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Stories10

UK Ministry of Defence UFO Files Released to The National Archives, 2008 to 2013

May 14, 2008 · The National Archives, Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

UAP · Other · 74 sources

38Partially documented

The Scole Experiment: lights and séances in a Norfolk cellar

January 1993 · Scole, Norfolk, England

Paranormal · Orb / light · 22 sources

29Thinly documented

The Winchester Encounters: Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt

November 14, 1976 · Eastern edge of Winchester, near Chilcomb, Hampshire, England

UAP · Being / humanoid · 28 sources

16Thinly documented

The RAF Topcliffe "Perfect Flying Saucer" During Exercise Mainbrace

September 19, 1952 · RAF Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (approach to RAF Dishforth)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources

33Partially documented

Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter

c. 1944 · Near or over the English coastline (reportedly the east coast of England)

UAP · Unknown · 29 sources

23Thinly documented

Queen Wilhelmina Meets Lincoln's Ghost at the White House

August 1942 · The White House, Executive Residence, Washington, D.C.

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources · 1 photos

23Thinly documented

Helen Duncan's Portsmouth séances: the HMS Barham sailor and the 1944 police raid

November 1941 · Master Temple Psychic Centre, 301 Copnor Road, Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 35 sources

41Partially documented

Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance

January 8, 1929 · Home of Bess Houdini, 67 Payson Avenue, Inwood, Manhattan, New York City

Paranormal · Other · 34 sources

20Thinly documented

The Sheerness Phantom Zeppelin (The Sheerness Incident)

October 14, 1912 · Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent

UAP · Unknown · 20 sources

38Partially documented

The haunted Churchill cottage at Knowle St Giles, near Chard (1879)

c. 1879 · Knowle St Giles, near Chard, Somerset, England

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 9 sources

14Thinly documented

Names6

Winston Churchill Person · 5 stories
British statesman, First Lord of the Admiralty and later Prime Minister.
Flying Saucer Working Party Programme · 5 stories
The Flying Saucer Working Party was a British official study set up to look into reports of flying saucers.
Sheffield Hallam University Organisation · 5 stories
A British university, it appears in the archive mainly as the academic home of Dr David Clarke.
Washington, D.C. Place · 4 stories
Washington, D.C.
Findmypast Organisation · 3 stories
A modern channel back to Victorian ghost stories.
Holman Person · 3 stories
Brett Holman is a historian who keeps returning to the archive's oldest airship scares and wartime rumours.

Documents27 · see all

The UFO files extract Document

The National Archives· 22 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 10 …Preserved alongside Churchill’s memo at the National Archives, it said UFOs were the subject of ‘a full intelligence study…
- p. 22 What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?’ Winston ChurChill…
UFO research guide Document

The National Archives· 13 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 3 …However, a reference to a study of flying saucers emerged in 1988 when a file of correspondence between Winston Churchill…
- p. 4 …The scare made headlines across the world and led Winston Churchill to send his famous memo to the Air Ministry…
UFO research guide, August 2011 Document

The National Archives· 2011-08· 15 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 2 …This led the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, to order an investigation. Inquiries by naval intelligence failed to…
- p. 3 …However, a reference to a study of flying saucers emerged in 1988 when a file of correspondence between Winston Churchill…
UFO files briefing guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 2 …This led the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, to order an investigation. Inquiries by naval intelligence failed to…
- p. 3 …However, a reference to a study of flying saucers emerged in 1988 when a file of correspondence between Winston Churchill…
Unidentified Flying Objects research guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 2 …This led the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, to order an investigation. Inquiries by naval intelligence failed to…
- p. 3 …However, a reference to a study of flying saucers emerged in 1988 when a file of correspondence between Winston Churchill…
US Army-Flying-Saucer-Study_1949 Report

U.S. Department of War· 25 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 25 …Aboard the Queen Mary, exclusive----I can reveal that Churchill's optimism is based on his belief that Stalin will…

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Videos4

Secret UFO Sightings: Eisenhower and Churchill Discuss Foo Fighters in WWII

From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter

Churchill UFO 'cover-up' makes sense says expert

From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter

Churchill UFO Cover-Up | Calvine UFO Files - British MoD UFO Files - Myth or reality?

From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter

The UFO Encounters Britain Tried to Keep Secret | The British UFO Files

From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter