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my name's Nick Pope formerly with the

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british ministry of defence since 1950

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the British government has received over

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10,000 UFO reports now responsibility

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for this subject rests with the Ministry

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of Defence whose remit is to look for

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evidence of any potential threat to the

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United Kingdom or anything else of any

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defense significance from 1991 through

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to 1994 I was the desk officer

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responsible for these investigations

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most UFO sightings turned out to be

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misidentifications of things such as

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aircraft satellites and meteors but in

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around five percent of cases no

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explanation could be found and these

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cases included incidents where reliable

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witnesses such as police officers and

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pilots reported structured craft

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performing speeds and maneuvers

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significantly in excess of anything that

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they'd seen military jet aircraft

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perform other cases including in this

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category involved UFOs tracked on radar

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and incidents where photos or videos

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were produced and where the mo DS

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technical experts found no evidence of

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any faking the mo D actually takes no

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position on the nature of the UFO

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phenomenon but I and some of my

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colleagues became privately convinced

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that whatever was going on there were

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serious defence national security and

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flight safety issues involved in March

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1993 I investigated a case where a UFO

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was seen by about 60 witnesses including

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military personnel at two air force

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bases witnesses included a patrol of Air

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Force police and a meteorological

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officer with eight years experience now

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this latter witness described a

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triangular shaped craft moving in an

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erratic way it was midway in size

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between a c-130 a transport aircraft and

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a Boeing 747 he said it was emitting a

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low frequency humming sound and he said

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it moved slowly at first

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before accelerating away to the horizon

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many times faster than a military jet my

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head of divisions brief to the assistant

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chief of the Air Staff concluded quote

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in summary there would seem to be some

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evidence on this occasion that an

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unidentified object or objects of

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unknown origin was operating over the UK

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unquote the case file published on the

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mo DS website also mentions related

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inquiries from the US authorities asking

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if the UK had a black program that might

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explain some UFO sightings involving

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large triangular shaped craft now that's

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interesting given the US government's

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public position that UFOs are no longer

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investigated Britain's best known UFO

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sighting occurred in 1980 and involved

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united states air force personnel from

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two military bases in the UK they were

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multiple witnesses and an object was

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seen to land in a place called

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Rendlesham forest a Geiger counter was

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used to take radiation readings at the

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landing site and the assessment

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undertaken by the mo DS Defence

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Intelligence staff stated that the

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levels recorded seemed quote

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significantly higher than the average

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background unquote we're fortunate to

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have two of the witnesses to these

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events here today I'd like to hand over

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to one of them now so he can give you

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some specifics thank you