Posted on 08/04/2010 7:33:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Britain released hundreds of previously secret "UFO files" on Thursday, including a letter saying that Winston Churchill had ordered a 50-year cover-up of a wartime encounter between an unidentified flying object and military pilot.
The files, published by the National Archives, span decades and contain scores of witness accounts, sketches and classified briefing notes documenting mysterious sightings across Britain.
One Ministry of Defense note refers to a 1999 letter stating that a Royal Air Force plane returning from a mission in Europe during World War II was "approached by a metallic UFO."
The unidentified author of the letter says his grandfather attended a wartime meeting between Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower during which the two expressed concern over the incident and "decided to keep it secret."
The Ministry of Defense subsequently investigated the case but found no written record of the incident, the files say. In a 1999 note, the ministry said it "does not have any expertise or role in respect of 'UFO/flying saucer' matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial lifeforms, about which it remains totally open-minded."
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Fox Mulder was right after all.
Of course the MoD “does not have any expertise or role in respect of ‘UFO/flying saucer’ matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial lifeforms. . “: the Torchwood Institute has been in charge of such matters since the reign of Queen Victoria. :-)
The Torchwood Institute?
Who would have guessed?
;>D
*ping*
THX.
Will check it out.
UFO PING LIST LEVEL “A” PING.
NOTE: LVD and I are using this as his latest update version.
I foolishly saved my latest update onto only one of my flash drives instead of 2-3 as usual. Of course, it got corrupted somehow.
IF YOU HAVE ASKED TO BE ON OR OFF THIS LIST after this version, please let me know. Sorry for any bother.
This OP (Original Post) seems to me to be a further iterative step toward greater disclosure. The Churchill/Ike thing is more than plausible.
HERE’S A VERY INTERESTING SIGHTING IN ENGLAND WITH A DRAWING RENDITION OF A CRAFT “20 TIMES THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3082230/Airports-giant-UFO.html
I realize that newspaper is not seen as a high quality one. Are there any “high quality” ones left? I don’t think so.
In any case, the computer drawing is a fascinating one.
Thanks for the ping.
You’re quite welcome.
A question . . . whether this stuff or . . . the current scene in general . . .
What are your antennae picking up?
I'm left with a quote from a person named Quix: "... it's fun to collect puzzle pieces..." - can't add much to that.
Hey Quix, you don’t know which of the MOD pdf’s contains the Churchill/Ike story, do you?
Via Drudge ...
‘Eisenhower agreed’ [reg. UFO report]
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=Churchill+UFO&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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