British Ministry of Defence prepares to release UFO files (America, pope)

[yuvgotmel]

British Ministry of Defence prepares to release UFO files

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/06/03.html

British Government's UFO Project, Nick Pope, for a discussion on UFO cases and disclosure. The Ministry of Defence, which has been studying UFOs since 1950, is preparing to release previously classified UFO files in three phases, Pope reported.

Freedom of Information requests have already led to the release of material on the UK's most famous UFO case-- the Rendlesham Forest Incident, which took place over a series of nights in 1980 (selected documents can be viewed here). Indentations in the ground left by the craft were found to have high levels of radiation as well as nearby tree branches, he detailed.

Pope also reviewed the Cosford Incident, in which sightings took place over an Air Force Base on March 30, 1993. Military personnel reported seeing a large triangular-shaped craft fire a narrow beam of light into a field, as though it was looking for something. A low frequency humming was heard, and a witness said the craft, which had been moving slowly, suddenly shot away at a high rate of speed.

http://www.nickpope.net/latest_news.htm

MoD to Open UFO Files (New! Added 03 May 2007)

The MoD has announced that it is to release more UFO files. The files concerned are Defence Intelligence Staff files and had previously been contaminated with asbestos. It was originally feared they would have to be destroyed, sparking conspiracy theories among the UFO community. Now, the files have been decontaminated and will be scanned onto the MoD website over the next few months. These 24 files are the tip of the iceberg. To date, the MoD has received over 10,000 UFO reports and a case file on a significant incident can consist of over 100 separate documents. The MoD would dearly love to release all its UFO files, as the French have done, not least because of the burden of responding to requests on the subject (The MoD receives more Freedom of Information Act requests on UFOs than on any other subject). The complicating factor is the Data Protection Act. No personal information concerning witnesses can be released, so every page of every file has to be checked, and redacted to remove any such data. It's a massive job, and full disclosure is probably years away. Nonetheless, I greatly welcome this latest development, which should provoke further interest in the UFO phenomenon and which reinforces MoD's commitment to freedom of information and open government.

[Guitar's Cry]

Interesting stuff!

[mr.guy]

Glad to know that "Coast-to-coast AM" isn't just MY guilty pleasure.

[exit_and_how]

didn't France do something similar recently as well?

[Sola'lor]

they better not cover all the important information with black marker like the American government does when they release UFO information.