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From: David Clarke <crazydiamonds@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 16:25:15 -0400
Fwd Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 12:19:36 -0400
Subject: Nick Pope On 'The Sheffield Incident'



Nick Pope has forwarded the following comments with regards to
the Howden Moor incident (popularly but erroneously described as
"the Sheffield Incident") for publication:

"While I've had no direct involvement with this intriguing case.
I've followed developments in the media, Hansard and the
specialist UFO press - including the article you (David Clarke)
wrote for the July/August 1988 issue of UFO Magazine. I'm very
impressed with the work you and Martin Jeffrey have done in
putting together this comprehensive and balanced report, which
is just the sort of proper investigation that's normally
conspicuous by its absence in ufology.

"I'm not sure I can offer any new insights into this case, or
suggestions as to how best to take matters forward.

"What I can offer is confirmation of the sheer implausibility of
the scenario put forward by Max Burns.

"If an an RAF aircraft had really crashed (whatever the
circumstances), it would have been virtually impossible to
implement a successful cover-up. There would almost inevitably
have been a fire, and in these circumstances the emergency
services and members of the public would have located the crash
site very quickly. The military search and rescue operation
would also have been readily apparent, as would the subsequent
removal of the wreckage.

"While suggesting that the aircraft crashed into a reservoir
might get around the point about the crash site being easy to
locate, a search and rescue operation would still have taken
place, together with the recovery of wreckage.

These are not things that would go unnoticed, especially in a
situation where the emergency services were already conducting a
search. Indeed, the crash of an aircraft into a reservoir would
probably make a cover-up more difficult; not only would oil
slicks and surface debris have been visible, but recovery of the
wreckage would have taken longer, and couldn't have taken place
without the knowledge of personnel from Yorkshire Water.

Whichever way you look at this, a considerable number of people
from various different agencies would have been involved, or
would have heard about or seen some activity.

"Clearly this is not a situation in which a cover-up could be
successfully executed.

"Turning to the sighting of a disorientated man on the A57
(Snake Pass Road), I think it's ridiculous to suggest that this
has anything to do with the RAF, on the basis that a pilot from
a downed jet would always stay at the crash site, waiting for
the inevitable military search and rescue operation. He'd be
wearing a distinctive dark green flying suit that I think even a
layman would realise was military issue."

Check-out the full investigation report on the Howden Moor
incident on:

http://www.pufori.org/articles/howden_moor/index_nf.htm

and

http://www.pufori.org/articles/howden_moor/index.htm

and

http://www.iun.org