-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: United Kingdom UFO Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UFO Scotland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 11:18 AM Subject: Minister to open Britain's X-Files > UFO Scotland - http://UFOscotland.listbot.com > > Hi everyone, > > Here's a report from yesterday's UK - News Of > The World newspaper. > > Best wishes > > Dave > > ---===^===--- > > Source: News Of The World - newspaper UK > Publish Date: Sunday 14th November 1999 > > Watch this space for truth about aliens > > Minister to open Britain's X-Files > > EXCLUSIVE By Ian Kirby > > The truth about whether aliens have ever > visited Britain is to be > revealed at last. > > Top secret government X-Files on thousands of > 'space-ship' > riddles will be opened up to public gaze by > Defence Minister Peter > Kilfoyle. > > They will include photos and details of every > UFO investigation in > the past 30 years. Every year, around 300 > alien sightings are > reported. > > Plans by military experts for action in the > event of an alien invasion > of London will also be unveiled. > > The files, stored in a nuclear bomb-proof > bunker deep below White > Hall, should be released in three months. > > The move, part of a government drive to end > unnecessary secrecy, > is sure to send UFO spotters into a frenzy. > They will hope to learn > about: > > A MASSIVE craft spotted flying in zig-zags > off Britain's North Sea > coast last year. The 900ft UFO shot off at > 17,000mph when > pursued by two fighter jets. CLAIMS that > seven UFOs have crashed > in Britain since World War II. SIGHTINGS of a > triangular three- > legged space-ship in Rendlesham Forest, > Suffolk in 1980. > > Hover > > US airman from two nearby bases claim the > object rose hovering > out of the trees, then blasted into space at > an incredible speed. > RAF investigators cordoned off the area, but > their findings are still a > closely-guarded secret. > > Some details of UFO sightings in the Fifties > and Sixties have > already been made public under the Thirty- > Year Rule applied to > sensitive documents. > > Among them in the famous 1962 incident in > which 16-year-old > Anne Heston was sworn to secrecy after she > reported seeing a star- > like object shooting out red and green flames > above her home in > Taunton, Somerset. > > Ten years earlier, RAF Flight Lieutenant John > Kilburn saw a shining > object in the sky above a West Yorks air > base. When jets were > scrambled to investigate, the UFO took off at > an incredible speed. > But the facts about most later mysteries are > still locked away. > > They include the truth about claims by former > defence chief Lord > Hill-Norton that RAF Feltwell in Suffolk uses > its space-age radar, > built by the US Air Force, to track UFOs. > > He quizzed ministers about the base, but > never got a satisfactory > answer. Several sightings in 1990 of a bright > light above the > Thames in London could also be explained. > > The pledge to open up our X-Files follows > similar moves in > America. > > The Yanks recently released a report of the > notorious Roswell > incident in 1947, in which alien corpses were > allegedly seen at a > secret New Mexico air base. > > They explained the "bodies" were dummies from > a secret weather > balloon, but UFO theorists still believe > there is a cover-up. > > Crank > > Britain's files were prepared by the MoD's > hush-hush Aircraft > Secretariat, set up to investigate UFOs. > Amazingly its one-time > boss Nick Pope believes HE was abducted by > aliens while driving > in Florida. > > He kept mum while in his job for fear of > being labelled a crank. > > But after leaving the secret unit, he wrote a > series of best sellers > about alien incidents. > > He said: "My experiences convinced me that > UFOs are a real and > threatening phenomenon. We are not alone. > > "Since 1959, the MoD has heard of 9,000 UFO > sightings, though > that's probably only the tip of the iceberg." > > > Defence Minister Mr Kilfoyle has told > colleagues that, after a careful > review of the files, he is "not convinced" > about the existence of > aliens. > > But MoD staff say he wants people to be able > to make up their own > minds. > > A source said: "These files are of huge > public interest. They paint a > fascinating picture of how UFO reports were > investigated-and what > would happen if aliens ever did land in > Britain." > > -------------------------- > United Kingdom UFO Network > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.ukufonw.co.uk > -------------------------- We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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