GB Report Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence Staff
Project Condign reports: unidentified aerial phenomena exist but are no defence threat
The Ministry of Defence's Defence Intelligence Staff issued Volume 2 of its three-volume 'Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in the UK Air Defence Region' as DIS Scientific and Technical Memorandum 55/2/00, dated February 2000 and stamped received on 7 December 2000. The volume collected 25 working papers on natural and man-made phenomena, from ball lightning and meteorological balloons to ionospheric plasma and black aircraft programmes, intended as a reference source for analysing UAP reports. It stated that most reports could be explained as aircraft, satellites or clouds, noted that no UAP field measurements existed, and suggested that magnetic fields from UAPs might affect the temporal lobes of close witnesses.
2 documents·5 points
- Volume 2 contains 25 working papers to act as a reference source during UAP report analysis, interpretation and identification.
- The preface states that the majority of UAP reports can easily be explained as aircraft, satellites, clouds and similar, and that no actual UAP electromagnetic or other field measurements exist.
- Working Paper No. 25 compares magnetic field experiments by M.A. Persinger and colleagues with witness reports, finding that in 20 out of 25 instances the effects tally with those reported during close proximity to a UAP.
- The paper suggests that 'alien', 'time lost' and spaceship descriptions only occur when the observer is very close to the UAP, probably within its near-field.
- Annex D cites a 1977 report from Finland involving 170 troops in which RF equipment was 'jammed'.
Documents
- Document Condign volumes 1 to 3 Internet Archive· 258 pp.
- Document Project Condign (DEFE 24/2090) Internet Archive (DocumentCloud mirror of Telegraph upload)· 160 pp.