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The National Archives published this edited extract from Chapter 2 of David Clarke's 2009 book The UFO Files, which draws on Ministry of Defence UFO records. It covers Stan Hubbard's 1950 Farnborough sightings, which the Flying Saucer Working Party attributed to optical illusion or normal aircraft. It also covers Churchill's 1952 memo asking about flying saucers, the Topcliffe sighting during Operation Mainbrace, a Meteor crew's sighting from Little Rissington, and RAF research concluding that most radar 'angels' were birds.
Numbers in italic refer to plate numbers. A Ackhurst, Leslie 75, 77 Adair, Lieutenant W. 15 Adamski, George 116; Flying Saucers Have Landed 116; Inside the Spaceships 116 Air Historical Branch files 14, 15 Air Ministry 32; abolition of 70; attempt to control spread of information about UFOs 58; destroying of UFO records 68; drawing up of UFO report form 60; foo-fighter enquiries 24, 25; investigations into UFO reports 49–50, 51; offloading of public correspondence on UFOs to UFO desk 69; yearly reports on UFOs 60–1, ?? Air Ministry Secret Intelligence Summary (AMSIS) 60 Air Miss Working Group 131, 132, 142 air misses 128, 129–32, 142 Air Technical Intelligence Center 46 air traffic control centres 128 aircraft: design based on flying saucers 61; link between UFO sightings and experimental military 132–4, 136–7 aircrew, civilian: UFO reports made by 127–8, : Ash, Fenton: Trip to Mars 115 atmospheric plasmas 143–4 Aurora project 136–7 ‘Avro-cars’ 61 B B-2 Stealth bomber 127, 136 Bagnall, Sir Anthony 135 Baker, Annie 20–1 ball lightning 19–22, 29, 80, 82–3, 143, 144 balloons: Mogul project 38, 62; and air miss incidents 131; and Skyhook programme 39–40, 61– 2; UFO sightings put down to 15, 34, 37, 38, 46, 58, 61–2, 64, 74, 78, 82; UFO Solar 131 BBC 80 Becke, Major 14–15 Bedell Smith,Walter 57 Bentine, Michael 25, 28 Bentwaters, RAF 64, 103, 108 Berkner, Dr Lloyd 57 Berlitz, Charles 91 Berlitz, Charles and Moore, William: The Roswell Incident 37–8 Bermuda Triangle 91 Birch, Alex 70, @: Birch, Nigel 58, 62 birds: and radar incidents 51–2 ‘black projects’ 133–4, 136 Blanchard, Roy 110 Blériot, Louis 13 Blount, Bertie 42 Blue Book project see Project Blue Book Boulmer, RAF 88–9 Bower, Doug 80, 114–15 Bowyer, Ray 146–7 Boyd, Lee 127 Brady, Squadron Leader John 65 Brawdy, RAF 91, 92 Brewyn Mountains incident (1974) 86–8 Broad Haven Primary School 90, 93 Brooks, Angus 75–7, @?, 118 Burroughs, John 107 C Cabell, Major General Charles P. 46 Carruthers, Jim 74 Carter, Chris 138 Carter, Jimmy 75 Cassie, Alex 75, 76–7 Cave-Penny, Mrs 18 Chadwell, Dr Harris Marshall 42, 57 Chain Home radar stations 26, 33 Chapman, Robert 77 Charlton crater 110, 111 Cherwell, Lord (Frederick Lindemann) 46, 47 Chinese lanterns 15 Chorley, Dave 114–15 Churchill,Winston 13, :<, 14, 46, =@ CIA 40, 42; convening of panel to investigate UFO sightings (1953) 57–8 Civil Aviation Authority 128, 131 Clancarty, Lord 96–8, 100 Claridge, Ronald 30–1 Clarke, Arthur C. 116 1 5 6 I N D E X BOOK INDEX
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