X-Files Axed: UK UFO Reports To Be Destroyed

[worlds beyond]

just seen this on Sky news....


"X-Files Axed: UFO Reports To Be Destroyed

3:12pm UK, Sunday February 28, 2010

Huw Borland, Sky News Online

The Ministry of Defence will destroy all future UFO reports it receives so it does not have to make them public, a previously secret memo has revealed.

Pictures from recently released UFO files



Britain's official UFO investigation unit and hotline were closed down at the start of December.

Since then, reports of strange sights in the skies sent to the MoD have been kept for 30 days before being thrown out, the newly released policy document showed.

This stance was adopted so defence officials would not have to publish the information in response to freedom of information (FoI) requests or pass it to the National Archives.


The dedicated UFO hotline answer phone service and e-mail address serve no defence purpose.

MoD memo

The memo, dated November 11, 2009, sets out the MoD's reasons for shutting its UFO unit and ceasing to invite the public to send in details of sightings.

It noted the number of reports the department received soared last year, taking up extra resources and diverting staff from "more valuable" defence-related activities.

The MoD recorded 634 UFO sightings in 2009, the second highest annual total after 1978, when there were 750, according to UFO expert Dr David Clarke.

This compares with an average of about 150 reports a year during the past decade.

The memo said: "The dedicated UFO hotline answer phone service and e-mail address serve no defence purpose, and merely encourage the generation of correspondence of no defence value."


Perhaps where there was a near-miss with an airline, the MoD will say, 'We may have had a report on it, but we've destroyed it.'

Dr David Clarke

The memo revealed that MoD chiefs made a point of not discussing their plans to close the UFO unit with other countries because of fears this could be perceived as part of a global cover-up.

Dr Clarke, a lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, obtained the memo through an FoI request.

The expert said the MoD's new policy on destroying UFO reports would make it much more difficult to uncover the truth about incidents in the future.

"Even if something quite serious happened, perhaps where there was a near-miss with an airline, the MoD will say, 'We may have had a report on it, but we've destroyed it,'" he said."

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Str...-Memo-Reveals/

[phemohilia]

Bastards!

[lynfowars]

This would seem to be morally and intellectually wrong on so many levels.

Who are these arrogant bastards to decide what events history might prove significant?

Why are we letting these fcks destroy OUR history?

One man will be behind this, some fcking mandarin neither you nor me voted for.

Why is the MOD still the place were UFO reports are sent, given they think the whole thing is a joke?

If they don't want to know, fine, but they should at least step down 100% and allow reports to be send somewhere safe to be filed properly for a less arrogant age.

[worlds beyond]

I agree Lynfowars.. it stinks. Just destroy any evidence and pretend nothing ever happens/ed.

Along same lines as US Govt. banning public knowledge of incoming space objects last year.

[fekdemasons]

http://ministryofdenialnotufos.blogs...-50-years.html


http://www.ufomagazine.co.uk/ufoforu...ID=16886#16886

Nick Pope = Disinfo...

[georgelobuono]

You have to wonder WHY the government would be trying to shut down ufo reports just when the subject is so important and sightings so frequent. Is there something going on behind the scenes that they'd like us not to know? For example, the Bonnybridge sightings--300 per year, in an area where the widest lake in Scotland, Loch Lomond, and other lakes are located may be aliens trying to get water. But why? For what base or activity in the vicinity?

Or consider the Balmoral castle ufo: The Balmoral castle where a ufo reportedly hovered in 1996 prolongedly is the Queen's summer palace. It's located about 150 miles north-northeast of the Bonnybridge triangle. So, let's think back to 1996. Why would aliens hover right above the Queen and Prince Phillip's favorite summer residence? Isn't that like hovering over the White House? A formation of disks did fly over the White House in July of 1952, only months before the Rockefeller coup that removed US presidents from direct control of alien-related programs. Roswell had happened five years earlier, and Harry Truman must have sat, red-faced, while a foreign power buzzed his nation's capital. But Truman would soon be out, Ike in, and Eisenhower let Nelson Rockefeller take effective control of reverse-engineered technology programs. In short, the US was new to alien technology and soon proved weak and ineffective at preventing distortion of internal US policies by an alien presence.

But alien craft over Balmoral palace occurred in 1996, 44 years later when the TR-3B and other advanced craft, plus reported gravitic helicopters were aired by the US/Echelon nations, presumably. So why would aliens be so direct at that late date? It could have been a sort of "command performance," an appearance for Phillip and his Queen. We know Prince Phillip's ego is distorted and dangerous. Being a prince in a time when monarchy is sorely out of step---when the public is aghast at the possible murder of Diana, Phillip may have felt that an appearance above his palace somehow justified his weird costumes and epulets. The real question is whether contacts were involved. 1996 was a time when aliens were becoming a mainstream internet subject, only months before the June 10, 1997 date when Phillip Krapf was reportedly directly contacted as part of a diplomatic opening by the gray alignment. Krapf wrote that he saw names and photos of 800 prominent humans contacted as part of the alien opening that he was asked to write about. Prince Phillip would have been an easy approach for such aliens, given his distorted ego and excess drinking.

Let's explore what, if any, relationship there might, conceivably, have been with the Queen and Phillip. Given the Queen's role as a titular head of state, she wouldn't have been as likely a candidate for approach. She's more balanced and subtle than Phillip. But Phillip was ripe for approach. His close kin, Mountbatten, had recently been killed by an IRA bomb attached to his yacht, underwater, and Phillip was likely eager to pose himself as more formidable, especially if, as Krapf reports, a larger pattern of direct contacts was in the offing.

So, we see a pattern that invites further discussion. An alien craft hovering directly over the summer residence of a titular head of state circa a reportedly large, direct alien diplomatic overture said to involve people from a variety of nations. All evidence is circumstantial, but the picture that emerges is unusual, given the timing.

Here’s further info about Prince Phillip and the royals’ direct experiences with non-human craft:

From George Filer’s Nov. 8, 2006 report (National UFO Center):

“RAF jets sent up to investigate an unearthly visitor at Balmoral Castle in 1996 were unable to shoot down the spacecraft. A red UFO similar to the one that chased Prince Charles' plane in 1986 on a flight from the United States was observed a week later by eyewitnesses over Windsor Castle.

“Prince William is the newest member of the Royal Family to become obsessed with researching space aliens, keeping alive a family precedent started in the 1950's by his grandfather, Prince Philip, a serious UFO believer, and continued by William's father, Prince Charles, whose airplane was buzzed by a mysterious UFO in 1986, raising many royal eyebrows. Prince William, the young heir to the British throne and Princess Diana's oldest son, is said to be star struck by Michael C. Luckman's controversial book, "Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection" featuring many rock stars. Prince Philip has been an avid reader of Flying Saucer Review, a highly respected UFO magazine, since the 1950's.

“According to private visitors, Prince Philip kept a map on his office wall in Buckingham Palace indicating UFO hot spots. But it was a face to face encounter that Prince Philip's equerry reportedly had with a space alien named "Janus" that caused by far the biggest royal uproar. Air Marshall Peter Horsley, an intimate adviser to Queen Elizabeth, said that in 1954 he met a visitor from another galaxy and spoke to him for hours about space travel, and the possible role of Prince Philip in curing the environment.. The former RAF chief published his startling book, "Sounds From Another Room." “

So, that’s a ufo over the Queen’s Windsor Castle in 1986, plus Prince Charle’s plane (or helicopter) chased by a similar ufo, indicating direct alien interest in the royals. Why, then, is the government trying to thwart public inquiry now? To destroy files after 30 days is inexcusable. Time for us to pick up the ball on our own and further develop our analysis of what's going on.

[stewart edwards]

It could simply be down to:-

1. Money - or a lack thereof, with available dosh been needed somewhere that the establishemnt has some level of control, eg nhs, wars, pay rises for mps.

2. Not having any ability to do anything about ufos, it may appear pointless from a resource perspective to do anything.

3. You do have the likes of Gary Hesseltine with his Police ufo reporting database etc, and indeed web sites like this.

Imagine yourself as an accountant at the MoD. You have been told to slash millions of pounds of your budget. What goes? Armour for our troops in Afgan that will save the lives of our soldiers, or a ufo desk that takes enormous resources due to FoI requests which you never see any results from (as there is nowt you can do about ufos - and the secret military stuff you have to keep stumm about)? What would you do?

I have previously postulated and written that some sort of UFO research establishment should be established and properly funded would be better, than simply binning everything. Given the number of people in the world, including some with resources and influence who allegedly have a ufo interest, private funding is possible.

[worlds beyond]

Originally Posted by stewart edwards

It could simply be down to:-

1. Money - or a lack thereof, with available dosh been needed somewhere that the establishemnt has some level of control, eg nhs, wars, pay rises for mps.

2. Not having any ability to do anything about ufos, it may appear pointless from a resource perspective to do anything.

3. You do have the likes of Gary Hesseltine with his Police ufo reporting database etc, and indeed web sites like this.

Imagine yourself as an accountant at the MoD. You have been told to slash millions of pounds of your budget. What goes? Armour for our troops in Afgan that will save the lives of our soldiers, or a ufo desk that takes enormous resources due to FoI requests which you never see any results from (as there is nowt you can do about ufos - and the secret military stuff you have to keep stumm about)? What would you do?

I have previously postulated and written that some sort of UFO research establishment should be established and properly funded would be better, than simply binning everything. Given the number of people in the world, including some with resources and influence who allegedly have a ufo interest, private funding is possible.

The MOD has enough to fund one bod in an office, or at least safe archiving of reports.

Also, if points 2 and 3 are indeed the reason, then why do UK RAF quite regularly send jets up to investigate potential UFO sightings??

MOD claim no interest in the UFO subject, but they still scramble jets up to go check them out (they've done it a few times over the small town where I live not too long ago, was even reported in local press a couple of times).

They're claiming one thing, but doing another.. as usual!

[stewart edwards]

Originally Posted by worlds beyond

The MOD has enough to fund one bod in an office,

Indeed, and if that were the only cost it may not have happened.

or at least safe archiving of reports.

I suspect that the problem lies here. UFO requets are reported as being the biggest FoI request. This I understand ties up a lot of resources. Though a better solution would be to have someone sift through it and make it permanently downloadable free.

Also, if points 2 and 3 are indeed the reason, then why do UK RAF quite regularly send jets up to investigate potential UFO sightings??

Just in case it is a soviet bomber? because the USAF told them to? In case they can shoot it down to do experiments and gain new technology?

MOD claim no interest in the UFO subject, but they still scramble jets up to go check them out (they've done it a few times over the small town where I live not too long ago, was even reported in local press a couple of times).

Checking out a potential threat in your airspace is different to tying up a team of people sifting through paper to no real (from a MoD perspective) end. A good solution would be to have a website where people can report, and have all of these reports freely publicly available on the net for people to do with as they please. It could result in ufo groups working better together to sift through it.

Having been a beancounter myself in the past I rather suspect that it was a purely cost/benefit monetary decision. But given the sheer level of ufo interest in this country, working with the people, could have resulted in a better solution.

They're claiming one thing, but doing another.. as usual!

Sadly nowt new in that.

[biblegirl]

oh brother!!