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. Daur

Thank you for sending me a copy of your final report into the UFO sightings of
30/31 March.

I agree that unless a sighting is explained almost immediately, there is very
little hope that it will ever be explained; perhaps if the case is mentioned in
"UFO Times" it will lead to some useful feedback.

I appreciate that your report had to cater to a number of different viewpoints,
but I can assure you that there is absolutely no question of our ever supplying
incorrect information ("... or was it incorrect and a deliberate ploy to
confuse the issue and try to put me off the scent?). Also, in relation to the
aircraft and helicopters that were seen, I said that I had been unable to find
evidence of military activity that might account for what was seen - not quite
the same as "their presence has been denied by the MOD - Why?".

Good luck with your research, and please feel free to contact me in the future;
we will always do our best to help, and can let you know whether we have details
of any sightings that might tie in with ones you are investigating - as with
this case, however, I cannot guarantee that the timings or bearings will match

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Ref: Case No 933

26th May 1993

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Dear FEMI 40

Thankyou for your letter received today in reply to mine of the
26th May last.

As promised please find enclosed a copy of my report re: the
events of the night 30th/31st March 1993. As is usual with
these types of cases once the event has passed there is not
much more we can do with it. Our only hope is that something
else might pop out of the woodwork at a Later date to throw
some light on it.

There appears to have been a lot of ufo activity over the Last
few months particularly in the Gwent area of South Wales. Some
of the sightings are very similar to the events in that area in
1980 and 1982 which were in themselves quite extraordinary -
but again once reported upon what else can we do. One day
pechaps we shall have a landing or some tangible evidence of
what these 'things' are and more importantly - what their
doing!

I hope you find the report of some interest and if you have any
ideas or theories on this event please let me know.

Once again many thanks for your help and look forward to
speaking to you again.

Kind regards

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INVESTIGATION REPORT

CASE NO 933 - ‘The Wales and Westcountry Sightings‘
30th / 3ist March 1993

This report has been compiled with information received from,
and with the much appreciated co-operation of
Chairman of the Plymouth UFO Research Group (PUFORG).
It also includes information received from
Ministry of Defence (Sec Air)2a of the British
Astronomical Association (BAA), a BBC
correspondent for BBC Radio 4, based in Dublin, Ireland,
members of the Devon & Cornwall Police Force and numerous
members of the British public living in Wales, Cornwall, Devon
and Somerset.

Introduction

On Wednesday the 31st March 1993, at approx 2.20am, I received
a telephone call from Sgt of the Devon & Cornwall
Police Force. He is stationed at Bodmin, Cornwall and was
reporting an incident that had occurred at 1.10am that morning
whilst on duty near Liskeard. Briefly he reported that at
1.10am, whilst driving towards Dobwalls on the A38, he noticed
2 very bright lights of objects hovering at about 2,000' above
the N.W. Horizon. Knowing the night sky fairly well he

'they' were not stars and did not

immediately realised that
conform to any known aircraft or their navigation lights.
At this point he stopped his patrol car and got out. he watched
the objects for a few seconds and was amazed to see them
suddenly start to ascend at a fairly fast rate of knots.

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They seemed to move in an arc over his position and disappeared
to the south. At their highest point, about *10,000' 2 vapour
like trails appeared behind each object and they appeared to
be self luminous. * This height is based on information
obtained from the control tower at Exeter Airport later that
day.
At the end of his report, Rpg section 40 | informed me that several
other police officers had made similar reports to their
operations room at Exeter.
Shortly after this call, I contacted the Ops. Room at Exeter
and was told that they had received a number of reports, all
from police officers on duty within the counties of Cornwall
and Devon. They also said that 2 other officers of the Gwent
Police Force, had also logged a similar report.
In total I was given the names and contact addresses of 11
officers. In addition I was informed that 2 other officers who
were on a special surveillance operation somewhere in East
Devon,had also reported something very similar. unfortunately,
I was unable to obtain these officers names and can do no more
than note their sightings.

During that day, I managed to contact (by phone) all the
officers concerned and after taking details of their sightings
and with their permission despatched each a copy of our UFO
report forms for completion and return.

* Strangely, to date I have only received back 3 completed sets
of forms and what is even more puzzling, is the fact that all
of these have been from police sergeants - none from police
constables! Whether there is a particular reason for this
remains to be seen, but it does seem a bit odd to say the
least.

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From the original phone reports and the returned report forms a
fairly comprehensive picture of the nights events soon became
apparent.
* At appendix 'A' to this report is a summary of these reports,
coupled with others received from members of the public during
the course of the investigation.
What emerged from these reports,( with the exception of Sgt

(Liskeard) and Sgt Section 40 (GRATRaD) was that they all
virtually told the same story - this is as follows:
The time is 1.10am on the 31st March 1993, and a number of
police officers on duty within Devon & Cornwall, observed 2
very bright white lights or objects, traversing the sky from
the N.W. to the S.E., and at a high altitude. All report seeing
some sort of vapour trails behind and staying with the objects.
Most had problems in describing these 'trails' but most thought
they were self luminous or lit by some light source from the
objects. What is certain is that they were not the usual vapour
trails associated with high flying conventional aircraft. Most
reported the objects as fairly fast - somewhat faster than a
Jet aircraft. In addition all reported that the objects were
completely silent.

As stated earlier all the reports are very similar, given due
regard to these officers knowledge or otherwise of the night
sky and their abilities to judge the height or speed of objects
traversing it. This is not doubting these officers truthfulness
or their observation powers, but I do think it's a case of
"horses for courses’. Objects in the night sky, as we all know,
can be very deceptive and this is particular so when uncommon
phenomenon such as decaying space hardware is concerned.

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Most of these reports (if not all!) were, I have reason to
believe, their observations of a Russian 2nd stage launch
vehicle of the Tsyklon class, which had previously (about
midnight) put into orbit a Cosmos 2238 Satellite. Its return to
earth had occurred at approx 1.05am and was first seen over
Innis, Ireland at that time. From its orbital direction of 65
degrees it would have traversed the sky at a height of between
80kms and 100kms in a S.E. direction. If it did cross Innis at
1.05am and I have reliable evidence to support this, then it
would have crossed Lands End shortly after - approx 1.10am.
Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it is I
believe reasonable to assume that what they saw was the re~
entry of this space vehicle. However, at this time a final
conclusion cannot be given, until receipt of a report from a
BUFORA investigation team in Ireland, which will hopefully
confirm the spent rockets course over Innis.

This leaves me with the problem of the reports from Sgt

and sgt they tell a different story!

Sgt in company with Emre Section 49 were approaching the
the coast town of Lynton, Nth Devon, at 1.10am. Their direction
of travel was due north and as they neared the town they
noticed 2 very bright lights approaching from the north across
the Bristol Channel. Stopping their patrol car they watched as
the lights drew nearer to them. The lights or object(s) passed
to the west going in a S.Easterly direction. As it / they
passed over, they noticed a third light, much smaller than the
other two and positioned somewhere between them. set
states - that as it passed silently by, he got the impression
that the lights were attached to a very large object, but could
not make out any shape of other details. As it went away from
from them, both officers saw two white vapour like trails

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behind each light. They described these trails as ‘self
luminous' but not the same as normal aircraft vapour - more
like beams of light! They estimated the elevation of the
objects to be 40 degrees to the horizon at a distance of
between 1,000' and 2,000'.

This is obviously at variance to the other reports, but would
seem to substantiate sot report who was at the same
time S.W. of their position and saw the objects in a stationary
mode N.W. of hid position. this suggests that both the Sgts
sighting are in many respects different to the others and
indicate that their objects were extremely low and appeared to
have the ability to stop and hover!

I personally have no doubts about their sightings, because, as
whereas some people may have difficulty in judging objects at
great height, I hardly think these officers could be mistaken
in their judgements - 2,000' is one thing, but anywhere between
10,000' and 80kms is another. It is therefore my considered
opinion that these two sightings sightings are of different to
that of the re-entry rocket and may be associated with certain
other events that took place later in the morning, at 2.00am
and indeed the previous evening between 8.00pm and 11.00pm over
Nth devon.

Most of these reports were received following the publication
of some news articles in two local papers. (Honiton News &
Somerset Gazette) The articles did not specify the type of
objects seen or the time. As a result I received a large number
of phone calls from members of the public and another police
officer, this time from Somerset. After evaluating these
reports and filing away those which I considered were not
relevant to this case, it became apparent that in addition to
the initial 1.10am police reports, there were a number which
were very similar and did therefore have some association.

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In an effort to give these events some clarity - they have been
separated into groups with each group being given its own
heading, they are as follows:-

Event Place Date * Time

‘al Innis, Ireland 31/3/93 1.05am

‘Bt * Wales, Cornwall, Devon 31/3/93 1.10am to
and Somerset. 1.17am

'c! Bridgewater, Somerset 31/3/93 2.00am

'p! North Devon 30/3/93 7.00pm to

11.00pm

‘gt St Ives & Penzance, 31/3/93 1.30am
Cornwall

‘gt **k Wales, Westcountry, Avon, 30-31/3/93 Various

Shropshire, Sth Yorkshire

* The reports associated with this event include those received
from the police officers who initially saw the objects at
01.10am on 31/3/93.

wx These reports are the subject of a letter received from the
MoD (Sec Air)2a giving some details of reports received by
them. They are thought to be associated with the events of
30-31/3/93 because of the similarities between them and those
already known to me.

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Investigation

Event 'A' - Innis, Ireland.

This event occurred at 1.05am on Wednesday 31st March 1993 over
Innis, Ireland, when 2 bright lights were observed traversing
the sky. It is believed that they were seen at high Altitude,
displaying white vapour trails. they appeared to be flying
parallel to each other, on a N.W. to S.E. course. Evidently
this sighting caused some concern to the Irish Government and
as a consequence a fighter aircraft was despatched to monitor
the objects. It seems the operation was not successful as the
objects were thought to have been travelling at about 3,000mph
- obviously to fast for the jets. The full details of this
sighting are not yet to hand, but it is thought to be basically
correct.

As with the 1.10am police reports and some of the other 1.10am
reports, this sighting is also believed to be result of the
previously mention rocket re-entry, but more of that later!

* Information supplied >» a : BBC Correspondent

based in Dublin.

Event 'B' - Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

At various time between 1.10am and 1.17am on Wednesday 31st
March 1993, 12 people (excluding the original 11 police
officers) reported the sighting of two very bright objects
flying across the night sky in a south easterly direction. With
the exception of one, they all report seeing some sort of
vapour trails, but describe them slightly differently! In the
main they were white, and trailed back from the objects and
appeared to be self luminous.

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This indicates that they were not normal jet aircraft trails,
but do seem synonymous with something like the trail of a
"shooting star’.
After evaluating these reports and giving due regards to
peoples different perspectives of the objects, it is reasonable
to assume that they, like the police officers, had also
observed the spent rocket on its south easterly travels.
As a footnote, I have also received a report from Section 40| |
BE ction 40] of the British Astronomical Association, that two people,
one in Belgium and one from the south of France, also observed
some bright objects flying in a south easterly direction. The
French report indicates a number of objects (6 or 7) and this
I believe is the breakup of the original two seen earlier over
Ireland and the south west coast of England. The Belgium report
is not very comprehensive, but the "sighter' is believed to
have seen them from his location, most probably over France,
but not over Belgium.
What is evident here, is that although I cannot be absolutely
certain that the two objects seen was the re-entry of the
Russian Space Rockets, their presence at this time and their
reported locations, must be a strong consideration. Given the
known height of these objects - between 80kms and 100kms, and
the time they would have taken to traverse from horizon to
horizon, some 2 to 3 minutes and certainly not less than one
minute, then it can be reasonable assumed that from their known
flight path i-e. from Ireland over Lands End and on over
France, they would easily have been seen from as far away as
Somerset and most probably even further! On the night in
question there was very little cloud cover, which would have
afforded all of the ‘sighters' a clear view for many miles.

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At this point, given all the known facts, what we are dealing
with is the following scenario:-

At sometime between 1.10am and 1.17am two very bright white
objects with some sort of vapour trails, were observed flying
N.W. to S.E. at high altitude and parallel to each other and
appear to have been on a pre-determined course. There were I
believe the remnants of a Russian Space Rocket that had earlier
deposited a Cosmos Radio Satellite into orbit.

But, at the same time i.e. 1.10am, two brightly lit objects or
a very large one with two lights attached, crossed the Bristol
Channel, flew low over Lynton and somewhere between there and
Liskeard came to a halt and hovered for a few seconds. They /it
then ascended at great speed to about 10,000' and then altered
course taking a southerly course over the English Channel.

If the information contained in the letter from the MoD is
correct, then the object or objects were later seen over or
near Bristol, Avon, at approx 1.15am heading south easterly!
Also, if the MoD information is correct, similar objects were
seen between 9.10pm on the 30th March 1993 and 2.40am on the
31st covering area from Cornwall to South Yorkshire! The
implication of this being that some 4 hours before the re-entry
an ‘unknown' object or objects were flying across the
Westcountry up into Avon and on to South Yorkshire with the
last known sighting over Shropshire at 2.40am. It also
indicates that the objects appeared to be crisscrossing these
areas during this period.

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Event 'C' - Bridgewater, Somerset.

On Wednesday 31st March 1993, a group of fishermen (known as
Elvers) were fishing the river Parrot, Nr Bridgewater,
Somerset. At approx 1.30am they noticed 3 military type
helicopters flying in a radius from Bridgewater to Hinkley
Point. This activity was observed for some 30 minutes or so. At
a little before 2.00am the ‘elvers' saw two bright orange
coloured lights approaching from the north. As they drew
closer, the ‘elvers', who had previously thought they were the
returning helicopters, realised they were not. Firstly there
was the absence of any engine or rotor blade noise and
navigation lights. The objects approached their position at a
steady pace, not over fast, and appeared to be at a height of
about 800'. On their final approach, in addition to the orange
lights seen, two very bright white lights seem to be glowing
from the rear of the objects. As they passed overhead, one of
the elvers (Section 40 thought the objects were joined by
some sort of structure and likened this to a "Large Catamaran’
As the object(s) cleared their position, two very bright Light
sources were seen at the rear of the 'craft' throwing light
beams backwards. These were described as like car headlights.
What amazed the sighters most f@secton 40 EG Section 40]
was the complete absence of any noise, in fact quite the
opposite - deathly silence! the objects proceeded on a south
easterly course towards Dorset and were in view for 2 to 3
minutes before disappearing.

I have personally spoken to both of these gentlemen and
received a written report from one (SEE > . [Section 40 RRB
not returned his report form and this I believe is because he
has difficulty in writing - (don't we all!). and therefore feel
it best not to persue the matter any further.

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One other interesting point that I noted during conversation
with BO. was this. During the early hours,
somewhere between midnight and 1.00am, the cows occupying an
adjacent field appeared to be very restless, which I am told
was very unusual. Just after their sighting, xan SEERA! Ana
their wives, were astonished to see all the cows had
congregated in the middle of the field. They were all facing
each other in a circular formation and had gone very quiet!
This is also I'm told very unusual.

Event 'D' - Nth Devon and Somerset.

During the evening of Tuesday 30th March 1993, 6 independent
witnesses reported an object or objects flying over and or
hovering over Somerset and Nth Devon.

The first sighting occurred at 9.00pm, when

observed two glowing white/orange objects hovering north west
of her position. At the time she was travelling from her home
at Kington-St-Mary, Somerset, towards Bishops Lydeard and
thought they were somewhere above or just beyond the town. They
remained stationary for some 2 or 3 minutes, were very silent
and Section 40) ya the feeling that ‘something was going to
happen’ as everything seemed to have gone very quiet.! She
eventually lost sight of the objects behind some clouds.

Meanwhile, See a local business man, who lives at

Nr Lydeard-St-Lawrence, Somerset, - just
north of Bishops Lydeard, had gone out into his garden to feed
his fish. It was about 8.00pm and on looking up observed a
triangular formation of 3 objects approx 5 miles north west of
his home. They were brightly lit (self luminous) and each
object was larger than a star.

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He likened them to golf balls, two at the top with the other
immediately below (Ss ). From the lowest object a light beam
seemed to be shining down at an angle of about 45 degrees. Sig” 40
BPction 49] kept the objects in view for a little over 3 hours.
During this time his daughter S SME had also been out to see
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the objects and has confirmed the sighting. *
At this point I think it is worth pointing out that from the

evidence the object(s) seen by EZ and that > aaa

are probably one and the same. The direction is right i.e.N.W.
and al thou: ERROR feels the object(s) were over Bishops
Lydeard I think in this she could be mistaken and that they
were a bit further away towards the N.W.

The third report came from Ere Section 4H is stationed at
Bishops Lydeard. His report (by phone) was as follows: At
approx 9.00pm he was up on the Quantock Hills, Nth Somerset,
with a group of Scouts carrying out some field exercises, when
his attention was drawn to a series of bright lights
approaching from the north west. They appeared to be at a
height of about 3,000' and travelling at a constant speed, but
not over fast! As the lights got closer he made out the outline
of a large craft, which he said “looked like two Concords
flying side by side and joined together". the lights he had
seen appeared to be around the object(s) and were similar to
cabin lights on an aircraft, only much brighter. the object
passed to his left and after 2 or 3 minutes was lost to sight
as it proceeded on a south easterly course.

Strangely, as with the other P.Cs, despite agreeing to complete
a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why?

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At approx 10.30pm, Peston a Traffic Warden, was

standing outside his. home on the Sandhill Park Estate, at
Bishops Lydeard when he noticed a brightly lit object
approaching from the south. At arms length he describes the
object as about the size of a Zippo Lighter and had 6 rows of
lights numbering 30 in all. They were in two sectioris of 15
which were spaced in 3 rows of 5 lights in each.

The objects speed was similar to a jet aircraft and appeared to
be at a high altitude. Because of this HO had the
object in sight for nearly 15 minutes before it disappeared to
the north. Some 5 minutes after the event FIRM observed a
civil airliner on the same course at approx the same altitude
and he was able to identify this without any problem.

The 5th report came eemoccion 40 lives in Taunton,

Somerset. At approx 10.20pm ( maybe a bit later) he observed 2
white lights, apparently connected, flying parallel to each
other in an easterly direction. Again there was no noise from
the objects and they appeared to be moving very fast. He gave
the length of his sighting as 2 minutes and is convinced it
/they was not an aircraft.

The 6th and last report for this evening, came from
[Section 40} who lives at Milverton, Devon. At sometime before

midnight - about 11.30pm, he saw 2 groups of lights flying
along side each other. He describes them as 2 objects with 3
lights in a triangular formation. He says that they were moving
very fast and watched them for 2 minutes before they
disappeared in a south westerly direction.

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Notes
From these reports it is obvious that during the evening
(8.00pm to 11.00pm) an object or objects were clearly visable
and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by KERIB)
Becton mmsecion 0, ] in their reports. In addition other objects
of a similar type, were seen traversing the sky from north to
south and south to north. Although the reports are not
identical, i.e. they are different in their descriptions, they
do indicate that a fairly large twin hulled craft was airborne
that evening and flying low over some areas. What this object
was, is of course unknown and must therefore, temporally at
least, be classed as an Unidentified Flying Object!

Event 'E' - St Ives & Penzance, Cornwall

At just before 1.30am on Wednesday 31st March 1993, two men
living in St Ives, Cornwall, observed two very bright objects
flying on a N.N.W. to S.S.E. course over the town. Their height
was estimated to be about 2,000' and were described as rockets
with light trails. they were moving very fast and were only in
sight for 5 to 10 seconds. At one stage one of the sighters
Section 40, | thought that the two lights seemed to dim and
come on brightly again. The other observer did
not see this particular effect. He, however, only had the
objects in sight for a couple of seconds.
Meanwhile, who lives at Crowles, Nr Penzance, was
himself watching two very bright objects, with trails, heading
S.E. at a very low altitude 2,000' to 3,000'. He also observed
a third object behind the other two, but was less bright. none
of the objects made any noise and the light trails "were" he
said "thin and straight like a light tube". At the rear of the
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2 large objects he also noticed a pink and blue light source
put was unable to say if they were attached to the objects or
the smaller one flying close by. From his southerly position
the objects were to the north and not moving very fast. In fact
he had them in sight for at least 2 minutes. this of course is
at variance with the other two sighters at St Ives, who said
their objects were very fast!, but this maybe because they saw
the objects overhead whilst was looking at them from
a distance. It's my belief that this sighting was of the same 2
objects seen over St Ives only from a different location and
therefore different line of sight.

Event 'F' - Ministry of Defence reports 30th/31st March 1993
During the course of this investigation, I received a non Ufo
report from a gentleman (name on file) who is a recently
retired airline pilot. he had phoned me in response to one of
the local newspaper articles and thought he had the answer to
this case? He told me that at 1.30am on Wednesday 31st March
1993, he had observed two Jet Fighter Aircraft travelling at
30,000' in a westerly direction and at a very fast speed -
about 1,500mph. They had their ‘after burners’ on which
indicated they may still have been climbing! As an airline
pilot he was well qualified to identify these 'jets' and was
also certain that they were of a single engine type. Once I
explained our sightings, ( at this time I only had a number of
1.10am sightings) it was fairly obvious that his sighting was
not connected to my reports - or was it?
Thanking him for this information, I resolved to contact the
MoD to try and ascertain if they had any knowledge of these
aircraft. The next day I phone at the MoD (Sec Air)
2a office and relayed my information to him. He was most
helpful and promised to look into it for me - and would ring
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back. About an hour later he did, but what he had to tell me
was nothing short of amazing. He had been unable to discover
any details regarding these aircraft and was at a loss to
explain their presence over East Devon at the time. To his
knowledge there had not been any flyovers by RAF, NATO or other
aircraft and stated that all known flights would most certainly
have been logged and they was no way that aircraft of this type
could fly over Britain without the MoD's knowledge.
However, having explained to him why I was making this enquiry
he did tell me that ‘they’ also had received a number of calls
and letters reporting the same kind of 'objects' i.e. two very
bright lights traversing the sky during the evening of the 30th
and early morning of the 31st March 1993. Upon request, he
later sent me a list of these sightings, giving locations,
times and directions of travel. A study of these locations and
times was most informative and I have to say, also somewhat
puzzling. Because I had sen a summary of my reports, some
of these were mine and were in accordance with them. There
were, however, a number which were not. Briefly his reports
covered the period 10.10pm on the 30th to 02.40am on the 3ist,
and indicated that these objects had been seen as far north as
South Yorkshire, Shropshire and the counties of Cornwall, Devon
and Hampshire - all at different times and in many cases flying
in different directions!
This as you can imagine was very confusing. For example, there
were 3 sightings from South Yorkshire, all at different times
i.e. 9.10pm, 11.40pm & 1.17am. the 9.10pm sighting had the
objects travelling S.E., the 11.40pm ones travelling north
whilst the 9.10pm ones were unknown. In addition there was a
sighting from Bristol at 1.10am but these objects were
travelling westwards - and so it went on. * A copy of the MoD
report with map is attached to this report.

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What all this means is anybody's guess. Was the information
correct and I see no reason why it shouldn't be, or was it
incorrect and a deliberate ploy to confuse the issue and try to
put me off the scent? - I really don't know.

If correct, and lets suppose it is, then this surely means that
not only were there ‘unknown’ objects flying and hovering over
the westcountry between 8.00pm and 2.00am on the night, but
were also tracking across the Midlands, South Yorkshire and
Hampshire - what were they doing?

Conclusions
As a Ufo researcher, it's my job to try and evaluate all
veports and information received in an objective and hopefully
methodical way. This case has, to date, shown all the hallmarks
of a typical ufo event with evidence swaying the urgently
sought answers one way and then the other. Were the events on
this night nothing more or less than the re-entry of a man made
space vehicle, or was it a ufo phenomenon related to that
event? I think it may well be the latter. My reasons for
thinking this are twofold.
Firstly, there is no doubt that the re-entry took place and
that this occurred at approximately 01.05am on the 31st. From
the evidence collected and collated it is almost certainly a
fact that the reports describing the events at 1.10am indicate
that what these people witnessed was the re-entry of this
missile. The heights given are synonymous with a re-entry of
this kind and the length of ‘sighting time’ likewise. All the
‘sighters' give the objects direction of flight as N.W. to S.E.
or N. to S. giving some margin of error and this would
certainly been the spent rockets course.

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This I believe, is evidence enough to suggest that this is
exactly what these people saw - a rocket re-entry.

What is also evident is that on the evening before, between
8.00pm and 11.00pm, objects were seen traversing the North
Devon sky and indeed hovering N.W. of the same areas In
addition it is fairly certain that at 2.00am on the 31st, an
object of some considerable size, flew over the River Parrot at
Bridgewater, disturbing not only the local fishermen, but also
the cattle in the adjacent fields. Also at this time we have
the mystery of the 3 helicopters seen. They were almost
certainly of a military type, but as with the 2 fighter
aircraft over East Devon earlier, their presence has been
denied by the MoD - Why?

In association with this we have the 1.30am sightings at St
Ives and Penzance and the other numerous sightings over
Cornwall, Devon, Shropshire, South Yorkshire and Hampshire,
starting at 10.10pm on the 30th and ending at 2.40am on the
3ist.

If these reports are correct, and as I said earlier, I have no
reason to doubt them and my reports are also correct, then it
must be the case that at least one, if not more, unidentified
flying objects were active over these areas on the night in
question - but what was their purpose? Were they / it here on a
specific mission, or just carryingout a nighttime surveillance
operation. The latter scenario is of course quite feasibly
given what we already know from their well documented past, but
what about the first proposition?

Well if we examine the evidence and what we already know about
this alleged mode of operation, there is clearly a case for
this line of thinking.

In Timothy Goods latest book ‘Alien Update’ he edits a whole
chapter on this very subject. He cites a number of cases from

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Russia where ufos have been observed tracking rocket launches,
space flights and more importantly their re-entry procedures.
It seems that this activity has been monitored for some years
and that the Soviet Authorities are fully aware that their
space program has been subjected to some very intense scrutiny
by unidentified objects, which appear disc like and are able to
traverse their air space at will, and in some extraordinary
ways!

Additionally, it seems that Britain has also been the victim of
such activity. In her new book ‘From Out Of The Blue' Jenny
Randles also explores this possibility. This book is the follow
up to another entitled ‘Sky Crash' which she co-authored with
Dot Street and Brenda Butler and is more than just a
spectacular account of a ufo landing in Rendlesham Forest,
Suffolk, Nr the Bentwaters Air Base jointly manned by the RAF
and USAF. Around the time of the alleged landing it is known
that a similar re-entry of a Russian space rocket occurred over
the area. Following this, and in addition to the events at the
Bentwaters Base, a number of ufo sightings were received. Some
of the sightings were before the known re-entry time and indeed
after. This strongly implies that some unknown craft was

present over the area and as suggested by Ry have been
interested in the re-entry.

The events at Bentwaters are in themselves quite remarkable and
suggest that a space vehicle of unknown origin actually landed
in Rendlesham Forest and that a possible ‘alien liaison’ took
place. The evidence presented does seem to substantiate this,
but as with most, if not all of these cases, will we ever learn
the truth!

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Unlike the Bentwaters case, this one has not to date thrown up
any evidence of a ufo landing, but there is certainly enough
evidence to imply a ufo presence over the Westcountry, and
possible other parts of the country, on the evening before and
after the known re-entry of a Russian space rocket at 1.10am.
My gut feeling is that this is exactly what occurred, and until

‘unknown object(s) reported upon are identified,

the present
then they should without question be classified for what they

are - ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’.

Devon UFO Research Organisation
DUFORO Case No 933 Annex ‘A'
WESTCOUNTRY AND WALES SIGHTINGS - 31st March 1993

Event 'B'

8: Kerris, Comvall

Time 1.10am - 2 very bright lights, travelling fast, flying
parallel with wonderful vapour like trails. *Two smaller trails
to left hand trail! thought there might have been two other
smaller objects. Looking towards moon, from north, very high.
No sound from object/s but audible rumbling sound from ground
level. Time of sighting 30 seconds. When in cloud, object/s
tpluainated them. Distance apart as seen from the ground = 1"
to 14".

a Urches, Pentregaler, Crymyn,
Dyfe
Time 1.10am. Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea

level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white objects, flying
parallel, one slightly in front of the other. Time 2 minutes -
maybe less!, very high - vapour trail.

3. PCs Section 40) | - Section 40) | Treharris Police Station,
Perrot Street, Treharris, Nr Merthyr.

Timel.10am. 2 bright white objects (brighter than stars) came
frm north west travelling south east, flying parellel to each
other- approximately same height as conventional aircraft -
steady pace. light vapour trail but third light or vapour trail
between the other two! Sighting time 2 to 24 minutes. No noise.
Objec ssed overhead.

PG (phoned MOD - told no aircraft known to be in the
area.

4. Sgt
Time 1.10am. Accompanied by PC East of Ilfracombe
driving into Lynton. Looking towards the Bristol Channel and
saw two white lights, which they they thought were attached to
a very large gbject. Estimated distance between lights as 500'.
No sound. Objéct passed overhead and headed south , south west.
Time of sighting onds. Height 2,000’ plus!

* Same night, PC en-route to Holsworthy after
departing Lynton, observed white lights pass over his vehicle
going in south westerly direction.

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5. Sot Fletchers Bridge, Bodmin

Time 1.10am. Two bright slightly yellowish objects / lights,
stationary 2,000' due north of his position - S.E. of Liskeard.
Watched object lift up and ascend banking left towards the S.E.
Object dropped slightly, then climbed and continued S.E. over
Torpoint, Plymouth. No sound. At height (about 10,000') a
vapour like trail appeared and what appeared to be a third
object or light source behind the object. Objects /Lights gave
the impression of being controlled or guided.
* ij Liskeard at approximately the same time, PCs
and were N.W. of liskeard and saw two
very bright white ot like objects appear from the north and
head towards Liskeard.

6. Plymouth police received a call from a gentleman at approx
1.10am who reported seeing twp white lights flying over Stoke,
Plymouth. Incident not officially logged but noted by officer
on duty!

7. To ay. Two lights seen over gentlemans house. Report with

8. So: and PCs EERE 5. Section 40] |
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Heavit tation, Heavitree Road, Exeter.
Time 1.10am Saw two dot like objects / lights flying parallel,
fairly high, heading east. Sighting time 15 seconds.

9.%* East Devon. Two police officers observe two white objects
flying easterly. Objects seen through binoculars - report to
follow from station Inspector.

10  cocicigh, bev on AM
Time after 1.05am! Two large light gold yellowish lights
heading towards Stockland. No noise, fairly fast, one light

slightly in front of the other!

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41 Wellington, Somerset

Time 1.11am Two bright white lights - like round balls, Small
vapour trails (lit up!) Very high. Speed very fast. No noise.
Time of sighting 20 seconds. Flying pararell N.W to S.E. but
could have been West to East!

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12 Taunton, Somerset..

Time 1.15 (approx) Two very bright white / yellowish objects,
flying parellel to each other. Long vapour trail - not smoke!
Objects approx 3" apart at height. Very high but not star
height! Time of sighting 20 seconds. Passed left to right in a
southerly direction.

13. Taunton Man - Wishes to remain anonymous.

Time 1.13am two very large luminous objects ~ glowing, silent.
After glow that stayed with objects - Ufiuorescent).

Speed- Gliding very fast. Direction N.N.W. to S.E. Seemed to
tucn vight. Time of sighting 2 minutes. Objects 2" to 3" apart
at height. Seen through binoculars. Felt compelled to get up
and go outside. No noise.

1; SS Taunton, Somerset.Time
1.15am Returning from Bristol Airport. Saw two bright white
objects with whitish vapour trail. Thought vapour trail was Lit
up by another light source! Very high in sky, appeared cigar
shaped and silver in colour. Flying parellel (in tandem) in an
easterly direction, south of his position. Objects appeared 6"
to 7" apart at height. No noise.

15. Bridgewater,
Somerset
Time 1.15am Balls of light - followed by vapour trail or a

light! No noise. Flying over Bridgewater in a south easterly
direction. Knew it was not an aircraft!.

16. Fxegsection40 | Police House, Butts Way, Wiveliscombe,
Somerset.Time 1.15am to 1.20am. Two bright objects - vapour
like trail. from right hand object/light appeared to be a long
light shining backwards! Height 10,000' Speed 2 or 3 times
faster than a jet airliner. 3" apart at height. Flying N.W. to
S.E. Right object appeared to be leading.

1) EE 2cidgewater

Time 1.17am Two very bright lights - trail of light behind.
flying parellel, left object slightly in front. No Noise -
completely silent '0Z FACTOR?' Time of sighting 50 to 55
seconds. Very low ~ if piloted could have seen pilot.

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Time 1.10am to 1.15am
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in colour! First one object seen, then
seconds later. Flew parellel to each
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land! No noise. Flying in easterly

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Dees

Thank you for sending me a copy of your Interim Report on the wave of UFO
sightings that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday 31 March.

I have attached a copy of a map that I have produced, setting out the locations
of sightings, together with a time and heading, if known. I have included the
sightings described in your report (some of which we already had details of),
together with some other reports that you may not have heard about. Our policy
of witness confidentiality means that I am unable to give out names and
addresses, but the following locations correspond to the crosses on the map:

Penistone, S Yorks.
Bradway, S Yorks.
Cosford, Staffs.
Rugeley, Staffs.
Shawbury, Salop.
Grateley, Hants.

Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan.
Haverfordwest, Dyfed.
Crymych, Dyfed.

Bristol, Avon.
Bridgewater, Somerset.
Quantock Hills, Somerset.
Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset.
Taunton, Somerset.
Minehead, Somerset.
Braunton, Devon.
Ilfracombe, Devon.
Plymouth, Devon.

‘Exeter, Devon.

Liskeard, Cornwall.
Wadebridge, Cornwall.

St Ives, Cornwall.

I hope this will be useful to you in your investigation; I will keep you
informed of developments.

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Thank you for your letter dated 26 May.

I am afraid that I can offer very little with regard to tracking down the
fighter aircraft and helicopters seen on 31 March; when you first mentioned this
to me, I attempted to track down any military aircraft that might have been
operating at the times and locations specified, but found no evidence of any
such activity. I should add that it is unusual for military aircraft to be
operating as late as 1.30am.

I will await your final report with interest - personally I agree that while the

decay of Cosmos 2238 might explain the high level 1.10am sightings, it would not
explain the other sightings on the night in question.

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26th May 1993

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dear

Firstly, many thanks for your help over the last few weeks, it
veally has been appreciated.

Just a quick update on the events of 30th/31st March 1993 re:
the sightings here in the Westcountry.

It is almost certain that the majority of the 1.10am sightings
were in fact the re-entry of a Russian second stage rocket that
had put a Cosmos Radio Satellite (2238) into orbit sometime
before midnight.

What we don't know is what the object or objects seen at 1.30am
over St Ives, Cornwall and 2.00am over Bridgewater, Somerset
and indeed the hovering object(s) seen over Nth Devon between
8.00pm and 11.00pm on the 30th!

From the evidence to date, something was most definitely
haunting the sky over Nth Devon on the evening of the 30th and
I have substantiated reports confirming this.

The 2.00am Bridgewater sighting also appears to be genuine and
I can see no reason to doubt it.

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Then there is the collection of sightings you kindly gave me
covering Avon, Shropshire and South Yorkshire up to 2.40am on
the 31st - it certainly was a busy night for something.

At the moment I am busy putting together a 16 page report on
these events and once completed will despatch it to the
appropriate authorities - you will of course receive a copy.

However, before finalising this report, I wondered if you had
been able to obtain any information re: the two fighter
aircraft seen over Devon at 1.30am on the 31st or the 3
helicopters seen over and around Bridgewater at 1.30am also on
the 31st.

Could I please ask if you could once again check your records
and ascertain, if possible, what they were doing! I realise
this may be difficult, but I do honestly believe that they have
a bearing on this case.

Once again, many thanks for your help to date and do hope I,m
not causing you any undue trouble or inconvenience.

Kind regards

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Department of Trade and Industry,
National Air Traffic Control Services,
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Dear Sirs,

I attach hereto copy reports received from my officers in connection
with alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects.

Yours faithfully,

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Form No. 65

Staffordshire Police

Your Reference:

Our Reference:

STATION: RUGELEY

DATE: 313.93

SUBJECT:

1.

U.F.O. REPORT

With reference to the attached report by P.C. Section 40) |

concerning a U.F.0. being sighted in the Brereton Area of
Rugeley, more information has been received by myself from

a “oA o£ the Military Police at R.A.F. Cosford.

has informed me that from enquiries he has made

he has further sightings of the U.F.O. in Bristol at
0100 hours by an Section 40 at Bristol Airport, at
Ternhill Barracks at ours by two guards on duty

there and at R.A.F. Stafford where two guards also saw
it travelling at a speed of approximately "400 knots!
on_a very low flight path.

Section 40
Cpl also informed me that he has liaised with R.A.F.
Shrewsbury, at who informed him that he had seen
a U.F.O. in the sky travelling at high speed but riding
erratically at different attitudes. He observed it for
approx. 15 minutes until it went off at speed (400 knots)
in a southern direction.

Enquiries have been made with all aviation centres and
there was no activity in the area at all by any military
or civil aeroplanes.

All the above information has been recorded at R.A.F. Cosford
and a separate report has been compiled by Cpl

If any more information is required it can be obtained from

The Military Police at R.A.F. Cosford Tel. No.

P.C.

Cont'd Overleaf / Sheet No.
Form No. 65
Staffordshire Police

Your Reference:

Our Reference:

FROM: ?.C, STATION: RUGELEY

To: SUPERINTENDENT ESCO DATE: 31st March, 1993
suBsect: REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
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At 0149 hours on a 31st March, 1993 BaSection 40) |

Rugeley, reported
to Rugeley Police Station that he had sighted a U.F.0.
in the Brereton area. The informant was visited and
the following details were obtained:

A TIME - 0109 hrs
DATE — 31.3.93
DURATION OF SIGHTING - Approx. 1 minute

B DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT

Shape ~ Oval

Size - Approximately 150 metres in length

Colour - Shingy. Unable to state colour.

Brightness ~ The object had lights at each end which
were cream and very bright ‘

Sound. .— Loud humming noise.

C EXACT POSITION OBSERVED

The informant sighted the object whilst stood in the
garden of his home address.

D HOW OBSERVED
Naked eye
E DIRECTION IN WHICH OBJECT WAS FIRST SEEN

The informant saw the object over the Stile Cop area
of Cannock Chase.

F ANGLE OF SIGHT
Approximately 45 degrees
G DISTANCE
Approximately ? of a mile
H MOVEMENTS
Moved away into the distance slowly

J METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

Dry and Clear
Cont'd Overleaf ASHeEK NY.
K NEARBY OBJECTS
Housing and industrial estate
L TO WHOM REPORTED

R.A.F. Cosford and Rugeley Police Station

M NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT

N ANY BACKGROUND ON THE INFORMANT THAT MAY BE VOLUNTEERED

It is not thought that the informant has ever made any
previous reports of a similar nature in the past.

O OTHER WITNESSES

years

(14 years)

P DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT OF REPORT

0149 hours 31.3.93

Q IS A REPLY REQUESTED

Yes

2. In accordance with Force Standing Order E4 1:1 I would
ask that this report be forwarded to:

Department of Trade and Industry,
National Air Traffic Control Services,
1 Victoria Street,

London SW1H OET.

Superintendent Collinge

qd) This report, together with the report from P.C.
ated 31st March, 1993, is forwarded for your
information and subsequent transmission to the Department
of Trade and Industry at the above address.

i
13.4.93 Inspector “

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. I would ask that a copy we this report be forwarded as outlined

in Minute 1 (2) above.

26 April 1993 Chief Inspector

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Superintendent [Section 40) | Cannock.

1. This type of report need not be referred to
Headquarters and may be forwarded direct to the
Department of Trade and Industry.

5th May, 1993. ef Superintendent.

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1. As we discussed, I have forwarded three video recordings of radar data

for 31 March, covering the ‘locations and times of most of the UFO sightings.
Although there are some slow moving primary contacts in the Devon/Cornwall area
at 1.10am local, and 1.20 am local, the Controllers at RAF West Drayton,
together with GE3, did not believe that this was significant; the contacts
appear when the data is being drawn from the Burrington radar head, which is
apparently prone to clutter.

2. As I also mentioned, I was contacted by a representative of the British
UFO Research Association (BUFORA), who believed he had an explanation for the
sightings; he told me that the sightings coincided with the decay of a Russian
rocket, which had been used to launch a radio communications satellite. The
NORAD category number is 22586, and the international code is 1993/08B. This
information came emeSection 40 | a journalist with BBC Dublin (The BUFORA
representative told me that there were many sightings in Eire, and that the
Irish Government had been interested; he also said that aircraft were launched

to investigate).

3. I spoke to RAF Fylingdales, who confirmed that there had been a decay,
estimated at 2.20am local, but with an error margin of an hour either way. This
decay was not mentioned during my original checks with RAF Fylingdales, although
as you will recall, an earlier decay was mentioned, involving a standard
re-supply rocket to the space station MIR. I now understand that this decay did
not occur until 1 April.

4. Whilst the decay mentioned in para 2 might explain some of the high
altitude sightings, it does not explain the low level sightings. It also fails
to explain report of a low hum, or the report from the

Met Officer at RAF Shawbury. The spread of timings and bearings of the
sightings also argues against this decay explaining all of them.

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UFO SIGHTINGS - WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH

1. As we discussed, I have forwarded three video recordings of radar data
for 31 March, covering the ‘locations and times of most of the UFO sightings.
Although there are some slow moving primary contacts in the Devon/Cornwall area
at 1.10am local, and 1.20 am local, the Controllers at RAF West Drayton,
together with GE3, did not believe that this was significant; the contacts
appear when the data is being drawn from the Burrington radar head, which is
apparently prone to clutter.

2. As I also mentioned, I was contacted by a representative of the British
UFO Research Association (BUFORA), who believed he had an explanation for the
sightings; he told me that the sightings coincided with the decay of a Russian
rocket, which had been used to launch a radio communications satellite. The
NORAD category number _is 22586, and the international code is 1993/08B. This
information came ‘on a journalist with BBC Dublin (The BUFORA
representative told me that there were many sightings in Eire, and that the
Irish Government had been interested; he also said that aircraft were launched
to investigate).

3. I spoke to RAF Fylingdales, who confirmed that there had been a decay,
estimated at 2.20am local, but with an error margin of an hour either way. This
decay was not mentioned during my original checks with RAF Fylingdales, although
as you will recall, an earlier decay was mentioned, involving a standard
re-supply rocket to the space station MIR. I now understand that this decay did
not occur until 1 April.

4. Whilst the decay mentioned in para 2 might explain some of the high
altitude sightings, it does not explain the low level sightings. fails
to ola report of a low hum, or the report on SETI
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Reference: D/Sec(AS)12/7(UC 106/93) dated 22 Apr 93 (copy attached for PS/CAS).

1. Thank you for your Minute at Reference which we subsequently
discussed.
2. In spite of the quality of the many witnesses who reported the unusual

sightings on 31 Mar, | can add nothing to the debate. You will recall that my
earlier interest in Aurora was prompted by a question from our AA in
Washington seeking advice on whether the UK had any "black" programme
or whether the earlier alleged sightings in Scotland could be attributed to the
Vulcan display aircraft. My answer on both counts was "no". | regret that |
cannot add anything further to the debate in the light of the events which

took place on 31 Mar.
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Subject UFO Sightings - 31 March 1993.

1. As requested we have completed the radar replay for Wednesday the
31 March, transferring this information onte a video recording for

further examination.

2. I have attached your mapon which I have now placed the radar
heads used together with numbers which now relate to individual
timings. Unfortunately the-Clee-Hill radar head was not working on
primary radar during the recording period, therefore, only aircraft
working Secondary Surveillance Radar can be seen,

3. Listed below ig the breakdown for each incident time you gave us
which we have now changed to zulu time.

1. 3023102 Clee-Hill Squawk 1461/0395 N/E to S/W

2. 3023152 Clee-Hill Nothing seen.
3, 3023552 Clee-Hill Traffic out of Bristol going north squawk

4652/086 vicinity Mommouth 23552. Squawk
1461/040 vicinity Bristol Filton 23472
going S/W, changing to 7201.
4, 3100092 Clee-Hill Squawk 6416/090 northbound.
5A, 310010z Burrington 00152 primary contacts slow vicinity of
Launcester and Bodmin.
5B. 3100102 Clee-Hill Northbound traffic on A25 squawk 2363/242.
§C. 3100102 Clee-Hill Nothing seen.
6A. 310015z Clee-Hill Squawk 4651/110 from the north through
Pease Pottage Salisbury Plain area towards Southampton.
6R. 3100152 Clee-Hill Squawk 2363/239 north on A25 and squawk
6416/090 15nm east of Shawbury northbound.
7. 3100202 Burrington Intermittent slow primary contacts close ta
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8, N/K No times given.
9, 3101402 Clee-Hill Squawk 2304/200 descending on A25. At 01462
overhead Shawbury squawk 5231/203 southbound.

8. Unfortunately I would say there was nothing unusual seen on the
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1. | do not normally concern you with the UFO aspect of Sec(AS)'s work but in
the light of previous conversations we have had, you may wish to be aware of a
recent particularly unusual incidence of UFO sightings over the UK, involving
descriptions that match some of the reported characteristics of the so-called
“Aurora”.

2. The sightings took place over a period of about 3 hours early on Wednesday
31 March. Most of them were in Devon and Comwall, South Wales and Shropshire.
There is a number of factors which make these sightings unusual; firstly, there is a
good deal of commonality in the description of the object, and considerable :
commonality in the times of many of the sightings - around 1.10 am (although
several occurred in locations some distance apart at about the same time indicating
the possibility of more than one phenomenon); secondly, none of the usual
explanations put forward to explain UFO sightings seem applicable; and thirdly, the
reliability of the witnesses, a good many of whom were police officers and military
personnel. Our latest information indicates that at least seventy people witnessed
something, and | have attached a small selection of the reports.

3. My staff have made extensive efforts to find an explanation for these
sightings, including discussions with air defence and both civil and military ATC
authorities: generally it has been confirmed that nothing unusual was seen, and no
requests for clearance for any “unusual activity" have been acknowledged to have
been received. However the ATC radar at Burrington recorded some slow moving
contacts over North Devon at the same time as some of the sightings in that area
were reported. Despite this coincidence West Drayton suggest these,recordings
could be attributed to clutter. The only other main ATC radar (Clee Hall) which
might have picked up contacts in the area in which sightings were reported was in
fact not working on primary radar during the period of the sightings and therefore
only aircraft working Secondary Surveillance Radar could be seen. Routine checks
have advised us that there were no military aircraft operating at the time.

4. Some of the reports state that the object was moving at a very high speed,
while some say that it was hovering or moving very slowly. Many of the reports
refer to the object being very large, flying low and making a low humming sound.

My staff have spoken to a number of the military and police witnesses, many of
whom commented that the object was unlike anything they had ever seen before; a

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Met Officer at RAF Shawbury reported seeing the object projecting a narrow beam of
light at the ground at a height of 400-500 feet and estimated its size at somewhere
between a CI30 and B747 when it passed over his head at an estimated 4000 feet.

5. In summary, there would seem to be some evidence on this occasion that an
unidentified object (or objects) of unknown origin was operating over the UK. Given
recent speculation about Aurora by both media and MPs it is surprising that so far
this has not been taken up by the Press or, indeed, again by MPs. Frankly, | can
see little that we can do to follow it up. If there has been some activity of US origins
which is known to a limited circle in MOD and is not being acknowledged it is difficult
to investigate further. | would however be interested in your views in the light of your
earlier interest about Aurora. | attach a copy ofa letter | sent to the US Embassy
not long ago which | am assured has been disseminated to all “interested Agencies"

in the US.

Head of Sec(AS)

UNRES PRESS PED
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Telephone (Direct Diallin
(Switchboard)

D/Sec(AS)37/14(JC42/93) 11 February 1993

First Secretary (Political)

Embassy of the United States of America
24-32 Grosvenor Square

London W1A 1AE

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1 | spoke to you last week to explain that | have recently taken over the work
previously undertaken by S9(Air) on US Visiting Forces in the UK. This has been
combined with the existing work in Secretariat (Air Staff) in dealing with operational

matters affecting the USAF in the UK. | should be very happy to meet you if you
would care to drop in when you are in Main Building.

2. | also said that, over quite a lengthy period now, we have been receiving
correspondence from the public and also Parliamentary Questions and Enquiries
about the perceived United States experimental aircraft project which has been
called “Aurora” in correspondence and questions we have received and in the Press.
| know that this phenomenon has also been given a good deal of public and Press
attention in the United States and | seen a number of Press articles. lam also
aware that your Air Force Secretary made a public statement about it. However as
you will appreciate despite all denials, this subject seems set to provoke further

public and media interest.

3. Earlier Parliamentary Questions here in London were most appropriately dealt
with by an Answer (which was agreed with your staff) on the lines "This is a matter
for the United States Government". However | mentioned that the most recent
Question asked whether the British Government had authorised flights over the
United Kingdom and landings by an experimental aircraft of the United States Air
Force or any other United States Government body. We made formal enquiries of
the responsible agencies in the UK and of your Air Attache and answered the
Question in the negative. | attach an extract from Hansard which gives the
Question and Answer. However continuing Questions of this nature cause us some
concern and my Secretary of State has been advised that | would be contacting the
United States authorities in order to restate the MOD position and to seek

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confirmation that if any such unusual aircraft activity were to be envisaged by the
United States Government which would in any way affect the United Kingdom, the
United States Government would approach the Ministry of Defence to seek prior
agreement. In this context when similar Parliamentary Questions were tabled in
1988 concerning speculation about the "Stealth" aircraft - the F117A - the Minister
for the Armed Forces said that the aircraft had not flown in the UK and that should
the US authorities wish to deploy it to this country a request for approval would have
to be submitted to MOD Ministers.

4. As | mentioned in our telephone conversation, | am writing to draw this to your
attention and would be most grateful if you would pass this advice to any United
States Government Department or Agency which you feel should be aware of it. |
should also be grateful for your confirmation as set out above.

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- Bae tk,
Lord Molloy asked Her

:, What ‘means will be considered :for, helping

poorer families who ‘have difficulty in meeting rising 1
+ water bills. * iffesd

Lord Henley: In April, income-related benefits will
be uprated, fully in line with infiation.. :In addition,
people on income support will no longer’ be required
to meet local taxes. Effectively, this means that income
support rates will be increased by £750 million above
inflation, worth up to #1454 ina full | year for a couple.

payments from benefit. ;

BANKS: COMPLAINTS FROM SMALL -
» BUSINESSES , bye

Lord Inchyra asked Her “Majesty's 's Government:

How many complaints they have received from
small businesses about their banks and how many
of those complaints were about interest rates or
* interest margins. -

The Minister of State, ‘Department ‘Transport
(The Earl of Caithness): Between Ist November 1992
and Ist February 1993 we have received some “750
complaints from small businesses about their banks,
of which around 320 were about interest rates.

WATER METERS: ACCURACY | .

_ Lord Molloy asked Her Majesty's s “Gove!

‘What is the level of accuracy of water moters and
-, whether they consider this satisfactory... :
° The Parliamentary | Under-Secretary of : State,
Depactment of Trade and Industry (aroness ‘Denton of
Wakefield); The permissible error limits for a meter
used for measuring the consumption ‘of cold potable
water are detailed i in the British Standard 5728, Part 1,
Section 5. - ae) Ay fas
This Sta " a allows a maximum error limit of 5
cess or in deficiency . cof the ‘quantity
a 2 minimum flow of water and

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deficiency of the quantity delivered when the fio fate
range is between the transi ional , minimum | an :
maximum that the n meter is is designed t to operat at.

esate that the level of "accuracy ’ / of cold water i
is satisfactory.
.GAS (EXE SUPPLIE S) ACT
Lord Cochrane of Cults asked ‘Her, M jesty’ 's
Governmeént:
What are their plans for the coming into force of
the Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993. o

Baroness Denton of Wakefield: We have made it
clear that the Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 will not

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come into force until the Health and Safety Executive

has had sufficient time to put appropriate safety

arrangements in place,-We therefore plan to bring the

Act ‘into force ‘once the revised Gas . Safety

nstallation and ‘994 Regulations | 1984 are in Place,
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accidents at Aldermaston, they will halt work there
independent

e - Parliamentary * “Under-Secretary of State,

Ministry of Defence (The Viscount Cranborne): The
do ‘not ‘intend to. halt work at

fateeest safety investigation. Safety ‘ is, and will
remain, of parafnount importance at the’ éstablish-
ment, which is subject to independent inspection
under the Provisions of the Health and Safety at Work

Act 1974.
sag EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT

Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty’s Government: |

Whether the United States Air Force (or other

US body) has been authorised to fly an
experimental aircraft over these islands, and to land
it; what conditions govern its use of British

. airspace; what assurances have been received
concerning its’ ‘possible environmental impacts,
+ locally or tot the _atmosphere; and whether this

“development is an activity agreed in 1 NATO, or
bilaterally with the United States. .

bee: n, “by, Her ; ;Maijesty’s Government to ‘the
United States Air Force (or any other US body) to fly
an ex] rimental aircraft over these islands and to land

each year from 1985, how many incidents
“there were of diseased kidneys being discovered
from (a) pigs, (b) sheep and (c) beef kidneys and
| how many | incidents there were of illness, resul
therefrom in humans.

The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Howe): This
information is not available. _ .

GRANT-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS: ELECTION
OF GOVERNORS

“Lord Finsberg asked Her Majesty’ 'S Government:.

= ‘What provisions «are made in respect of
- opted-out schools for électing governors when any
vacancy occurs and for periodic retirements. .

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1. I have to re that at RAF Cosford on 31 Mar 93 at 0115 hours in
company with Cpl RAF Police, I was on mobile patrol
of Leeming Road, adjacent to the ravel Car Park when I saw two bright

jights in the sky above the Airfield. The lights appeared to be flying
at great velocity in a South Easterly direction at an altitude of
approximately 1000 feet. The lights were circular in shape and gave off
no beam. They were creamy white in colour and constant in size and in

relation to each other.

2. I brought the vehicle to a standstill and pointed out the lights to
C1 SSN I switched off the vehicle engine and we both got out of

the car and observed the lights. There was no sound of any engine noise
despite there being no wind and the sky being free from cloud. The
lights were observed over-flying the Unit and away towards the
Wolverhampton area. A slight red glow could be seen from the rear of
the lights as they disappeared from view over the horizon. The lights
were visible for approximately one minute.

3. Myself and SO then returned to the COC and I contacted RAF
Shawbury. I was informed that there were no aircraft flying from there.

4. At 0125 hours, I contacted ATC at RAF Lyneham and was informed that
there were no known aircraft in the area of Cosford,

5. At 0127 hours, I contacted RAF Brize Norton and was informed the
same.
Section 40

8 hours, 1 was informed by the Ord Cpl, Cpl | that a

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seeing the same lights over Rugeley. Four members of
party had also witnessed the lights. had followed the
Vights which he described as being cream in colour at an altitude of
900-1000 feet and an estimated size of 200 metres. He could hear a
humming noise as the object flew directly above him. stated
that he believed that the object landed in an area known as Hazelslade

he approached he could not find any signs of the Yanding RINE
was instructed to inform his local Civil Police Force, wht
he » and during a subsequent conversation, it was established that a
Constable from Staffordshire Police had visited

7. At 0130 hours, 1 informed West Mercia Police, wec EERIRMMIM of the
sightings.

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@. At 0140 hours, I informed HQ Pass (UK), Cri FEBMRRB} of the
incident.
9. At 0142 hours, I informed RAF West Drayton, Lt Cdr [Section 40 the

incident, and he confirmed that there was no military aircraft of any
kind in UK airspace and there had not been since 0001 hours.

10. At 0143 hours, the Senior Air Traffic Controller at Birmingham
International Airport was contacted, and he confirmed that there were
no civilian aircraft in Cosford Airspace and had not been for some

hours.

11. At 0218 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord off, Fit Lt SSM
were informed of the incident. .

an At 6250 hours, (RAR Shawbt Marcorfice,” contacted Cpl
Se and stated that he had seen two lights in the sky at RAF Shawbury.
T iahts were first sighted approximately 15-20 kms away and BQ 40

bserved them travel towards him over the. Airfield moving
erratically at hundreds of miles per hour unlike any aircraft. He
described the lights as appearing to be searching for something. He
heard a low humming noise and watched the object for 5 minutes until it
disappeared from sight in a southerly direction. HEMEMMEEStated that
he had been a Met Officer for 8 years and had never seen anything like

it before. Section 40

13. At 6300 hours, cp MEE contacted msection 40) | the Met Officer at
Bristol Airport, who stated that similar lights had been seen there at
0055 hours. He had initiallly put the llights down to adverse meteor
activity but in the Tight of the subsequent reports recorded it as

unidentified.

14. At 0310 hours, West Mercia Police were made aware of the further
reports and would contact Staffordshire and Avon & Somerset Forces to

correlate the reports.

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Our reference

D/See(AS)12/3
PF spril 1993

.

Thank you for sending me a copy of your Interim Report on the wave of UFO
sightings that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday 31 March.

I have attached a copy of a map that I have produced, setting out the locations
of sightings, together with a time and heading, if known. I have included the
sightings described in your report (some of which we already had details of),
together with some other reports that you may not have heard about. Our policy
of witness confidentiality means that I am unable to give out names and
addresses, but the following locations correspond to the crosses on the map:

Penistone, S$ Yorks.
Bradway, S Yorks.
Cosford, Staffs.
Rugeley, Staffs.
Shawbury, Salop.
Grateley, Hants.

Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan.
Haverfordwest, Dyfed.
Crymych, Dyfed.

Bristol, Avon.
Bridgewater, Somerset.
Quantock Hills, Somerset.
Bishop’s Lydeard, Somerset.
Taunton, Somerset.
Minehead, Somerset.
Braunton, Devon.
Ilfracombe, Devon.
Plymouth, Devon.

Exeter, Devon.

Liskeard, Cornwall.
Wadebridge, Cornwall.

St Ives, Cornwall.

I hope this will be useful to you in your investigation; I will keep you

informed of developments.
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Our ref INC 055/93

Date 19 April 93

Your ref b/Sec(AS)12/1

Subject UFO Sightings ~_31 March 1993.

1. As requested we have completed the radar replay for Wednesday the
31 March, transferring this information onto a video recording for

further examination.

2. I have attached your map on which I have now placed the radar
heads used together with numbers which now relate to individual
timings. Unfortunately the Clee-Hill radar head was not working on
primary radar during the recording period, therefore, only aircraft
working Secondary Surveillance Radar can be seen.

3. Listed below is the breakdown for each incident time you gave us
which we have now changed to zulu time.

1. 302310z Clee-Hill Squawk 1461/039 N/E to S/W
2. 3023152 Clee-Hill Nothing seen.
3. 3023552 Clee-Hill Traffic out of Bristol going north squawk
4652/086 vicinity Mommouth 23552. Squawk
1461/0640 vicinity Bristol Filton 23472
going S/W, changing to 7201.
4. 3100092 Clee-Hill Squawk 6416/090 northbound.
5A, 310010z Burrington 00152 primary contacts slow vicinity of
Launcester and Bodmin.
5B, 3100102 Clee-Hill Northbound traffic on A25 squawk 2363/242.
5C. 3100102 Clee-Hill Nothing seen.
6A. 3100152 Clee-Hill Squawk 4651/110 from the north through
Pease Pottage Salisbury Plain area towards Southampton.
6B. 310015z Clee-Hill Squawk 2363/239 north on A25 and squawk
6416/090 15nm east of Shawbury northbound.
7. 3100202 Burrington Intermittent slow primary centacts close to
the radar head moving N/E towards Chivenor,
another to south manoeuvring, East of the
radar head primary contact slow heading east.
8. N/K No times given.
9. 3101402 Clee-Hill Squawk 2304/200 descending on A25. At 01462
overhead Shawbury squawk 5231/203 southbound.

5. Unfortunately I would say there was nothing unusual seen on the
radar recordings, I will hold the master tapes and video recordings
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ACAS

SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

1. In the light of previous conversations we have had, you will wish to be
aware of a recent wave of UFO sightings over the UK, involving descriptions that

match some of the reported characteristics of Aurora.

2. The sightings took place in the early hours of Wednesday 31 March. Most
of them were in Devon and Cornwall, South Wales and Shropshire. There are a
number of factors which make these sightings highly unusual; firstly, there is
some commonality in the description of the object, and considerable commonality
in the times of many of the sightings (around 1.10am); secondly, none of the
usual explanations put forward to explain UFO sightings seem applicable; and
thirdly, the reliability of the witnesses, some of whom were police officers and
military personnel. Our latest information indicates that at least seventy
people witnessed something, and I have attached a small selection of these

reports.

3. My staff have made extensive efforts to find an explanation for these
sightings, including discussions with air defence and both civil and military
ATC authorities, who have not reported seeing anything unusual. Routine checks

confirmed that there were no military aircraft operating at the time.

4. Some of the reports state that the object was moving at a very high
speed, while some say that it was hovering or moving very slowly. Many of the
reports refer to the object being very large, flying low and making a low

humming sound. My staff have spoken to a number of the military and police

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witnesses, many of whom commented that the object was unlike anything they had
ever seen before; a Met Officer at RAF Shawbury reported seeing the object

projecting a beam of light at the ground.

5. In summary, there would seem to be considerable evidence that an
unidentified object of unknown origin has been operating over the UK. Given
recent speculation about Aurora by both media and MPs, I am not sure that this
is something that we should necessarily let lie, although equally there would
seem to be little else that we can do. I would be interested in your views on

this.

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1. In the early hours of Wednesday 31 March an unidentified object was seen
over several parts of the UK. Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall,
South Wales and Shropshire, although reports were received from other locations.
We are aware of at least 30 or 40 people who witnessed something, although this
number is growing.

2. Aside from the fact that so many people reported seeing something
strange, a number of other factors combine to make these sightings highly
unusual; firstly, there is some commonality in the description of the object,
and considerable commonality in the times of the sightings (around 1.10am).
Secondly, none of the usual explanations for UFOs seem applicable, and thirdly,
the reliability of the witnesses, most of whom were police officers, and some of
whom were military and civil aviation personnel. I have attached the report
made by a Corporal at RAF Cosford, together with three of the many other
reports, as illustrations.

3. As far as can be ascertained, no military aircraft of any kind were
operating in UK airspace at the time, as confirmed by both HQ MATO at RAF
Uxbridge, and RAF West Drayton.

4. Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def’s
staff that nothing was detected on Air Defence radar. London Air Traffic
Control Centre (Military) confirmed that nothing was detected on Air Traffic
Control radar.

5. RAF Fylingdales told me that a Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere
at 12.10am would have been visible from the UK, but this time does not match the
majority of the sightings; furthermore, the descriptions from witnesses are not
consistent with this explanation. The Royal Observatory at Greenwich were aware
of no meteorite showers or similar occurrences.

6. DI55c have been consulted, but have not as yet been able to come to any
conclusions about the sightings.

7. Some of the reports state that the object was moving at a very high
speed (one estimate, based on timing the object over a known distance, was of
1100 mph), while some reported that the object hovered, moved slowly, and then
flew off at high speed. This, together with some of the other descriptions
given, suggests Aurora. Notwithstanding the US denials, these sightings might
prompt renewed speculation.

8. The UK’s two main UFO groups are well aware of this wave of sightings,
and have told me that they have received many reports themselves. At least one
local newspaper has reported the sightings. Although we have not received any
press enquiries yet, there is always a possibility that questions will be asked,
and it might be difficult to maintain our usual line that no further action was
being taken as the sightings had been looked at, and were judged to be of no
defence significance.

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9. I have spoken to as many of the police and military witnesses as I could
contact; nearly everyone I spoke to said that the object was unlike anything
they had ever seen before.

10. Given the above, it would not seem sufficient to simply write these
sightings off. It seems that an unidentified object of unknown origin was
operating in the UK Air Defence Region without being detected on radar; this
would appear to be of considerable defence significance, and I recommend that we
investigate further, within MOD or with the US authorities.

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SIGETINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT - WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH

1. In the early hours of Wednesday 31 March an unidentified object was seen
over several parts of the UK. Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall,
South Wales and Shropshire, although reports were received from other locations.
We are aware of at least 30 or 40 people who witnessed something, although this
number is growing.

2 Aside from the fact that so many people reported seeing something
strange, a number of other factors combine to make these sightings highly
“whusual; firstly, there is some commonality in the description of the object,
and considerable commonality in the times of the sightings (around 1.10am).
Secondly, none of the usual explanations for UFOs seem applicable, and thirdly,
the reliability of the witnesses, most of whom were police officers, and some of
whom were military and civil aviation personnel. I have attached the report
made by a Corporal at RAF Cosford, together with three of the many other
reports, as illustrations.

3. As far as can be ascertained, no military aircraft of any kind were
operating in UK airspace at the time, as confirmed by both HQ MATO at RAF
Uxbridge, and RAF West Drayton.

4. Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def’s
staff that nothing was detected on Air Defence radar. London Air Traffic
Control Centre (Military) confirmed that nothing was detected on Air Traffic
Control radar.

5. RAF Fylingdales told me that a Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere
at 12.10am would have been visible from the UK, but this time does not match the
majority of the sightings; furthermore, the descriptions from witnesses are not
consistent with this explanation. The Royal Observatory at Greenwich were aware
of no meteorite showers or similar occurrences.

6. DI55¢ have been consulted, but have not as yet been able to come to any
conclusions about the sightings.

7. Some of the reports state that the object was moving at a very high
speed (one estimate, based on t