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UK Flying Saucer Working Party report

When: Jun 1951
Where: London, England
Sources: 2 public sources

Sir Henry Tizard, the Ministry of Defence scientific adviser whose staff convened the working party Bernard Hailstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A small Ministry of Defence scientific intelligence working party set up in 1950 delivered a secret report concluding that saucer sightings were misidentified aircraft, balloons, astronomical objects, illusions or hoaxes, and advised against further study without material evidence.

Sources

OfficialUnidentified Flying Objects (DSI/JTIC Report No. 7), DEFE 44/119 (opens in a new tab)The National Archives (UK) / 1951
OtherFlying Saucer Working Party (David Clarke) (opens in a new tab)drdavidclarke.co.uk

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