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Registered HeadinIJ.: ~onda~eadir,Q. Reference: PROTECTIVE MARKING (including descriptors): enclosure: DISPOSAL SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATION INFO(EXP)-R Date of 2nd review Destruction Forward to INFO(EXP)-R Reviewers Reviewers recommendation Signature: Signature: PART 2.BRANCH REVIEW appropriate) administrative preservation, DESTRp)f~MEDIATELY and Codeword material INFgU:;XP)-R. reason(s): OPERATIONS CONTRACTUAL FINANCE/AUDIT DIRECTORATE (Continued predecessor ministries, destruction. D..$OR.EET" ~NlfJl~NT~Iml> It,troductlon: Historical Unidentified fitstreported I"onths.there wasaconsiderabl~ sightings, descriptions travelling speed, cigar-shaped.or occasionallysound; considerable atle/ltion aPrare~.~i~ce The.first.reJ.Ort,of.a from.the..uriitedStfi~ ,lI1eilame the.observer..(Mr.,.~, s~ucer;like J!ublimty, qulcklyfollowed by..agr~tman intervalsin: hidingGreafBritain, summer.~nd des~riptiQns,giv.enhfL1( llldednot,onIY.IlYin.g (;igar-s~pedbodies, baJlo~i1~shaped ou~.p~el!!,me~a obserVation~ exclusively associated na,terial, obJt:ctive submitted. difficult, anything like scientific Phelomena. systematiq.and"extensivc inv.estigation theUnited Corporation" ~ell.:kri ..~. !.JI.QIL nsultants. :tw:o,!epotts ") mY..e.mR.au.Q1LQUricl,dehts...:up ~lIiltC?L-_ Oc.-1Iz.1WN I"RETAINii Sr:CTlOi\! il~l~ti~I~S .tportsis SwedishDefence coinprehensiv incidents. Ihoroughly investigated onclusions.thatall.evidence wa~explicable astronomical.. henomena.... ~i"Ul~:.Uni.t .Corporatlon examltlal10n IIiCi;i1tS: whiclf;Would COnlrovert explanations ph~d ei1; b~109risi. optlcall~lusJ(,)ns .pr~c.t!ca" YChOPitI;10IQgl~ inv~tigilt~"2~8 .i~.tid~nt$, ~n~COliclude(f~h ~tI~.~tll: ~rYI~tdeg~ees ~roba~I!ltY:;)1 asll:onomll:al suggesti~e o.t~eD,:.~itp)anatlons, ,bal!o.ons, rell1all~lDg elther"lacked sufficicwevidence thc.evidc:nee sugge.stdd expht~iitip..qIiQugh.sQm~ mig~t coli- J~:I.iE/r "Sihnmirig theit"oWn .;~alth~s~: .~f\hert\~tJ .G~lJdge:~f,ep<?rt !inqlly,.. cof!cl\ld~ i!1~id.el\~,s ~!~J.C~blr,tY) e~ld~n%~hefe appafent fC c)tpla,.a~lq1; .~ccuratc. reliabl~. physiol~gicat. fa~9ifar,e ton~id~rafh)!1, t,h~.I~cl~en~. identli;,of.\~I~iCh:-I,1IUC~.h. !i~;p~b~catIQ~s;h.ave.. .~xplamC:d;: KnQx;Kentt )anl,lary fullyanalysed,.and :~:iepoit.,,The conclusion ....Lieliten .Man.tel!)1I~t. .pl,lrS,I,I.\~IUhe brlghtne&S:on the.mght.ln.qpestIQq.....".... nveisatioriwith "investiga~ing-:,te~l,1I, sensational ~is<;overy. .6YI!lg,..sauccr thCrc~ains ultimately b,eenacomplete fabnca.hon:..... r,incideMs betw.een.May:I947 te~d~cY~owards ~aks i.m!1e~iat~ly recelvedwld publicity, m.mdlC8tmg sightings. ps~holo&ical A.~ericans. categoncal C:lther-7 convention ntetcors"ormefeorites, :fomf9fmais,hysteria; delibe~ate:~ ~.in"el,;g tion.o{;nc;(l~", the United During.the 1950 the British considerable PUblicity.t.O reportsofaUeg~ bodi.es.tr eIling occasionally MinIStry.: of letters a:-:~oComoti \!ir~m~!1.at. careful and ;an;cxceJI.cnt desaipt!on waS.undoubt~ly a:mcteorite. havcnotattemp( ,anysystematlc vcstlgattonof presented, fOrSupposing.tl\at simi1arl,r observations localities, inc~de/lts officially experienc;C:d Stations.i. Investjgated observations. ]stJune;19S0; Meteol"reP9rted atrangmere Portsmouth ~ravcl1ingat high,speed I;OOO-2,OOOf~t ~.s.arboard:,,H circular, otbright. but~hQugh(jt. bt.about.800 nds.:iju..lngwhictt: lattiout ,ame"tltne"1Is-flie b~ive~!laVII usi {,the,P;P.t ::tobC.due~io<~"~rgei~ fir.st~" t;~tat n:j The~C~ntto~,c,i:.sta:t~JhatJl1 ~res~nse"~II~k~(i: ~a!tetglow u~uallrespo :behind::"lJ shorflInd S~.~,?~.l .~SUf.Cessive ~ing.cd"r~. o."14)av..C:.~lli ;P,<<iople wefl"te~x!ew :F.!~btel m!fl!trl~\ tak.en...1t. ~tlltihshe<! a(th~re;.w.as.IJ1lact. I repancy. .~p.conn~on ,unus\lal. ~e~P!>l\se:ancJ..tI~c;.p.ilorsvi~UIIIQbservalion. )>C!lieve: .tI,1a~:,tt,e. aJ):~,ve.ry"silJ11?ly.e,!plai\l!j<l transmitter, phenomenon ~bs.erved, iSidescri~. !n:c;letail.in.ApPt\ndi~ ia;;mptsible eX,\Jlana\ion"wlilchis orne out.by his4escription circular>,. y.t.j~,.thi1i meteorological over-estima~.i~:s~, hypo~hes!~.. tht:R;yal,Aitcrart Establishment, Farnborougb, WorkingParty.. Lt.. Hubba(d, a"experienced officers..on suMuw..~hu~ing .noise,oolike; vIsibility ,bt,it~F,/~t..Hu.bb"rd, sun-glasses, sawj".a}rnQst .dJrC tIY:.overbead wbich.he~escribes of:S;~:fi;e~. observaUon durmg.whlchpcflOGlttravelled,"ata oscillating di1ferel\t.segmeJlt~ hQn~Uy.d~tibed.his impression impossibleit~.ibelieve~that;a exceptional air-minded Farnborough, attracting attentiOJiI .observer, .thevictimj?f .air~raft rC(;eiv~.him- other":i id~htjhen;:~t September, watcb-tow# anticipation stratkumul"us 4.QOO.feet. desciibed pearl.grey ~bOl![.th, a.rectangular succession horizontal Right horizontal exec.~ted: e1ere GuildCord-Farnham h~.saw...Q!1,the id~tiC!ll; .:b!>~rvers .descri~lon tl1_h,llthese l,n.Ca~t,see:JI..qyingRbj~t.O(;iso!J1e .evlde~;p. obJ.~.~hlCh aga,~.;~nf.J., ~it hl"J;1 .~eiI9~.a~I!iJ,f man~uvnng pop. c)4s. or...otl!~r co,nch~d~Iif}~t ; Jlla1,~lrcr~(t,. 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