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Parl iament appl ies equally to all UK citizens; membersof the publ ic , as wel l as serving and ex-servicepersonnel . In the hypothet ical example you cite in yourquestion former service personnel would be able todiscuss any matter which was not "class if ied" but may bel iable under the Official S ecrets Act i f they revealedinformat ion which today remains "class if ied" .

(4) The MOD' s policy in respect of reports of ' unidenti fiedf lying objects ' has not changed. The Department ' sinteres t in these matters rela tes solely to whether asight ing represents an incurs ion of the UK Air DefenceRegion by host ile or unauthorized foreign mil itaryact ivi ty.

(5&6)As explained in Mr S pel lar ' s le tter to Dafydd Wigley MPof 21 January, the integri ty of the UK' s airspace inpeacetime is maintained through continuous polic ing ofthe UK Air Defence Region by the Royal Air Force which

remains vigi lant for any potential external mil itarythreat . We are confident that our current air defencecapabi li t ies ful ly meet any perceived threat .

(7) The number of reports of ' unexplained' aerial sight ingsmade by members of the armed forces is very small incomparison to the overall number of reports theDepartment receives . S ince 1967 all reports received bythis Department , f rom whatever source, are t ransferredto the PRO at the thir ty year point .

(8) On 24 July 1996 the Minis ter of S tate for the ArmedForces , the Hon Nicholas S oames MP, answered aParl iamentary Question from the late Mart in Redmondabout this alleged incident . I enclose a copy of theOfficia l report for your information.

(9) Depending on the nature of events alleged to have beenwitnessed, further advice as necessary would be soughtfrom Defence experts within the Department .

(10) S ince 1 January 1995 to date the MOD has received:

one ' UFO' report from a mili tary source.1 ,470 ' UFO' reports from civil ian sources.

(11) As explained in para 2 of the letter to Dafydd Wigley MPof 21 January, unless there are defence implicat ions,and to date no ' UFO sighting ' reported to us hasrevealed such evidence, we do not at tempt to identi fythe precise nature of each report .

3. I am returning your sae as we have our own postalarrangements .

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M r. Soam es: Reports o f sightings on these dates arere co rd ed o n file and w ere e xam ine d by staff re spo nsiblefo r air d efe nce m atte rs. N o firm co nclu sio ns w ere draw nabo ut the natu re o f the phe nome na re po rte d bu t the e ve ntsw ere no t ju dg ed to be o f de fe nce sig nificance .

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From: Secretariat(Air Staff)2a 1a, RoomMIN ISTRY OF DEFENCEMain Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB

Telephone(Directdial) 0171 2182140(Switchboard) 0171 218(Fax)

Your reference

Our referenceD/Sec{AS)/64/3Date

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Skipton,shire.

1. Thank you for your letters of 28 and 29 April, the latteraddressed to the Secretary of State for Defence which has beenpassed to this office for reply as we are the focal point withinthe MOD for correspondence of this nature.

2. You have asked about'UFO' sighting over the Northincorrect and speculative;'UFOs' on its radar. The RAFSpace' Symposium in June

sightings.3. I hope this explains the position.

the recent press articles alleging aSea. All of the press reports wereRAF Fylingdales has not tracked any

Cranwell 'Military Exploitation ofis not concerned with alleged 'UFO'


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MINISTERIAL CORRESPONDENCE UNIT

Ref NO_ _ - - -1 . . 1 . . . . . 19~9~8

The Secretary of State ,/ has received theattached letter from a member of the public. It has not beenacknowledged by this office.

Please send a reply on behalf of the Minister concerned. AllMinisters attach importance to such letters being answered promptly,your reply should therefore be sent within 20 working days of the dateof this minute. If, exceptionally, this should prove impossible aninterim reply should be sent within the same timescale.

A new Open Government Code of Practice on Access toGovernment Information came into force on in January 1997. Allreplies to members of the public must be in accordance with theprocedures set out in the Code. A full explanation of the Code ofPractice is contained in DCI(Gen) 5~r information isavailable from DOMD on extension_

Under the Citizens' Charter, Departments are now required tokeep records of their performance. All branches and Agencies arerequired to keep information on the number of requests for

information which refer to the Code of Practice including details ofthe correspondent and the nature and date of the reply. In addition, theDepartment is required to provide a record of the total number of lettersfrom members of the public and provide statistics (which may be usedon a valid sample) of its performance in providing replies within theirpublished targets.

As part of our monitoring procedure, random spot checks onthe accuracy of your branch records on correspondence will be

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The Rt. Hon G. Robertson, M P,Secretaryof State for Defence,The House of Commons,

London,SWIA0'AA

29thApril'19~8.

Dear Sir,

Could you please tellboth myself and my group what you and your colleagues know

about the revelations contained in an article published in both the Daily Express andthe Daily Mail for Monday the 27th of April, 1998. To clarify my inquiry I have.enclosed a photocopy of the article in question. Please do not refer me to our MOD, Ihave already written to their Secretariat Air Staff 2Aand I would hope that being aminister in a government that has promised the people of the United Kingdom a moreopen and enlightened government, along with a Freedom of Information Act,you willappreciate how irritating it can be to be run through the Rose garden by those notexactly sympathetic to ones cause, or in establishing the truth regardingUf'O'sand theexistence of extraterrestrial -intelligence.

I have been in.touch with various people about this matter, including other MP's' & thecommanding officer of HQ USAF Third Air Force, RAF Mildenhall at Bury StEdmunds, Suffolk. This particular body has been most helpful to us in the pastregarding UFO inquiries. From our investigations thus far we have ascertained that thecontent of the article in question was given to the Daily Express and the Daily Mail bya disgruntled ex employee of the MOD itself, who gave the information to a wellknown author andresearcher on the subject ofL1FO's:We would gratefully appreciateit ifyou could find the time to possibly raise this matter in the house at your earliestopportunity and convenience.


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If the content of this article can be verified then it is surely time we the people weretold the truth regarding these extraterrestrial. craft, who appear to be visiting both oursolar system and Our planet with impunity, while at the same time being engaged inextremely uncivilised activities, I believe you will no doubt be aware of the importance

and impact of such a situation. Wein the fieldof Uf'O research are sick and tired ofofficials and scientists in the world of academia, arrogantlytelling us (the populace),that there are no such intelligence's visiting our world' at this moment in time. We areneither gullible nor stupid and they should not insult our intelligence by treating us assuch, In anticipation of your kind consideration of this matter, we would like to thankyou for giving this letter your most urgent attention.

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, .TIIEE}. .88. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1998

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neBRITAIN'S X-Files maybe opened up amid claimsof stunning evidence thatUFOs fly over Britain.Tapes to be shown to British

and American experts are saidto show objects which changeshape in mid-alr and a battle-ship-sized aircraft travelling at33 times the speed of sound.The details are due to be

revealed in early June at aSpace Symposium at theRAF's Cranwell staff college.A senior RAF' source claims

the mystery craft have beenpicked up by the latest Phased

Array radar at the Cold Warlistening. post at Fylingdales inNorth Yorkshire.One senior officer said:

"What we have seen are notsecret weapons. They are craft

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'of which we have no technicalknowledge. We know theirshape, speeds and height butcannot explain what they are."The most spectacular dis-

covery is 'a craft spotted byFylingdales and the Dutch AirForce over the North Sea.Deseribed as "the size a! a bat-tleship", it zig-zagged at up to24,OOOmphfor 15 minutes, "asif it wanted to be spotted".Another tape shows a group

of 12 oval objects seeminglychange shape, to the amaze-

ment of observers.But the RA.F is expected towithhold some X-Files. It isfeared they' couldreveal howsophisticated their new radarsare.

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The UFO Desk.Offi ce r,Secretariat (Air Staff) 2al,Ministry of Defence,

Main Building,WhitehaIt:,London,SWIA2}-IR

28th April 1998 .

Dear Sir /Madam,

I am writing with reference to the article which appeared on page 27 of the DailyExpress for Monday the 27th of April regarding UFO's that were picked up on thenew Phased Array Radar system at RAF Fylin gd ale s,Also that senior members of theRoyal Air Force and the American military will be discussing the relevant radar tapes ata symposium to be held at RAF Cranwellin the early June of this year. Please can youconfirm that the content of this article is in fact a true record of events thus far. I haveenclosed a copy of the article in question to enable clarification of my request. I amwriting this letter on behalf of both myself and my research group here in Skipton,iNo rt h Y o rk sh ire .


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new radarBRITAIN'S X-Files maybe opened up amid claimsof stunning evidence thatUFOs fly over Britain.Tapes to be shown to British

and American experts are saidto show objects which changeshape in mid-air and a battle-ship-sized aircraft travelling at33 times the speed of sound.The details are due to be

revealed in early June at aSpace Symposium at theRAF's Cranwell staff college.A senior RAF source claims

the mystery craft have beenpicked up by the latest PhasedArray radar at the Cold Warlistening post at Fylingdales inNorth Yorkshire.One senior officer said:

"What we have seen are notsecret weapons. They are craft

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'of which we have no technicalknowledge, We know theirshape, speeds and height butcannot explain what they are."The most spectacular dis-

covery is a craft spotted byFylingdales and the Dutch AirForce over the North Sea.Described as "the size of a bat-tleship", it zig-zagged at up to24,OOOmphfor 15 minutes, "asliit wanted to be spotted".Another tape shows a group

of 12 oval objects seeminglychange shape, to the amaze-ment of observers.But the RAF is expected towithhold some X-Files. It isfeared they could-reveal howsophisticated their new radarsare. .

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Secretariat (Air Stafi)2aMoDRoom 8245Main BuildingWhitehallLondonSWIA2HB

British National SpaceC'tntre151 Buckingham Palace RoadLondonSW1W9SS

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Letter to DTI Minister regarding UFOs.

As we discussed the other day, Mr Battle has received a letter from a member of the publicregarding the Government's policy on investigating UFO sightiugs. We agreed that I wouldwrite back to the individual stating the Government's policy and informing him that the MoDhas lead responsibility on this issue.

For completeness, I am enclosing a copy of the original letter fro_and myresponse to him.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely


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BRITISH NATIONAL SPACE C ENTRE

British National Space Centre151 Buckingham Palace RoadLondonSW1W9SSolyhead.... Tel: 0171 215 0971Fax: 0171 215 0936

1May 1998

Government Policy on UFOs

Thank you for your letter of 3 April to Mr Battle regarding the government's policy on UFOsightings,I have been asked to reply.

Government policy on UFO reports is to investigate any sighting in order to establish whetherthe UK Air Defence Region has been penetrated by hostile or unauthorised foreign militaryforces. Unless the sighting reveals evidence of a potential threat from an external military source- and to date 110 UFO sighting has revealed such evidence - no attempt is made to determine theprecise nature of the sighting. The Government does not feel that investigating each report

would generate sufficient benefit to justify the large public resources required.

Lead responsibility for Government policy 011 this issue lies with the Ministry of Defence (MoD)and not with Mr Battle ~the Minister for Science, Energy and Industry. If you wish to discussthe implications of government policy on UFOs, you should contact the MoD direct at thefollowing address:

Secretariat (Air Stafi)2aMinistry of DefenceRoom 8245Main BuildingWhitehallLondon. SWIA 2HB

Yours sincerely


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I am a student, and member of the WFIU (Wales Federation of IndependentUf'Ologists). I am writing to voice my concern over the issue of UFO secrecyin this country.and our

government's refusal to acknowledge that highly advanced craft displaying capabilities far beyond thereaches of cutting edge technology, are routinely penetrating the United Kingdom's air space.

Mr John Battle, MPThe Minister of State for Science and TechnologyHouse of CommonsLondonSWIAOAA

The opinion held by myself, and many others, is that these UFOs deserve to be researched thoroughly,and Objectively by scientific means, so as to establish the truth behind these extraordinary craft. Thegovernment's ignorance of this phenomena is frightening in itself, as UFOs clearly demonstrate theease with which our airspace can be penetrated by potential threats, yet we are fed with clear displaysof this ignorance when the government labels sightings of UFOs over our military and energyestablishments as being of "No Defence Significance".

Surely, in light of the recent increase in the volume of cases reported, the government should be alittle more concerned, ordering scientific investigation into these sightings, and making the detailsavailable to the public.

Many qualified scientists are already researching the phenomena on a freelance basis, but officialscientific investigations need to be made, not only to establish whether or not UFOs are a threat to thesecurity of the country, but also perhaps to find an answer to the mystery behind these craft.

I have enclosed some documents pertaining to UFO sightings, which I obtained through America'sCIA Freedom Of Information Act database. Surely the phenomena highlighted in these documentsdeserves to be investigated scientifically.

I am very grateful for your kind consideration on these matters.


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From: Secretariat(Air Staff)2a 1a, RoomMINISTRY OF DEFENCEMain Building, Whitehall, London SW1 A 2HB

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Your reference

Our referenceD/Sec(AS}J64/3Date\ May 1998

1. Thank you for your recent lettersSecretariat (Air Staff) answerphone"unidentified flying object" seen nearThis office is the focal point withincorrespondence of this nature.

and message left on theregarding a sighting of an

Grangemouth on 2 February.the Ministry of Defence for

2. First I should explain that the Ministry of Defence examinesany reports of "unidentified flying objects" it receives solely toestablish whether what was seen might have some defencesignificance; namely, whether there is any evidence that the UKAir Defence Region might have been compromised by hostile orunauthorized foreign military activity.

3. Unless there is evidence of a potential threat to the UnitedKingdom from an external military source, and to date no "UFO"report has revealed such evidence, we do not attempt to identifythe precise nature of each sighting reported to us. We believethat rational explanations, such as aircraft lights or naturalphenomena, could be found for them if resources were diverted forthis purpose, but it is not the function of the MOD to providethis kind of aerial identification service. It would be aninappropriate use of defence resources if we were to do so.

4. with regard to your particular observation, I have madeenquiries and have found that there were no military aircraft

booked into the low flying training system for 2 February nearGrangemouth at around the time specified in your message. I havealso looked back through our sighting report files and can confirmthat we received no other reports of "UFO" sightings for 2February from anywhere in the UK, and we are satisfied that thereis no corroborating evidence to suggest that the united Kingdom'sairspace was breached by unauthorised military aircraft.

5. Finally, you asked about the recent press articles alleging a'UFO' sighting over the North Sea. All of the press reports wereincorrect and speculative; RAF Fylingdales has not tracked any'UFOs' on its radar. The RAF Cranwell 'Military Exploitation ofSpace' Symposium in June is not concerned with alleged 'UFO'sightings.


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I am writing to you for information about a sighting of a unidentified

flying object that was seen in S cotland at thebegining of this year.

The information I got was, of a object that was seen near a BP OIL

REFINERY in Grangemouth, this object was in this area for a few minuetsbefore three jets came in to the area, once these jets were in the area

the object took off at such a speed that it left the three jets in a

matter of seconds and they could noy keep up with it.

I would like to ask if you have had any sightings of this nature, and

too point out a few things I have found out:

1. I have been told that this area is in controlled airspace and only

special authorization can be given for overflights of this highly

explosive complex, if this is the case who give the three jets permission

to chase this object.

2.. There was also a similar object photograped in 1991 over this same

area and doing the same thing.

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conversation locally, many times overthe years. I have yet to f ind anyone whosaw the craft or who has had a similarexperience. I read most local papersfrom cover to cover. I found nothing tomatch my sighting. There were reports ofcigar shaped objects seen above the seaoff Grimsby, but no reports of my delta.

Another observation is that our area isfull of RAF installations. The coastai

stripalonguibicb thecraft flew issparsely populated.Houieuer ; it wouldbaue passed overWainfleet Sound uibere thereis an RAP bombing range just offtbe coast.

James Easton saysthat 'Paul' seems to beas credible a witness as one could wishfor, but is not convinced that in 19 7 8,orany other year, an above-tap-secret trian-gular aircraft, four times the size of aVulcanbomber, would be nonchalantlyambling down the A1028 and shiningsearchlights on the road, whilst carefullymaintaining an altitude of 'tree-top'."

Another witness to the 'FlyingTriangle'sent this correspondence:

At the end of October, beginning ofNouember 1994, I saw a craft of thesame description i. e., triangular; silent,matte black; etc., hovering over myhouse in Stocetonc Califorma, USA.

I was with my friend. About one weekprior to this, my friend and our twocbildrenbad seen a similar craft abouteigbt blocks away from our house uibenthey were at tbe store.

They tried to cbase it, but lost it. Botbtimes we saw tbis craft it was between

10.00pm and 11.00pm. Wehad somestrange occurrences in our home aswell.

After reading his book 'Reuelations'Twrote to the author, Jacques Vallee, butnever heard anyrbing back. Myfriendand I came to tbe conclusion that thiscraft, while being an actual UFO in thatit was an unidentified flying object, inall probability, had very human origins.Wealso didn't tell too many peoplesince we didn't want to appear aslunatics.

Reading tbe 'FT accounts on your webpage bas assured me tbat rny friend,myself and our children were not alone

in what we saw. Idon't recall

theexactdate

of theincident,

only that itoccurred in

October or Novemberof 1994.

The objectappeared to be between 100 -150feet in altitude. I could-n 't tell what material theobject seemed tbe made ofSince it appeared to besome type ojjlying craft, I.presumed it was madeof metal or maybesomething lighter, likea titanium alloy. Itsappearance had amatt finish.

The objectappeared to be

approximately 30 - 35 feet wide and 45 -50 feet long. I only saw the 'bottom' ofit. It was more of an isoceles triangularshape, Thecorners appeared to be rounded, butonly slight!.y.There were smaller,recessed white lights at each point of thetriangle which were on at all times.

There also appeared to be a larger lightin tbe centre in a bubble, or convex insbape, the bubble being of the samecolour as the rest of the craft with theresultant light being seen in an opaquemanner. This light was also on at all

F O C U S - T HE 'F LY INtimes and seemed muted in ret, tothe other lights uibicb again, ba .",equiet lighting of recessed lights, or lightsin concave sockets.

1 don't recall seeing any other featuresbut the lights. Atfirst I thought it wasstationary and hovering over our house,

but then I noticed that it was moving,albeit very sloioty. I would say it seemedto be moving about 5 - L0 miles 'perhour. It mooed in a sligbt arc and justkept moving until it was out of my lineof sigbt. I didn't bearany noticeablesound. In fact, tobat [noticed was theunusual quietness - not just of the craftitself - but the wbole utcinity. .Myfriendon the otber hand, said be beard a lowbumming.

There did seem to be a change in theatmosphere. This incident occurred inthe Fall when tbe weather is usuallyclear and crisp, but on tbis night italmost felt summerisb with an un-natural warmth and a little morehumidity than usual for that time ofyear. In terms of temperature andhumidity, it was similar to how itwarms up before a winter rain, but thesky was clear and retained the clarityand focus of a normal Fall sky.

As far as I can recall there were nomarkings of any kind. The entire objectappeared to be a dark grey or blackcolour except for tbe lights which were asoft white, a clear white untbout anyyellotoish or pinkish tinge to them, withthe exception of the'/ight comingthrough the centre 'bubble' that was anopaque, greyish colour that appeared tobe given by the colour of tbe 'lens'.

I didn't report my sighting, unless writ-ing toJacques Vallee about two yearslater constitutes a report. Afyfriend waswith me uiben I saw the object - in fact,be was tbe one who had pointed it outto me. Webad just pulled into our drive-way and it was right over the house. Hedrew my attention to it because he hadseen a similar craft about a weekbefore, while at tbe store witb our twochildren.

As far as I am aware of, there were noreports in the local press. 1 don't takethe newspaper, and rarely toatcb ]Vnews or listen to the radio nellis. But Idon't believe there were any reports attbe time.

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maj way south towards Bostonunti. stsight of it just past !>,pilsby.I'dloue to know what it was.

It seemed too real to be extraterrestrial.However, its immense size, its low speedand above all, the sheer silence made itunlike any aircraft known to me! I have

no accurate existing aide-memoire as tothe exact date, but it was in March1978.

The craft appeared to beperfectly'solid', so it uiasn't constructed of any-tbing flimsy. It didn't flex in its move-ment but remained rigid..I would there-fore assume that it was made of ametallic element. I would not say that itwas a hard, cold metal. It seemed to besoft and warm - maybe like a crossbetween aluminium and manganese.The area of tbe sighting is very rural -surrounded by agriculturalproperty.Although the village of Alford wasbehind me, tbe village is small andquiet and does not emanate mucb ligbt.

The only immediate ligbt (other thanthat on the craft) would have comefrom the headlights of my car dnd fromanother car, which came down the hilltowards me after I had stopped.Hotoeuer;I recall seeing tbe underside oftbe craft in its entirety. I have alreadydescribed it as being light blue, butmaybe it had luminescent nature.Tbinleing about it, there was nothingelse, other than the craft's forwardlights, to reflect that amount of light. Isaw it in tbe black of night and yet mymem01J' of the underside was as if I'dseen it in daylight.

W'henRving along the coast, its altitudewas constant. It was quite low; I wouldguess 50 feet 01' so. That would alsohave been its altitude when it passedover my car.

Although I do not have a PPL (priuatepilot'S licence), I have flown in a Cessnaalong tbat stretch of coast. The coastlineconstitutes land reclaimed from the seaand is uniformly flat.

17)eroad from Alford to Ulceby (All (4)goes uphill (quite unusual for this partof Lincolnsbire.) When Lfirst saw thelights, I was at the bottom of the hilland the lights were at the top. So, myperception as the lights 'left the road'was tbat they moved to my rigbt ratherthan upwards. In retrospect, I'suppose

that tbe craft came over tbe billtowards me at just above tree heightand maintained that altitude ratherthan following the contour of tbe landdown the bill. Asfor width and depth ofthe craft, 1 ill not try togiue you

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dimensions infeet and inches (or metresand centimetres.) Other than the craftitself, and afew small trees,I had Sightof no otber structure by which I couldgauge it. However, I could compare it totbe Vulcan bombers with tobicb I wasfamiliar (tbe Vulcan squadron wasbased at RAPWaddington, Lincoln at the

time.)

I would say that tbe area of the deltawas aboutfour times that of the Vulcan.Tbe depth of the delta was about thesame as the cabin section of a Boeing747.Asfar as I. can recall, the depth wasthe same tbrougbout tbe delta. All threesides of tbe triangle were of equal sizeand perfectly dimensioned to boot.There were no sbarp edges. Even the tailangles of the delta were beautifully andsmoothly rounded.

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b omb ers w ithw hich I w as

familiar"At first I thought the lights were cal' craftbeadligbts and tbey dazzled me. As theyflew towards the side of my cal' itbecame obvious that two distinct beamswere emanating from tbe 'nose' of thedelta and were aimed 'directly towardsthe ground (i.e. they were not aimed attbe ground infront of tbe craft but camedirectly down at 90 degreesfrom thedelta.) The two beams "remained on atall times I had sight of the craft and infact, it was these beams which enabledme to track the craft from my vantagepoint on theA16. The beams seemed tohave the same intensity of white lighttbrougbout their entire length.

Strangely, the width of tbe beams wasalso tbe same throughout tbeir length.They did not splay out as would a spot-ligbt or searchlight beam. The best view Ibad of the craft was of its underside asitflew over my car.

There were noprotrusions or attach-ments. More tellingly, perhaps, neitherwere there any panels, rivets,joins orwelds. Tbe whole thing seemed to bemade of one single sheet of material.

I would expect that it moved at between15 and 40 mph, altbougb it seemed to

me that its speed was constant. It didnot stop at all, and neither did Iper-ceive it to accelerate.

I could see tbe craft (after my initialencounter) as I drove towards Boston ontbe Al6. It did not pull away from meand occasionally I had to slow down tokeep it in sight.

Wben it wasn't turning, it did fit' in aperfectly straight line. However, it didnavigate a seemingly premeditatedroute. Wbell lfirst saw it on the AII04,it was moving towards Alford.

Astt'left tberoad' it turnedtowards Loutb and then turnedback towards the coast at Sleegnessdirectly over my Cat: it then turnedSouth towards Boston. Tbrougbout allthese turns, its beigbt remained con-stant. I cannot recall tbe craft 'banking'in any of these turns.

Tbe air was clear, cold and absolutelystill. (Tbe stillness may be seen asunusual because tbe area is renownedfor being windy)

Tbere were no markings at all.Just emeven light blue underbody. No roundelsor numbers or logos!

Wben I got borne, I was very excited andtold tbe uihole story tomy fiancee (nowmy wife.) I also excitedly related tbetale to my work colleague the next day.However, I did not report tbe sighting toany official authority Pirstly, because Ibad no idea whicb authority to reportto and secondly because I didn't wantto be seen as a crank!

Asfor otber witnesses, another car badcome towards me on tbe A1104 and badstopped on tbe road. I remember point-

ing up towards the craft to draw hisattention to it (as if tbe otber drivercould miss it!) After tbe craft hadpassed, be drove on. I didn 't speak tohim; I've no idea what kind of car hewas driving. I've related this story in


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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .U FO F O C U S THWewerefollowing our daughter andson-in-lau: who were about 75yards infront of us. After about 30 seconds, ourson-in-law signalled topull into thenearside of the road. He had a bicycleand rack on the rear of his car whichwas obstructing his rear view mirror.

Wewere stopped for approximately 60-90 seconds while he adjusted it. I askedif he had seen the craft, but he had beensopreoccupied with his rear uieui mir-rorproblems be hadn't noticed any-thing. During this brief stop, I heard noother aircraft noise and the mysteriouscraft had by now long'passed beyondourposition. On arriving home however,my daughter said she bad seen tbe craft.She said it was triangular uittb a wavedtrailing edge and bulbous shape slungunderneath the nose section - the sourceof a number of brigbt lights. She could-

n't recall an)' noise.

Wepassed two very large convoys of mil-itary vehicles carrying some unusualequipment as wepassed throughCambridgesbire. Tbey eventually beadedsoutbtoest off the MIl rnotoruiay. A weeklater CND(Campaign for NuclearDisarmament) announced that the laststockpile of nuclear weapons bad leftUSAFLahenbeath tbe week previous.

James Easton is

one ofScotland's

leading UFO

researchers andhas been at the

forefront of inves-

tigating 'Flying

Triangle' reports.Here is an early

account of one such sighting derivedfrom a discussion he entered into with a

man known only as 'Paul'- witness to anintriguing encounter.

As a Chartered Accountant, J often haveto oversee audit assignments with astrict timetable. This leads to tbe needto work long hours. In March 1978, Iwas uiorleingon such an assignmentin my horne county of Lincolnshire.One Thursday night, Lfinisbed worktil about 10.30pm and droue a col-league borne to the village of Alford.In general, tbe coastal areas ofLincolnshire are very flat.

However, Alford lies 011 tbe edge ofgen-tly rolling countryside - the Lincolnshire

Wolds.My route home took me up a hillon the All 04 towards Ulceby Cross.

Part way up the bill I was daezled bywhat 1 ook to be tbe undipped head-lights of an oncoming car:Iflasbed myown headlights and slowed. Tomy

astonishment, theoncoming lights slowly

'took off' from the madand gracefully flew to my

right.

Excitedly, I stopped my car;wound down the driver's side win-

dow and peered out. Th e sight thatgreeted me will stay in my memoryfor-ever.

I saw that the lights were coming from amassive, beautiful aircraft uihicb hadnow turned, was flying at a beigbt ofabout 50feet and was now headingtowards the coast directly over my car!

Tbe craft was shaped like a delta, lJetysimilar to the Vulcan bombers based inLincolnshire at.tbe time. However, itwas about four times the size of aVulcan,flew extremely slouily and wasabsolutely silent! All leading edges of tbedelta were beautifully rounded - tberewere no sharp protuberances such astailplane.

The underside of the craft was coloured

sky blue. Itjust glided ooer me and headed towards the coast - no noise, nosmoke, no vibrations, no smell -just anaircraft of sbeer gargantuan beauty.

It was Vel)1real;from the .416I was ableto watch tbis craft making its slow,

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