Thu, May 15, 2008
Officials Stress There Are Rational Explanations For
Sightings
The first in a series of British UFO
files, dating back to the 1970s, were released on The National
Archives' website Wednesday. The Ministry of Defense files include
descriptions of alleged unidentified aerial phenomenon or UFO
sightings, and subsequent MoD evaluations of the reports.
To date, independent experts have concluded there are realistic
explanations behind all the alleged UFO reports, such as aircraft
lights or natural phenomena. Reports are examined by the Ministry
of Defense solely to establish whether UK airspace may have been
compromised by hostile or unauthorized military activity -- not
because the Ministry believes Britain has ever been visited by
extraterrestrials.
If required, sighting reports are examined with the assistance
of the Department's air Defense experts. Unless there is evidence
of a potential threat, no further work is undertaken to identify
the nature of each sighting reported.
The reports released this week include witness descriptions of
sightings, including such accounts as "an object was moving across
the sky and looked like it was on fire. It was cigar shaped and
silver in color," to "a disc was seen flying above two
aircraft."
"The Ministry of Defense has no other interest or role regarding
UFO matters and does not consider questions regarding the existence
or otherwise of extraterrestrial life-forms," officials
stressed.
The MoD receives a large number of requests each year for
information relating to UFOs, so to meet demand a new system has
been introduced to release these files in a structured way. The
rest of the files are currently under review and will be added to
The National Archives over the next three years.
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