MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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· .T.RCE ~ONYROL FOR Ti-1£ ~TTENT~ ON .OF SJPTZ -hOl'/£ DEfENCE DEPT:~(. ....... - . .
...:.: il'EORMATICN RE SJGhllN3 OF UFO.. ~:·:· .--;: ;_!,:· ·• • . . ' . • .
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AT 0341 1-iCUR$ TfVRSOAY 11 TH SEPTEMBER 1980 AN ANONYMOUS CALL WAS
RECIEVED AT GIPTON POLICE STATlOt\1 RE THE SIGHTING OF A UFO IN TH::
SEACROFT AREA OF LEEDS.
·.· ASHORT T 1ME LATER PC RE CN PATROL
IN YORK ROAD LEEDS 14 l\i 0 TI---.E HlGhWA ·FLATS Wi-:f.N Tt-EY SAW \ihAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS A VERY BRIGhT Whl TE LIGHT ( RESEtv1BliNG li-£ L.A.NDiNG
·LIGHTS OF /IN AIRCRAFT AT VERY LOW ALTITUDE ). Tt-ERE \vAS NO OTt-ER
COLCURED LIGHTS CN Tt-£ CR.A.FT. THE LIGhT WAS· TRAVELLlt'.G SLO\•/LY IN
_AN EASTERLY DIRECT!~~ FOLLOWING THE LINE OF. THE YORK ROAD AT A VERY
SLOW SPEED, . r • •
. THE OFFICERS FOLLC't'iED Tl-.E OBJECT ALCNG YORK ROAD INTO BARWICK ROAD
. TO THE CORONATION IR=:E AT Set-:OLES WHERE Tr£ LIGHT STOPPED Al\D --
REMAii'.'ED STAT7::•:.;ARY FCf< ABCUT TEN Mii\UTES DURiNG WHiCH Tir-E Tt£ . ·
INTENSITY OF -~yc LlGiiT VARIED FRCM VERY BRIGHT TO QUl TE Dl M.
AFTER THIS TIME ThE EIGHT TO MOVE AWAY Q.JlCKLY UPWARDS Al'\D .
APPEARED TQ BE GOI t..G CUT OF SIGHT. THE OFF 1CERS BEGAN TO RETURN •
TOWARDS GIPTCN POLICE STATION wr.EN THE LIGHT REAPPEARDS BEHIND THEM
AND TRAVELLED ALSO TOWARDS LEEDS FROM THE AREA WHERE OT HAD SEEEN
SEEN LAST. THE LIGHT TRAVELLED BEHIND ThE POLICE CAR FOR ABOUT
HALF A MILE WhEN II SJDDENLEY DISAPPEARED AS 1F THE U GHT nAD ~tSJ\rui ..
BEEN SWITC~ED OFF.
G I PTCN RAD I 0 \if AS --KEPT I NFOR-1ED THROJGHOJT Af\0 THE ~AF AT
WEST · DF.A YTON WERE ! t\f" CRMED. . · · .
~SSAGE ~NDS SENDER PC -REF10. 2; 11/9/80 Tl ME NO\'/ 0 520.
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vFROt-1 CH. SUPT. LA DIViSiU\J GiPTCN
TO FORCE CCNTROL FRO SUPT- HG!aE DEFENCE .
F"URTr£R TO TPM LA/2/11/9/80
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WITH REFERENCE TO ThE ABOVE TPM RE ThE SIGHTING OF POSSIGLE UFO
IT·IS Dt;FICULT TO ESTIMATE T~E HIGHT OF ThE OBJECT BUT IT
WAS VERY LOW lN TE SKY AND I WOJLD ESTlf'.1TE ITS i-:EIGhT AT LESS THATN
1000 FEET.
MESSAGE El\'OS SENDER PC~ REF LA/ 3/11/9/80.
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