UFO Articles:
“Latest News” 
by Nick Pope (nickpope.net)

Nick Pope gives his views on the UK Ministry of Defence UFO files that were released on 12 July 2012 and other UFO issues:

http://www.nickpope.net/latest-news.htm







Nick Pope, the former Head of the UK MoD’s UFO Office
(1991-1994), UFO Author, Lecturer & Researcher

UFO News Article:
“The UFO Files: Database of
documents released by the MoD”,
12 July 2012 (The Daily Telegraph, London, UK)

The Daily Telegraph reports on the UK Ministry of Defence UFO files that were released on 12 July 2012:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/9393467/The-UFO-Files-Database-of-documents-released-by-the-MoD.html

UK Ministry of Defence Headquarters,
Whitehall, London, UK
(qohldrs.co.uk photo)

UFO News Article & TV News Report:
“On Display! MoD’s Files On UFOs”,
12 July 2012 (Sky News, London, UK)

Sky News reports on the UK Ministry of Defence UFO files that were released on 12 July 2012:

http://news.sky.com/story/959314/on-display-mods-files-on-ufos















UK Ministry of Defence Combined Services badge
(vector-images.com image)

UK Government UFO Documents:
“Newly released UFO files from the UK government:
Files released in July 2012”
(The National Archives, Kew, London, UK)

The latest release (12 July 2012) is the ninth batch of UFO files to be released by the UK Ministry of Defence:

http://ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk/














The National Archives, Kew, London, UK
(flickr.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Tony Blair received MOD briefing on UFOs while prime minister because of his concerns over the disclosure of classified information on alien life-forms”,
11 July 2012 (Daily Mail, London, UK)

The article focuses on the UK Ministry of Defence UFO files that were released on 12 July 2012 (official release date):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171872/Tony-Blair-received-MOD-briefing-UFOs-prime-minister-concerns-disclosure-classified-information-alien-life-forms.html

Nick Pope has become convinced that the UFO phenomenon raises important defence, national security and air safety issues, according to the Daily Mail.













Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(2 May 1997-27 June 2007) (Labour Party)
(4.bp.blogspot.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“UFO files: Bonnybridge sought Government inquiry”,
18 February 2010 (The Daily Telegraph, London, UK)

The Daily Telegraph reports on the UK MoD UFO files that were released on 18 February 2010 (fifth batch):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/7254650/UFO-files-Bonnybridge-sought-Government-inquiry.html













Bonnybridge, Scotland, UK (flickr.com)
(flickr.com photo)

UFO TV News Magazine Report:
The Bonnybridge UFO Sightings, 1997
(taff, Pro 7, Unterföhring, Germany)

The UFO sightings over Bonnybridge, Scotland, UK began in November 1992, according to UK UFO researcher Malcolm Robinson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV27-UCF2bY














Satellite photo of Bonnybridge, Scotland, UK (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“ ‘Truth’ was out there after all”, 6 July 2012
(AdelaideNow.com.au, Adelaide, Australia)

AdelaideNow informs about Keith Basterfield’s research into the 21 October 1978 Frederick Valentich incident:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truth-was-out-there-after-all/story-e6frea6u-1226419389593

Keith Basterfield,
Australian UFO Researcher
(noufors.com photo)

UFO News Article:
“Official file sheds new light on pilot’s disappearance”,
10 July 2012 (Geelong Advertiser, Australia)

The Geelong Advertiser reports on the 21 October 1978 Frederick Valentich incident:

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2012/07/10/336381_news.html

Frederick Valentich

UFO News Article:
“UFO spotted over Batemans Bay sparks alien theories”,
9 July 2012 (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Australia)

On the early morning of 21 June 2012, Ben Roberts filmed an unknown object over Batemans Bay for more than eight minutes, according to the article:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/sci-tech/ufo-spotted-over-batemans-bay-sparks-alien-theories/story-fn5h1ywy-1226420736717

Batemans Bay is situated 223 kilometres (138 miles) south-west of Sydney.













Satellite photo of Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia (tageo.com) (tageo.com photo)

UFO Website:
“Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici”

The Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU) was founded in 1985 and is a civilian, non-profit organisation:

http://www.cisu.org/

Gian Paolo Grassino is President of CISU.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cisu.org%2F







(cisu.org image)

UFO News Article:
“ALESSANDRIA 1978 ALLARME UFO”
(“ALESSANDRIA 1978 UFO ALARM”),
29 October 2008 (UnoNotizie.it, Viterbo, Italy)

UnoNotizie.it informs about a book and a DVD (both produced by the Italian Center for UFO Studies) that focus on the 1978 Italian UFO wave:

http://www.unonotizie.it/2132-alessandria-1978-allarme-ufo.php

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unonotizie.it%2F2132-alessandria-1978-allarme-ufo.php

The article reports on a UFO incident that occurred in San Michele (a suburb of Alessandria) on 2 September 1978.

You’ll find San Michele at these coordinates (Google Earth):
44°56'03.20" N 8°35'06.46" E

UFO Report Chronology: “UFO Sightings in 1978”
(UFO DNA):

http://thecid.com/ufo/chrono/chrono/1978.htm













Satellite photo of Alessandria, Province of Alessandria, Italy (tageo.com photo)

UFO TV News Magazine Report:
“ Semblanza Nick Pope – Jaime Maussan”
(“Nick Pope Portrait – Jaime Maussan”)
(Unknown Date) (Tercer Milenio, Mexico)

Host Jaime Maussan presents an interview with Nick Pope:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrs4Bfjfap0







Nick Pope, the former Head of the UK MoD's UFO Office
(1991-1994), UFO Author, Lecturer & Researcher

UFO Radio Interview:
“Leslie Kean on UFOs”, 11 December 2011
(To the Best of Our Knowledge (TTBOOK),
Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, Wisconsin)

Host Jim Fleming interviews Leslie Kean about her book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go On the Record”:

http://ttbook.org/book/leslie-kean-ufos

Leslie Kean,
U.S. Investigative Journalist,
UFO Author & Researcher
(jerrypippin.com photo)

WWII Soldier Testimony:
“WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline – Testimonies of WWII Veterans and
Civilians from Western North Carolina: Frank Hicks”
(D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections & University Archives, UNC Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina)

Near the end of the interview, U.S. Navy sailor Frank Hicks talks about the UFO incidents he witnessed around New Guinea during World War II:

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/WWII_/hicks_frank.htm

Some of the UFOs were also picked up on radar, according to Hicks.

Frank Hicks,
U.S. Navy Sailor
(toto.lib.unca.edu photo)

UFO News Article:
“UFO expert claims North Carolina at top in sightings”,
29 November 1978
(The Mount Airy News, North Carolina)

The Mount Airy News reports on a UFO lecture by UFO researcher George D. Fawcett at Lenoir-Rhyne College (now University) in Hickory, North Carolina:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oY0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=WFUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7211,5690090

George D. Fawcett,
U.S. UFO Author,
Lecturer & Researcher

UFO News Article:
“UFO Sighting Reported Here”, 16 March 1978
(The Sylva Herald and Ruralite, North Carolina)

Two witnesses in Sylva, North Carolina observed a large, round UFO with blue and red glowing colours over the Jackson County Community Service Center on 10 March 1978, at around 10:18 p.m., according to article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2187,326082

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UWZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_pMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,338127

The UFO made sort of a humming noise, according to one of the witnesses.

“Sylva, North Carolina” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sylva-North-Carolina.html












Satellite photo of Sylva, North Carolina (city-data.com)
(city-data.com photo)

UFO Magazine Article:
“Em marco histórico, CEFAA e Cridovni
assinam acordo de cooperação”
(“A historic landmark, CEFAA and Cridovni
sign cooperation agreement”)
by Patrício Díaz Montecinos/Visión Ovni, 27 April 2012
(Revista UFO, Campo Grande, Brazil)

Revista UFO (Brazilian UFO Magazine) informs on the research agreement between the two government UFO research organisations, CEFAA (organisation within the Chilean Civil Aviation Department) and CRIDOVNI (organisation within the Uruguayan Air Force):

http://www.ufo.com.br/noticias/em-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao/

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufo.com.br%2Fnoticias%2Fem-marco-historico-cefaa-e-cridovni-assinam-acordo-de-cooperacao%2F









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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO MAPING”
(“PROJECT MAPING”)
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20MAPING%20CORREGIDO.pdf

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520MAPING%2520CORREGIDO.pdf












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Chilean Government UFO Project:
“PROYECTO BUHO”
(“PROJECT OWL”)
by Major Rodrigo Bravo, Chilean Army
(Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos,
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santiago, Chile)

The Committee for the Study of Aerial Anomalous Phenomena (CEFAA) reports on its official UFO project:

http://www.cefaa.gob.cl/web/casos%20corregidos%202.0/articulos/PROYECTO%20INVESTIGACION%20BUHO%20CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

Major Rodrigo Bravo is an official member of CEFAA.

English translation:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cefaa.gob.cl%2Fweb%2Fcasos%2520corregidos%25202.0%2Farticulos%2FPROYECTO%2520INVESTIGACION%2520BUHO%2520CORREGIDO.doc2.0.pdf

CEFAA is attached to the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC).










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