Declassified UFO / UAP Document

L.U.F.O.R.O. Bulletin No. 2

📅 February 9, 1960; February 13, 1960 📍 South Wales 🏛 L.U.F.O.R.O. 📄 Bulletin

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TL;DR

This bulletin from April 1960 outlines the organizational efforts to create a federation of British UFO researchers and documents two specific UFO sightings in South Wales. The sightings were officially attributed to weather balloons by the Air Ministry.

This document is the second bulletin issued by the London Unidentified Flying Object Research Organisation (L.U.F.O.R.O.), dated April 10, 1960. The primary focus of the bulletin is the proposal to form a federation of UFO researchers within the British Isles, with the long-term goal of establishing an international body. The bulletin includes correspondence from various figures in the field, such as William P. Davidson of the Scottish U.F.O. Research Society, David Jones of the International UFO Observer Corps, Captain H.C. Petersen of the Scandinavian UFO-investigation, Graham Knewstub of the British Flying Saucer Bureau, and author Gavin Gibbons. These contributors express support for the idea of a unified federation to improve information exchange and overcome organizational bottlenecks. Additionally, the bulletin features reports on two UFO sightings in South Wales. The first, occurring near the Royal Ordnance Factory at Pembrey, involved a spinning disc of light estimated to be 3,000 feet in altitude and 400 yards across. The second report, from Blaenavon, describes a large, golden, spherical object with a tail traveling from the South-West to the North-East. The bulletin notes that such sightings are often attributed by the Air Ministry to weather balloons reflecting sunlight. The document also includes administrative information regarding L.U.F.O.R.O.'s funding and operations.

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Official Assessment

weather balloons sent up to record atmospheric conditions reflect in the sunlight

The document reports on the proposed federation of UFO research groups and provides accounts of two UFO sightings in South Wales.

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