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MI6 unit recovered 'non-human' craft 40 years ago, claims ex-paratrooper

By T.K. Randall
March 20, 2024
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A former British Special Forces paratrooper claims that the UK military captured a crashed alien spacecraft in the 1980s.
The UK may have its own version of the Roswell incident - that is, at least, if the testimony of Franc Milburn - a veteran of the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment - is to be believed.

In a recent interview with Mail Online, Milburn maintained that he wanted to reveal what he knew in order to support other UFO whistleblowers such as former US intelligence official David Grusch.

The story goes that a close friend of Milburn's worked for a secretive unit during the 1980s known as "E Squadron" which recruited highly-skilled, veteran members of the British Special Forces.

In one particularly notable incident toward the end of the decade, the group had been called on to investigate the wreckage of a mysterious object that had been shot down over the UK by the RAF.

"He said they were tasked to secure and retrieve the craft in the north of England," said Milburn.
"They were flown in by helicopter. They established a cordon, a perimeter, and they approached the craft. He didn't describe the craft, he just said it was obvious it was non-human, and it was obvious that there were occupants who had fled the scene on foot - or whatever you call it."

"He said then it became a task of tracking down these beings to try to bring them into custody."

Around six to eight men were left protecting the craft, he recalled, while the rest were sent out to recapture the alleged alien entities that had fled from the vessel.

Whether or not they were ever actually caught, however, remains unclear.

Source: Mail Online




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