MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

Form MG11(T)
Witness Statement
Statement of
Ageifunder21 0 21 (if over 21 insert 'over 21').
This state"lent (consisting of pages each signed by me) is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief and I make it knowing that. if it is tendered in evidence, I shall be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully
stated in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true.
March 19 93
Signatu
n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at
Liskeard in Ccrnwall.
At about 0110 hrs on the morning of Wednesday 31st March 1993 I was
on duty in uniform and driving a marked Police vehicle along the A38 at
Looe Mills near Liskeard travelling in the direction of Dobwalls.
Thj s w&.s naturally during the hours of darkness ar:d the WE·ather was
fine and dry, with some patchy cloud; the moon and a number of star3 being
visible. I was ~naccompanied.
As I began to negotiate a sweeping uphill left hand bend at the bottom
of Lantoom Hill, I became: a~;are of what appeared to be two 'stars' just
above the horizon in the apprcximate position of "two o'clock". They were
due North of me and motionless in the sky. My attention was drawn to
these "stars" because apart from being in a part of the sky where there •.
are usually no stars, they were of a darker hue bordering on yellow instead
of silvery-white. They were reasonably close together but as I could not
begin to estimate their distance from me, I likewise cannct estimate how
far they were from each other.
As I negotiated the bend I continued to observe the~ when I suddenly
saw them begin to move what appeared to me vertically upwards. They main-
tained a parallel course and identical spe·ed and as they approached the
"one o'clock" position they began to leave vapour trails. I brot.<ght my
off the engine and got out. My locatior: now was
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