MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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sum, we cannot prove that all or even most of these so-
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called sightings were not UFOs. But we can say that there is a
great variety of phenomena in the skies for which there are
. perfectly ordinary explanations. We have rio reason to believe
that the so-called UFOs are attributed to anything but these same
causes.
10. But what of these famous arrivals of UFOs, claimed to be
fully documented and authenticated by many witnesses. On
scrutiny they tend to be elusive. I will select one, which
Lord Clancarty has described in his book MYsterious Visitors
as •one of the most remarkable and unexplained mysteries of
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modern times•. He claims that during the Gallipots campaign
in 1975, an en~; ire British regiment, the First Fotirth Norfolks,
-was advancing towards Hill 60: a cloud descended and picked up
~he regiment and it was never heard of again ••••••• (checking
with Army Historical Branch)
11. As I h~ve indicated,there is no criticism of those who
accurately report phenomena. The criticism is of over-readiness
to call them ,!UFOs', and to transpose that into 'alien space
craft'. Thb reports are passed without critical scrutiny to
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the ufologists; who add~ without critical scrutiny, to their
huge files of 'reported sightings and landin~s•.
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