civilian-claim1993· RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, England
On the night of March 30-31, 1993, more than a hundred witnesses across central England, including an MoD police patrol at RAF Cosford and a meteorological officer at RAF Shawbury, reported a vast triangular craft flying at low altitude and firing a beam of light at the ground. MoD UFO desk officer Nick Pope called the case of 'considerable defence significance.'
Sightings spanned Devon, Cornwall, and the West Midlands over roughly six hours. The RAF Shawbury witness, a trained Met Office officer, described the craft as the size of a jumbo jet. Nick Pope's internal MoD memo stated that a UAP of unknown origin was operating in UK airspace without radar contact. MoD file DEFE 24/2086 covers the March 30-31 sightings.
Citations
- DEFE 24/2086: UFO reports sightings, 30/31 March 1993· UK National Archives, 2009
- Cosford UFO incident, by Nick Pope· Physics Forums, 2007
- 20 years since Cosford UFO mystery· Shropshire Star, 2013
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