- On 27th April the Daily Mail and the
Daily Express ran stories that staff at RAF Fylingdales had tracked a UFO
travelling over the North Sea at speeds of 24,000 mph. The information
apparently came from military sources and said that radar systems had picked
up a UFO which was the size of a battleship. It was further claimed that
this sighting and other UFO events were to be discussed at a symposium
to be held at RAF College Cranwell.
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- This whole affair has been the subject
of much debate among the UFO lobby, and I undertook to make some enquiries
to clarify the position. On the basis of these enquiries, I can now confirm
the following:
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- While there are many instances where
UFOs have been tracked on military radar, the particular events described
in the recent media reports did not happen. The story seems to have been
cobbled together by taking pieces of general information from old UFO stories
and spuriously linking them with the Cranwell event.
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- I have been reliably informed of the
identity of the source for this story, and told that this is not the first
time that the individual concerned has put out a spurious defence related
story.
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- There is to be a two day operational
and technical symposium at RAF College Cranwell, which will discuss the
military exploitation of space. The event will be held on 4th and 5th June,
and is designed to raise awareness of military space systems with both
the military and the commercial community. There will be a series of briefings
and discussions on policy, doctrine, recent technological advances and
procurement. There was never any intention that the issue of UFOs would
be discussed.
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