OBSERVED
(Naked eye, binoculars,
other optical devices,
still or movie) Naked eye.
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT
FIRST SEEN
(A landmark may be more
useful than a badly estimated
bearing) West of Aldershot.
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT
(Estimated heights are
unreliable) High in the sky.
G. DISTANCE
(By reference to known
landmark) Not known.
H. MOVEMENTS
(Changes in E, F and G may
be of more use than estimates
of course and speed) Stationary.
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc) Cloudy, good visability.K. NEARBY OBJECTS
(Telephone lines, high voltage
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting) None
L. TO WHOM REPORTED
(Police, military, press etc.) RAE Farnborough.
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT [REDACTED]
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE
VOLUNTEERED Not known.
O. OTHER WITNESSES 3 others reported similar
sighting to Farnborough.
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT 271850Z Nov 81.
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL
CONDITIONS Nil
R. REMARKS
Nil.
[REDACTED]
Date 27 Nov 81 Sqn Ldr DOO AF/Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED] Rm[REDACTED]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV217 26/2325 330C4799 [REDACTED] FOR CAV ROUTINE 262250Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 252100 NOV B. ONE SMALL HELICOPER SIZE AND SHAPE, REDDISH PINK IN COLOUR WITH WHITE FLASHING LIGHT C. 1.5 MILES FROM TALOG DYFFED POWYS OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED-EYE E. NEAR BWLCHNEWYDD DYFFED POWYS WALES F. LOW G. 100YDS H. HOVERING WHEN FIRST SEEN THEN MOVED SIDE WAYS AT SPEED OF A CAR UP AND DOWN J. CLEAR K. OPEN COUNTRY ROAD L. CARMARTHEN POLICE M. [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 013 UNCLAS TEL MADOX 497 N. NIL O. 2 SONS PLUS A [REDACTED] P. 261100 NOV. INFORMANT HAS MADE OTHER SIGHTINGS AS FOLLOWS, 041900 NOV NR MEIDRI,M. 181900 NOV NR TUELECH-232130 NOV, BTWN TUELECH AND PEN-Y-BRANT BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAP 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
[REDACTED] U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV065 26/1023 330C1224 FOR CAV [REDACTED] PRIORITY/PRIORITY 260945Z NOV 81 FROM RAF ST ATHAN TO MODUK AIR INFO HQRAFSC U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F MOD FOR (AFOR) SUBJECT REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT A 252320 NOV 81 LOCAL, DURATION OF SIGHTING 30 SECONDS B BALL OF BRIGHT RED LIGHT INTENSIFYING TO BRILLIANT RED LIGHT C [REDACTED] LISVANE CARDIFF, INDOORS, STATIONARY D NAKED EYE E DIRECTION OF CAERPHILLY HILL F N/K G N/K H MOVING CONSTANTLY TOWARDS CAERPHILLY HILL, DROPPED FROM SIGHT BEHIND HOUSES J CLOUD AND DRIZZLE K RIVER, FACTORIES L RAF ST ATHAN PAGE 2 RBDTOS 010 UNCLAS M [REDACTED] N NIL O NIL P 260845Z NOV 81 Q YES BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI END U N C L A S S I F I E D
[REDACTED]
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV222 25/2306 329C4782
FOR CAV
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 252200Z NOV 81
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO MODUK AIR
INFO HQSTC
HQ 18 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT UFO SIGHTING
A. 25 NOV 0550Z APPROX 15 SECONDS
B. BRIGHT LIGHT BURSTING INTO SMALLER STARS ON STRIKING GROUND
C. GRAVESEND AREA DRIVING ON A2 TOWARDS CHATHAM
D. NAKED EYE
E. NORTH OVER THAMES
F. LOW DOWN
G. NEARBY COULD NOT REALLY ESTIMATE
H. FAST MOVING EASTWARDS
J. CLEAR SKY WITH PATCHES OF MIST
K. DRIVING ON MAIN TRUNK RD
L. POLICE INITIALLY, THEN RAF MANSTON ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM POLICE
M. MR [REDACTED] GRAVESEND
PAGE 2 RBDPGF 003 UNCLAS
N. NONE, HIS FIRST SIGHTING
O. NONE
P. 25 NOV 2115Z
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYE 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
*END U N C L A S S I F I E D[REDACTED] U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV195 25/2141 329C4092 FOR CAV ROUTINE 251514Z NOV 81 FROM HQ 1 GP TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT UFO REPORT A. 231730Z DURATION 5 MINS B. ONE OBJECT. TWO WHITE FLASHING LIGHTS AT EACH END WITH RED AND BLUE LIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE C. LOCATED AT HOUGHTON ROBERTS. IN A CAR STOPPED TO OBSERVE D. NAKED EYE E. MOVING TOWARDS RAVENFIELD. STOPPED FOR A MOMENT THEN REERSED IN DIRECTION OF MEXBOROUGH F. SEEMED LAWER THAN A LIGHT AIRCRAFT, NO NOISE BUT OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE G. SEE FOXTROT H. SEE GOLF J. CLEAR AND STARBRIGHT K. NOTHING TO RELATE TO CLEAR UNMPEDED VIEW L. RAF BAWTRY HQ 1 GP PAGE 2 RBDOYL 013 UNCLAS M. [REDACTED] N. PRESSMAN REPORTING FOR WORK COLLEAGUES SEE OSCAR O. TWO EYEWITNESSES. [REDACTED] P. 251315Z BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
Section 40 11
REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A. Date, Time and Duration of
Sighting. 19 Nov 81
1350Z
Approx 15 mins
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
(Number of objects, size,
shape, colour, brightness) Rotating neon light, one
sometimes two.
C. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER
(Location, indoor/outdoor,
stationary, moving) SPORLE, 4 miles NE of
Swaffam, Norfolk.
D. HOW OBSERVED
(Naked eye, binoculars,
other optical devices,
still or movie) Naked eye. Object had white
lights at sides, (red and
white lights fore and aft.
Object larger than a B52 and
no noise.
E. DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT
FIRST SEEN
(A landmark may be more
useful than a badly estimated
bearing) Moved from NE of Swaffam
towards observer and then
retreated.
F. ANGLE OF SIGHT
(Estimated heights are
unreliable) NK
G. DISTANCE
(By reference to known
landmark) NK
H. MOVEMENTS
(Changes in E, F and G may
be of more use than estimates
of course and speed) See E.
J. MET CONDITIONS DURING
OBSERVATIONS
(Clouds, haze, mist etc) Clear sky but dark.K. NEARBY OBJECTS
(Telephone lines, high voltage
lines, reservoir, lake or dam,
swamp or marsh, river, high
buildings, tall chimneys, steeples,
spires, TV or radio masts,
airfields, generating plant,
factories, pits or other sites with
flood lights or night lighting) Light aircraft going in
easterly direction.
L. TO WHOM REPORTED
(Police, military, press etc.) Flt Lt [REDACTED]
Duty Ops Officer
RAF Marham [REDACTED]
M. NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT [REDACTED] (lady would not
reveal address or Tel no).
N. BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT THAT MAY BE
VOLUNTEERED NK
O. OTHER WITNESSES NK
P. DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT 191350Z Nov 81
Q. ANY UNUSUAL METEOROLOGICAL
CONDITIONS No
R. REMARKS Nil
[REDACTED]
Date 19 November 1981 Sqn Ldr DOO AF Ops
Copies to: DS 8a Ops (GE)2 (RAF) DI 55 (RAF) File
Rm [REDACTED] Rm [REDACTED] Rm-[REDACTED]
Main Bldg Main Bldg MetropoleU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV023 25/0309 329D0353 FOR CAV [REDACTED] ROUTINE 242100Z NOV 81 FROM THAMES VALLEY POLICE TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F (SIC Z6F-INSERTED BY D.C.C.) ATTN DS8A. FROM CH SUPT BANBURY DIVISION. REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. A) 23/11/81 1745 HRS DURATION OF SIGHTING 3-4 MINS. B) STREAM OF SEVEN TO EIGHT LIGHTS. WHITE, RED, BLUE LIGHTS FLASHING. AS FIRST LIGHT WENT OFF SECOND LIGHT WENT ON AND SO ON. THIS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY. LOOKED EXTREMELY BIG BUT NO NOISE. C) A433 BETWEEN OLDSWORTH AND BURFORD, OUTDOORS. THE INFORMANT WAS MOVING AND SO WAS THE OBJECT. D) OBSERVED BY THE NAKED EYE. E) OBJECT FIRST SEEN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. F) ABOUT 60 DEGREES, NO DETAILS OF HEIGHT AS SUCH. G) ABOUT 1/2 MILE IN FRONT OF VEHICLE.-- NO LANDMARKS KNOWN. H) DID NOT ALTER COURSE OR SPEED. J) GOOD, CLEAR NIGHT. K) UNKNOWN. L) POLICE STATIONG BANBURY. PAGE 2 RBDPC 002B UNCLAS M) [REDACTED] N) INFORMANT IS SALES MANAGER FOR [REDACTED] O) NIL P) UNKNOWN. Q) 2100 HOURS TUESDAY 24/11/81. MOD UK AIR, LONDON HAVE BEEN CONTACTED VIA PHONE BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
[REDACTED]
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV153 24/1928 328C2747
FOR CAV
ROUTINE 241400Z NOV 81
FROM RAF VALLEY
TO MODUK AIR
HQRAFSC
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
A 5 NOV 1800 (APPROX); 20 NOV 1840, 21 NOV 1840. BETWEEN 5 AND 10
MINS EACH TIME
B ONE OBJECT, VERY LARGE (APPROX SIZE OF LARGE A/C), TRIANGULAR,
THREE VERY BRIGHT LIGHTS ON EACH CORNER; ONE FLASHING WHITE LIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE. NO SOUND UNTIL TONIGHT. SLIGHT ENGINE NOISE AS HE
DEPARTED FROM OVER HEAD AMLWCH
C AMLWCH, ANGLESEY. OUTDOORS. THREE PEOPLE, 1 IN FRONT, 1 AT THE SIDE
AND 1 AT REAR OF HOUSE. ALL STATIONARY
D NAKED EYE AT FIRST; THEN THROUGH BINOCULARS. NO EXTRA DETAILS
OBSERVED THROUGH BINOCULARS
E FIRST SIGHTED APPROACHING FROM POINT LYNAS TOWARDSAMLWCH IT
STOPPED O/H AMLWCH AND MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN AND ACCELERATED
INLAND
PAGE 2 RBDTOG 019 UNCLAS
F FIRST SIGHTED AT ABOUT 40-45 DEGREES THEN DIRECTLY O/H AND
VANISHED AT ABOUT 30 DEGREES
G NOT KNOWN
H AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM E
J ALMOST CLEAR NIGHT, NO CLOUDS IN AREA OF OBJECT
K TOO HIGH
L ATC, RAF VALLEY
M [REDACTED] 5 AND
21 NOV [REDACTED]
N AGE PAINTER AND DECORATOR FROM MIDLANDS. (19-20 VISION)
O [REDACTED]
P 21 NOV 1945 HRS
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
U N C L A S S I F I E DPAGE 2 U N C L A S S I F I E D 328C2747
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAVV 2 DSTI
[REDACTED]
*END _U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV229 23/2344 327C4400 FOR CAV [REDACTED] ROUTINE 232130Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 232020A NOV B. BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT WITH A BLEEPING NOISE C. ONE AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF UPMINSTER. OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE E. N/K F. N/K G. N/K H. STEADY J. CLEAR K. N/K L. UPMINSTER POLICE STATION 223 ST MARYS LANE UPMINSTER M. [REDACTED] N. NONE PAGE 2 RBDWC 008 UNCLAS O. NONE P. 232030 NOV BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYS 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV217 23/2309 327C3962 [REDACTED] FOR CAV [REDACTED] ROUTINE 231900Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 231700A NOV 1.30 B. ONE VERY BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT C. SWANFIELD DRIVE CHICHESTER WEST SUSSEX OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE AND BINOCULARS E. S/WEST F. 65DEGS G. 4 MILES H. STEADY SEEMS TO BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY DOWNWARDS J. MOVING CLOUDS K. HOUSES L. POLICE CHICHESTER M. [REDACTED] N. WATCHES THE SKY REGULARLY HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT O. SEVERAL PAGE 2 RBDOXT 007 UNCLAS P. 231835Z NOV BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CA 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV205 23/2225 327C374 [REDACTED] FOR CAV ROUTINE 231810Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 231640A 30 MINS B. THREE OR FOUR BRIGHT, PALE YELLOW LIGHTS. NONE. NONE C. [REDACTED] BEDFONT MIDDX. INDOORS/OUTDOORS STATIONARY D. NAKED EYE AND BINOCULARS E. ASHFORD F. N/K G. TWO OR THREE MILES H. STEADY J. MOVING CLOUD K. HOUSES L. AISM LATCCMIL M. [REDACTED] N. NONE O. NEIGHBOURS PAGE 2 RBDOXT 006 UNCLAS P. 231710A R. HEATHROW ET INFORMED US THAT VENUS WAS VISIBLE IN THAT AREA AT THAT TIME BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV221 23/2318 327C4139 [REDACTED] FOR CAV ROUTINE 231710Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL (CORRECTED VERSION) TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 231620A 5 MINS B. ONE BUCKET SHAPED. BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT C. SIPSON VILLAGE WEST DRAYTON INDOORS STATIONARY D. BINOCULARS/TELESCOPE E. WEST F. ESTIMATED 30000FT PLUS H. RAPID J. CLEAR THEN OBSCURED BY CLOUD K. ABOVE HEATHROW AIRPORT L. AISM LATCCMIL M. [REDACTED] MIDDLESEX N. MR[REDACTED] IS A MANOEUVRING OFFICER AT HEATHROW AIRPORT AND HIS WIFE A PRIVATE PILOT O. MRS[REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 005 UNCLAS P. 231635A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D CAV036 21/0826 325C0592 [REDACTED] FOR CAV ROUTINE 210745Z NOV 81 FROM LATCCMIL TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC Z6F SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENA A. 201655A APPROX 3 MINS B. CIGAR THEN ROUND IN SHAPE. ORANGE AND VERY BRIGHT C. TRAVELLING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE D. NAKED EYE E. N/K F. DIRECTLY OVERHEAD G. VERY HIGH H. HOVERING THEN MOVING J. PATCHY CLOUDS K. N/K L. MANCHESTER AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL M. [REDACTED] WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE N. N/K O. [REDACTED] PAGE 2 RBDOXT 001 UNCLAS P. 201910A BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
U N C L A S S I F I E D
CAV045 20/0936 324C0993
FOR CAV [REDACTED]
ROUTINE/ROUTINE 200900Z NOV 81
FROM RAF MANSTON
TO MODUK AIR
INFO HQSTC
HQ 18 GP
U N C L A S S I F I E D
SIC Z6F
A. 191815Z NOV 81 13 MINS
B. BRIGHT SMALL FLASHING LIGHT
C. WARDEN PT ISLE OF SHEPPEY INDOORS
D. BINOCULARS
E. 090 DEGREES 15-20 MLS OVER WATER
F. UNKNOWN
G. 15-20 MLS
H. UFO STATIONARY THEN DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY
J. 1/8 CLOUD
K. OVER SEA
L. MILITARY
M. [REDACTED]
N. EX OBSERVER CORPS
PAGE 2 RBDPGF 001 UNCLAS
O. WIFE
P. 191850Z NOV 81
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F
F
CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) )
CAM 1 ACS(P)
CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF)
CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC)
CAV 2 DSTI
END U N C L A S S I F I E DU N C L A S S I F I E D CAV198 18/2113 322C4288 [REDACTED] FOR CAV ROUTINE 181830Z NOV 81 FROM RAF BOULMER TO MODUK AIR U N C L A S S I F I E D SIC LEZ/Z6F UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT A. 181740 NOV 81. 15 TO 20 MINUTES B. BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT, WITH ORANGE AND GREEN LIGHTS INSIDE. REMAINED STATIONARY FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES. JUST ABOVE ROOF TOP LEVEL C. IN SITTING ROOM INITIALLY THEN MOVED TO FRONT BEDROOM D. VISUAL INITIALLY THEN THROUGH 12 TIMES 50 BINOCULARS E. SOUTH WEST F. SEE PARA B. AT END OF OBSERVATION PERIOD OBJECT CLMBED QUITE HIGH AND DISAPPEARED BEHIND CLOUD G. 1 TO 2 MILES H. STATIONARY INITIALLY THEN MOVED SOUTH WEST AND CLIMBED J. CLEAR INITIALLY THEN HAZY CLOUD MOVED ACROSS THE AREA OF SIGHTING K. NIL L. RAF BOULMER, PLT OFF BANKS M. [REDACTED] WALLSEND, TYNE PAGE 2 RBDOXB 011 UNCLAS AND WEAR N. INFORMANT SOUNDED CALM AND SOBER AND WAS APOLOGETIC, THINKING HE MIGHT SOUND FOOLISH MAKING SUCH A REPORT O. INFORMANTS WIFE, A FRIEND, AND INFORMANTS FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER P. 181815Z NOV 81 BT DISTRIBUTION LEZ F NO SDL DISTRIBUTION Z6F F CAB 1 DS 8 ACTION ( CXJ 1 DSC(AFDO) ) CAM 1 ACS(P) CYD 1 DD Ops(GE)(RAF) CAV 1 DI 55B(SIC) CAV 2 DSTI *END U N C L A S S I F I E D
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PQ 8530B Copy to:
PS/US of S (RAF)
PS/CS(RAF)
PS/DUS(Air)
ACS(G)(RAF)
-> DI 55 [REDACTED]
Ops (GE) 2b (RAF)
Head of DS 8
DPR (RAF)
Head of S4 (Air)
LORDS DEBATE ON UFOs : 18th JANUARY 1979
Thank you for your minutes D/S4(Air)/8/3 of 15th and 16th
January forwarding a revised draft of the speech for
Lord Strabolgi and additional background information
respectively.
2. I have discussed the revised speech with Lord Strabolgi
and have made further - largely editorial - amendments.
// I attach a copy of a letter which I handed to Lord Strabolgi
last night together with a fresh copy of the speech itself.
Lord Strabolgi will be reading the speech again today and
will let me know as soon as possible whether he wishes to have
the briefing meeting which you and [REDACTED] have pencilled
in for 1130 tomorrow.
3. You might like to know that the debate is causing a fair
amount of interest in the House of Lords. In addition to the
Earl of Clancarty others taking part will include (in the
following order) Lord Trefgarne, the Earl of Kimberley,
Viscount St Davids, Lords Rankeillour, Kings-Norton, Gladwyn
and Hewlett, the Bishop of Norwich, Earl Halsbury and
Viscount Oxfuird (who will be making his maiden speech).
4. We will not know for certain when the UFO debate will
start. It depends, of course, on how long the earlier
business takes, but it is unlikely to start before 1800. We
will keep in touch with the House of Lords throughout the
course of tomorrow afternoon and early evening and we will
let you know as soon as we are needed. The debate is likely
to last for between two and three hours.
/5. ....Section 40 [REDACTED] INFO 'JUMPS' (See 1/4) from 1979 to 1981 here ___
2.
5. In view of the likely Press interest in this subject I
am copying this minute and the draft speech to DPR(RAF) with
the request that he pass his copy to the Duty Press Officer.
I would be grateful if you would consider whether the DPO
needs any additional information; and, if so, if you would
provide it direct.
Section 40
17th January 1979 Section 40
APS/SECRETARY OF STATE
Section 40MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
MAIN BUILDING WHITEHALL LONDON SW1
Telephone Section 40
PQ 8530B 16th January 1979
Section 40
Following the meeting which you held with Mr Section 40
and myself on Friday 12th January the draft speech for you
to make in response to the Earl of Clancarty's Unstarred
Question on Thursday 18th January has been amended. I
attach a folder containing the revised version which
follows the line which you agreed.
I also attach a more detailed background note, and,
as you requested, the transcript of the BBC television
programme on UFOs in which the Earl of Clancarty appeared
and in which a Section 40 was interviewed and alleged that
she had been told by telephone to say nothing about her
alleged sighting of a UFO. I do not suggest, unless you
particularly wish to do so, that you read the transcript;
but the parts in which you expressed an interest are on
pages 23 and 24 Section 40 and pages 26 - 29 (Lord
Clancarty).
When we spoke on the telephone yesterday you stressed
the need for your speech to touch on Lord Clancarty's
reference to Monsieur Galley's attitude to UFOs. This is
covered briefly in the paragraph at the bottom of page 10.
I attach, as you requested, a copy of the actual transcript
of the interview with M. Galley.
The Box party for Thursday's debate will be Section 40
Section 40 Section 40 and myself.
Yours sincerely,
Section 40
Private SecretaryRESTRICTED
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PS/USofS(RAF) through DUS(Air) and PS/USofS(RAF)
Copies to: PS/CS(RAF)
ACS(G)(RAF)
DI55 - Section 40
Ops(GE)2b(RAF)
Placed opposite is a draft closing address for the Lords
debate on UFOs, and a Background Note; due at your office by
12 January 1979.
2. There is a temptation to equivocate about UFOs because of
the thought that we might one day make contact with people from
distant stars. However, there is nothing to indicate that
ufology is anything but claptrap and no evidence at all of 'alien
space craft'. The UFO industry has prospered from equivocation and,
with 1979 being heralded as 'the year of the UFOs', it seems very
proper for HMG to inject some massive common sense into the business
and come out with an equivocal attack on ufology. With the impact of
the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and the increasing
efforts of the UFO industry and increasing publicity given to its
exponents, quite sensible people may begin to wonder whether there
might not be something in ufology, on the "where there's smoke there's
fire" principle. Less sensible people may be increasingly confused
and perhaps even worried, to the increasing profit and encouragement
of the UFO industry. The subject will not go away, the Department
and probably Ministers are likely to find themselves increasingly
involved and under pressure for formal statements; and the popular
and UFO press are likely to make all the mileage they can out of the
Lords Debate, particularly if there are signs of equivocation or
phrases that can easily be misrepresented.
4. Accordingly it is strongly recommended that the Government take
an unequivocal and uncompromising line.
UNCLASSIFIED
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- 1 -UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTED arisen because the FCO has 5. A small difficulty has/ for purely tactical reasons unconnected with UFOs, acceded (with other countries) to a request by the Government of Grenada for a UN study group (at Grenadan expense) to monitor information on UFOs. The wording of that part of the draft speech has been supplied by FCO. 6. The general line adopted is that there really are strange phenomena in the sky, but there are perfectly rational explanations to account for them, so there is no need to introduce the highly questionable hypothesis of alien space craft. In other words, Occam's Razor. 7. The broad line was put to Lord Strabolgi at our meeting in December and agreed by him. Lord Strabolgi asked for further information about cosmic distances and the difficulties of space travel. I have not included this in the speech, because Lord Clancarty's "sky people" are evidently "paranormal" and can cross the light years in a trice; but some facts are included at the end of the background note. 8. Lord Strabolgi also mentioned the possibility of replying on any detailed cases produced by Lord Clancarty if the latter will give advance notice. I repeat the advice I gave in December: we should not attempt to argue these cases, which tend to be remote and elusive yet often cannot be refuted without very detailed examination; indeed we should not fight the battle on Lord Clancarty's ground at all. 9. DES have been consulted and are content. 10. You will no doubt confirm the time and place of the final briefing, which at present we have down for am Wednesday 17 January. UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTED - 2 -
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10. Lord Strabolgi asked for a speech of
15-20 minutes plus defensive material. The
draft is just under 3000 words, or 20 minutes;
I have incorporated all suitable material in
the speech,including responses to the points
made by Lord Clancarty.
11. DES have been consulted and are content.
Section 40
10 January 1979 Head S4(Air)
Section 40
M7
PS/Secretary of State
Copy to:
PS/CS(RAF)
ACS(G)(RAF)
DI55 - Section 40
Ops(GE)2b(RAF)
Head of S4(Air)
US of S(RAF) has considered the draft closing
address. Whilst he would not disagree with the
general line taken, and whilst he accepts the
need for an objective approach towards this
subject, he feels that the current draft would
benefit from being toned down so as not to pour
quite so much scorn on 'believers'.
Section 40
Section 40
Sqn Ldr
12 January 1979 PAS/USofS(RAF)
UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
LOOSE MINUTE
D/S4(Air)/8/3
DI55 - Section 40 /
Ops(GE)2D(RAF)
Copy to: ACS(G)(RAF)
UFOs - DEBATE IN THE LORDS
I enclose a first draft of a proposed concluding speech
for Lord Strabolgi in the Lords' debate.
2. The draft tries to take account of the points made to us
on Thursday by Lord Strabolgi. However, on starting to re-
read the Earl of Clancarty's book 'Mysterious Visitors' I
have appreciated more fully how heavily the Earl has hedged
his bets about space travel: indeed he suggests that the 'sky
people' are 'paranormal' and come from 'another space/time
dimension'. I do not recommend trying to track the Earl through
other dimensions, and suggest we stick to the bare essentials
that we proposed to Lord Strabolgi - that there are plenty of
phenomena, that there are perfectly sensible explanations for
them, and that the explanations offered by ufology are unnecessary and
prove idiotic under critical examination.
3. I would be grateful for any recent recorded cases to cover
the parts of para 6; otherwise I shall draw on the Condon Report
and Klass (the anti-UFO investigator).
4. Clancarty is likely to produce some 'documented and fully
authenticated cases'. I would like to be able to demolish one
as an illusion. I have provisionally chosen the disappearance
of the Norfolk Battalion at Gallipoli, which Clancartry quotes
in one of his books: Hd of Army Historical Branch says that this
is a 'regular', about which the facts can be produced.
5. I would be grateful for comments, criticisms and additional
arguments or cases. At this stage I am particularly anxious to
know whether you agree to the main line of arguments. Because
time is short I would be grateful for telephone comments.
6. The present draft is about 2,000 words, around 15 minutes.
7. I have copied this minute to ACS(G)(RAF), and I would be
grateful for his comments on the general line of argument.
Section 40
18 December 1978 UNCLASSIFIED Head S4(Air)
Section 40
MANAGEMENT IN CONFIDENCEMANAGEMENT IN CONFIDENCE
UNCLASSIFIED
UFOs - DRAFT CLOSING ADDRESS
There are three grains of truth upon which the great
myth of ufology is built.
FIRST: intelligent life could exist elsewhere in the
universe. With 100,000 million stars in our own
galaxy alone, it is probable that there are many
planets capable of supporting life.
SECOND: the technical difficulties of inter-stellar
travel are stunning. Even at the speed of light
it would take 4 years to reach the nearest star,
and 100,000 years to cross our galaxy. But it
would be a brave man who said there could never,
ever, be manned inter-stellar travel.
THIRD: there really are strange phenomena in the skies,
and many are reported by cool and intelligent
people.
2. But it is a far cry from this to the proposition that there
have been great numbers of sightings of UFOs - implying alien space
craft - sometimes claimed as running into hundreds of thousands.
Her Majesty's Government is not in the least impressed with the
idea that there is anything worth investigating in the information
offered by ufologists.
3. On the one hand, there are perfectly simple explanations
for the phenomena; on the other, the explanations offered by
ufologists are most unconvincing. These explanations are un-
convincing when they relate to space craft from other stars: they
are even more unconvincing when they claim that UFOs come from
another space-time dimension, from a hole in the earth, or the
depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty has suggested.
- 1 -4. Let us first consider the phenomena. There have always
been strange things to see in the sky, and strange explanations
have been given. Since World War II we have seen development
of powerful rockets, and voyages to the Moon and planets. We
have also seen the development of science fiction, where space
ships can be switched to 'inter-stellar drive' and our hero can
cris
ceme the 2M light years to Andromeda Galaxy in a flash. We have
also seen the development of ufology and the UFO industry, which
accepts the delightful fantasies of science fiction as proven fact
and interprets the phenomena in our skies as alien space craft. Most
of the phenomena are seen unexpectedly and very briefly, and are gone
before the eye has focussed. The words 'UFO' and 'space craft' have
been firmly implanted and too readily spring to mind.
6. But what are the real causes of the phenomena?
a. Some have always occurred: tricks of light on cloud; comets,
meteors or showers of meteors; meteorites; bright planets,
or even the moon or stars in unusual atmospheric conditions.
Venus is popular: there are recorded cases of pilots
reporting Venus as an 'unidentified flying object following
them'.
b. Meteorological balloons. The Met Office alone release 50
a day, which expand to 40 foot diameter and rise to 100,000
feet and can be lit by the sun well after dark. Many other
organisations use balloons, some are much larger, and there
are recorded cases of balloons being reported as UFOs by
airline pilots.
- 2 -c. Meteorological searchlights shine on clouds: you cannot
see the beam, only a light apparently dancing in the
sky.
d. A surprising number of reports relate to aircraft seen in
unusual conditions at unusual angles, some very high, some
at low level. One recent 'UFO' was confidently reported
on local radio: we cannot prove that it was not a 'UFO', but
we do know that an RAF Vulcan bomber on a low flying mission
passed the same spot at the same time and on the same course
as the reported UFO.
e. And satellites: there are some 5000 listed objects in orbit,
satellites and space debris. More are added each year, and
about 600 re-enter the atmosphere every year. Early this
year MOD received many reports of a large piece of debris
re-entering across the South of England: most reports
were factual, but one spoke of an 'oval shaped thing with a
white cockpit which hovered for a while than shot off at
great speed'. We cannot prove it wasn't a UFO, but it
occurred at the same time and place as some known re-entry
of space debris.
7. And of course there are optical illusions. Any phenomena
seen through glass are particularly suspect.
8. There are also genuine hallucinations, sometimes on people
under stress; the excited tales of the gullible; the embellishments
of the born story teller. Also, I fear, downright lies. There
are also hoaxes: there are some very effective aerial hoaxes which
have been perpetrated by children - which I will not describe for
fear of precipitating a new rash of UFO reports.
- 3 -9. In sum, we cannot prove that all or even most of these so- called sightings were not UFOs. But we can say that there is a great variety of phenomena in the skies for which there are perfectly ordinary explanations. We have no reason to believe that the so-called UFOs are attributed to anything but these same causes. 10. But what of these famous arrivals of UFOs, claimed to be fully documented and authenticated by many witnesses. On scrutiny they tend to be elusive. I will select one, which Lord Clancarty has described in his book Mysterious Visitors as 'one of the most remarkable and unexplained mysteries of modern times'. He claims that during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, an entire British regiment, the First Fourth Norfolks, was advancing towards Hill 60: a cloud descended and picked up the regiment and it was never heard of again ....... (checking with Army Historical Branch) 11. As I have indicated, there is no criticism of those who accurately report phenomena. The criticism is of over-readiness to call them 'UFOs', and to transpose that into 'alien space craft'. The reports are passed without critical scrutiny to the ufologists; who add them without critical scrutiny, to their huge files of 'reported sightings and landings'. - 4 -
12. I am sure no-one will deny that - at the least - there are
possible rational explanations for the phenomena. Let us now
look at the other side of the coin, the range of explanations
offered by Lord Clancarty and other ufologists - it is a wide
and confusing range, for there are as many different explanations
as there are ufologists.
13. Lord Clancarty has been reported as claiming there have been
some 80,000 sightings. Other ufologists would put the figure even
higher. Now, there is a strange thing about these huge numbers.
To put it in simple terms: either these 'space people' prefer to
keep out of the way, or they don't. If they prefer to keep out
of the way, we must assume that the number of 'sightings' is a tiny
proportion of the actual UFO 'sorties', which must run into
millions. If they don't one would expect some unmistakable
appearances.
14. But let us look at their strange track record:
a. Not a single artefact has been produced - not a single
extra-terrestrial chap has dropped an extra-terrestrial
spanner; no bent pieces, no prange from perhaps millions
of sorties, no nothing. Lord Clancarty has an answer:
the CIA has hidden them all.
b. There is no correlative evidence on radar of this huge
number of movements.
c. There has been no radio contact (far easier than space
travel) and no evidence on radio.
d. There have been no convincing photographs, in these days
when so many people carry cameras.
- 5 -d. There has been no approach to Governments, and no direct
knowledge of UFOs by Governments. Lord Clancarty has an
answer: there is a great inter-Governmental conspiracy of
silence, initiated by the CIA.
15. The idea of the inter-Governmental conspiracy of silence
is at once the most astonishing and the most flattering claim
of all. On so few things can the Governments of the world agree
unaminously, but they have all supposedly agreed to conceal the
evidence of UFOs from their peoples. Let me assure this House
that Her Majesty's Government has never been approached by
people from outer space.
16. There is no internal consistency about the idea of this huge
number of sightings. If they have come from another solar system,
what is the point of this huge number of visits to our planet,
to no apparent purpose? At best it seems wasteful. This was
once explained by the claim that aliens had advance bases the
other side of the moon. When that became untenable the bases
were assumed to be on another planet in our solar system. As
that has become untenable ever more fantastic explanations are
advanced. In a recent TV broadcast Lord Clancarty claimed that
the UFOs are based in a great hole in the earth. Elsewhere he
has claimed that they have bases in remote parts of South America,
or in the depths of the oceans. Because these physical places
have become untenable he has claimed (I quote): 'UFOs are
paranormal, that is from invisible universes'. They come from
'other space-time continua'. Another ufologist talks of 'space
mind/full mind/Mana'. Indeed the explanations get more and more
fantastic, and more and more incapable of either proof or dis-
proof.
- 6 -17. The most telling argument of all is that the scientific community is unmoved by the claims of ufology. A visitor from outer space - or from another space time continuum, or the depths of the sea, or anywhere else they are supposed to be hiding - would be one of the greatest events in human history, and the greatest scientific event. You would expect serious and sensible scientists to be devoting much time and effort to making contact with these supposed space people. The scientific community is as unimpressed as the Government. If the ufologists claim that the Government has gagged the scientific community, it would be as amazing as the alleged conspiracy of silence between Governments. 18. One could go on indefinitely trying to chase the elusive - indeed devious - arguments of the ufologists. Yes, there has been an increase in the number of 'sightings' reported to the Government: the biggest upsurges occurred when the BBC put out a programme on UFOs, and when the Daily Express launched a campaign in connection with the film premiere of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. No, the Government is not in the least con- cerned by the increases. [As has been said] Grenada is financing a study into UFOs, and the United Nations has, in a moment of casualness, given that a study a vague sort of recognition, and one or two other countries have offered to con- tribute reports. Her Majesty's Government, if it contributes at all, will contribute on the lines of my speech. 19. There are tens of thousands of strange things to see in the sky. It has become fashionable to call these things 'UFOs'. There are perfectly sensible explanations for these sightings. The ufologist explanations are not sensible at all. In 1968 - 7 -
a comprehensive study on UFOs conducted for the US Government by the University of California concluded that 'nothing has come from the study of UFOs in the past 21 years that has added to scientific knowledge'. Ufologists may, if they wish, continue to believe that Governments and scientists alike are engaged in a massive cover-up. However, perhaps our debate will help confirm in some other peoples minds ufology may be pleasant fantasy but has nothing to do with truth. The evidence is adopted to fit the preconceived idea, it should be the other way round.
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Herewith a copy of our proposed article on unidentified flying objects
for your information. Section 40 of HdS4 has a similar copy for
his information.
Section 40
Assistant Editor1
It seems scarcely credible that life is a phenomenon unique to the
planet Earth. Unmanned probes to Mars and Venus suggest that the rest of the
solar system is indeed barren, but planetary systems are thought to be a
fairly common phenomenon throughout the universe.
In the Milky Way galaxy itself, of which the solar system is a part,
there are at least 100,000 million stars. Optical telescopes, probing to the
farthest visual limits of the universe, can resolve about 1,000 million
galaxies, the most remote being some 5,000 million light-years away,
receding ever further from us at 90,000 miles a second.
So to compute the total number of stars in the visible universe, you
would have to multiply the number of stars in a single galaxy (100,000 million)
by the number of galaxies (1,000 million) - and that is a lot of stars. Even
if planetary systems are far less common than is believed, there must be
literally millions of them out there, and in a high proportion of them at
least one planet is likely to be capable of supporting life.
Does this mean that UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) are now being
taken seriously by scientists and the aviation world? In other words, have
flying saucers become legit?
UFO reports are always examined by Ministry of Defence scientists. In
1976 they checked about 200 sightings, but the screening of Close Encounters
of the Third Kind has apparently resulted in an upsurge of invading flying
saucers, with 300 occurrences reaching the boffins' desks in 1978.
No one will deny the occurrence of unidentified flying objects, but this
designation is not simply a euphemism for flying saucers. An object may well
be unidentified initially, but that doesn't mean it will stay unidentified.2
A number of these sightings are accompanied by colourful accounts of
meetings with extra-terrestrial beings and even rides in flying saucers.
There was, for example, the Spanish-speaking (!) spaceman who accosted
Salvador Medina in Mexico in 1953, not to mention the tall blond Venusian
who took Elizabeth Klarer for a ride in a flying saucer in 1956 in South Africa.
The late unlamented George Adamski, apparently a con-man on the grand
scale who may eventually have even conned himself into believing his own
improbable accounts, claimed to have voyaged in space aboard saucers,
but as Philip Morrison points out in UFO's: A Scientific Debate (Cornell
University Press, 1972) he employed as a frontispiece in one of his books
a picture of a Sears Roebuck chicken brooder! And then there is Brinsley
Le Poer Trench, who claimed in (of all things) Royal Air Force Flying Review
for July 1957 that flying saucers were 'interplanetary', and then published
a book in 1974 ( Secrets of the Ages,
Souvenir Press) that they came from inside the Earth, expounding at the same
time the theory that US polar aviator Richard E.Byrd flew down a 'hole at the
pole' into the interior of the Earth!
Disregarding these impossibly outlandish supposed encounters, there
remain a number of sightings, often supported by photographic evidence, which
are a good deal less spectacular and hence rather more plausible. Many
of these incidents have been recorded by highly qualified observers, some of
whom are employed in aviation, so their reports are not to be casually
dismissed.
So what are the chances of an alien civilisation sending its space
ships to Earth?
First of all, the solar system itself appears to be devoid of life, save
on the Earth itself.3
Soft-landers on Mars, the most likely location for extra-terrestrial life,
have failed to disclose any positive indication of living organisms - and there
certainly aren't any canals.
Venus now appears to be a furnace with a surface temperature of 475°C,
an atmospheric pressure 100 times that of the Earth's, and sulphuric acid
clouds floating on a 55-kilometres deep blanket of dense carbon dioxide;
any suggestion that this planet's dense atmosphere shrouds a prehistoric
landscape on which primitive life forms are beginning to evolve has been
smartly discounted, and 'Venusians' are definitely non-starters.
None of the other planets in the solar system are a likely home of life.
Mercury is too hot on one side and too cold on the other (as well as having
virtually no atmosphere), the giant planets are very cold and may well lack
conventional solid cores, and far distant Pluto is not only remote, dark and
cold, but also less than half the size of the Earth.
It seems, then, that any space ships reaching the Earth must come from
the planetary systems surrounding other stars. At once the vast distances
of the universe become a significant factor: light travelling at 186,000
miles a second takes four years to reach the Earth from the nearest star,
Proxima Centauri, and from the farthest limits of the known universe it takes
5,000 million years, having started its journey before the Earth was even born.
The chances of just one space ship, drifting among 1,000 million
galaxies, stumbling on the tiny planet Earth is considerably less than the
prospect of a man locating a single specific grain of sand in the middle of
the Sahara.
Time is another significant consideration. Modern man himself is
perhaps a million years old, civilisation on Earth only 5,000 years old. The
likelihood of two advanced technologies existing in planetary systems sufficiently4
near each other in our galaxy for communication to be even remotely possible
is small indeed.
Astronomer Patrick Moore has illustrated this by imagining a darkened hall
in which two lamps are installed. If each lamp is switched on at random for
10 seconds a day, the chances of them both being on at the same time is
comparable to the likelihood of two civilisations existing simultaneously
in adjacent planetary systems.
It nxxxx looks as though the prospect of even one extra-terrestrial
vehicle finding the Earth at the precise point in its history when an
advanced technological civilisation has arisen there is astronomically long
odds against. And the reported sightings of UFOs down the years number
thousands.
Can we therefore find more plausible explanations for UFOs?
The answer is an unqualified yes. [ILLEGIBLE]
Xxxxx Careful analysis of UFO sightings has resulted in many being attributed
to ball lightning (a football-shaped incandescent mass that is not yet fully
understood), sundogs (reflections of the sun's disc from cloud-borne
ice crystals with their facets all orientated in the same plane), or components
of artificial satellites and launch vehicles burning up as they re-enter
the atmosphere (for example, the new year's eve UFO reported over the UK on
December 31 1978 was almost certainly a launcher from the Russian COSMOS
1093 satellite re-entering).
The planet Venus has frequently been mistaken for a flying saucer, especially
when it appears near the horizon in the half-light of dawn and dusk, and
aircraft lights are a common source of UFO reports (a low-flying Vulcan
led to Radio Leeds last spring
the aircraft's flight schedule and course corresponding exactly with the
reputed UFO). There are also [ILLEGIBLE] meteorological balloons, which mayafter night has fallen . .
be 40 feet in diameter and reflect the sun from their canopies as they
ascend to heights of as much as 100,000 feet, and a host of natural phenomena such
as St Elmo's Fire, the Aurora Borealis and the 'green flash' that sometimes
occurs just as the setting sun sinks below the horizon.
The list of possible explanations for UFOs is almost unlimited: flares
released by aircraft, short condensation trails lit by the sun after dusk, meteoro-
logical searchlights, lights on distant towers, car lights in far-off hills - all
have been mistaken for flying saucers at some time or other.
[ILLEGIBLE] Positive radar responses from alleged UFOs are sometimes cited
as evidence [ILLEGIBLE] that there is [ILLEGIBLE] 'something out there', but false reflections
of radar beams are a well known occurrence, and during the much-publicised
appearance of UFOs over New Zealand last December the atmosphere in the
area provided classic conditions for the propagation of spurious radar echoes.
With such an astonishing diversity of feasible natural explanations, it
seems unnecessary to invoke such an obscure, remote possibility as the arrival
of alien space craft, for the existence of which there is no concrete
evidence. Not once in its 30 years of operation has the huge radio-telescope
at Jodrell Bank located anything that could not be attributed to some
conventional phenomenon.
There is an entirely understandable desire to find something more
significant in human existence than mere life and death on our tiny planet.
This has led in the past to the development of mystical religions and
our Victorian great-grandparents' enthusiasm for ghost stories. Perhaps
one of its modern manifestations is a persistent desire to believe in
visitors from outer space and flying saucers.