MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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POLICE IN CONFIDENCE
8. At 0140 hours. I informed HQ P&SS (UK), Cp1
incident.
9. At 0142 hours, I informed RAF West Drayton, Lt Cdr
incident, and he confirmed that there was no military a
kind in UK airspace and there had not been since 0001 hours.
of the
the
any
10. At 0143 hours, the Senior Air Traffic Controller at Jairmingham
International Airport was contacted, and he confirmed that'_there were
no civilian aircraft in Cosford Airspace and had not been for some
hours.
11. At 0215 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord Off, Flt Ltlllllllro
were informed of the incident.
12. At 0250 hours. 111111111111 RAF Shawbury Met Office, con~acted Cpl
~ stated that~ two lights in the sky at RAF Shawbu~
~ts were first sighted approximately 15-20 kms away and~
observed them travel towards him over the. Airfield moving
~ally at hundreds of m;les per hour unlike any aircraft. He
described the lights as appearing to be searching for something. He
heard a 1ow humming noise and watched the object for 5 min es until it
disappeared from sight in a southerly direction. stated that
he had been a Met Officer for 8 years and had n anything like
it before.
13. At 0300 hours, Cpl ~tacted a- the Met Officer at
Bristol Airport, who sta~ similar~ been seen there at
0055 hours. He had in it i a 111 y put the 11 i ghts down to adverse mete·or
activity but in the light of the subsequent reports recorded it as
unidentified. ·
14. At 0310 hoursJ West Mercia Police were made awar~ of the further
reports and would contact Staffordshire and Avon & Somerset Forces to
correlate the reports.
15. At 0330 hours I resumed normal duties.
UNCLASSIFIED
POLICE IN CONFIDENCE