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MoD investigated 1977 UFO sightings in Wales

By T.K. Randall
September 26, 2015 ·  6 comments

What took place in Wales back in 1977 ? Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Gerhard Uhlhorn One of the best known UFO incidents in the UK, the Broad Haven sightings began in 1977 when hotel owner Rosa Granville was awoken in the early hours by a strange noise and saw a series of peculiar flashing lights through her window. When she looked out she observed what she described as an "upside-down saucer" in a nearby field and two "faceless humanoids" on the ground next to it.

A similar sighting was reported a short time later at a local primary school. A total of 14 children along with their head teacher witnessed what was described as a "yellow cigar-shaped craft" landing nearby and saw a strange figure dressed in silver clothing emerge from it.

About a week later the same object was seen again by a group of teachers at the same school.

No satisfactory explanation for these events was ever found but now, almost four decades later, a newly declassified MoD document has revealed that at the time of these sightings a number of high-ranking officials had carried out a discreet investigation in to the phenomenon."This bombshell document shows how the MoD's UFO project asked the RAF Police to conduct a secret investigation into these mysterious events, while Parliament, the media and the public were being told the subject was of no defence significance," said former MoD UFO investigator Nick Pope.

The revelations have also prompted Tory peer Lord Black of Brentwood to call for the Ministry of Defense to fully disclose its investigations and findings with regard to the UFO phenomenon.

"A number of recently released MoD files leave little doubt that a small number of sightings of aerial phenomena - particularly by military personnel, pilots and air traffic controllers - remain unexplained and unidentified," he said.

"There needs to be further examination of these issues in the hope of learning something new."

Source: Wales Online | Comments (6)

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