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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 UK RESTRICTED - Low Flying Routes for Military Aircraft - National strategic sites - Power Stations (including nuclear) - Locations of ancient monuments/ fault lines (to investigate the claim of heightened probability of UAP sightings electromagnetic/gravity/ earth's field changes claimed at these sites). ## AVAILABILITY AND COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES 9. Clearly only a proportion of UAP phenomena is reported. There is no way of ascertaining what proportion this may be. It can only happen where people are present, therefore there may be large areas of the UK, with high UAP activity, but never seen or reported. The phenomenon of the lack of radar correlations is considered at Working Paper No.10 and at Volume 3 for specific in-service systems. 10. The decision to report activity depends on the witness. The more 'responsible' are likely to do so because the UAP sighting is a unique event in most cases: it has caused fright or concern and there is a 'need' to tell someone in authority. Because the sighting is 'airborne' the preferred reporting option is the nearest RAF Station, followed by the coastguard or the police. Dating of reports compared with sighting dates clearly indicates that some witnesses often wait a day before making a report. [As for all delayed reports there is always the possibility of forgetfulness on detail or embellishment!]. Many witnesses delay because of concern about their credibility. A comprehensive report is not usually obtained from the very basic UAP (UFO) reporting form and the accuracy and detail obtained from a witness depend significantly on the attitude and care taken by the police or other reporting authority. Hence, there is no reliable consistency of reporting - even from the ATC/CAA sources. 11. It is wrong to separate so-called competent/reliable witnesses from others because every scrap of evidence has the potential of being important. For example several single-witness crude sightings can complement a 'reliable' sighting, since these extra sightings: - Allow multiple angle/aspects to be registered - Allow object velocities, colours, altitudes and sizes to be established independently - Allow geometry to be used to eliminate heavenly bodies (i.e. planet sightings) - Allow both silhouette as well as reflected-light viewing - Allow multi-aspect viewing to ascertain shape, colour and flight profile - Eliminate the retained after-image sighting of single witnesses - so establishing true sighting times - Confirmed UAP geometries and spacings independently. - Eliminate single-human events (e.g. occult, drugs, psychological etc.) - Usually eliminate the hoax option - Reinforce credibility of each others reports from a group of independent witnesses - Allows multiple photography/video to be taken. ## HIGH INCIDENCE LOCATIONS 12. Within the UKADR it is reported by researchers that the greatest incidence of UAP events are centred on: - Lothian (Scotland) - Luce Bay (Scotland) - South Wales - Warminster (S. England) - Pennine Hills
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