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MoD documents have revealed that the majority of UFO sightings are reported by “credible” eyewitnesses including air traffic control staff, pilots and policemen.
Files released by the MoD reveal hundreds of sightings across the country were made by officials, which experts claim are being “ignored”.
A leading UFO expert has now called for the government’s X-files to be reopened after declassified documents revealed sightings of hundreds of suspected alien spacecraft.
Nick Pope, who ran the Ministry of Defence UFO desk for three years, said the government was ignoring credible evidence of suspected extraterrestrial life.
The former civil servant said: “It’s time to re-open the UK’s real-life X-Files.”
He spoke out after an MoD document revealed that hundreds of suspected UFOs had been witnessed by police officers, pilots and air traffic controllers
The MOD report lists the date, time, town or village and the occupation of the witness along with a description of the event.
The reports show that on some days there were multiple sightings.
In January 2009, there were over 40 separate sightings of UFOs across the country with many witnesses describing seeing strange objects in the sky or lights moving around at high speed and in different directions.
Two months later in March, a member of the MoD guard service based in Portsmouth, reported seeing a strange shape in the sky.
His comments in the document state: “A wide pear drop shaped translucent green light with a small tail of light. Moved in the NW direction. Made no noise and vanished after a few seconds.”
In May a pilot from Otmoor, Oxfordshire said: “A shiny black flying cylinder, 20-30ft long at about 4700ft which was 200ft above the pilot’s aircraft. Although the pilot sighted the object. Air Traffic Control forwarded details to the UFO Desk.”
The following month a member of the public reported an unusual sighting in Formby, Merseyside. The report states: “Large oval craft seen, very low and could not make out any distinguishing features. It had on it a number of red, orange and green lights. Sighting lasted only 5-10 seconds.
A month later a member of the RAF based at Northolt, in Middlesex, said: “Saw two UFOs. Looked like balls of fire. As they approached RAF Northolt the fireball went out. However, the craft was still visible and was in the shape of a jellyfish dome.”
Nick Pope, was an MoD civil servant for 21 years and ran the UFO desk between from 1991 to 1994.
He said: “The MoD axed its UFO desk at the end of 2009, claiming decades of research and investigation had produced no evidence of any threat.
“Credible sightings from military witnesses, corroborated by radar evidence, should never be ignored.
“Military chiefs should be making every effort to identify any unknown objects operating in UK airspace.
“A recent U.S. intelligence assessment stated that UFOs may pose a challenge to national security, suggesting it was a mistake for the MoD to stop investigating. It’s time to re-open the UK’s real-life X-Files.”
It comes after The Daily Star revealed this week that a quarter of UFO sightings in the UK are made by people at the pub.
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