March 1993
(Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence, London , UK
The whole document (not written in UK
Ministry of Defence document format):
“1. I have to report that at RAF Cosford
on 31 Mar 93 at 0115 hours in company with Cpl [blacked
out text] RAF Police, I was on mobile patrol of Leeming Road 1000
feet . The lights were circular in shape and gave off no
beam. They were creamy white in colour and constant in size and in relation to
each other.
2. I brought the vehicle to a standstill and pointed out the lights to
Cpl [blacked out text]. I switched off the vehicle engine
and we both got out of the car and observed the lights. There was no sound of
any engine noise despite there being no wind and the sky being free from cloud.
The lights were observed over-flying the Unit and away towards the Wolverhampton area. A slight red glow could be seen from
the rear of the lights as they disappeared from view over the horizon. The
lights were visible for approximately one minute.
3.
Myself and Cpl [blacked out text] then returned to the COC and I contacted RAF
Shawbury. I was informed that there were no aircraft flying from there.
4.
At 0125 hours, I contacted ATC at RAF Lyneham and was informed that there were
no known aircraft in the area of Cosford.
5.
At 0127 hours, I contacted RAF Brize Norton and was informed the same.
6.
At 0128 hours, I was informed by the Ord Cpl, Cpl [blacked out text] that a Mr
[blacked out text] Brereton, Rugeley, Staffordshire had reported seeing the
same lights over Rugeley. Four members of Mr [blacked out text] party had also
witnessed the lights. Mr [blacked out text] had followed the lights which he
described as being cream in colour at an altitude of 900-1000 feet and at an
estimated size of 200
metres . He could hear a humming noise as the object flew
directly above him. Mr [blacked out text] stated that he believed that the object
landed in an area known as Hazelslade but when he approached he could not find
and signs of the landing. Mr [blacked out text] was instructed to inform his
local Civil Police Force, which he did, and during a subsequent conversation,
it was established that a Constable from Staffordshire Police had visited Mr
[blacked out text].
7.
At 0130 hours, I informed West Mercia Police, WPC [blacked out text] of the
sightings.
8. At 0140 hours, I informed HQ P&SS (UK), Cpl [blacked
out text] of the incident.
9.
At 0142 hours, I informed RAF West Drayton, Lt Cdr [blacked out text] of the
incident, and he confirmed that there was no military aircraft of any kind in UK
10.
At 0143 hours, the Senior Air Traffic Controller at Birmingham International
Airport
11.
At 0215 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord Off, Flt Lt [blacked out text]
were informed of the incident.
12.
At 0250 hours, Mr [blacked out text] RAF Shawbury Met Office, contacted Cpl
[blacked out text] and stated that he had seen two lights in the sky at RAF
Shawbury. The lights were first sighted approximately 15-20 kms away and Mr
[blacked out text] observed them travel towards him over the Airfield moving
erratically at hundreds of miles per hour unlike any aircraft. He described the
lights as appearing to be searching for something. He heard a low humming noise
and watched the object for 5 minutes until it disappeared from sight in a
southerly direction. Mr [blacked out text] stated that he had been a Met
Officer for 8 years and had never seen anything like it before.
13.
At 0300 hours, Cpl [blacked out text] contacted a Mr [blacked out text], the
Met Officer at Bristol Airport, who stated that similar lights had been seen
there at 0055 hours. He had initially put the lights down to adverse meteor
activity but in the light of the subsequent reports recorded it as
unidentified.
14.
At 0310 hours, West Marcia Police were made aware of the further reports and
would contact Staffordshire and Avon & Somerset Forces to correlate the
reports.
15.
At 0330 hours I resumed normal duties.
[blacked out text]
[blacked out text]
RAF Police”
Wikipedia article: “RAF Cosford”:
Quote from the above Wikipedia article:
“Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford
(formerly DCAE Cosford)[1] (ICAO: EGWC) is a Royal Air Force
station in Cosford, Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton
and next to Albrighton.
Role and operations
Training
Schools currently stationed there include: No. 1
School of Technical Training, No. 1 Radio School RAF, the Defence School of
Photography and the RAF School of Physical Training. Flying units include the University of Birmingham Air Squadron
Cosford became part of the Defence College of
Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE), which was formed on 1 April 2004. Other units
located at Cosford include elements of the Defence College of Communications
and Information Systems (DCCIS), the Defence School of Photography (DSOP) and
the RAF School of Physical Training.
The Defence College at RAF Cosford came under the
Defence Technical Training Change Programme (DCTTP) and as such, with effect
from 1 October 2012, was renamed the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering
(DSAE).[1]
Air Ambulance
RAF Cosford's airfield site is home to one of the
Midlands Air Ambulance helicopters. The first aircraft arrived on site in
October 1991 with two other platforms based elsewhere in the region. Cosford
remains the operations hub for the service.[21]
Wikipedia article: “RAF Shawbury”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Royal Air Force Shawbury otherwise known as RAF Shawbury
is a Royal Air Force station near the village
of Shawbury in Shropshire in the West
Midlands of England
1990s and 2000s
No. 2 Flying Training School was disbanded in March 1997 so that in
April 1997 the station could start providing training of helicopter pilots for
all three of the UK’s armed services, under the newly formed Defence Helicopter
Flying School.[13]
Role and operations
RAF Shawbury’s mission statement is ‘To provide a safe, efficient, and
effective airfield base environment; to enable and support, commanded, lodged
and parented units; and to deliver wider Defence and RAF tasks as
directed’.[26]
The station is home to the School
of Air Operations Control.
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