The UFO Phenomenon

UK's Armed Forces Minister outlines MoD's current position on UFOs

By T.K. Randall
December 15, 2024 ·  0 comments

The Houses of Parliament in London. Image Credit: David Castor We've heard a lot about the US government's approach to UFOs in recent years, but relatively little about that of other countries - in particular the UK which has remained somewhat silent on the topic.

Last week, however, Conservative MP David Reed penned a question requesting information on the Ministry of Defence's current policy on reporting UFOs and whether any new information on the phenomenon had been classified since the previous material had been declassified.

The query was addressed by Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard, who said:"Whilst we are aware of the differing approaches currently being undertaken by other countries and allies in the investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) position on UAP remains unchanged, which is, that in over 50 years, no sighting reported to the Department has indicated the existence of any military threat to the United Kingdom."

"The MOD ceased to investigate reports of UFO or UAP in 2009 and has not classified any new material on the subject since. It has been deemed more valuable to prioritize MOD staff towards other defence-related activities."

"For this reason, there are no current plans to create a dedicated team to investigate incidences of alleged sightings."

Given the prevalence of recent UAP sightings, however, especially with the current spate of unidentified drone incursions over air bases in the US and UK, it seems highly unlikely that the MoD isn't doing anything at all to monitor or investigate the phenomenon.

Source: UK Defence Journal | Comments (0)

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