Declassified UFO / UAP Document
A Sussex Dragon Legend and A Ministry of Defence Explanation
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This document includes a Ministry of Defence letter explaining a 1967 UFO sighting as an eye floater, alongside a collection of international UFO reports from 1968. It highlights the government's skeptical approach to individual sighting reports.
This document contains a compilation of articles and correspondence regarding UFO sightings and historical legends. The first section discusses a 1614 account of a 'dragon' in Sussex, linked by John C. Hugill to modern UFO phenomena. The core of the document is a formal correspondence from the Ministry of Defence to Mr. Angus Brooks regarding his sighting on October 16, 1967, in Ower Moigne, Dorset. Mr. Brooks reported a 150-foot object hovering for 22 minutes. The Ministry of Defence investigated the report and concluded that the object was a 'vitreous floater'—a dead cell in the witness's eye—rather than a physical craft, citing the lack of radar evidence and the witness's fatigue. The document also includes a 'World round-up' section detailing various UFO sightings in England, Australia, Canada, and Malaya during 1968, including reports of 'white revolving' objects, 'red lights' in paddocks, and unidentified objects over Kuala Lumpur.
The explanation is this. You have told us that on the morning of 26th October, 1967 you were walking with your dogs on Moigne Down. There was a gale force wind blowing and you decided to shelter from it and at the same time to look for something unusual in the sky, that is to say, a bright star which you hoped you might see in daylight.
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Official Assessment
The object was a vitreous floater—a piece of dead matter (a dead cell) floating in the fluid of the eyeball.
The Ministry of Defence concluded that the sighting was a biological phenomenon (eye floater) rather than an unidentified aerial object.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- John C. HugillAuthor of 'A Sussex Dragon Legend'
- John MichellAuthor of 'The Flying Saucer Vision'
- F. E. MarshallPhotographer