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British cases and the Ministry of Defence UFO files. 79 events, newest first.
MilitarySep 1952
During the NATO naval exercise Mainbrace, a Meteor jet was sent after a round, silvery object over RAF Topcliffe but lost it. Ruppelt wrote that an RAF officer told him these sightings led the RAF to recognize UFOs officially.
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0
Government28 Jul 1952
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a minute to the Secretary of State for Air asking what the flying saucer stories amounted to. The Air Ministry replied on August 9, 1952, citing a 1951 intelligence study that found conventional explanations for the reports.
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
GovernmentJun 1951
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.
Photo: Bernard Hailstone, Public domain
Sightings30 Jan 1948
British South American Airways Tudor IV Star Tiger disappeared with 31 people aboard on its flight from the Azores to Bermuda. A UK public inquiry could not determine the cause, and the unexplained loss was later folded into Bermuda Triangle lore.
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0
