British UFO Files

“Was it an alien space craft or just a blimp? The British government has received thousands of UFO reports over the decades, and Thursday it released the largest amount of documents ever concerning UFO sightings,” reports Michael Sheridan for NYDailyNews.com.

“The documents, made available online via PDF by the Ministry of Defence and The National Archives, included 6,000 pages from 1994 to 2000, (Click here to see list, download files), reports Sheridan. The tales found within cover several elaborate sorts of tales, including a woman’s telepathic encounter with bizarre lights, as well as one man’s detailed report of a “spherical” object captured on video.”

Sheridan reports, “With each report received, the Ministry of Defence often had the same response:

“Our only concern is to establish whether or not they pose a threat to the security of the United Kingdom,” stated one letter in 1994. ”Unless we judge that they do, and this has not been the case so far, we do not attempt to investigate further, or to identify whatever might have been seen.”

In several cases, the Ministry distanced itself from any theory suggesting alien origin of the objects spotted.”

“We are not aware of any evidence that would support the existence of extraterrestrial life,” stated another letter.

In one case, when local farmers reported seeing a mysterious disc-shaped object on the grounds of an electronic signals monitoring base operated jointly with the United States, the ministry issued this unequivocal and straight-faced denial: “No U.F.O./flying saucer has landed in the vicinity of Menwith Hill and the base had no connection with U.F.O. research.”

Read Sheridan’s full report here