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the

man

who

was in

charge

of

the

USAF

base at

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at

the

time

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secret

report

tells

the

facts

;aill’s 1ever Owed that mson, tUo

s )trrey

A

UFO

has

landed

in

Britain

-and that

staggering

fact

has

been

officially

confirmed.

Despite

a

massive

cover.up,

News

of

the

World

investigators

have

proof

that

the

mysterious

craft

came

to

earth

in

a

red

ban

of

light

at

3

a.m.

on

December

27,.

1980.

,

It

happened

in

a

Pine

tares

call

e d

Tangham

Wood

just

half

a

rnHe

from

the

UnIted

States

Air

Force

base at

RAF

Wood-

bridge,

In

Sutrolk.

Au.

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Case

6).

Artist’s

impression

superimposed

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;h(;tang;:Tandj

n

g s

te.

high- the size

of a smallish

car. It was

standing

on six

legs

connected to

a central

pivot,

and

had

a

door

and

a

transparent

dome: M.

Masse

likened

it

to

a

monstrous

spider. At first

he thought

it

might

be a

helicopter,

since

they frequently

landed on

these

fields:

but

he

quickly

realized this

was no such

thing.

Then

he

saw

two

creatures

bending dOWfl

as though

examining

his

plants:

since

his

crop had

recently been

darnaged

by

unknown

vandals,

he

moved forward

angrily.

rIe was about

seven

metres

from

them

when

one

of

the

figures turned

and

pointed

a

pencil-like

object

at

him,

taken from

a holder at

its

side:

Masse

found

himself

halted in his

tracks,

unable

to

move.

The

two

figures

stood watching

him, but

did

not

seem

hostile;

they

seerned to be

discussing

him.

They

were

about

one

metre

.!E-U, dressed

in

close-fitting

grey-green

t1iTng;-wItI

’

.

l1eadgear.

Their heads

were

about

three

times

the

size

of a

human head,

in proportion

to

their

bodies:

they

had

large

(-:ars, high

cheeks, lidless

eyes,

no

chins,

and

round

holes

for mouths.

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The

two

beings

returned

to

their

machine;

the

door

dosed,

the

legs

whirled

and

retracted,

and

the

machine

left

the

ground

silently.

When

it

was

between

fifteen

and

twenty

metres

away,

it

suddenly

vanished.

About

fifteen

minutes

later

feeling

returned

to

:Masse

and

he

was

able

to

move

again:

he

worked

until

between

7.30

or 8

am,

then

went

back

to

the

village,

where

he

told

his

adventure

at a

cafe.

Being

known

and

respected

in

the

neighbourhood,

story

was

taken

seriously

and

thoroughly

investigated

both

by

the

police

and

by

private

UFO

investigative

groups:

though

some

contradictions

were

noted,

no

reason

was

found

to

doubt

his

story,

and

some

confirmation

was

obtained

from

other

witnesses

which

seemed

to

support

his

claim.

Physical

traces

were

found

on

the

site,

which

persisted

and

affected

future

crops

until

the

field

"vas

ploughed

over.

Masse

also

suffered

from

psychological

effects

- he slept

inordinately

and

experienced

dreams

of

;1

psychic

character.

56

In

selecting

these

examples,

I

have

deliberately

chosen

relatively

simple

and

unsensational

cases,

occurring

to

ordinary

people

in

the

casual

course

of

their

daily

lives.

None

of

these

people

was

particularly

interested

in

UFOs;

they

were

not

deliberately

looking

for

them

nor,

so

far

as is

known,

were

they

subject

to

any

other

kind

of

delusion

or

preconception.

In

all

six

cases,

the

sighting

came

as a

total

surprise,

to

which

the

witness

had

to

adjust

while

in

the

course

of

doing

something

quite

trivial

-

going

to

bed,

returning

home,

doing

the

daily

work.

In

each

case

the

witness

responded

with

emotions

ranging

from

mild

puzzlement

to

complete

bafflement;

in

each

case

subsequent

investigation,

while

it

has

failed

to

discover

the

true

explanation,

has

also

failed

to

show

that

the

witness

in

any

way

misreported

the

incident.

In

short,

these

things

seem

to

have

taken

place

as

described,

for

all

anyone

can

show

to

the

contrary.

Of

course,

some

of

them

are

capable

of

some

kind

of

explanation.

For

several

of

them,

a

helicopter

might

seem

to

offer

an

answer

- behaving

unusually

for

some

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orders, please!

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~ an

hour or more,

The object

to

the south was

visible for

two

or three

hOllrs and

beamed down a

stream of

light

from time to

time, Nu-

merous individuals,

includ-

ing

the undersib’11ed

fie Lt

(XlI

Charles Halt

himself)

witnessed the

activities in

paragraphs 2 and 3, You mjght have

lOught

that

this sensational

report

would have set the

rafters

alight

Not a bit of

it The

Mimstry of Defence

admitted

unusuaJ lights had

been

sighted. but said

there was

no

explanation. Naturally the

scoffers had

a

tield day, Most

reckoned

those

strange lights

came

from

Orford Ness

lighthouse,

five

miles away. and

that the

indentations in the

ground

were

made by rabbits, Nobody has yet

explained ~~ CHA’I’rING with

Ken

Livingstone. the

ex-GLC

leader tells me how

his

thumbnail-size

frogs

breL-d: upside-down.

I .

want more, but

you

can’t keep Ken off

poli-

tics.

Tomorrow’s

pon

will

be "Labour’s

hlggl’.sl

win

for 15 yean,". ~ r

to my

salisfaction how

light-

houses

manage to fly

in

a

blaze

of lights nor how

rab-

bits

give off radiaUon,

The

three authors

have

also

produced some

fascinat-

ing

supplementary

evidence

and

Ralph Noyes,

former

head

of the MoD

department

responsb

e tor RAF

intelli.

gence,

said in a

statement:

"We

now have

evidence---

I

blush

to say about my

own

Ministry

-- that they

have

led

about this case,

They

have

coven’{l it up." Conspiracy

And

so Ihe

conspiracy

of

silence

continues,

though

these

determined ladies

have

no

intention of giving

up

Iheir

pursuit of the

truth,

Their

!x)ok raises

some

awkward

questions

about

the

USAF bases in

Easl

An.

glia in

view of Mrs

Thatch-

er’s

decision to alJow

them

to he

used by {<’-Ill

bombers

for the

attack on Libya_

Quite

clearly we have

little

control

over the hases

and,

when

something

untoward

occurs.

lose no time in

help-

ing the

US cover it up.

J do

not believe that

the

UFO

which disturbed

the

SuJfolk

woodland on

that

wintry

night can-led

some

spooky

visitors from

a

dis.

tant

phmeL

No,

the exp!anaUon

is

much

simpler. A UFO

it

was

an

American

military

spacecraft

which had

been

on an

egal mission

in

outer

space years

ahead

of

President

Reagan’s

beloved

StilI’

Wars programme,

RlGliT.

fa/Un.

three

ra. nks,

you

shower!,

I

am

riding

my

hobby

horse,

Bring

back

some

form of

National

Service

for

the

army

of

unemployed

youngsters

aimlessly

wandexing

our

streets.

Oh,

I

know

all

about

freedom

of

the

individual

and

suchlike,

but

can

any

of

us

who

did

our

stint

in

uniform

honestly

say

we

did

not

thoroughly

enjoy

it?

I

will

not

inI1!ct

you

with

such

rubbish

as:

"II

will

make

men

of

them"

or

"A

bit

of

discipline

will

sort

thai

lot

out",

My

experience

in

the

Army

was

that

it

did

neither.

More

important,

it

showed

us

how

people

from

all

parts

of

the

country.

of

all

classes,

colours

and

religions.

could

live

in

harmony,

It

also

gave

us a

chance

to

see

the

world

beyond

these

shores,

and

taught

us

how

to

look

after

ourselves,

I

hope

the

splxit

of

those

times

will be

captured

In an

exhibition

on

National

Service,

opening

at

the

Imperial

War

Museum

in

London

next

September.

AlIogether

some

250,000

of

us

were

conscripted

be.

tween

19-111-(,,1,

What

a

laugh

it

all

was.

My

post-

bag

iiuggests

that

others

came

away

with

the

same

impression.

Patrick

Moore,

from

Bromsgrove,

sends

me a

British

At-med

Forces

3d

voucher

(BAFs,

we

called

them)

with

the

comment:

"J

think

I

picked

it

up

in

Berlin

or

Nairobi..

,

or

was

it

Mauritius

or

Madagascar’I"

Ah,

sweet

memoxies,

he

says,

I’ll

second

that

Eric

l<’rth,

trom

Wilsden,

Yorks,

would

not

agree,

i-Ie

was a

regular

soldjer

who

served

14

years,

and

reckons

National

Service

was

a

waste

of

time,

money,

manpower

and

lives,

He

writes:

"Young

men

around

J8

were

plucked

from

their

jobs,

homes

and

loved

ones,

PUl

into

ugly,

ill-fittjng

uniforms

thai

made

them

resemble

walking

coal

sacks,

and

dispatched

to

a

valiefy

of

inter-

nationaJ

destinalions,"

Well,

you

could

say

that

How.

ever,

Ihe

youngsters

1

anI

talking

about

have

no

jobs

to

be

plucked

from_

And

that

is

the

most

dn~adl’ul

W<Jste

of

aU

HIE

TII\.1ES

Saudis

seek

to

offset

I

British

Tornado

-dea~

From

A

Correspondent,

Riyadh

Mr

George

Younger,

the

US

offsel

programme

as

Defence

Secretary.

met

Prince

stipulatcd

before’

contracts

Sultan

bin

Abdul

Aliz,

his

were

signed

with

private

com-

Saudi

counterpart,

yesterday

panics.

No

such

prior

agree-

to

discuss

Saudi

proposals

for

ment

was

reached

before

Ihe

British

!nvestment

to

olTset

Tornado

deal

was

si~ned,

the

f5

{Hlhon

Tornado

fi~ter

Mr

Younger

is

expected

to

deal.

meet

King

Fahd

and

other

important

Saudi

officials

dur-

ing

his

three-<Jay

visit,

which

may

lead

to

another

arms

deal

if

a

$357

million

(about

f2J8

million)

air-to-air and

air-to-

ship

missile

package

fails

to

dear

the

US

Congress.

The

Saudis

may

again

look

to

Britain

to

fill

the

gap as

they

did

when

they

bought

the

Tornados

instead

of

the

American-built

fl5

fightcf$

they

onginally

wanted.

The

investment

programme

would

be

similar

to

thaI

imposed

on a

consortium

of

companies

led

by

Boeing.

The

consortium

had

to

invest

35

per

cent

of

a

$1.2 billion

contract

to

provide

ground

control

for

the

airbome

wam-

Ing

and

conlrol

system

(Awacs)

jets

sold

10

the

Saudis

by

the

Americans,

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dilTerence

is

thaI

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Mr

George

YQunger,

Defence

Secretary,

WIiS

ill

Saudi

Arabia

yesterday

ro Iron

out

details

of

the

ts b

ion

arms deal

signed last

year, The

deal - Britain’s

biggest

export

order

- is

for

132

a1rcra1t

including

72

Tornadoes.

sup-

port

equipment

and

spares.

THE

GUARDIA)., --.:.:..,... -0+--_-"__....UK

clinches.

Saudi

deaI~

RI)’adh:

Saudi

Arabia

is

con-

sidering

buying

weapons

for

II

its

navy

from

Britain.

after

concluding

a

big

aircraft

deal

:

with

London,

the

defl:nec

min.

lister,

Pr

Ke

Sultan

lhn

I

Abdul

Aliz,

said

yesterday.

.. We are

discussing

the

pos-

sibility

of

purchasing

arms

for

the

navy

from

friendly

Coun-

tries

including

Britain,"

the

of-

ficial

Saudi

Press

Agency

qU’lted

him

as

s3y-ing

after

talks

with

the

British

defence

secrelary

Geol’gc

Younger.

Prince

Sultan

Abdul

Aziz

gave

no

details

of

th(’

navy’s

requirements.

but

said

that

Riyadh

had

concluded

final

agreement

on a .E5

billion

pur.

chase

of

British

military

air-

craft. The

deal,

Britain’s

biggest

export

sale,

includes

72

Tor.

nado

fighters,

30

Hawk

train-

ers.

and

30

PC

Orion

surveillance

aircraft

plus

mis.

siles,

training,

technical

sup,

port

and

spares.

Prince

Sultan

said

that

some

oC

the

Tornado

fighters

had

arrived

in

the

kingdom

and

were

due

to

take

part

in

an

air

show

today.

Saudi

Arabia

InvIted

Mr

Younger

ht’re

to

discuss

final

details

ot

the

deal,

Induding

II

requirement

under

the

Saudi

"offset

programme"

that

35

per

cent

of

the

value.

oC

the

contract

be

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in

Saudi

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!INV ASION OR HOAX? Icrops for the sixth year running as a result of the mysterious circles. Once again the dimensions were the same as in the other areas/a d just days before they appeared local police were involved in checking out a UFO report.

A brilliantly lit circular object was seen hovering over Stockbridge Down, Hampshire by Jack and Pat Collins whilst driving home one night. Mrs Collins said ’It looked like. a big funfair wheel hovering in the sky’. The object was not visible for very long as the road along which the couple were travelling was tree lined and the object was therefore blotted out by the trees. They made no attempt to stop for a better look but on reaching home telephoned the police, who searched the area but found nothing. Although the object was not visible for

very long, perhaps five minutes at the most, Mr Collins was able to make a sketch, which perhaps provides the first clue as to what might be responsible for the circles. According to Mr ColI.ins. the outer perimeter appeared to be a con- tinuous ring of light, whilst the spokes

and the four quarters consisted of numerous individual l ghts, the lights of the spokes being considerably brighter than the others.

Neat paflem If an object such as that described

above were to land nd the underside of the craft, with it’s spoke like ccnstruction, were to rotate as it did so or once it had landed, then it would almost certainly produce the neat pattern of flattened crop wh ich is a feature of these ci rcles. Of course attached to this large circular object there would have to be four smaller ones which must also rotate in the same way. Again from the neat way in which the crop is flattened within the smaller circles they would have to have the same construction. Mr and Mrs Collins did not see anything

attached to the large circular object they observed hovering over the countryside. However, if we accept the fact that a UFO was responsible for the. circles - and by UFO, I mean an aerial object which has$o far defied identification and not neces-

Circfes in fields alongside the B3093 at Bratton Taken from the top of Bratton Castle.

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r---’J." L I INVASION .OR HOAX? Isarily an alien controlled space vehicle- then it could be that th se marks were caused by some sort of. landing gear which would not be lowered until the vehicle was actually going to land. Certainly from an examination of some

of the sites: Patching, Sussex, 28/29 June; Bratton. 28/29 June; Hampshire. 6/7 July; Andover In Wiltshire. July 1985; there seems no doubt that the circles were produced by an object coming out of the sky. At this stage there is, apart from the UFO sightings. no evidence from which we can identify a known vehicle as being responsible.

Flattened easily On one occasion it was suggested that

the crop could have been flattened easily by two people using a piece of string. One person would stand in what would eventually be the c ntre of the circle, whilst the ether person would walk around in ever decreasing circles flatten-

FEBRUARY 1985

ing the crop as he did so. However. whilst the crop ’<Yould most certainly be flattened, it would not be done as neatly. There would also be some evidence of their walkfrom the edge of the field to the markings. Even walking along the plough tracks woufd not, as it has been suggested. mean that the circles could be made without some damage to surrounding crops~ No doubt speculation regarding this

phenomena wW continue,. but perhaps, should it occur again. more information will come to light and enable us to get nearer to providing an explanation for this mystery.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORC! TH SECURITY POLICE SQUJ.CH!OH IP C.’J ...’0 SA’" fU...CISea ’6119

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TO,Len Stringfield

1. In Januar;r ot 1978, I was station at McGuire A.F9, N.J.... One evening t duri~ the tim rr~ ot O)()()h.rs.. and OSOOhrs.., there ’Wp.re a n’\l!!lb r of UFO dghtins 1n the CU, over th. lAir field a.nd Ft.. DtI Arr.t’ ca.:rp.. I am. a security police:!l..Ul a.n.d wu n routif’. Fa.trol at the time. N.J.. State Police, and Ft. Dix !-!pIS -.:cre runnig ~o~ in the diruct:!.on ot 13rowl’I3v1.11e"N..J.. A state trocper then entered Oat.. 1i5 a.t. the %"a.r ot tho ba51!$ r~q\l~3tin:i:t 3.3~istance and penrdsdon to ental’. I vu dispatched .and the troo,?ar wanted acce$" to tt-..c :-umray area. which led to the very ’back ot the air tbld and connect.ed ’tJith a r~~\fi1.y wO- ’ ed area \lhich is part ot the Dix trainin~ area. He informed me th.at a Ft. Dix :-:? VM pursuing a low tly1ng ohJect ",h1ch - then hevered over his car. He descr1 d it a3 O"ffishaped, with no details, and glovin: with a blu.eish green color. His -r :!.o tr<U".:l~$lon was cut otto At tha.t till!G in front ot hi, police car, appe.u-ed a thing" abC"l.rt 41"t. tit’ll$> erp:y1sh.. brown; ta.t head, long a.r:t:!I. and slender ’bod,._ The MP panicked :uid fi.rt.-d f’ivCl1 rc.unds fro", his .16 Cal into tM thing" and ono rou: into th& object mov .. T::’:’~ objl!}ct t.her; tled straight up and joined w:!.th eleven others hieh i.n the sky. This \I~ all sw but didn’t knev the details at the time. An::rwa1, The ting ran into the woods towua~ our rene.line and they wanted to loot tor it.. By this time ~..v.ral patrols were involv~d.2. w. found the bod,. ot the thing near the ru..nwo.1. It had a.pparently clil’llbed th41 f ncC) :tnd died \lhile runnirt.. It ’flU all of’ a sudden hU3h-hu.sh and n(\ one wu allowed neu the area.. ~’:e roped oft the arell and AF OS! C.ut" out 4."’1d tooJ:: over.. Th~t ’N.:’...:! th.e 1llSt I Si.’of’ it. There wu a bad stench coll’ling frO!’l\ it too.. Li! a.."’!1.":\onia S!1:.i:lling but it \ un’t constent in the air. That dJ.7, a tu.."1 trom ’’’-right-Patterson UtI c~.e in ~l!.tl and \"ent to the area. They crated it in a. \looden box, spr~ed somethint: over it, ;J.r..d thtm ut it into a bigger metal container. The,. l~Q.d.d it in the ,Fl:M and took oft. That ’\0138 it. nothing !’\ore said. no report m.a.d& and "’e were all told not to h4.ve n.nyth1r.g to sq about it or .... vould w co~ reQr’tiAled"). I mIl be gettini out of the air force in about twofl’lonth!!. Do Not disclose rrt1 na...~ as I conldget into ’t.r-ouble. I am interested in ;ursuing this and oth~r I;: t.ter~ if yO\.’. nted Mlp. Forgive!11!’1 tor not siening this ,but I can’t take illY ChAnC6S. Pl~~\JJ rop17 to the above add:.ress and t!V parents will tOl"’Wc>d it to me or I ’Will be h~ tilready.. Don’t send it here because they mon..ttor all :nail closely and I ~ain don’t wa..",t to take an:r chMces..

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B. Description of Object

One, in two sections, wider at back. White lights, red and green lights. Bright, no sound.

C. Exact Position Observer

Ne wton Tr ace y. Outdoors, stationary.

D. How Observed

Naked eye

E. Direction in which Object was first seen

Travel SW from Bideford

F. Angle of sight

G. Distance

11. Hovements ---Stead y

J. Meteorological conditions during observation

Night, small amounts strato cu, very clear

K. Near~y objectsL. To whom reported

Ord Off RAF Chivenor

H. Name and address of informant

N. Any background on the informant that may be volunteered

O. Other witnesses

P. Date and time of receipt of re20rt

2300 28 May 85

Similar reports to Exeter Police of object travelling at 1000’ between Taunton and Exeter at 2300.

Clusters of lights seen over South Brent, Devon.

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One, 3 tiers of white only lights. Silent.


Bidefor

D. How Observed

Binoculars


NW from Bideford

F. Angle of sig~~G. Distance

H. Movements

Steady

J. Meteorological conditions during observation

Night, small amounts strato cu, very clear.

K. Nearby objects

I ~ . To whom reported

Ord Off, RAF Chivenor

M. Name and address of informant


O. Other witnesses

P. Date and time of receipt of report

2300 28 May 85

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28 May 1985. 2340 local to 0015 local

B . Des c rip t ion 0 fOb .1.e~. t.2 objects, possibly the size of a Sea King. No shape, just a set of lights on, what appeared to be a race track pattern. 2 sets of lights in perfect formation, extremely close, better than the station keeping of the Red Arrows, with no undulating movement. 2 sets of v ry bright yellow lights with a set of smaller lights around each. No sound, no smell. Only observable through 7x42 binoculars in the following pattern: -~ . ..

1 Red The remainder

1 Red all yellow

Direction of travel (from east to WSW)


493CN) 3620n. In my bedroom, facing east.

D. How Observed

With the naked eye and with binoculars, both through the glass window and open windo\.J, and from the street ihfront of the house. ,No other optical dev ice or camera.

E. pirection in wh~ch Object was first seenFirst seen due east, to the left of Heat~n Church

F. Angle of si~ t

Over 1000’ and possibly up to 2000’

G. Distance-Not known, due to the time of night. All distances estimated.

H. Movements

Race track. From east to WSW and back again, then repeated again with the 2 sets of lights separating slowly in an upward shallow climb momentarily, before resuming its stati9nagain.

J . Met. e 0 Y’ 010 g i c a 1 9..0 n d i t i 011 S d u r i n & .9 b s e r vat ion

Clear night sky with 1/8 Oetas of cloud to the south

K. NearbY2bj~cts

L. To whom repo~tedCh ec ked wi th Du ty radartt’affic. Chivenor. Not r

M. ~ame and addressyf informant N. ~ny background on the informant that mal- e volunteered

O. Other witnesses

P. Date and time of rece~t?t of report

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Red and blue lights almo~t stationaryC. Exact Position Observer

Shuttle wood , Chesterfield

D. How Observed

Naked eye & binoculars


N.100E

F. Angle_ of sig~.~400

G. Distance

Approx 5 mls

H. r’10vements

Very, very slow, only long observation determined any movement

J. Net"eorolo~pcal conditions durin& observation

Clear, no cloud

K. Nearby’ objects

Used street lights and chimneys to assess position

L. To whom reported

To police

M. Name and address of informant


Informant is an investigator for the Yorkshire UFO Society and this is her first experience of a UFO

O. Other witnesses

Police Constable (Chesterfield Police)

P. Date and time of receipt of re~ort26 July, 1650

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UFOs

a. I accept that there are strange phenomena to be seen in the

sky, however I believe there to be adequate explanations for them.

Experience has shown that most reported sightings can be attributed

to things such as aircraft, meteorological balloons or natural

phenomena like ball lightning. Of course there are many other

equally straightforward explanations. However, tITere are a small

number of cases where a simple explanation cannot be found

immediately and on these occasions we are careful to ensure so far as

possible that that they are of no Defence sign~ficance. Having

satisfied ourselves of this, as you know, we do not attempt any

further investigations. Clearly some reports remain unexplained but

we have found no evidence that these phenomena represent a threat to

national security and therefore cannot justify devoting Defence

resources to their investigation.

b. All reports received by the MOD are channelled through

Seo(A8)2. They are passed to the Air Staff who examine them for Air

Defence implications. In some cases, where (on the face of it) there

CQuld be a defence interest, enquiries are made of relevant radar

est.blishments ete in order to obtain more information. All reports

are .1so pas.ed to the Defence Intelligence organi..tion who bave a

keen erest In aay silhtlnlS ot unusuBl objects. Ve have no

up ia Wbitehall or anywhere el.. lavolved in UFO’s and advisers other than Sea( 2 are .

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The Flying Complaints Flight at Rudloe Manor are concerned

with receiving and investigating flying complaints. In the course of

their duties they occasionally receive UFO reports (as do m~ny other units) but they have no specific role with regard to this subject.

Secretariat (Air Staff) is the Division which provides

secretariat support to CAS and the Air Staff and in this capacity is

responsible for correspondence with members of the public and

answering PQs etc on many subjectst including UFO’s. Sec(AS)2 is the

branch which amongst other things handles UFO’s, there is no such

branch as Air Staff Secretariat 8. You may be thinking of Defence

Secretariat 8 which no longer exists and from which Sec(AS) evolved

as a result of reorganisation of MOD last January.

c. Many of the UFO reports received in MOD oome through Defence

establishments, although most of these come originally from members

of the public. Very rew reports are made ~y military pilots; for

instance, in the last 12 months Sec{AS) has received only two such

reports.

d. No central record of radar recordings is kept. Major Air

Traffic Control units take recordings as a matter of course, however

these are generally destroyed after 30 days. ADGE units do not

regularly make recordings although some are occasionally made for

specific operational purposes. Relevant radar units are consulted

where necessary as part of the normal process of handling UFO reports

in order to ascertain whether there is any correlation between a

reported atlnting and known radar traces.

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RAF WOODBRIDGE INCIDENT 27 Dee 80

Col Halt’s report of 13 Jan 81 concerns the sighting of

unusual lights outside the back gate at RAF Woodbridge by two

security patrolmen. Col Halt records what was subsequently reported

to him without comment. The 3 patrolmen who went into Rendlesham

Forest to investigate what they thought might be a crashed aircraft

say they saw a triangular object. It has been suggested that this

might have been a piloted vehicle, however in view of its reported

size (about 9 feet long and 6 feet high) this was, and still is,

considered highly unlikely. Indeed enquiries made both at the time

and subsequently failed to reveal any radar trace of anything unusual

in the area at the time.

Col Halt also reports on his own investigations at the site of

the incident the following day. Once again he draws no conclusions

from his findings and, significantly, does not recommend further

investigation. Our own view also was that no additional action was

required. Later on the night of 29 Dee 80 Col Halt and a number of

others saw more unusual lights, but again we haY~ no record of

anything untoward being picked up on radar.

I think you will agree that it is highly unlikely that any

violation of UK airspace would be heralded by such . display of

lights.. I th I( equall y unlikel y that any recormaisssnce or

spying activit would be an U!HHH in this 14$1.

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Overall, we believe that the fact that Col Halt did not report

these occurrences to HOD for aLmost 2 weeks after the event, together

with the relatively low key manner in which he handled the matter

(given resources available to him) are indicative of the degree of

importance in defence terms which should be attached to the incident.

He himself took all investigative action which was required. If

members of the public feel that for scientific or other reasons,

there should be an attempt to establish the cause of what happened,

that is for them, but I am confident that it is not something in

which the MOD should or need become further involved.

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1. Early in the morning of 27 Dcc ~JO (apPJ’o):iIl1Jtely 0300L), l\./o USAF security police patroln;2n s,:n’; unusual li~Jhts outside the back gate at RAr i’;oodLwi gc. Thinkin<J an air’craft i!1iUht have crashed Or been forced dO\-"I1, they called for penlJisslon to 90 outside the gate to invcst~9atr:. The on-duty flight chief ,’csponcied dnd allov/ed three patrol!’!!:’;) ~0 ~’;a- ceed on fool. The individuztls CpO-ted seeinl] a strange glo\’ling object in the forest. The object \’IdS descr’ibcd as being f11et lic in appearance and triangular in shape, appr"oxinwtely t\’JQ to three meters cross the base and approximately t’dO meters hilJ !. It i1ur~1inated the enliJ"e forest with a white light. The object itself had J pulsing red light on top and uank(s) of blue lights undenleath. The object was hovel’ing or on Jegs. As the pJ trolrnen approached the object, it maneuvered throuJh the trees and disappeared. {,t t.his tim2 the nimals on a near’bj:’,farrn w.::nt into a frenzy. The object was briefly sighted approximately an hour later near thE: back gate.

2. The next day, three depressions 1 /Z" deep and 7" in diameter \oJere found where the object had been sighted on the ground. The following night (29 Dec 80) the area \’ldS checked for radiation. Geta/g mma readings of 0.1 mi11iroentgens h’cn: recoded ..lith peak readings in the th!^ee depressions and neat’ the center of the t,"iangle formed by the depr’essions. A nearby tree had moderate (.05-.07) readings on the side of the tree toward the depressions.

3. Later in the night a red sun-like light was seen through the trees. It moved about and pulsed. At one point it appeared to thro’d off glo\’i nparticles and then broke int.o five Sepi11"ate I-Ihite objects and then dis- appe red. Immediately ther"eafter, three stJ!’-l ike object:; ~.tere noticed in the sky, tV/O objects to t.he nol"th and oGe to the s.outh, all of which \’/ere about ]Qo, off the horizon. The objects moved rapidly in sharp angular’ movements and displayed i’cd, gi~een and blue lights. lhe objects to the north aPPC Jl-ecJ to be e1iptica] througf1 an (3-12 pO /cr lens. They then turned to full circles. The objects to the north t-emained in the sky for’ an hour or more, The object to the south was visible for two or three hours and beamed dCJ\-,lf1 stream of ll(,Jht from time to time. Numerous individuals, including the undersigned, witnessed the activities in paragraphs 2 nd 3.

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REPORT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLymG OBJECT

A. Date, time and duration of sighting. (Local times to be quoted).

B. Descri’Ption of ob.iect. (Number of objects, size, shape, colours, brightness, sound, smell, etc).

c. ~ct position observer. (GeogJ;aphical location. Indoors or outdoors. Stationary or moving).

D. How observed.. (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or movie camera)..

E. Direction in which object was first seen. (A landmark may be more useful than a badly estimated bearing).

F. Anp:le of sight.. (Estimated heights are unreliable)..

G. Distance. (By reference to a known laDdln8rk wherever possible).

H. Movements. (Changes in E, F and G may be of more use than estimates of course and speed).

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J40 Meteorolof.;ical conditions durinp: operations.. (Moving clouds, haze, mist ete) .

K40 Near-by objects. (Telephone lines; high voltage lines; reservoir.. lake or dam, swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, tall chinmeys, 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 o~ga.nisations, the press ate)..

M. Name and address of informant..

N. Any backf.;z:ound on the informant that may be volunteered.

O. Other witnesses.

P.. Date and time of receipt of report..

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HANSARD EXTRACT

13 HARCR 1984

Gols. 1 32 & 133

OnidC’uW ::d FlyilJt; Objects Sir Pa(r 1; \\’;111 ?skcd the S~crC’ti!r)’ of Stille for

Defence (]) 110’.\’ m:my ilUcrcd Jar;dings hy \!nidclllifid f1yi;Jg objects ha\’c been !mdc in 19E:O, Ji);)] , !9S2 fl:1d 1983J rcsp::c{jvcly; and ()\\! In~~1;Y h:1\’(~ been in\’csr gatcd by his, D::P u1:;1cnt ’$ p:rsonn.:!;

(2) ;)\\.: !nJny U!c:\p!~li:1 d sir.!)iJnr:s there L;I\’c hc~n in }9~~O, 1981, 1982 and 1901, n::.,p~:cii\-cjy; and \’.’hich of th~:.::: ;1;Hi bC;::1 lr~c(:d r;~d~lr :1n \vi;h \\lJJt H:SU;t.

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HANSA:D EXTRACT

24 OCTOBER 1983

Col. 62

RAF Woodbridge (Alleged Incident)

Sir Patrick Wal! asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he has seen the United States Air Force memo dated 13 January 1981 concemjng unexplained lights near RAT Woodbridge;

(2) whether, in view of the fact that the United State’s Air Force memo of 13 January 198 I on the incident at RAF Woodbridge has been released under the Freedom of Inforn1at on Act, he will now release reports and documents concerning similar unexplained incidents in the United Kingdom; 0) how many unexplained sightings or radar intercepts

have taken place since 1980.

’Ir. Stanley: I have seen the memorandum of 13

January 1981 to which my hon. Friend refers. Since 1980 the Department bas received 1.400 repom of sightings of tlying objects which the observers have been unable to identify. There werc no corresponding unexplained radar contacts. Subject to nOffiJaJ security constraints, I am ready to give infom1ation about any such reported sightings that are found to be a matter of concern from a d fence standpoint, but there have been none to date.

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I J IlAI’I>Er-.UJ at Lundon Airport on Friday, March 22. thjs year. Sheila Manning, a dark.haired secretary in BOACs Constellation Fleet Technical OtTicer’s office, was looking out of the window in front of her desk. The office was on the SOuthern edge of the airfield and Miss Manning was looking south, away from London Airport. She was puzzled by what she saw. .. What’s that?" she asked of the others in the oftk.c. Pointing, she indi- cated a Slrange objcct which i!ppeared to be floating above a bunch of cumulus cloud some three to five miles a way !oward~ the south. It seemed to he a shiny, metallic object. \ Its appa rent size was not great but, if t e distance estimation was correct, it would hav.,;: been considerably larg,~r than any aircraft now flying. ’ Irs shape ’~"as that of a Y 0- Yo seen from the side-two bowl .shapL"S, the upper one inverted, joined by a shon centre section. No one in the office had seen an) thing like it before. .. It’s an aircraft catching the sun- light." said somebody at last. This Was Possible. Aircraft from the airport were taking off in that direction. The sun was sJightly to one side and could be catching on and reflecting from the flx 8 Sur- faces. But most people in the omii’ Were not satisfied. They wen:! well aware of th strange atmospheric effects possible at times and this was unlike anything elsc they had eX~rienced. And anyway, the object ’’’as not moving. Not until almost ten minutes after Miss Manning had first seen it did the unidentified object vanish when obscured by a cumulus doud. It had neither moved, nor diminished in size. By this time about a dOl-en people had gathered in the office, They had all seen the Phenomenon. A quick: check revealed that radar had reporfed nothing in the area-no, had the Control tower staff,

,\11 fhc evidence seemed In po nt to a freak reflcct on of some type. Bur this did not satisfy those who had seen it. . It was no reflection, rhey said. To them it was an Unidcmited Flying Object-a UFO for short. This strange eVent occurred at a time when there ""ere many similar happen- ings. In Apri1. a rad"r station at \\/<S! Freugh. Scotland, reported a mysterious object which has remained unidentified. Mystcrious explosions were heard Ol’cr Epsom and Glasgow. Craters appeared bur there was no sign of fragmcnts or C\pI05iv<;s. A little latcr, peopk living at Gravescnd and Hendon, and man;’ places in between, f(~POrtcd strange lights in the night sky performing strange antics. These arc only a [e\’1 of the

reports which came in. A of them remain unexplained.

But SOlne people had an explan:ltiof1 which tined al! these and many similar reports. They recalled a phenomcnon which has been with us for the past tcn years. These recent mysteries, said these peoplc. could be c’plained a’,ay by Flying Saucers. FI}’ing Saucers were back in th,.: news again.

U\ pi)lasc anJ so th~ I’]ying .’)auc~r was born. The fact that strange objccts had been reported in the skies regularlv ever since the turn of the c:enturY--ard before--. escaped most people’s’ notice. 1947 became known, incorrectly, as the Far when UFOs began. Within weeks .. saucers" had spread throughout the length and breadth of America. Reports came in from evcry- where. The craze caught on in other countries-Including Britain. Now, in the short spac~ of ren years. the saucer enigma has snowballed beyond e\pcctation. Every known type of theorist has. jumped on to the saucer bandwagon. Spiritualists. oceulists. theo-

sophists. "p r 0 f e s- . siona! forecasters of doom and man} o the r mysterious persons ha ve put [or. ward their thcories and e.\plan,,!Ons. Several have even claimed Coma..:! wnh heings (rurn othl.:f wodds. Between the m

these often well. meaning people have so !x:-fogged the UfO odd with their astounding theories that it is smail wonder that tht: genera! public is incJineu to grin scep!!ca!ly when Flying Saucers an: mcrHiol1ed.

This was the situalion I found when I began an invcstigation into the UFO mystery for RAF Flyil1j( Rn ..... . Mv object wa.s to discover whether the UFO was something peculiar to America or whether the same type of thing was hap- pening in this COuntry. I also wanted 10 tind out wh..:ther the UFO was something which deserved 10 be laughed to scorn or whether it should be taken seriously. It would be qu e casy, I discovered, to pour ridicule 01) the whole Procccd.

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Jlrow it all started is,of Course, a Ii wc!1-known story. In the year 1947, Kenneth Arnof.J, ao American business man, was piloting his private aircraft in the region of MOllnt Rainier, Washington, when he saw a formation of str&ng!dy sha t~d objects. He estimated their speed as sOl11e 1.600 m.p.h.-- fantastic at that time. Their motion he described as .. sauce", skipping aCftlSS a pond:’ Thx.: press seized on this descrip_

Ing5. A quick glance at the activities of the many hoa\.:rs was enough to prove that. Take what happened in Jersey Just three months ago.’

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Several people there saw an object in the sky. It was nothing very definite It could have been a balloon. an aircraft catching the sun or a mere freak of the a,tmosphere. But it was peculiar. And it was also, according to a ne\\ spapcr . report. sufficient to give Mr, Reginald Querec of 51. Hclier. the idea of throw- ing a model Flying Sauc..:r into the air and photographing it. The resulting picture was. he is reported as saying. the strange object which Ihe others had seen.

But it "’as not until the picture had been published in good faith by a na tional nc.....spaper. that this story was published.

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.. Lmryf" n sit~. I !~,f’" We could also laugh at the strange

goings on at Wardle. in Lancashire. !kre the hoa.\crs aprear to hav’e been at work again--but this time ther operated in reverse. as it were.

It was the evening of February 15 this year v.hen ,\lrs. Dorothv Fitton. a 45. ~ear’old civil servant. l o~ed out from ’her rather isolated cOHap.; and saw a strange objcct moving in from the south. west. Flying quite slowly. it moved in a dead straight line, As the object drew nearcr, .\Irs. Fitton

could see that it was a light flashing alternately red and wh,te. Above the light she could just ma~e out in the darknes5 a. ~~rgc white disc-" as big as a cart."..bcc!. The object stopped, hover.::d swd.still

for some five minutes. and thcn moved ofl’. just as slowly and surely ina dead straight line towards the south.east. This was exactly ninety dcgrces from its original course. No noise at all.

Others in the vil!agc saw it. Mr. J. A. Leavey, thi:’ loca! M.P., heard abo!;t it and questioned thost.: who had seen it. He ’,vas impressed and decided to ask .it question in ’Parliament.

, When the question ’’’’as asked it caused 1.J4 tc a hit uf hilarity in the Hnuse. I\k Orr-Ewing, Air Under Secretary, said that the object did not emanatc from

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space but (rom a laundry in Rochdale ! He went on to explain that a man

working at the laundry had contacted the police and told them that, on the night in qucstion, he had released two children’s balloons filled with hydrogen. Helow, he had rigged up a system of flashing lights. This, said the Under Secretary, was what had been seen. And so the matter was apparently

neatly ticd up. Or at least it was until a local ne\\,’S-

papcr interviewed the man who claimed to have released the baBoon and dis-- covered that he had no idea f(f how to f lI a ballQon with hydrogen nor how to fit lights to it. In fact, said the news. paper, he had nOlh- ing at all to do with the UFO. He had not rc!eas,;J :\ny balloons. This supposition was given added weight when the reople who had seen the UFO insisted that it was not a oa1l0011 of any type. Now, after offi.

cially debunking this sIghting, the Air Ministry have conlrmed that an investigator has hcen sent up to Wardle. A(ter his rcsearches the Air 1vlinistry still maintain it was a balloon.

It is small wonder that the public are ooth bemused and amused at such com. plicated events.

But. in spite o( al! this, I do not think that we should laugh at UFOs. During my investigation I have sifted through hundreds of sightings. Many could have been anything from balloons to meteors, from aircraft to spots before the eyes. ’Yct. wrapped up in aU these have been some whieh stand out. They stand out because they have been repofted by reliable people and because it is dilcuh to see how they could be any of the things which arc oflen mistaken for Flying Sa !lcers.

1:..’id..~/~(l’~I!!,-ddll’U!.lU5,.j!lJis.E.I.f! ~Iw L!l.f~.!.f..’!!.!--.!.I.nex fJ.I l1!’:If!d_Q]: jec 1 .~_.l’!..Ql.~ r ,<.ki e.!, .. T .l’Y...!!’.f! J.J!ot he -’!!’~!!.lI’4...Q!...I!!!’. I>X . l’iIlK.U!.Q1t! another J’laI1J:!...l!I~(.1l1f: a!J’}I~(’r!!.:.

Flight Lieutenant I. R. Salandin sa’" something that he could not e:>.p!ain on Octob~~r 4, 1954. In fact. he y, as S0 shaKen that he had to l1y around for ten minutes tx:fore he could tell Control wlUlt he had seen from lhe cokpit of his Meteor fighter. He had taken off from North Weald in

Essc.\ at 4.15 p.m. Climbing to"’’1lr6 t.....o olh..:r aircraft which he could s<< high above him, he was surprised to S(X’

two small objeC’.s. one silvery and !,)e other gold, p.1.S!i near the two aIr. crafl. Salandin had hardly recovered from his surpn.s<: and was stiil "-on. dering ’" hether he had be.:n \ :clim f h a I j lJ C 1 n a Ii 0r’’s when he happ.::;d to glance ah\d

lie ree.:: i \ cd one of the big g e st fright> he has C\had. Streak i n g straight !()w..rds him at tremenJous speed "’as a d,s,:.

shaped object. In the brid time SaJan :1 had for observation, the thing appe.ared to have flange in the centre and 1"-0 bulges above and below this. ihe object was so near that it o\er-

lapped his windscreen. A coJii,i.:>n seemed inevitable. Then. at the l..s\ moment, the object swerved and fla;.ro:d past on the Meteor’s port side.

Salandin had never before give~ a serious thought to Flying Sa ucers ;nd ~\ e;~ . no....’ he keeps an opcn mind on the 5Ui:>. jcc\. AI! that he knows IS that he \.4’" something vcry real up there o,.c. E\S<:\ on that October afternoon-and th.i.l i: gave him a hel! of a fright. .

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~~:’l’t{!’bJ.7:"~T~ .,~-;;;;;; ;’~~~:~~~:~~~’,~,:~.- ~~~;,~,-~~~.he sells interplanetary space through Flyin,1( Sallcer RI’I’il’w, Trem:h admits that

he is working on a "sticky wicket:’ He rcal se~ that many of his readers want to

,see "astounding saucer news" but. at the same time. he trics to keep reports of actual sighting.~ as objective as possible. Among his readers

are some who act as nvestigators. These men Trench entrusts

with the task of Jooking into sightings. Two stJch men are Jack Ibson. a York- :shire business man, and Wilfred Daniels. a technical writer from StalTord. These Iwo, like most other of Trench’s

investigators, arc enthusiastic about their task and believe impliCitly in Flying Saucers. Thev also believe that thc~ ha\e an intaplanelary origin. How far’is thIs theory justified? let Trench e-xpIain; "UFOs have been timed," he says. "travelling at fantastic ’!!pccds. far in

excess of anything canhmadc. And, again, many UFOs have been seen performing manoeuvres. such as a right- angled turn at high speed. which would caUSe anv normal materia! or crew to disintegra’le under the excessi~’e " loads." Prominent experts, such as Prof<.:.ssor Hermann Obenh. thc guided missiles e."pert, have also expressed these views. Obenh says; "!\1y own explanation of UFOs is that they are machines built in some place other’ than on the Earth. I believe that they originate exclusively from Outside the Earth because observa- tions suggest that Flying Saucers arc able to suppress the for e of gravity. and I do not think that anyone on Eanh has yet found the means to do so."

il It I, _JL 1::.s:..jf.!.1i 11 r_..!!z.~.!.(’!.0.!..."-_!:’L..J!.2. c.rc g!!.i f(’l.L..fl.!.. ’1JLr(’~ f7lS_fQ.n1 f..J. jlQUft (’.i!!.Je.~: ll.!!!’l...e.tE!Li!!.(’E_iLQ!.~L ’ _.~ [hJ:l?tY,._...ddl?.1iI: !.fi}] Y.,..iU_(’(’~IIL!b.J; ....!!lqlJ. mUl.~ .:_ grlf. _ill!.! ’!.o" .f.r.f._A.’!.ri ".,’ _ill x_J’l-’ "f:.J]iR!!.!i()/I_ if d ..J c?n!e...i!.c..~Q,r,!.tIJd ~lJ.(=<’ pr(J",i n g!b ul.LI.ing .Stulcers ’Crt~ inleT/dune/an,.’, ..-’-’- - --...----....--.- ... -.- -- -. ._. - --..-. -- - ’. ._-.. One fading which appears to be general

among the most enthusiastic of saucer fans, is Jack of a critical approach to their subject. Bear in mind the deceptive nature of human observation and !l1C many atmospheric freaks that arc pas. sible, and it is easier to see how important it is to be criticid.

A typical report received bv Trench is that which came from Miss K. Connor. a member of the .Royal Observer Corps, who iives al Truro, Cornwall. Last October, while on a ROC exercise. Miss Connor and her crew saw a UFO. "Theabjec! appcared as asmaH, silver round one: !ikt~ a ba!!," said Miss Connor in her re.port. "Then it turned sideways and was seen ta be oblong. The side away from the sun giowed pink and a sort of translucent bluc." Estimated height was 45-50,000 feet. The UFO appeared to be "standing stiil against the wind" and disappeared when it rose into the upper haze. Trem:h regards this as a good and reliahle sighting. Admittedly I\’!k~ CQnnor should be a reliable observer and

Sh;ninc d;KI (in loh...h.and top cOl’n.,.) teen by $candi"a.....n t< _nci.*tt 1ft "S4. Still ’rom a (:0’0\11"" film tdc6" bJ’ . memb... of c.he partygroup of Scandinavian scientists were returning by air after observing an edipse of the sun from the poJar regions. They were on their way back, but still taking photographs of the sun, when their attention was taken by something eJse. Several shining disc-like objects appeared 10 be shadowing their aircraft. What they were, none of the scientists knew. They were no aircraft such as \\e know them and none of Ihc scientists on the trip had ever seen anything like them. And this year there have been a whole

spate of sighting reports. One private reo searcher has coHected 149 reports from Great Britain fOf the months of ApriJ and March alone. No doubt manv of these could be discounted if a thoro gh inves- tigatIOn were made. But others remain a mystery.

Before any of these can be truly labelled " unidentified," however. a very thorough investigation must b<: made. The would. be investigator ""’ould have to know, among other l u ngs, the movements of all aircraft or balioons Jike!y to have been in the area at the time. He would have to havc a very sound knowledge of weather phenomena and astror)Omy-and o{ human nature,

But there are people willing to under- take this task. To find out who they are and how they go about the job, ’it is necessary once more to dip briefly back into saucer history.

In the early years soon after 1947. "saucer" clLlbs began to spring up aJI (Wcr ,he country. Their obj’"cts were not always w’ei! defined but genera!!y it was to investigate saucer sightmgs. Since this time there has been a general movement towards amalgamation and most dubs now rt’gular1y exchange views with others in this country and abroad. At the hub of all saucer activities in this country is th~: magazine;

Flyin}! Saurer Re:< w_

Ku&ide n StUlC...,. This is a small. well-produced nt,ga- zinc which sell~ about 1,300 copies. It attempts to cater for all degrees of saucer ? ns and so it is not surprising to read in a recent issue. an article by ? "high ranking Tibetan Lama" tcHing how he went for a ride in a Flying Saucer! nut it would be quit.:: wrong to dismiss all rcaJu5 and contributors of this maga-

Z!l1C liS cranks. The editor is the Hon. Brinsley Ie Pocr Trench and he is far (rom th/) genera! pub!ic’$ idea of a Flyin~ Saucer crank. Tall and amiable, Trench is, by an odd chance, .a spaCe salesman by proCession. When he is not selling advertising space for IH10th<:r magazine:16

I have no doubt that she re~r ed exactly what she saw. But t~e great qUC$tiol1 o( what this was rcrn;uns I.Iflanswc~d. It could have been a weather balloon Fl):iIfK Sallcn Re,’ie,,’. ",!11.de no atternpi to Investigate thIS POSSibility. But, wit _ out official co.operation it would have b~en dilTcult to do so. But not aJl UFO investigators hick criticism. There are many people in- vcstigatil!g the mystery who prefer to remain 111 the background. They f~d that th~ subject tends to be ridiculed by the general public and prefer \0 carry Out their work on their own without publi.’ city. Some of these people are scientists. Men like Doctor Clifford Thornton. a J7-year-old doctor of philosophy who .....orks as a scientifi and statistical COn, sultant. He also runs a business which specia!iscs in developing special equip_ ment for mineral prospecting, Dr. Thorn- !on. of Hampstead, London, is a short. perky man who walks with a limp ac- quired while serving with the Armoured

Corps during the war. One of his great interests is gravity. Through this he was brought into touch with Flying Saucers, although he is one of the many who abhor this term for UFOs.

GrCH’Uy Theory In 1950 Thorn’ton wrote /I thesis entitled" The Unified Field Theory" which dealt with many aspects of gravity which i had n~\"er before been examined. This ~ had a great success and is still used in

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many’ uni’versities all over the world by students In (his ficid of research. It was in 1’150. too, that he first became inter- , ested in UFOs .. Many aspects of this phenomenon," he says, "have a very dose bearing to my work on gravity," HIs lirst delving into the literature written on the subject of UFOs was not encouraging. He slill has no hesitation in describing a1l of it as .. science fiction." He makes one exception. This is the hook" The Report on Unidentified Flying Objccts." by Edward Ruppelt. one-time head of the USAF" Project Blue-Book ’. inv<:stigation into the mystery. This book is. indeed. on~ rdiablc volume 1. on the subjc t. It docs not state that UFOs are interplanetary. but it is the most convincing book ~ver written to prove thaI they cxist.

Sin e 195 Thornton rlas himself rea hed thc conclusion that UFOs exist. He has done more. HdjY~d by many friends. some of them s icntJsts like him- ,df, he has been able to classifv th~se objects into fouf!e~n different car gories. They rar;ge from small "saucers" only ten inches in diameter, to huge, clgar- shaped objects up to a mile in kngth. These never des end lower than the very fringes of our atmosphere. Dr. Thornton has also found out that UFOs have a periodic frequency and that sighrings reach a PC2.K every 2J years. It was in early March that he told mc thaI we could c’pcc;t II rop of sightings towards thc end of May. The rc ent spate of rcpOrls has shown how right he was. "There is no pos tiv evidence that UFOs come from Ollter space," says Thorntnn. " but alJ the available evidence seems to indicate that they do not Corne from this earth." .

. If pressed, he wiJ! advance the theory that UFOs may come from a solar system other than our own. .. Our sun is a very

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Is there no offici,,1 inquir,’ into Ihe Flying Saucer mystery? Two years ago the Air M inistr)’ pronounceJ : .. AbDUl ninety per cent of the reports (of Flying Saucers)

have been found to relate to meteors, balloons. narc.> and many other objects. The fact that the other ten per cent remain unexplain..:d may be attributed to nothing more sinister than 1Jck of data." And it has said vcry lillle clse until Mav of this year. Then. Mr. George Ward. Secretary of SIal;: for ’Air. said. in answer to a question in the House, that there had been so far this year Ii-c objects sighted which could not b,: e’\pla:ned. This compared. h<: went on, with si\ in !95 . none In 1955 and six in ! 954. The Air 1\.1 mistry wiH not elaborate on this s[atement. We

arc left 10 presume that thc unidcnufieJs this year include the \Vardle myster\’ and thc ra r sighting from \Vest Frcugh.

But there are many peop1c. other than the ardent saucer fans, who would like’ !O know thc answer. Peoplc like e’\- Squadron Leader E,,,eS! Booker of Lower Hil!morton Road. Rugby., Just after 9 p.m. on Tu day. October 23. last Yc,ar. \Ir. Booker, now a schoo:ma$!i:r. saw a su;ange sight inthc I1Ight sky. "There were two lights," he said, .. about twice the size of air-

craft navigation lights seen from 1,500 feet and a light amb<:r in colour. They were different from anything else ! have ever seen. During the war Mr. Booker was a pilol-an instrucwr at the Central Flying Schoo1. .. The most mysterious thing about these lights was [ha I they made no noise whatsocvcr." he continued. .. They were rnO\tng rairly slowly against a light breeze from east to "-esl. qUite low, ;1 bout 1,500 fcet up. As they movcd the lights scemed to oscillate a little. hom lights moving together as if they w re at front and rear of some object whIch I couldn’t see in the dar k ness." Many other people in the Rugby district saw ttH:m. Thc

e.\-Squadron Leader was quite sure that th.:y were neither balloons nor glide,,; neither an aircraft nor a searchlight rd1ecting on a c!oud. \Vhat they wcrc he does not know, but he would very much like to know.. And so the S2ucer rn\’Stcrv moves on.’ Perhaps oy t\ugu~L

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(3) how many unexplained sightings or radar intercepts have taken place since 1980.

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UFOs

a. I accept that there are strange phenomena to be seen in the

sky, however I believe there to be adequate explanations for them.

Experience has shown that most reported sightings can be attributed

to things such as aircraft, meteorological balloons or natural

phenomena like ball lightning. Of course there are many other

equally straightforward explanations. However, there are a small

number of cases where a simple explanation cannot be fo d

immediately and on these occasions we are careful to ensur that they

are of no Defence significance. Having satisfied ourselves of this,

as you know, we do not Bttempt any further investigations. Clearly

some reports remain unexplained but we have found no evidence that

these phenomena represent a threat to national security and therefore

cannot justify devoting Defence resources to their investigation.

b. All reports received by the MOD are channelled through

Sec(AS)2. They are passed to the Air Staff who examine them for Air

Defence implications. In some cases, where (on the face of it) there

could be a defence interest, enquiries are made of relevant radar

establishments etc in order to obtain more information. All reports

are also passed to the Defence Intelligence organisation who have a

keen interest in any sightings of unusual objects. We have no

specialist group anywhere else involved in UFO’s and

The Flying Complaints Flight at Rudloe Manor are concerned

with receiving and investigating flying complaints. In the course of

their duties they occasionally receive UFO reports (as do many other

units) but they have no specific role with regard to this subject.

Secretariat (Air Staff) is the Division which provides

secretariat support to CAS and the Air Staff and in this capacity is

responsible for correspondence with members of the public and

answering PQs etc on many subjects, including UFO’s. Sec(AS)2 is the

branch which amongst other things handles UFO’s, there is no such

branch as Air Staff Secretariat 8. You may be thinking of De~ence Secretariat 8 which no longer exists and from which Sec(AS) evolved

as a result of reorganisation of MOD last January.

c. Many of the UFO reports received in MOD come through Defence

establishments, although most of these come originally from members

of the public. Very few reports are made by military pilots; for

instance, in the last 12 months Sec(AS) has received only one such

report.

d. [GE3 to provide advice please]

e. The Department is happy to release what information we have on

specific incidents. However we could not justify the effort involved

in searching for or collating information of a more general nature.

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HANSARD EXTRACT

24 OC’rOBER 1983

Col. 62

RAF Woodbridge (Alleged Incident)

Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for

Defence (I) if he has seen the Ullited States Air Fore

memo dated 13 January ! 981 conceming unexplained

lights near RAF Woodbridge; (2) whether, in view of the fact that the Unitcd State’s

Air Force: memo of !J January 1981 on the incident at RAF Woo{jbridge has been released under the Freedom of

Infon1 ation Act, be will now release reports and

d’:uments concerning sirniJar unexplained incidents in the United Kingdom;

(3) how many unexplained sightings or radar intercepts

have taken place since 1980.

:\Ir. St~nJe)’: I have seen the memorandum of 13

January 1981 to which my hon. Friend refers. Since 1980

the Department has received! ,400 reports of sightings of Hying objects which the observers have been unable to

identify. There were no corresponding unexpbined radar

contacts. Subject to nOn1ai security constraints, I am

ready to give infom1ation about any such reported

sightings that are found to be a mJtt r of concern from a

J t:encc standpoint, but there have been none to date.

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1. Early in the morning of 27 Dce (30 (appn)):iI!Jtely 0300L), tv/o USM.- secu ’ity police patrolmen 521’.’ unusual lights outside the back gcJ :’ at RAF \.Joodlwidge. ThinkinG an airCI-aft. I!light h VC cr’i)shed or becn forced dOh’n, they called for pe ilission to (]O outside the gate to invcst~gate. The on-duty fJight chief n:sponded dnrJ Jl1o\’ied three p JtrO!n~e:l :0 ~;a- ceed on foot. The individuals t-epo1’teJ seeing a st, f1ge glo\"ing object. in the forest. The object \’;dS descr’ibed as being l11etalic in appearance nd triangular in shape, apPt’oxirnately t\./O to three meters across the base nd approximately t’,’iC nicter-S hiyh. It illuminJted the entire fon~st \-/ith iJ. I’,hite light. The object itself h d J pulsing red light on top and a IJ an k ( s) 0 f b 1 u e 1 i 9 h t s 1I n de ni e J t h . The 0 b j e c t was h 0 vet’ i Ii 9 () ’ 0 n 1 e 9 $ . As the pa LI’olmen pproached the ol)ject, it maneuvered. th O~:9h the trees and disappear’cd. J\t this time the nil als on a l1eal’bY’.farm \’/cnt into a frenzy. The object was briefly sighted approximately an hour later near the back gate.

2. The next day, three depressions 1 1/2" deep and 7" in diai11eter \’/ere found where the object had been sighted on the ground. The following night (29 Dee 80) the rea \’ldS checked for radiation. eta/ganll1l t’E:adings of 0.1 l11i 11 i roentgens I^:ere recorded \-li th peak readings in the three depressions clnd near thecentet’ of the t,-iangle fOrTi1cd by the depressions. A nearby tree had moderate (.05-.07) readings on the side of the tree toward the depressions.

3. later in the night a red sun-like light I’!JS seen through the trees. It moved about and pulsed. At one point it appeared to throl" off glOl./ing par tic 1 e san J the n b r’ 0 k e i n to f ve s e p to ate i’l hit e 0 b j e c t s a 11 d the n d i s _ appeared. Immedi tely the -eafter, three stat--l He objects i’lere noticed in the sky, two objects to the north and oGe to the south, all of which were about 100 off the horizon. The objects moved rapidly in sharp an9ulu mo v e me n t s and d i s p 1 aye d red, 9 n’ l’ n n c! b 1 u e! i 9 h t s . The 0 L1 j e c t s to the north ppean-:d to i)~ ellipt.ic l through an 8-12 p \’/cr 1ens. They then turned to full circles. The objects to the north remained in the sky fOf an hour or more. The object to the south was visible for two or three hau)’s and beamed dO\’/rl a stream of light from time to time. Numerous individuals, including the undersigned, \’Iitnesscd the activities in paragl’aphs

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’0 nISt.~ illHl thrn!!!;h IIII’ ,11. "’’’’11,,’11-’’, S.III,’ ’i.d.pl,tln. . ’loea.! da’j duldren tN)m r~o.rdle

". led h, ~h" Te>t Valh:y \kl,II e GIHI’;trI!. 0("\1,., W’.’!(’!!" ’ H :se ! r~p. School, ;~t ~llLtont. ..

,.5 Band. UultlrclI rangin/.{ S,tI~ Huff illH! Fr;.n P,;><,r, I)"!,,, ,on.Sea, ,.ngether with" lDany .

11 pre.sdlOu! tu tecniJge...~ l\iJ’t!.~ ’"PI’’’ Sn.! !\(’!’s f CI,!.l " i, ’ ; boanle:s parents who had made - ,c drc:s"cd in c.~I.stumcs !rom !-:a!t’ 1)c!1J,hv, l.;’."H\(in;t Wi1<on, i : long Journeys, went tri the’

,ous Ihlrl:> o! rhe \Yo,!.t, \’1,’I"ly D,onehy. .Iulil’ ~h!lTi<. Tvy . S,ch?ol on June 29th, f~)[’ Fo.un-

c 101’ a 1fI’lIwtcd ,(’ullrlngt:tlL W rhlhl, Sue Smit!, and ;:::,111’1 , (.cr 5 Day. i.I:Hi, the mam ~"cnt

’n the lo(:al 1’,,1111;: .’-Chou! 1’1’" . ; of the morning WIIS a .J}erfol’m- ~

out rid,,!"; oil lIi\lX bil,,~s, . co;. : "nce by sO’rne of ’:hl’ senior

ch ldn:1I rmk thmugh tit" The Children’s Fan!’Y nres~ : children of $cen’e:’! from .. ’The -

19C UtI a h.l\ W;1II, deflll<1tt’d r"’JlOI,cl.iti"n was judged’ hy ~!s< ! Merchant orf Venice.... At a

c’lUt’ aud trailc!’, kindJy Donn!>y Hllnt frnIH Alre<fl1nL ; }H’CV~{>us gerformance, one of

’led by ~Ir, Edward l’;tinlc(’, Jnt! he" r"sk \\la, made 11i1rrfer ’ the infants from the Pre-Prep,

’he elltr,....; we..e ju.J;;ed hv hv sUlh a variety of t~xce!le!l! Schoo! had heen. terr;fied by,

, HI~", !.~ !!uhhard :\11’ lJavi.! "uslumes, In tlte Fnd(~r F’vf’ : Shylock’s reaHstic e!fort to get

rridal" ’.In,! \!:’s, ’AHgeJd Class the most or;!!in:11 W;l’ his pound 0.1’ flesh frm poor’-

:Tid..!..., ,we! pI eWII1II1"’" L.lr;l Co!vi!’ as .. :--:;,,)It ;In,! i Anton’{)!

,’t! Ch,lrles Co"r." K"th"rlli(, 1);1’,’," the, 111nst atlra,live Sar.." : COl!ntry. d<1ncing by sOfTIe oJ

,ViII, Tlh"""" n"tclt,,!or ,.,,,1 r.::1>!llIedy .IS " C!’W1l1. ;In.! t’",~ ,the JI1nior chiJdre ’yias 5111’"

". ,I ,,,,"I", 1.e,I ,)1;U1c Lia," 1\"07111,..1 ~. ; nor-ted bv rhythlT"C d~’P-pif1g ;til! "I Ii.., ’hem.. <It "Chihl.. ,I CIIW!"’Y. 111 I’\c jix t() !1’’’C , fr!~n1 the enth\lsia-,tic tJarent<"

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World:’ t’wr,,: \,eil"" "l"C ~rnlln, th,’. rpost . and ~hl~ 1ast set nie,cl’!’ was an

. . ..Ur.",:t,o;" wa- \..;;.[", kel1l1f’(~V : exhibition of’ a ~t>It;c’l fJy a

S ,I.’ ,)I!\P"",L1lJn tll fI","’~’ cJ~ a .. SiI....:’!’. Ph’lI! F,,~rY." and gnlU? of barefoot girts,

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.U.loLH""r-! the mu t ’H"ioiu\.It nL,;-,~ Sntitu I ’The &Chont ;vas o~en for

,,,,1:.1’\, "lid P!’lZC’’’"!I!L:rs i ,.{".’" : n,o!l~ hr’dn, W!IO ,’s ... recnpt;~n- ’k’ I ’h , 1:> iI’ it

- ~ ~ ,,~.v parents to waL rou!1(, ana t, e.

.re Hdtlad rrcvt.’:<~t.. Thlilna$ II -i. -"" . ~ 1st ! T N ’r J’ df I’

I will .l, .. \0;) ,’r ,~.lt, workil!g models and comput~r teild,,\’ "nd 1,~!lienH’: Lewin. i Str;;"be,’rv [,,<is wer" scrvef~ I wore a cream three-quarter displays in the SciEmce ~bora’ .., prt~,,’ hool dlltdlT’t ’’’~rl: ,n- i in the Vi!1,l;tC Hal!. al1l1 the! tength gown, [’l pmhm’ hat and tory attracted great, Intere5t,’

:etJ I }hJwt o. ptLlIlI’,", HtI thu I linal item nil the pn.<:,’ammc " carried a bouquet of mauve ,Vlost e11’ these had ~een m,H:e

m th,~;ue .1’1,1 thl! W\lI!l~I’ .\1111(/<1$ a 111g.of,wilt, refereed hv, and pink silk !lowers when: she hY .senior children, and ,the

’,$ sed "’" \hlS .-\tlJ!p"" LCWIfI. L IIdvl! u!pit,t. Oldy foul’ learns I was given in marriage by fieI’ exhibition in the Art De.part,

The, vi!!a;,;.. ’ilrl,t’f \,,,., ~a !v: Pilfered thi< y~’a!’, I rom the j father, She was ’attended by ment was much admired. ,

TIJI’,.il:d with IJllnti".~ I)V vii. i I’twlj.(h at Hi,hop’s S,il’on. the I her sister (Patricia ~li!Jier), ner Picnic lunches were eaten’ln’

’~e Un-\,lIli>"too"" ’II\I! gn’u\>:;. i n,H. :It Cheri!on, ;It!;! ’WlJ from! niece (Vil!:inia Whiting), hotk the grounds. and the rart’~’1.ts’ d tber!’ IV’" ,w t:xcelh’nI’ the ,roilv Farm..,’ ilt Ik;Jmc!<;an, i attired in lilac dresses with cr ke~ team, captain ! by ::Vfr,

tend"!I<:c and .ill the .,’;I\!’; ’1’11" ,,.idn..~ )".ere .~" .!nH::: cr~am i).;cessories, and :1cr Peter Tilby, ’home Of! leave

!..ri.: \"d~H .’upp(wte’d~ FHrOH~1’ .;\~ \v1th ttu~ H,:! o;,;’~tu-:~.:,: ncphew, {;arctn ~lIHicr. !’lH’01 ~~ige-r’tr1~ wns -dc.~~f’\t~{~ i’iY

This Y<’ilr’, \<,~v ,.,uC(.’t,,;st’l.t1 t!’" Plough third and the .Tol1v \ The 1.Iest miln W3$ 1\W, David. the scto.}l 1st XL by t run~,

’Tn \ ’I~ I),,!,I in ’tlte recenr!v Farmer n fourth, \ Grove; HS guests attended the The bnJan.c’_! ...r paren.tnt power .,;t’U’l’!! thn,.shinf: !),JI’I\ .I lid At’ rhe’ end uf " very suece’s->’ ! receptinn at the .Tuhi1ee Hall was rcstor..d by, the .1adics’

!C 11.1’..,1\ ;~rl)l\",b .,i lI.lIl!Jld.> ill i ,II tH\HHIfI 1::130 h,," heeo! and when the nll~ple ]eJt for an shdot !1!;i tea-,n scoriT1~ 357

,’I’m. wilh tl1... k’m{ !",nllis,,;"’" l’;I;,\t’d Lv th" ViH.J!-:" !hd! Com- ! und sdoset! (1csI 1ation, the ag~ nst the scl, ol’s ZOO. and

! \Ii", ..nti \I,’~, !t y,,,..:!!. ..IIIi . mi!!>.’", ~.,.ho ’ud ,,,’..;,,nised Ihe! bride wore a red suit with whito justice was mi!inta!ned by the

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It’s happened againl The r.Aystery C rc:es have returned’, Nobody knows why or whence they come, but every year

smr::e H’t! last wDr, the parlec!iy re9u!ar circ!es have appeared somewhere. For !tH~ last five or six years, they have,’

.natN!(!!ised ’)i.;lween AlresIora and tI’linche<:tcr. tir,,: at ChaesE:foot Head, this year at Mat\eriay Farm, iust off the A31. _.

SinH!",r pf\800!nena have been reported in f\us!m: l, Canada, Sweden and in other parts of !he British Isles includinG West- - .. ,

hut’! and Warm n’:’t8r. The larDe::;t in this jr,)l!p IsabotJt, 40 teet acrosS, the rest are 11 or 12 feeL tn eacH 1119 om -:: ::~’ is ;swiriad clockwise rotjnd th..~ rin’]". whilst ont",i,’~1 it is "mtb!lched, NormaI!y..;... Ii anY!!1 ng about th m carl be calfee:".

n"lmiJ __ they ara in tNis configuration. the inlhe C"!!1!re Of 11 $rflta ; 1!"e sman r i!-t each cdrh ?, although in

1982 at CtHte.;t~toot, there were only three in a . !in , THeor!es aU!1ut! iIDout t , c us , !rem vancla1srry td VFG~,... ’,;.’:

by w~y 01 !H ",r:::-tomadoeS. The truth is, we juS! aoo’! knOW’, but if they rU!true to form t!1ey wit! be back na;.:! y ar . , , .

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b. Assuming, as I hope, that the Ministry of Defence does not ignore the reports reaching it (and we have been told in ~eply ~o ParliBm~ntary.q~e~tion8 that they ~mount"tosomB nundreds a year Trom clvlllan sources alone), what steps are taken by the Department to investigate them? In par- ticul’3r:~

) ;h: a t h E"I d’3 a 1 t ~4 i t h so .1 e. 1 y a d h [I C t us in q rout i n est a f f channels? or is there some spocialist group, either within the Whitehall establishment or elsewhere, which is charged with taking an expert view? If so, to whom do they report? And what is their composition? Do they include civilian advisers from outside your Department?

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c. How many of the reports of- iJnusual phenomena have been received from Defence establishments, including reports from the pilots of military aircraft?

d. What material does your Department have of traces left on ;;;:ilitaT,V :r23dar or in phatogTt:1phic form ei.theT f~rC)rn sortiE~’s by !nilitary aircra-ft or from groLlnd-based or ship-bas facilities?

"" ~. Can any StJch material be released either to me or to re~ sponsible persons outside your Department for purposes of scientific study?

In troubling you with these questions I am well aware that their su Bet matter has often been thought easy to ridicule, especial when associated with 80me of the wilder notions which ar current among the civilian research groups. I am not wedded to any particular theory myself. I do, cn the other hand. believe that there is overwhelming evidence for a persistent phenomenon of a highly Uflllsual charactero This is, at the least,of considerable scientific interest; and I have not yet heard anything from your Department which convinces me that it is wholly without Defence sign if ance. I would be reassured to know either that it is being adequately qricoed as a Defence matter (and. if so. by Precisely" ,f . ., ’D’ ,~, " what means) or that mater 1 held by your’ apartment can be rBLease

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A. Date, time a11d durat ion of sighting.. (Local times to be quoteci)..

B. Descri~tion of ob~ect. (Number of objects, size, shape, colours, brightness, sound, smell, etc).

C.. Exact position obse~.. (Geographical location,; Indoors or outdoors.. Stationary or moving)..

D. How observed. (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, still or movie camer..

E.. Direction in which ob ’ect was first seen.. (A landmark may be more useful than a badly estimated bearing ..

F .. Angle of aildlt.. (Estimated heights are unreliable)..

G. Dis4tanc~ .. (By reference to a kno’llm J..a.n.dma.rk vb.e~ver possible). (~..:z~tl~~~’.\l~"

B.. Movements.. (Changes in 11:, F and G may be of more . use than estimates of course and speed)...

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J.. ~eteoroloJ:’:ical conditions during o’PerAt~,ons.. (Moving clouds, haze, mist ete)..

K.. N ar by objects. (Telephone lines; hig}l voltage lines; reservoi~, lake or dam, swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, taJ.l chimneys, steeples, spires, TV or radio masts; airfields; generating plant; factories, pits or other sites with flood-lights or other night lighting)..

L.. 110 whom reported.. (Police, military o~ganisations, the press ete).

M. Name and address of informant..

N.. p.:ny background on the informant that may be volunteered..

o. Other witnesses..

P.. Date and time of receipt of report..

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1979 550

1980 350

1981 600

1982 250

1983 390

1981~ 21+

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Prf6e:<B2~95.fJ:’())l! ’Hocl(ff~rl’( S tough tori " .. ’M:i.l1 RoBd; ’WritoriG:!:’ee11, ss1ferio };:s, Kent., ’rh,isis anothe;r’titlo from: the ptiblisheris ,tTeaqh Yotit elf’ser:es~ this edit:ion beil1’g th ~::d,g};d;h,-. hliJ,yiingorlg:nrolly b6<Gnptiblishe acik’i1952. The author is well qualified being P!’o~essor of Astronomy at the tTniversity of Texas. 1\8 would be expect d it is a. veI"J good pril’!B r the subject,. but in a market where numerous titles are available for the discerning hUyel’t..his book isa bit dull in tlla,t, unlike other$,it .

has only black and white phQt..ogra.phs" One ’!N uId have though’t; thliJ, t <vdth the huror.ed of’ excellent prints a:vailable t?day,the, pu’bli,$herJ3would have updated the olde):’ prints. Therefore the appearance of the 09}.\: 1950-if>h"

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TrlE EV’IDENCJ<J FOR VISIONS OF THE VIRGIN IARY/Kev n McClure (1983) - ’158 pages, bibl ographi" index" illustrat.ed" .E;2,,50 from’: ’l;he Acquarian .Press, Deningtol1E~tatej’ Wellingborou:gh1Nqrthants, NN8 2RQ" When one

arted read.in:g McClure IS book it was obvious that he was far from happy about theprimi t:tve investigations of’ claimed v;1.sions" Chapters 01’1.e ’!to nine is a collection of vis:Lms from 1061 to the present day" The evidence which i$ assessed in Chapter eleven. is very thin indeed and the author deviates into speculation when he attempts to link visions. with UFO sightingsc ’Ihere IS nothing .like linking one unproven subject 1Nith anoth r! As an introduction to tlw subject the book suceeds and should encourage inter sted parties to pursue the subject further..

STD~~ENGECOMPLETE/Christopher Chipp ndale" (1983). 296 pages? illustrated, index. 12.95 from: Thames & Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London, YlS1B 3QF’. IIEverything important, interesting or odd that has been’ written or pmto:l, disoovered ".r im.a.gined" about the most extraordinary building in the Y’orldn, proclaimes the front cove1’o By lieveI’ythingf\!,.. we have to realise that this is the usual ovei"’statement.. However, this book..:is a .truly comprehensive work produoed to the high standt’.!.1’:’d one expeots frOi!I’ the publishers", Excellent photographs, painting, engrav:1l..mgs:.;. line drawings and. even cartoons make it Ver"J pleasing to the eye and a very good coffee-table book.. Recomi’J’iend.ed to all with an j,1’DtBrest in this unique m.onument",

THE YEAR OF THE s’ .UCER/:’" GRAY BARKER.S tWO A...1\lNUAL 1983/Gray Bdrker., 101 pages~ ill~strated., no index.. 12~95 from: New Age Press~ Box D, Jane Lew,. WV 26378" tISA.. Another book from the hand of Darker J/ the anrlual is supposed to be a Ufological record of the year 1982; but includes msh-ma:sh of dubious stories and claims .from other years besides" Bad.{er realJ~v is an Ejnigm.’1e On.: the one hand he compiles a ma,jor work to them~o subject in his IUFO Guides to;Fate t (reviewed in CU 4),. then come along with this book whose only aim seems to be the creation of an entertaining read for the credulous amongst us$ In the ten chapters,. he finds space to feature tht3 Rendlesham Forest events, 1980, under the heading’ of ’The :Mys<.eri0l1:3 Forest t $ Sorry to say that this.:1,.s a book that adds weight to the bookshelf, but verY’ little else"

FJ RY TAIJ5S -ALLEGORIES OF ’:riLE INNER LIFE/Jean C.. Cooper.. (1983)..159 pages, hibl:i.ography, index) illustrated Price .B3,,95 from: ’T.:."1e Acquarian Press", It fascinating book that examines 1;..’e recurring themes and . .

motifs in classi.c faiipytales;, and shows how they relate to the symbol,ic processes ,of the unconsoious mird, although rather too esoteric at times, Cooper makes her point TIell a.ndthe text is accompanied by some fine illustrations, in particular those of Gustave Dore~

FUTURE .WEA.T.HER -. TrEE CAUSES & F,FFECTS OF CLD/!\ TIC CHANGEj;[.ohn Gribbin.. (1:933) 0 272paa;es". ind.ex" bibliography ~ illustrated.~ :5..50 from Penquij)J) Books Ltd. 6" Harmondstm.rth:t Middlesex.

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A mos-t readabJ. book by the co-au"’ther of !~e Jupiter Ef’fect~ several.years agGJ.. This latest work congerns the Greenhouse Effect - in simple terms a buiJd up of carbon dio:x e in the Earth! s atmosphere leading to a ’I.:em}X!!’a. tura change.. Gribbin structrJ.res the book 1’7011 w thdsOmB perceptive com..ments on the political, as well as sci nt;ific ~ aspe ts of the proble.m.. . He is also not too esoteric in his o"\Ter’view of the present state o’f thinkimg/resear.ch and. therefore this book can be recommended to the pars n ...wishing to read a ’primer/type book..

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lJF’O .HE..4..tI1’Y/Jenny Handle-B. (1985) 2J+8 pages, : llustrate-d,index, references" J.?8.95 from: Robert Hale LtL,. Clerk lTv’rell House, Clerkerrwell GreE)D,r I~’)ndon.!’ EC’ OHT ~ ’1.’his s:.’ the fifth bookf’rom the }JI"olific hand. of NIs Randles, :it :1.6 sub-title "A cr:ttical look at the physical eyidenC8~ fI OnS’ might argue that ’chis is a contradiction,. for if there was ’physical evid"’3:Tlce’,. slY’elyfhere would I.)G no UFOs ~? The book consists of some 14 chapters vr.citten mhoI’ usual 2d;yle, which alw9.Ys makes for easy readirlg. She adopts what she termS ’the JR set’: 105’[ BFO cases coverir..g fi ye years J ’whichsrle has perso11fll.ly evaluated ’.’.s her hard-data for Gvidence. This is a great Weak’Y8ss of the book, she has not personally investigated the cases" Just becau.se a case has bE’ien investigated up to J.c3vels ’Af or ’B’, should not give it a higher sta.tu.s" How competent wore the i’:Y’,n’3stiga tors invo lved is just one reserva. tion that should a.lw9.Ys be tek6Yl into 9.cco1.mt. More and more, Ms Randles, instead of giving the true facts. about the UFO subject, prefers to mould the opinions of her read.ers. O’J::’O I~(’)o..lit:.r fails to balance the open-mini18d viewpoint witb. t of. the skept:J.cs" This is evident in the la.ck of :roferences to Klass and Sheaffer (th8;)r are only mentioned 3 tir s in t lsbool:) and in the section ’:further reading t, not 0 ne of thG~Y;r lJooks is r8comr:’!En, 8d~ Hanny a cl~itjcal look at the a.vidence.

Throughout the book I thought jjE1ny cases ’fife orr.rit~’3d tha: she cOlld have used I’or critic~ sf;1Iii.:Y’m ]’o:t’ example;, Chapter 13 WJ:len discussing ptJ.otogr,,:vpt.i. c evidence J ::~s to be on the ~:rinidade Island pri:nrts:p but there :18 no CCI, 8S from 1973 which showed cm idc:a.tioE:,l object ’Hila’;; leoks l:1.1<:r.:3 a vapour tnd.l - Kod.’},k felt thr.d’; the fobject: VTaS cause by processIng irregularities" l(\j.nother good case whieh >7.;\.8 omi tter};)’ ,’Vas the taston, Cheshire hoax p’hotos from 1978<< Here is ,1.;’’1 eX’1.lTIple of an English case being evalm ted by Ground Saucer Wi:.’."Gch il’I sta tes and unCCnlEJ1:’ed. f: 8 a hoax. In the chapter on UFO movies, no mention mCLc1e of the 1976’ Ben Boyd case f:ro:m j~tl’str’1HaQ One ooti’l t goon; but in fatrness 1ft :R’1ridles may be totally unr?-,vlnrl3 of~ tilGSe c’:;’>i-ses(One final F:Jint)< on page 152, she s’;a tos th9 fOllowin.S, HI was told by a former British (;. vernment off:ici9.1 oncCi -ehB-the 1.m.d,8rstood the. t such a device (a cr’1shed tfffO - Ed") oou1(1 be found in tbis country ~ .

It was allegedly under ’i’Traps at a mili:tar’J base :somewhere in South Wales." She says sho treats such unsubstantiated. stories 9. nothir-’(’; more than interesting, and thou[;h provocative they tend to beunproveable. One could ask who was the official? Wnioh Base? If’ SQme oases tend to be unproveable, does that rr’ anthatsome havo been proved’? Iwon!t go on but it is annoyi:D.g that in too many UFO books, carrot’s D,re ritually dangled before the re:’1. er withou,t any fac-L’Ualp:coof~ Wis it; too tempting for Ms R.a,n ,les Jco include th::is ~ruroo.urD,? It would appeaf’ so." IVIany books on the subject claim to. be critical,. :many are not ana. this title" whilst appearir~g cn the; surface to acheive the job,!! Illany resGarc1t:.ers;i !II..!re will be able to. notice its faults..

T.EfE ~1EG.4.1ITHIC OrJDYS3EY/ChI’:"cLstian O! (1983) 176 pages. . illustrated.. ,,95 from:: TurnstoJr:8 Pl~e3s (same :3.ddress as Ac quarian ’ press)" This

book discusses ~astX’onomically aJ.ignerlr stone circles and giant cairns on Bodmin }iIoor and their origins. 1-1]--10 were ’the designer~ and bUilders? o f]Jrien claims an a dvanced race of Master B"Jilders travelled the world. overseei]’jJI:6 numerous jects., AlthoughvGherese,’ll~ch and. text is woll- threaded together hardly sta.tters one’8 own. vis;Lon of prehistory.

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Alhrard, I4Q Dc) You K..."’1.0h! A.bout Spaceflight." Collir...s/1962.. Brennan, ]\1.. Tlw Starts and Stones" Thames :.: Hudson/1983", British HUf5eum" Guide tc the Mauctsley Collection of ~~ ya Sciilptures

from Central J’m,...:rica", Oxford U"P o-F 0 Hall/1923.. Burton, H" Prehistoric J\nimalso Fred.erick Nuller/1974", BerlH;z, C. Atlantis" Hacm:Ulan/1984" ~~ay, Ao Sci::mce, _ the Publ~.c a.ncl. the UFOs 0 Bray Bodi: Service/1968" Ih.g:nall j Ao Kent Lore.. Ha.le/198..),_ Cottrell, L.. la..’1d of the T1tJO Brockhampton Press/196.3" Churcll\\fardj <J’

0 T.he Children of u" Rider/Un.:!:r.11Oi"m" Coggins, J" &: Pra.tt; :F" RocketE:; > Jets, Guided r4 ;,siles and

Spaceships" Random House/1951" Coggins -, J" &: Pratt, F 0 ~y i:~r:,aces"~li? to thcMoOl1o Publicity

.i:-/r 0 (ructr.~11 fJ nH:nO\lm 0’ Century 21" UFO :rmu0L Pol;ys!:yle Publications/1971" Chapma.n~ R, UFO" Arthur BeJcer/19696

ll ken, BG Von." Chariot of tho Gods", Souvenir/1969" Daniken’9 Eo Vonn to tho F3 :8~r SOl-lVH11il.-.;l1970? Dani.1t.:en2 I~b V.OD.e 111C: G’JdJ3 tnd tll :l.r Gl~and Dcsigl1 Bouvenir./"1984o David1 ,)" Flying Sauc’3:t"E have, Arr:vede \:,lorld Publishing/1970, Drr.1~ f D " 111 ..;~ .1.]^’O !""’Cl’ ~Y>"’ ’",~".+- c.’’’’’’c>’’m~’’’’/1a R ’ ~ C’..:1Ae, tV Q.I’\.. pace,l ell .1~.J.l ~.....L J:1..Ll. _~’"’~;.... v ,)..Jctt...) \._ C’I- J.<J 1’I.:;c...4. .tk-:t.LJ. ;;IV c

Ein,stein~ AQ &: ~ I,,, ’11hG I’:volution of Physics.. Cambridge TTPj’i 9:;8 "

Vans 9 L 0" The Boo.k of Geology Q Frederick \ilarne/1974.. EV .llS, Ho VisioYJ.:3? , Alien Vi;itorc’3", Acquarian/198lj-.. F:i.rsoff~ V" !\" I,ife Among the Stars" Uil1.gate, 19?1h, Fords Be, J" Tho Ef3.rth Watcher.s 0 J..JGslie F’rewin/ 9’l3.. Goetz j Do 8<: jVIorl ey ~ So G" Popul Vuh? \,Jl1ilm Hodge/1951 ’" Hawke 9 Eo The Hanrels ’!( H3’steries of Science" Odhams Press/Unknown,. HO’J2.J’d~ D" Came F’rom VE,nll!:3" Regoncy/Unknm,m.. Uyr1e ",.’j c. 0-"," -J.’J:1t ("’ ~"’,,,/"or:.P H ~’ 9 b" ’0 I.{.. 0 ;,;;.pc<"’U. ,/../<)", Jeans, Sir J" rrho UniVel’E’> f\X’ound Us.. Cambridge UP/1930", Kla s, 1:’0 UFOs-The Decf..:iv ~do Prometheu,s/’!983" KlaE13, U],Os~Id,,,ntified<, Hrmdom Houso/1968" Kerrod, Ro The f 1SJer Book About SpacooSackett and

1’iar hall/ 9?8., 156) Leslie, 1)0 &: Adamski (:fa 1T’lying Saucers Have landed", Herner Laur:e/1953" 157) Larsson, K" You:c Bock of the ]<’aber/1966" ’158) I’1acf2..rlane~ 1" Ta.les and Leg(:;ncl from India.? Chatto g: lJ:L11.dus/1965.. 159) H;llm:3trom, Ro Ee,gle Book of SpS\cecraft Hodel::;" Longacre/1960c; 160) McVitUe; CL Co’ :Fact g, Theory in CosmologY Eyre; &:^Spottiswoode/1961", 161) Hitchell, J Vie,v OV;)I’ Atlantis" ’l’ha.mes 8tHudson/1983... 162) Napier, J 0 Un:Lon/1974,o 163) Nelkon~ M", Mecill~niGS and of Matter" Heinemarill/1955~ 16L~) Nmv En,g1 i h l..Jibr J:’y <> VJorld of SCiG’1Ce Fictiono NIDL/Ul1.1illo1:Jn" ’ 65) Orbit B001,’.:i:R. Po"lZ,r...,!’s ;..)0J.6,’ n.".,1.-’l’.L (,~l-J’;vl",/ur"’r--o’’’’’J. --.... -~ ’v ~ ""’-- - -’, \J~ ij~ l,""" ..;......i....... ~.L,1.. r--’ ’l.l..L~,U. \l\rJ:. 166) Prabhupad ~ Ao Co 30 S" Srimad Bt~ktivedanta Book Trlwt/1981Q ’1(7) Panther Bool<:L3.. The Bock" :Pa:nther/’966" ’168) Qu,anjer ~ J c’ }I Ona ~ One Tl~1..:rtb.{1i A1.1t}10:r’/1961.j-~ 169) Readers Digef,to Into thE; UnlulO’4!:a.. Digest/’19810 1’?0) Randles ~ J UFO Hob,,,rt HaIe/19 3o 171) :Richardson~ Ho,3", HaxJ. Imd Scientific Book Club/’1956", 172) Sraith, To Do Ao BibliograpJ:J.yo j\cquari n/1983" 173) Sellman, Ho Ii. 3:r.itaino HGtl1uenj’195 " .1~}4-) Tomas, L Atlanti,s~ r~ot)e:et .1I.,lo; 197’21$ 175) Verne? J’" 20000 IJcagues Under the SOH. Bancroft: Books/1972", 176) Hhitman, E" EL, Revolt l~gaiD.st tho Hain GoeL 1;ior1d ’10rk/1965.. 17?>to ’1(18) ~Jell.s ~ IL G. ’l’h.e OutJim; Gf History (I} volumes) 0 Georga:

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Arcturus Book Service;::;. UFO l,iterature Reference Guideo Arcturus/19820 Ashe, G" Guidebook to Arthurian Bl’itnil1o Acquarian/’19830 Aldiss" Bo Science ]?iciton A: to NEI,j’1975e Annan, D", C 1.ef .J"lta tique. Lorrime:t~.l1971.j." Atkinson, Eo J" Co Stonehenge~ P?lit,~:m/1960", Adler, Bo Letters to the l"orc6 on TYFO!.’>" DeH/1967. Adam..ski$ G. Inside The Spaceships. PaperbD.ck LibrarY/1967" 13a.rker~ Go UFDGuide to FCLte Hagazineo S:mceriaJJ. Press/1983" Be.Tker? Gn The Yenr of the f3!.lUcer-Gray B rker’s UFO AnnuaL

Ne\v Age/1983o Ber~, z? Co D:?~1sday 1999"G~am.~.D./19?2" Bax"Ger ,eYe < A’CJD_TlS? T" The F:1re Came. By" l ’utura/19?’7" Bleibtreu, J. The Parable of the Beast... Paladin/19’76" ~q- 1"’~’;. m T"’" C!4~~ "-’. ’t~..." 1....~ ~t ~.. f"fr-, ’" ..../197t: J..;ar...\.J..ng., 1..0 ...:...l.l.llo\".~ L,’Yo .c"(.c;I~i1..b..(-...11o e:.t:rl~’} v’.Jl,gl. ’.)0 Burroughs, E~ Ro PellucidD.ro ~:andem/-1973" Baker? Go L~ The of God i12. Here" Society of St" Paul/1961" Barker, Go The Strange CLeSG of Dr" ;’L K" ~iessup" Galaxy Press/1973" ’Brett, E\" & VIaI’d, D~ D" 110l1.5ter of Nan" ),’’larshallCavendish/1980.. Bord! ,J 0 8.: C" The Evidence for Bigfoot t:tnd other j\lan=beasts"

fA c q UeU’ i 211/ 198LI- " Byrne, Co 1-1. Newchurch in Pendle-.Fo11’lore Fact and :~’icti;-,ne

Harsden/1982o , Ba.rnolds1rdck JottinisSo Lanes GCJ’Lmty Coul1cil/198o" En~olv~dMyste~ies ~f th~ P~st~ TOWG:/1970" . . ,’" J, "’-Y’ "’1."1 lee- II 11 e ryo rl ~.~ 0.,. t"’e 1 "’1I~ C"r T, .p.", {ICr"J," r’ "’-’" I" qp7.. ..r:~’ ~""" ,c’-...’<I.~"""L1’.’’’’b _’C _1... ....1.- .......t.J__... ..1....J...\....’_’-’o .:.’1..\{’l._~~ .J..C.....u.., I:;UjO

IL. ’I’he vJilmington G tJ:1.t.~The Quest for a Lost )\1yth.. Turnstone/1983"

Ch:-:trrOtlX ~ R ~ The }~1:ys t erio :s.’ PF,tSt o Ftitlt’caj197Lj. ~ ConeD, L" :.L’he Night of the ’l’rilobiteso Corgi/~j968" Car()ny He is: Hutin, S. il’heAlchemist " Everg1’eC:f1 Books/1961.. Cove, G!} Th:e Pilots of tkle .Fl~ying StnJ..cerso Pri’V~:lte/UllJ;:"’10v!ne Churchwa1’cl, J", L’Uni iTore,Seerd de J i ni 11\..1/19700 Curtin, J" ’To.les of, the & of the Ghost ’if/orld" TaJ.bot/197L~" 001’n811y :J. !~. C~ Str:1.nge Sudden a.nd Ullcxpected~ Scholastic

, Bool\: Services/1972" Delacour, J,,:S. Glimpse;::> of the Beyond", Den/19ft;:’" Evans, D.. Astronomy" Hodder i?~ S toughton,{ 1982.. Evans, H" The Evidence for UFOs" Acquarian/1983& Ed’ifJard.s, :F\ Flying SEcucers-SertOU6 Busin0.ss Bantmrl/’1966" Edmond olJ., Ii. L I~DJl1ou Space hips of Fact’ and Fiction. KalmbD-ch/’i979.. Eyscnck, Ho J. & D. K~ B" ~strology-Science or Superstitionc

Peilican/1981!." Ley :Line;3...Their Nature and Properties" ’l’urnstone/1983"

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b. There are objects probably approximating the shape of a disc, of such appre- ciable size as to appear to be as large as a man-made aircraft.

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c. There is a possibility that some of the incidents may be caused by natural phenomena, such as meteors.

d. The reported operating characteristics such as extreme rates of climb, maneu- verability (particularly in roll), and action which must be considered evasive

when sighted or contacted by friendly aircraft and radar, lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, auto- matically, or remotely.

-U .S. Senator Barry Goldwater, also a general in the Air Force Reserves,

who has repeatedly expressed his opinion that UFOs are real and who has been denied access to top secret UFO files at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, despite his status.

A curious set of regulations exists within NASA. Listed in the Code of

Federal Regulations since 1969, 14 CFR 1211, as they are known, provide

for the detention, examination, and decontamination of persons and things

that have come in direct or indirect contact with a person, animal, or other

form of life or matter that has "touched directly or come within the atmo-

spheric envelope of any other celestial body." Originally designed for our expeditions to the moon and, in fact, insti-

tuted only a few days before the first lunar landing, the regulations can be

applied to space voyages by vehicles not originating from Earth, according

to NASA’s general counsel Neil Hosenball. Theoretically, anyone who sees

and approaches a UFO and, if lucky (7) enough, is able to touch the object,

may be liable for a $5,000.00 fine and/or a year in prison if he or she does

not submit to detention. Now, we don’t anticipate that such a thing will ever come down upon

a UFO witness. It would hardly be a way to reward someone with physical

proof of UFO realty! However, another problem surfaces and that is the

fact that when such stories are circulated in the media, a potential witness

could be frightened away from reporting a UFO encounter. The threat of

a fine and prison term for exposing the public to some as yet unknown

peril may be impetus enough to remain silent. One witness involved in the following encounter had precisely this fear

in mind when he came forward to tell us what he had gone through.

Persistent stories had come out of England about an unidentified flying

object which had come down into the Rendlesham Forest near the American

Air Force Base at Bentwaters on December 30, 1980. Reports included radar

tracking from a civilian radar site, which later had been visited by U.S.

Air Force officers with the purpose of confiscating the radar tapes, and ac-

counts by USAF personnel of a metallic craft and entities seen in a clearing

at Rendlesham. The stories, of course, were unverified and little else could

be accomplished unless more concrete data came forth. Two British UFO investigators, Brenda Butler and Dot Street, followed

Ir 11;,’ ’:tnr;(’~. ;1nd found substance to them. Reportedly, a

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SP~\Jrity sergeant saw entities associated with a dome-shaped UFO in the .., ~0ds; another witness, an airman, saw marks in the earth characteristic of what he had heard about UFO landing marks. All witnesses desired complete anonymity, however, and while the story became more intriguing with the increase in the number of confirming witnesses, it still could not be considered a strong case by any means. Anonymous witnesses and scattered rumors are not convincng evidence of anything.

While we were putting this book together, a person came forward as a result of a UFO article he had read. Fascinated by the subject because of his experience, this individual was eventually put in contact with the authors and told a very interesting t le. His identity is known to us, but, by his request, we will change his name to Art Wallace.

Wallace was attached to Bentwaters Air Force Base as a security police- man. He had been assigned to the base for only a short period of time, when at 1:00 A.M. on a night either on or very near to December 30, 1980, his life took a strange twist. While he was on duty at the Bentwaters flight line, a jeep pulled up. Two men, a sergeant and a lieutenant, told Wallace to get in because they were going over to the motor pool. On the way over, Wallace noticed that many animals were running out of the woods nearby; something he had never seen before, even in the States. When they arrived at the motor pool, Wallace and the sergeant were told to get gas-powered "light-aIls" (trailer-mounted lights used for illuminating large areas). The lights were attached to the jeep, and they proceeded to the Bentwaters main gate where they met other vehicles.

The convoy moved out toward the Rendlesham Forest a few miles away. Wallace heard radio chatter mentioning names of people he knew plus "OSI," most likely a reference to the Air Force’s Office ofSpecal Investi- gations. Wallace saw security police as well as members of the British military stationed all along the way.

They pulled onto a dirt road and drove about a mile into the Rendlesham Forest, stopping at what Wallace referred to as a "staging point." The men were ordered to check their weapons in since they would not be taking them along. Wallace went into the woods with four other men led by a captain who had met them at the Bentwaters motor pool. As they approached a clearing in the woods, they noticed a brightness in the distance and the sound of helicopters overhead. Wallace noticed an airman crying at the edge of the clearing with a medic attending him. This puzzled Wallace greatly as he couldn’t imagine what might have been going on. The first thing the men noticed when they had a clear view was that large movie cameras had been placed surrounding a field in the clearing. Many miltary and plainclothes personnel were milling about watching something.

The "something" was an object, taking the appearance of a transparent aspirin tablet, hovering about one foot off the ground. Wallace estimated that the object was fifty feet in diameter and had a bright, pulsating, yellow


inside. It did not move from its position. Wallace and some of the

men approached the object to within about ten feet. Two cows in the field had come over to the object and according to Wallace, appeared to .be just staring at it, oblivious to the security men in the area.

A radio call was heard over a field radio unit. A helicopter pilot said,

"Here it comes." In the distanc{::, a red light appeared, first behind a pine

tree, then in front of it. The light quickly sped over to the aspirin-shaped object and hovered at a position about twenty feet above it. After maintaining

this position for a minute, the red light broke up. No explosion occurred in the conventional sense. The light merely broke up into a shower of particles.

Suddenly, in the place of the red light and the aspirin-shaped object, another vehicle appeared. Wallace said it was a domed disc. bright white in color, with an intricately detailed surface much like the models used in

movies like "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters." It had two appendages on the lower flange of the disc which seemed to be the beginning of delta

wings but not quite. Shadows were cast on the surface of the disc by some

of the raised-relief detail. Wallace and the men with him walked around the object and noticed an interesting effect. Their own shadows were cast onto the object, probably by the bright "light-aUs" in the field. Not only did their shadows bend upwards at the head, but as they walked and then

stopped, the shadows would appear to advance one pace more and then

stop. Stunned and disbelieving of this effect, Wallace and the others walked and stopped several times, each time noticing the effect repeat itself. Addition- ally, tbe third time that they tried this, a light came over the head of a

shadow and moved from one head to another. Wallace recalled turning to say a few words to one of the men. The

next thing he knew, he woke up in bed, fully dressed and muddy up to his knees. Wallace asked one of his companions in the barracks what time he

had come in. He replied 4:00 A.M. At that point he did not remember what had happened that night. As he went about his usual duties, Wallace began to recall the events.

A phone call came later in the day. Wallace was summoned to his

commander’s office along with other security policemen who were at the

scene of the UFO activity. Civilians were in the office also, giving Wallace the impression of being CIA personnel. The commander politely advised

the men not to talk about the night’s events to anyone. They were brought

into another room where the civilians, much more stern and rude, reminded

the men of their duty and ordered them never to discuss the matter with

anyone. They were checked for radiation, debriefed for an hour, and made

to sign forms which re-emphasized the high security nature of what happened. Wallace and others were put on a call-in schedule by which they would be required to phone a certain number daily at 11:30 A.M. as a check on their

whereabouts and activities. Wallace recalled being shown a film on UFOs in a room with other

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11 for reasons which he stW doesn’t understand. The movie displayed film _.! s, some dating to World War II, of actual UFO activity in various places and times. Several of the sequences showed UFOs near what appeared to be fighter aircraft, and in one sequence from the Korean War, a disc-shaped object passed close to an MIG fighter, causing it to crash. Wallace was told they were being shown this so that they might better understand the need for secrecy on the events of the 30th. Wallace said that versions of the story leaked to the British media detailing alien meetings in the forest and landing marks on the ground were deliberately contrived by the military to mislead the public. The false evidence was intended to be discovered by UFO investigators so that a negativeevalua- tion would be ascribed to the story, thus preserving secrecy. It is quite a story, and coupled with other accounts of the Rendlesham Forest events, we are inclined to think that something truly extraordinary may have happened. What was the Air Force’s official response to this? The authors filed a FOIA request with the 81st Combat Support Group at RAF Bentwaters to determine if documentation was on file at the base. A reply dated April 28, 1983, came from Col. Henry J. Cochran, Bentwaters Commander.Reference your letter dated April 14, 1983 requesting information about unknown aircraft activity near RAF Bentwaters. There was allegedly scme strange activity near RAF Bentwaters at the approximate time in question but not on land under U.S. Air Force jurisdiction and, therefore, no official investigation was conducted by the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing. Thus, the records you request do not exist [emphasis added}.

If no records exist, how did Co!. Cochran know that something had happened near Bentwaters? He was not the Bentwaters Commander at the time. Further. more, under the provisions of Air Force Manual 12-50, such records would either have been destroyed after a short period of time or they would have been passed along to a permanent storage facility for retention; that is, they would no longer be at the base. And the investigation was probably not conducted by the 8Ist Tactical Fighter Wing but by someone else (OS I?). On May 7, 1983, CAUS Researcher Director Robert Todd filed an FOIA request with the Air Force’s 513th Combat Support Group for information on the Rendlesham Forest affair. The 513th CSG provides document management services for the Headquarters of the Third Air Force in Europe, which covers the Bentwaters area. Our hopes were low for any positive results as it seemed that a tight ring of secrecy was placed around the story. However, in a June 14, 1983, letter from Co!. Peter Bent, Commander of the 513th CSG, an utterly stunning admission was made. Co!. Bent said:It might interest you to know that the US Air Force had no longer retained a copy of the 13 January 1981 letter written by Lt Col Charles I. Halt.


The Air Force file copy had been properly disposed of in accordance with Air Force Regulations. Fortunately, through diligent inquiry and the gracious consent of Her Majesty’s government, the British Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force, the US Air Force was provided a copy for you.

The January 13 letter was enclosed with Cot. Bent’s response. It was on the official letterhead of the 81st Combat Support Group at Bentwaters and

signed by Lt. Cot. Halt, who was the Deputy Base Commander. The title of the document is "Unexplained Lights," and it reads like science fiction:

1. Early in the morning of 27 Dec 80 (approximately 0300L), two USAF security police patrolmen saw unusual lights outside the back gate at RAF Woodbridge. Thinking an aircraft might have crashed or been forced down, they called for permission to go outside the gate to investigate. The on- duty flight chief responded and allowed three patrolmen to proceed on foot. The individuals reported seeing a strange glowing object in the forest. The object was described as being metallic in appearance and triangular in shape, approximately two to three meters across the base and approximately two meters high. It illuminated the entire forest with a white light. The object itself had a pulsating red light on top with a bank(s) of blue lights underneath. The object was hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approached the object, it maneuvered through the trees and disappeared. At this time the animals on a nearby farm went into a frenzy. The object was briefly sighted approximately an hour later near the back gate.

2. The next day, three depressions 1 V2" deep and 7" in diameter were found where the object had been sighted on the ground. The following night (29 Dee 80) the area was checked for radiation. Beta/gamma readings of 0.1 milliroentgens were recorded with peak readings in the three depressions and near the center of the triangle formed by the depressions. A nearby tree had moderate (.05-.07) readings on the side of the tree toward the depressions. 3. Later in the night a red sun-like light was seen through the trees. It moved about and pulsed. At one point it appeared to throw off glowing particles and then broke into five separate white objects and then disappeared. Immediately thereafter, three star-like objects were noticed in the sky, two objects to the north and one to the south, all of which were about 100 off the horizon. The objects moved rapidly in sharp angular movements and displayed red, green and blue lights. The objects to the north appeared to be elliptical through an 8-12 power lens. They then turned to full circles. The objects to the north remained in the sky for an hour or more. The object to the south was visible for two or three hours and beamed down a stream of light from time to time. Numerous individuals, including the undersigned, witnessed the activities in paragraphs 2 and 3.

Outside of some small variation in detail, the story in the document is amaz-

ingly similar to what Art Wallace described. This letter was certainly part

of a more detailed file, since it is clear that an official investigation was

conducted. Looking back at Cot. Cochran’s April 28 response to our inquiry on Rendlesham, we now see that it amounts to nothing more than a gross

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" tnpt to mislead the public and constitutes a blatant violation of the spirit and the letter of the Freedom of Information Act.

What could be equally as mysterious as the events themselves’ is the reason why the letter was released in the first place. We probably would not have known about its existence had it not been given to us. And it surely doesn’t help to make the Air Force’s official stance on UFOs credible. Could there be a segment within the Air Force that wants us to have the facts on UFOs? It’s a distinct possibility.

Our investigation into this most bizarre affair continues. We have already discussed many of the agencies involved in collecting

reports of UFOs domestically and internationalIy. One other potential source of UFO data has not been mentioned only because it has been relatively unknown until recently through revelations by the New York Times.

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is an intelligence agency whose very existence has been classified top secret. It has an extraordinary budget of $2 billion per year and manages to hide this primarily in Air Forces operations. It functions in such a manner that nothing about it is subject to open scrutiny.

The NRO’s mission is to monitor international communications (like the NSA) and to oversee the operation of the nation’s spy satellite system. Government officials have even refused to discuss the agency’s name if it were brought up. How might the NRO’s operations relate to UFO research?

Photo-reconnaissance satellites have advanced to such a degree that even individuals can be specifically identified from orbits one hundred miles up. If strange aerial activity were to be detected in space as has been done in the past by NORAD (see Chapter 1), a photo-reconnaissance satellite could be expected to be pressed into duty by taking high-resolution photos of the UFOs. Significant strong evidence for UFOs may cun::ently exist in the NRO’s files but accessab ty would be virtualIy impossible under present security provisions. Such security could also protect an above-top secret version of Project Saint (see Chapter 13) in photographing UFO activity.

Let us summarize in detail our conclusions on the UFO subject. (We refer to the small percentage of total reports which are currently listed as genuine unknowns:

1) UFOs are a real, material, physical phenomenon, completely unidentifiable in conventional terms. 2) UFOs display intelligence of a very high order. 3) Granting that UFOs are real and intelligent, somebody is behind the phe-

nomenon; that is, advanced biological life forms. 4) These life forms are here for a purpose. A "clear intent" has been demon-

strated numerous times.

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5) Their purpose at the present time is unknown but may be related to an extended surveillance of what might be termed a primitive. embryonic society.

6) The origin of the biological life forms is unknown. but the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems to be the most attractive explanation. although not the only one.

7) UFOs have overflown U.S. military and other government facilities since World War II, as evidenced by official U.s. document releases from a variety of federal agencies.

8) This activity has extended to other nations, as evidenced by official U.S. government document releases.

9) UFO activity over some U.S. military/governmental fac ties has been of such a sensational. dramatic nature that a definite threat to U.s. national security is considered as fact within the highest levels of government. (This scenario also applies to foreign governments.)

10) Documented UFO reports of national security signi6cance have been and continue to be withheld. under tight secrecy regulations, from all but the most highly-placed government officials.

II) Despite tight secrecy regarding release of UFO documents, government officials most closely associated with UFO data of national security importance probably do not have a definite "answer" to the UFO problem, but they monitor the phenomenon in pursuit of an answer.

12) The monitoring procedure probably includes the use of unmarked helicopters as convenient vehicles of transportation to and from scenes of UFO and other related activity.

Part of why this book exists is to urge people with any knowledge of the events discussed here to contact us and fill in the missing details. Other events related to the subject matter of the book, but not mentioned, would also be of great interest.

We would like to stress that no information is being sought other than UFO data. Sensitive material about the defense of the United States, military and government personnel, and the internal functions of federal agencies is not of interest to the authors. The protection of such details is fully and understandably recognized under the Freedom of Information Act. Since the government has declared many times that UFOs are no threat to national security, we feel fully justified in asking that data about UFOs be released and put out before the public for a fair and open-minded assessment of what is one of the most intriguing topics in recorded history.

In particular, we solicit any information on the existence of long-ru- mored movie films on UFOs-some in general documentary format, others showing actual footage of UFOS filmed by people on the ground and by pilots in the air, equipped with aerial cameras. Additionally, a document written in the summer of 1948 by Air Force Project Sign personnel entitled "Estimate of the S uation" is sought. Although the original document was supposedly destroyed in 1948, copies were known to exist years later.

The "Estimate of the Situation" is a curiosity of UFO history. The

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c.."Jument concluded that UFOs were interplanetary, according to those few individuals who saw it, including the former head of Project Blue Book in the early 1 950s, Captain Edward Ruppelt. Ruppelt stated that at least one copy, legal-sized with a black cover stamped "Secret," survived its original destruction order. Since then, all attempts to locate the document have failed. The Air Force’s responses to such inquiries have been strangely contradictory.

One letter to a UFO researcher by the Air Force’s Director of Legislative Liaison, Major General W. P. Fisher, said, "There has never been an Air Force conclusion that flying saucers were real and were interplanetary space ships. The alleged 1948 document mentioned in your letter is nonexistent."

Yet, in 1967, the Air Force’s Chief, Civil Branch of the Office ofInforma- tion’s Community Relations Division, Lt. Colonel George Freeman, said:

Regarding the 1948 "Estimate of the Situation" the late Captain Ruppelt in his book, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, provides the answer. The Top Secret Estimation was working its way up to the higher echelons of the Air Force. It got to the late General Hoyt S. Vanderberg, then Chief of Staff. before it was "batted down," The General wouldn’t "buy" interplanetary vehicles, The report lacked proof and the Estimate died a quick death. Some months later, it was completely declassified and relegated to the incinerator. I am sorry, but we have no copies of this document.

The "Estimate" obviously survived destruction by several accounts. Knowl. edge of its location would be of great historical importance.

We have tried to give a rational assessment of UFOs. Old questions have been answered and new ones have been raised. To be sure, UFOs have not been given a fair day in court, which is why the subject remains cloaked in rumor and ambiguity. Some scientists are aware of the challenge placed before us, but the scientific community at large must shoulder some of the blame for the way the UFO phenomenon has been treated. Scholars have descended upon UFO enthusiasts in righteous indignation, accusing them of promoting pseudoscience and misinforming the public to an almost irrever- sible degree. Indeed, some of the criticism is well-deserved. Serious UFO researchers were, for some time, a small minority in a subject dominated by religious fanatics, pseudointellectuals, and a variety of space explorers, whose alleged trips to "lush, green Venus" and the marvelous cities on the far side of the moon titillated millions.

Inevitably, the wheat is separated from the chaff and the true nature of a mystery manifests itself. This is what present-day UFO logists are promoting-a serious look at real events, not a 19808 version of "Earth vs. Flying Saucers" or "Invaders from Mars."

The U.S. government is convinced that UFOs are a serious matter. It is only through a concerted effort by the world’s braintrust that UFOs can be dealt with effectively, almost surely leading to the revelation of new truths.

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2. The next day, three depressions 1 1/2" deep and 7" in diameter were found where the object had been sighted on the ground. The following night (29 Dee aD) the area was checked for radiation. eta/ganm~ readings of 0.1 milliroentgcns were recorded i’Jith peak readings in the three depressions and neal- the center of the tl~iangle fanned by the depressions. A nearby tr-ee had mode}-ate (.05-,07) readings on the side of the tree toward the depressions.

3. later in the night a red sun-like light was seen through the trees. It moved about and pulsed. At one point it appeared to throw off glol.ling particles and then broke into five separate white objects and then disappeared. Immediately thereafter, thl-ee star-l ike objects were noticed in the sky, two objects to the north and oQe to the south, all of which were about 100 off the horizon. The objects moved rapidly in sharp angular- movements and displayed red, green and blue lights. The objects to the north appeared to be elliptical through an 8-12 power lens. They then turned to full circles. The objects to the north remained in the sky for an hour or more. The object to the south was visible for two or three houl’s and beamed dO\</n a stream of light from time to time. Numerous individuals, including the undersigned, witnessed the activities in paragraphs 2

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.. .. ...-- to- etiresome. EHlquiI:iesfrom.thepubUc) 1 Lftherereallyis. no systematic study of the phenomenon, viz. something in the nature of a small expert committee in Whitehall or the placing of responsibility on a designated and expert director- ate in the MOD, should there not be ? Is there no liason with French and US agencies ?

I hope that you will reel able to comment on the three questions at the end of the preceding paragraph. I ask them, not in any spirit of contention, but because I believe that we cannot afford to ignore a persistent phenomenon which other countries appear to take seriously. It seems to me to deserve systematic study within a Defence context, even if only to dismiss it in the end as trivial. I think you will know that there are others~whose judgement is to be respected and whose experience qualifies themtwho take a similar view, Lord Hill-Norton among them.

To return to the particular case of RAF Woodbridge, you may already be aware that television documentaries of the occurrence have been made by two foreign companies. The programme made by Cable News Network is now likely to be shown in this country before long, I have not yet seen the documentary in full, myself, but I understand from the organisation that they claim to have established a number of facts which are very much at odds with the view that Col. Halt and other USAF personnel merely misperceived some phenomenon with a wholly conventional explanation (the Orfordness lighthouse, a satellite re-entry, a bright meteor). The following are among the more important points which Cable appear to be claiming.

1. Col. Halt adheres to the report of 13th January 1981, of which the MOD has a copy. He also confirms the authenticty of a tape-recording made by himself on site on the night of 29th December 1980 which tallies with paragraph 3 of his report (and in some respects goes beyond it).

2. Other witnesses to the events of 27th and 29th December 1980 reported by Halt have made sworn depositions.

3. Although not reported by Halt, there was an unusual occurence near RAF Woodbridge on the night of 26th December 1980. An unidentified object in an area of Rendlesham Forest sufficiently worried USAF personnel to cause them to seek help from the Suffolk police. Police officers at Woodbridge (the village) have confirmed that they responded to this call, albeit without establishing unambiguous evidence at the site of the ’sighting’ claimed by the USAF contingent which had been sent to investigate it.

4. There is evidence that RAF Watton (and perhaps other radar installations) had radar traces on at least one of the three nights in question of an unidentified aerial object in the area of RAF Woodbridge/Rendlesham Forest,

5. There is evidence that a 16mm cine-film was made at the site by USAF personnel on 29th December 1980 and was referred for study by the USAF headquarters in Germany.

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Yet the phenomenon is undoubtedly under study in at least some back rooms... That air of governmental indifference is an assumed one...

From documents released under the Freedom of Information Act in America we have undeniable evidence of a keen interest in the phenomenon on the part of the CIA, the National Security Agency, and other government departments. The facts are meticulously documented in a recent book, CLEAR INTENT by Lawrence Fawcett and ...’----y .. ro----..--d "."..-........:--. u_,.. ,no!,) ’0"," k-no" +h-+ +h-F-"’n-h ~-"e"’’’’me’’’’+ ...o...,,,~.....’" ~;~;re;~e~;t~~;~ c~~~{;~;;~;::C1;;is~~:~e.d:;Pi~ew~i~;;i.~g cut; i~p~;~d"~n ;;n;""’’’.u,> departments by the Mitterand government a little while ago. (though we can only speculate on what use is made of its material by its di.recting body, the French equivalent of NASA). We know that the Russian Academy of Sciences regularly buys a surprising number of each issue of the most prestigious British journal on the UFO phenomenon (though its i.mportation by ordinary Soviet citi.zens is forbidden I). We must strongly suspect - to put it no higher - that the British Ministry of Defence is taking a close interest in the phenomenon. As a former Ministry of Defence officia I sincerely hope so ! Anything which can enter and leave British airspace with impunity, land on British territory, leave confusing trac;es in our radar system, interfere with electrical and electronic devices, register itself on film and out-manoeuvre British aircraft (and I think there is evidence for all these things) must surely be of more than passing interest to a government department which is charged with our defence. I hope I shall be thought to compliment rather than criti- cise my former colleagues and present acquaintances in Whitehall if I ruefully congratulate them on the suave effrontery with which they pretend to be taking no notice of the stranger occurrences reported to them !

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erate mis-statement on the part of the Ministry of Defence in at least one important case, the occurrence of strange events on two nights in late December 1980 in a part of Rendlesham Forest adjoining the USAF Base at RAF Woodbridge. We have the evidence for these events in a statemeg;I,,~.t.s.ned on 13th January 1981 by the then Deputy Base Commander, Lt.Col. (now ~~~~~) Charles Halt of the United States Air Force. This statement was not made public until 14th June 1983 when - following persistent pressure by the authors of CLEAR INTENT (see above) - its release was authorised by the USAF in America under the Freedom of Information Act. Whether this release was an inadvertency at rather low level in the USAF we may never know: despi1 the Freedom of Information Act, American agencies have proved perfectly capable (and often no doubt with good reason) of sustaining objections in the courts to the rel-

..... ....ease.ofdocuments..TheI’e..iscertainlysomeevidence.tha.tHaIt was not consultedabou1 the release and that it somewhat dismayed him. Be that as it may, however, the letteJ of release included the extraordinary statement that the USAF had disposed of its o~ copy of Halt’s report but that: "... through diligent inquiry and the gracious conse1 of Her Majesty’s government, the British Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force the US Air Force was provided a copy for you." The Ministry of Defence have confirm~ in reply to a Parliamentary Question tabled by Major Sir Patrick Wall, MP, that a copy of Halt’s report was indeed received by them. Yet we are told in a recent book. SKYCRASH by Brenda Butler, Dot Street and Jenny Randles (Neville Spearman ~d., 1984 that the Ministry of Defence had flatly denied any knowledge of suppose l ~Rendlesh~ Forest when enquiries were made to them in 1981, following strong local rumours of aJ extraordinary occurrence.

The Ministry of Defence may well have good reasons for witholding information about the Rendlesham incidents. As a former Defence pfficial,I would not wish to press questions on any matter touching national security; and in those circumstances I would not be surprised if questions pressed by others were met by a refusal to reply. But I cannot help feeling that it is something of a lapse from the usual standards of a government department to issue a direct mis-statement. Concealment is one thing (and is often justified), false denial is quite another.

The RAF Woodbridge case of December 1980 strikes me as one of the most interes ing and important of recent years, anyway in this country - perhaps the most signifi cant military sighting (or supposed sighting) since the celebrated events of 13th/14 August 1956 near RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath (both of which are, by an entertaining coincidence, quite close to Woodbridge in that much-haunted county of Suffo! Those who wish to study the Bentwaters/Lakenheath incidents will find descriptions of them in the books mentioned below. The RAF Woodbridge case is described at length in SKYCRASH (see above). It is also to be the subject of several radio and televisio programmes. Much was said about it in THE NEWS OF THE WORLD in 1983. mainly in its issues of 2nd and 9th October. Alone in Fleet Street, the then editor, Derek Jameson decided to give space to Halt’s report; and Keith Beabey of THE NEWS OF THE WORLD pursued it vigorously in the face f the kind of ridicule which the Uquality’! news- papers seem to find it expedient to attach to this mysterious and persistent phenomenon.

It was the Woodbridge case which prompted me to take up a long-shelved intenti to write a tlUFO book". I have chosen, quite deliberately, to cast it as a piece of fiction. Fiction allows the imagination to range widely, and it seems to me that thi can sometimes be productive in turning better-qualified minds to new aspects of a problem. A false hypothesis can often have as much heuristic value as a good one ! It does, at the least, enable serious researchers to consider - and properly test - a new idea, even if only to throw it away when it fails to stand up to scrutiny. I a far from being wedded to the hypotheslson which A SECRET PROPERTY is based. The main object of the book is to entertain, and to do so in the form of a thriller. It most certainly does not reflect any inside knowledge or startling revelation on the part of a former Defence official. (If I had such knowledge, the Official Secrets Ac would forbid me to reveal it I).

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