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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.
House of Lords: UFO debate 96–101, BA, BB, 148, 149 Howard, Captain James 127, 128 Hubbard, Stan 43–5, =, 28, 29, 32, 33, 74, 148 Journal of Meteorology 111 K Kelly, Paul 146 Keyhoe, Donald: The Flying Saucers are Real 41 Kilburn, Flight Lieutenant John 48 Kimberley, Lord 101 King,Tom 136 L Lack, David 52 Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident (1956) 64–6, 69, 148 Leslie, Desmond 116 Lever, Captain 29, 30 lightning 143 see also ball lightning Little Rissington, RAF: UFO sighting (1952) 48–50, >9 London: ‘phantom airship’ sightings over (1916) 16–17 Lott, Alan 84–5, A> Lovell, Sir Bernard 100 Lundberg, John 115 M McClelland, Flight Sub-Lieutenant H. 17 McDonald, Air Vice Marshal Bill 54 Machrihanish, RAF 136 Manston, RAF 67 Mantell, Captain Thomas 39, 62, 91 Marcel, Major Jesse 37–8 marks on the ground 109–10 marsh gas 19 Meaden, Dr Terence 111–12 ‘Men in Black’ 70–1 Mercer, Flight Lieutenant M.J. 72, 77 Meteorological Magazine,The 21 Meteorological Office 19–20, ;:, 22, 29, 58, 80, 88 Middle Wallop, RAF 113 Mildenhall, RAF 136 military secrets: links with UFOs 36, 40, 132–4 Mills, Dr Alan 19 missing time 117–18, 144 MoD (Ministry of Defence) 149; and alien abductions 118–19, 124; believing of UFOs by some officials within 138; commission- ing of UFO study (Condign Report) 140–5; creation of unified (1964 ) 70; and crop circles 112–13, 115; dealing with and investigating of UFO reports 8, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 81, 84, 119, 150; discontinuing of annual statistical analysis of UFO reports 81; downplaying of potential risks posed by UFOs in near-miss incidents 128, 129, 130–1; explanations for UFOs 83, 93; internal debate on UFOs 138–9; policy towards UFOs 80; public stance that UFOs were of ‘no defence significance’ 106, 139; releasing of files to National Archives 89; and Rendlesham incident 106, 107, 108–9; standard letter in reply to UFO reported sightings A:, 82, 84; statistical analysis of UFO reports 80 Mogul project 38, 62 moon landings 80 Moore, Patrick 151 Moreland, Squadron Leader Donald :9=, 105 Morgan, Flight Sub-Lieutenant Eric 16 Morris, Captain Joseph: The German Air Raids on Great Britain 16 Mountbatten, Lord 41, 47 ‘Mowing Devil,The’ 110–11 Mulley, Fred 100 N NASA 80 National Archives UFO page 8 natural phenomena: as explanation for UFO sightings 46, 51, 53, 80, 97, 100, 101, 132, 143-4, 145; see also ball lightning near-misses: between UFOs and aircraft 128, 129–32, :;B, :<9 Neatishead, RAF 64 NewYork Times 46 New Zealand: UFO sightings 96, 97 News of theWorld 70 Newton, Irving <A Newton Stewart 54 9 /11 145 North Sea: UFO sightings over 88–9 Norwich, Bishop of 100 Noyes, Ralph 51, 54–5, 66, 69, 106, 138 O Odiham, RAF 113, ::< Oldfield, Joan and Tom 77–8 Operation Charlie incidents 40 Operation Mainbrace 47, 51 Orford Ness lighthouse 107 P Paget, Peter: TheWelsh Triangle 91 Patterson, Patrick 147 Peck, Robin 79 Peduzie, J.A. 92–3 Penniston, Sergeant Jim 107–8 Perks, Colin 71–3, @; Perry, Andrew 119 Persinger, Dr Michael 144 Petrozavodsk (Soviet Union) 64 ‘phantom airship’ sightings 11–17, :;, :@, 25, 135; (1909) 11–12, 15; above London (1916) 16–17; first year of First World War (1914) 14–15; Sheerness incident (1912) 13–14;Vickers shipyard sighting 14–15 1 5 8 I N D E X
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