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Dispatches from Richard Boylan
UK reveals UFO Cover-Up-by-legislation
From: "Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D."
Subject: UK reveals UFO Cover-Up-by-legislation
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:26:28 -0700
NEWS RELEASE FROM NICK REDFERN, 16 MAY 1999.
UFOS, THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT AND THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE -
A
BREAKTHROUGH.
Has the British Government ever employed the use of the Official
Secrets
Act
to silence those implicated in the UFO subject? To those armchair
researchers who proclaim that such an idea is absurd, I say: 'Think
again.'
In my first book, A Covert Agenda, I presented clear evidence via
officially-released documents now available at the Public Record
Office at
Kew, that in both 1953 and 1956 orders were circulated throughout the
RAF
warning personnel not to talk about the UFO issue outside of official
channels; however, the records which had been declassified at the time
I
wrote the book did not directly reference the OSA or its potential use
from
a ufological perspective. Nevertheless, I was also able to present the
testimony of a number of individuals (some with media ties) who
asserted
that the OSA had been used to keep the truth surrounding UFOs under
wraps.
Via a file that I secured only days ago from the PRO, however, I am
now
able
to prove conclusively that UFOs and the Official Secrets Act go hand
in
hand. Exactly why the Government has chosen to release this file is a
mystery in itself, given that it sharply contradicts past assertions.
The file in question (titled 'UFO Policy') covers the period 1958 to
1963
and revolves around UFO investigations undertaken by various Air
Ministry
departments during that time frame. Contained within the file is a
6-page
document dating from December 1960 and circulated at 'Secret' level
throughout the Royal Air Force. Like earlier papers, it details the
procedures to be followed in the event that military radar operators,
RAF
pilots, civil pilots or members of the public should report a UFO.
Interestingly, however, the paper in question contains two eye-
opening
revelations. First, it states that in situations where UFOs were
tracked on
radar, any military aircraft in the vicinity were to be diverted from
their
normal flight to 'investigate the phenomena'. Second, and far more
significant, is the Air Ministry's overwhelming desire to prevent the
media
and the public learning about such intrusions, trackings and
interceptions.
I quote from the paper in question:
'The Press are never to be given information about unusual radar
sightings.
Unauthorised disclosures of this type will be viewed as offences under
the
Official Secrets Act.
Although brief in nature, this document (which remained in use until
the
formation of the MoD on 1 April 1964 - how appropriate) makes it
abundantly
clear that the UFO issue was indeed covered by the OSA.
On another - but equally important - matter, the file in question also
makes
a very brief reference to a pre-1959 study of the UFO mystery carried
out
by
none other than the British Government's Joint Intelligence Committee
(JIC)!
Certainly, it has long been recognised that at various times since the
late
1940s investigations into UFO encounters have been undertaken by the
Royal
Air Force, the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Defence. However, the
revelation that the JIC also carried out an investigation more than 40
years
ago is of great significance. Why so?
First, the membership of the JIC includes not just elite personnel
from the
MoD, the Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but also
the
heads of MI5, MI6 and the Government Communications Headquarters at
Cheltenham - GCHQ!
Second, the fact that (to my knowledge) no rumours have ever
circulated to
the effect that the JIC undertook its own UFO investigation programme
in
the
late 1940s or 1950s, is an indication of the level of secrecy that
surrounded the project.
The files at the Public Record Office concerning the JIC make no
reference
to a 1940s/50s UFO investigation; however, I am now actively looking
to
resolve this issue via several methods and hope ultimately to reveal
further
findings at a later date. At this stage, the extent to which any of
this
may
have a bearing on the allegations of direct UFO studies undertaken by
GCHQ,
MI5 and MI6 both decades ago and in the present day, can only be
guessed
at.
NOTE: Permission is granted to reproduce the above in journals,
magazines,
newsletters, internet sites, books etc.
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