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This is Volume 2 of the Ministry of Defence report 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region', Defence Intelligence Staff Scientific and Technical Memorandum 55/2/00, dated February 2000 and received 7 December 2000. It gathers 25 working papers on natural and man-made phenomena, meant as a reference for analysing UAP reports. The papers cover ball lightning, radar detection, balloons, satellites, mirages, plasma and similar subjects. One paper compares magnetic field experiments on human volunteers with close encounter reports. It concludes that effects from such fields are 'uncannily similar' to what witnesses describe.
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# UNCLASSIFIED SECRET UK RESTRICTED ## DIRECT THERMAL EFFECTS 1. Short-range observations, in almost every reported instance, have been accompanied by a sensation of heat, ranging from mild warmth to severe burning. Normally (but not exclusively) these appear to be line-of sight effects. 2. If an object is surrounded by a plasma (usually described as 'a glow'), it can radiate broad-band energy well beyond the visible spectrum. If an object is without plasma (i.e. seen to have a 'metal' surface), it can radiate IR radiation from any gases or body heat which may be present, or energy at UV wavelengths. 3. Reports of 'sunburn', severe sunburn, and even eye-pain and loss of vision have been reported. In one event the witness, a policeman, suffered arm-burns through a long-sleeved uniform. But his body was otherwise protected by the car door, behind which he was standing. 4. All indications are that the phenomena at paragraph 3 above could not be IR or UV but must have been microwave penetration at very (ultra) high frequency(s), where even for humans 'skin effect' (i.e. surface rather than absorption microwave heating) can occur. 5. In the 1950s several reports were received (France and South America) of combined vehicle failure and mild shocks or 'tingling' in proximity to 'hovering' objects. 6. At the time of vehicle failure several reports (Canada) have resulted in apparent temporary paralysis of humans until the nearby object moved away. It is possible that some muscular control (motor-control) nerves can be affected by electrical potential. This can be replicated by medical scientists. One explanation is that either constant or pulsed microwave, coupling into the nervous systems may cause this affect. Pulsed interference with the human system is possible because of the 500 milliseconds muscle relaxation delay. 7. At least one fatal incident is reported, following what was believed to be radiation induced from one or more energy levels, including the possibility of x-rays, or protons. Effects, ranging from minor skin burns (i.e. sunburn - like) to the level of blisters have also been reported (USA).
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