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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.

  • p. 43 …A 'place name', 'near a place', 'between two places', 'out to sea off xxxx', 'on holiday…
  • p. 48 UNCLASSIFIED UK RESTRICTED Southend on Sea 153,700 Peterborough 148,800 Blackpool 144,500 Colchester 141…
  • p. 56 …by military or civil radars, either at sea, over land or by aircraft radars? 3. Possible…
  • p. 73 …open countryside, on a hill, or (without obscuration) viewing over the sea or, finally, in the…
  • p. 85 …An obvious exception is that of Search and Rescue operations and helicopter training over sea at…
  • p. 96 HELICOPTER MAIN ROUTES NORTHERN NORTH SEA EAST SHETLAND BASIN HFISA 61°N UNST SCATSA 61°N…
  • p. 121 …from an epicentre). (c) At land or sea (underwater faultlines, for example, Loch Ness, Loch Tay…
  • p. 123 …It is of interest, however, that a Ship's Captain (in the Baltic Sea) claimed (in…
  • p. 124 …A fire breathing dragon came out of the sea. In Japan a 'spinning ball of fire…
  • p. 179 …Water spouts occur similarly at sea. Tornadoes are predominantly cyclonic in rotation. All three phenomena move…
  • p. 227 …example, 50% relative humidity approximately doubles the sea-level dry air collision rate. 22. Plasma Lifetime…
  • p. 232 …combination of long path lengths and low grazing angles is more likely to occur at sea.
  • p. 246 …was first switched-on (in the Baltic Sea). It is assumed, since this occurred on a…
4. Motion A high angular velocity is produced because the phenomenon is light (i.e. nothing (no mass) actually moves physically). It is analogous to the movement of a CRT beam when the spot (i.e. UAP) moves. The very high angular velocity can give the impression that the light is at much lower altitude than is the case. The actual altitude of the nocturnal lights is $ \sim 5 0 \mathrm{k m} $

5. Power Light emission occurs when ionized molecules or ionized atoms re-combine with electrons, with a sharp increase when the electrons are stopped. At the path end, when the electrons are stopped, a disc-shaped light is always originated, with its axis always parallel to the earth's geomagnetic field. The power of reflected light which is required for an observer on Earth (by comparison with that from other air-objects, including satellites) is estimated as between 0.3 and 3kW. A calculation of power (with its emission as visible energy) available from the postulated electric field phenomena, is 10 to 100kW, well exceeding that required.

6. Radar Echoes Radar echoes can be obtained due to the conductivity of the ionised air. The light emitting layer, caused by the electrons, is probably an effective radar target although, in some instances, this would be well above the elevation-slant range capability of typical terrestrial search radars, and beyond the slant range of air intercept radars. Radar detection of UAP is considered in Volume 2, Working Paper No 5 and at Volume 3.

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