GB FOIA release Ministry of Defence
The Condign report is released under the Freedom of Information Act
The Ministry of Defence released the report of its Defence Intelligence Staff study of unidentified aerial phenomena under the Freedom of Information Act, an entry the editor dates to 15 May 2006. The text supplied is Volume 2, 'Information on Associated Natural & Man-Made Phenomena', Scientific and Technical Memorandum No. 55/2/00, dated February 2000 and stamped received on 7 December 2000. Its preface describes 25 working papers meant as a reference source for analysing UAP reports, covering ball lightning, radar detection, exotic technologies, black aircraft programmes, plasmas and magnetic field effects on humans. It concludes that ball and bead lightning is connected with a proportion of UK UAP reports, and it compares effects reported near UAP with laboratory magnetic field experiments.
2 documents·4 points·1 story
- Volume 2 is one of three volumes of a 'Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in the UK Air Defence Region'; its preface notes that 'no actual UAP electromagnetic or other field measurements exist'.
- Working Paper No. 2 concludes that ball and bead lightning 'is certainly connected with a proportion of the UAP reports received from within the UK airspace' (p. 2-12).
- Working Paper No. 3 lists Lothian, Luce Bay, South Wales, Warminster and the Pennine Hills as locations researchers report as having the greatest incidence of UAP events (p. 3-3).
- Working Paper No. 25 states that in 20 out of 25 instances the effects reported in magnetic field test chamber experiments tally with effects reported during close proximity to a UAP (p. 25-8).
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.
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