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MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1
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This Ministry of Defence file, released through The National Archives and published by The Black Vault, holds the MOD's 2002 handling of Dr David Clarke's requests for UFO documents under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. It includes the MOD's 9 December 2002 reply, which covered reports from 1976, 1980, 1993 and 1996 and charged £260. It also contains internal emails and file requisitions, plus Foreign Office and United Nations papers from 1978 on Grenada's proposal for UFO research.
“Boston”31 pages
- p. 71 …The l\UNISTER of STATE, HOME
OFFICE (Lord Boston of Faversham):
So far nearly 250 persons…
- p. 387 …SIGHTING/OVER BOSTON;;
F/ANGLE OF SIGHT/40-45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON<BOSTON POLICE)//
G/DISTANCE…
- p. 390 …btr-1 CONOCOAST rqxatect ~ 'ja8t appetm~' OYerheld Boston.
6. ttade fl...,. IIPOftCd as 40 • _., cltFca aboYc…
- p. 394 …The lights were
observed by Skegness and Boston Police between 0214Z and
approximately 0600Z (daybreak); similar…
- p. 395 …the 'Boston
certain radar
8. Conclusion. The prolonged sighting· of stationary coloured
flashing lights reported by…
- p. 397 …National Air
Traffic Services Claxby radar over Boston to ARCC, thence to MRCC.
At the same…
- p. 398 …THE BOSTON PLOT
6. Plot Characteristics. A radar Plot was observed in the
position of Boston…
- p. 399 …Three aircraft, which transitted the Boston area
at 0710Z, 0830, and 1105, failed to sight any…
- p. 400 …The Boston Police may have been looking at the planet
Venus which was exceptionally bright in…
- p. 401 …Radar Plots over Boston.
c. Synopsis on Observations of Lights.
D. Royal Greenwich Observatory Report.
ADGE…
- p. 403 0747Z- Asked to look for
plot 120°/23nm (Boston).
Plot observed but later
confessed to mistake…
- p. 404 …being 'not very interested' in the lights.
BOSTON POLICE
Observer: Inspector
Position: Through 3rd floor window…
- p. 406 TABLE SHOWING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF OBSERVATIONS
Time
0200ish
0214
0230ish
PC-
Skegness
Skegness
Insp-
Boston
Stationary…
- p. 409 DOCUMENTED/RESEARCHED VISUAL SIGHTINGS e
OF A STABLE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT FROM BOSTON
0230Z (approx)- ·Bearing…
- p. 412 …I think that boLh Inspector ~-of Boston Police may have been
looking at Venus. Venus has…
- p. 417 …Lights with different characteristics were observed to
the E and/or SE of Skegness and Boston…
- p. 418 …No Air Defence radar detected the
Boston echo. Neatishead's 'skilled operators' rarely use the
Claxby…
- p. 420 …SIGHTING/OVER BOSTON;;
F/ANGLE OF SIGHT/40-45 DEGREES ABOVE I-IORIZON<BOSTON POLICE)//
G…
- p. 427 …The lights were
observed by Skegness and Boston Police between 0214Z and
approximately 0600Z (daybreak); similar…
- p. 428 …is known in aviation , circles as the .. Boston .:r::
appears occasionally on some radars in certain…
- p. 430 …National Air
Traffic Services Claxby radar over Boston to ARCC, thence to MRCC.
At the same…
- p. 431 …THE BOSTON PLOT
6. Plot Characteristics. A radar Plot was observed in the
position of Boston…
- p. 432 …Three aircraft, which transitted the Boston area
at 0710Z, 0830, and 1105, failed to sight any…
- p. 433 …The Boston Police may have been looking at the planet
Venus which was exceptionally bright in…
- p. 434 …Radar Plots over Boston.
c. Synopsis on Observations of Lights.
D. Royal Greenwich Observatory Report.
E…
- p. 436 0747Z- Asked to look for
plot 120°/23nm (Boston).
Plot observed but later
confessed to mistake…
- p. 437 …being 'not very interested' in the lights.
BOSTON POLICE
Observer:
Position: Through 3rd floor window of…
- p. 439 …CONOCOAST
M.._Ske ness
CONOCOAST
Mr.•Boston
M--Boston
CONOCOAST
M.-Ske ness
)Lights stationary on…
- p. 445 …police control room until 0600Z 5 Oct
Boston Police Control Room
Kings Lynn Police
on duty…
- p. 448 …traffic betwee
Coordination c
or intercepted
various ways;
been linked wi
Boston Lines.
lllllllls comments are…
- p. 449 …No Air Defence radar detected the
Boston echo. Neatishead's 'skilled operators' rarely use the
Claxby…
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Wing ComOJ.aD.der
ADGE 1, MOD
FAX
Dear Wing Commander
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB..~ OEZ
United
Direct
email
ANNEX D TO
D/QA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
I have examined the reports of bright lights seen on October 5 as ::set out in your
fax of 11 November.
When a bright star or planet is low down in the sky (even to elevation 20°) it is quite
common for it t<.1 appear to show colours, which are often described as 'ftashing'
or 'rotating'. It is important to consider- a person's eyesight in interpreting their
descriptions of sightings.
It seems to me in this case that the different observet·s may ha.ve been looking at
diffe1·ent objects. Because of the uncertainties in the estimates o! elevation a.nd
tt.zimuth I cannot be certain as to what was seen, but this is my best guess.
I think that boLh Inspector ~-of Boston Police may have been
looking at Venus. Venus has been except1onally bright in the early morning sky
over the past weeks and has stood out from all around it. The actual positions o£
the planet on October 5 are a.s follows.
UT BST Altitude Azimuth
02:00 03:00 -20 68°
02:09 03:09 70° Venus·rlse
03:00 04:00 +70 80°
04:00 05:00 +16° 92°
05:00 06:00 +25° 105°
06:00 07:00 +33° 118°
07:00 08:00 +40° 135°
I confess to being puzzled as to what the c~:~w of MY CO NO COAST were watching.
Presumably they would have had a. dear view of the whole sky. Can you rule out
that they may have been seeing some laser show with the beams reflected in a hazy
sky? I am also puzzled as to why they saw two sets of lights at approximately
180°apa.rt.
An establishment of the
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