By Nick Pope
(TheRendleshamForestIncident.com)
“On
30 and 31 March 1993 there was a series of UFO sightings in the UK involving
over a hundred witnesses. Many of these were police officers and military
personnel. The UFO also flew directly over two RAF bases [RAF
Cosford and RAF Shawbury]. What follows is the extraordinary
story of what has been dubbed The British UFO Mystery.
Conclusion
Given the MOD’s ‘no defence significance’ conclusion on UFOs, it seems
fitting to conclude with quotes from MOD documents which contradict the usual
stance. In a briefing that I prepared for my Head of Division on 16 April 1993
I wrote:
‘It seems that an unidentified object of unknown origin was operating in
the UK Air Defence Region without being detected on radar; this would appear to
be of considerable defence significance, and I recommend that we investigate
further, within MOD or with the US
authorities.’
My Head of Division was normally sceptical about the UFO phenomenon, but
on this occasion he agreed with my conclusion. His 22 April 1993 brief to the
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (one of the UK’s most senior RAF officers)
stated:
‘In summary, there would seem to be some evidence on this occasion that
an unidentified object (or objects) of unknown origin was operating over the UK.’
This is about as close the MOD will ever get to saying that there’s more
to UFOs than misidentifications or hoaxes.”
I first reported about this article on 25 June 2010.
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RAF Cosford, UK
(Photo: Google)
RAF Shawbury, UK
(Photo: Google)
