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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…
ANNEX F TO
D/DA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
ABBREVIATED COMMENTS ON MR REDMOND'S LETTER
1. General. Mr Redmond's comments are largely based on radio
traffic between Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordination Centre and various agencies which was either released
or intercepted then reported in the press and interpreted in
various ways; erroneously, the visual observations of lights have
been linked with persistent radar returns from a permanent echo at
Boston Lines.
2. Para 1. There was no visual identified flying craft only
unusual lights; correlation by 'various different military radar
systems' did not occur.
3. Para 2.
a. Lights with different characteristics were observed to
the E and/or SE of Skegness and Boston by Police and by the
crew of MV Conocoast some a miles east of Skegness. A
separate stationary object was detected on one ATC radar at
Claxby, Lines, over Boston and observed on the same radar
display at Neatishead, Anglia Radar (later) and the D&D Cell
at the London Air Traffic Control Centre (LATCC} West
Drayton; a stationary object was also detected much later on
the Waddington approach radar, however this was in a separate
position, not over Boston. Three aircraft subsequently flew
close to the 'object' but no sighting of an airborne vehicle
was made.
b. RAF Northwood was never involved in this event.
confusion has arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred
incorrectly to 'D&D Northwood' instead of 'D&D West Drayton'
in several transmissions or conversations; this error was
reproduced in press reports.
4. Para 3.
a. Aircraft were not scrambled because there was no
evidence whatsoever of an unidentified airborne vehicle in
the vicinity.
b. Tornado F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars but not routinely at Leeming or coningsby.
c. The RAF Air Rescue Coordination centre (ARCC), Kinloss
was only involved by Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordination centre (MRCC) to ascertain whether they knew of
any air activity in the area. ARCC, in turn, asked CRC
Neatishead and D&D who replied in the negative; ARCC
subsequently relayed several messages between D&D/Neatishead
and the MRCC concerning the stationary radar plot.
5. Para 4. Locations of permanent echoes are well known to
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