Is there anybody out there?

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Is there anybody out there? How the men from the ministry hid the hunt for UFOs

· MoD tried to cover-up secret investigation unit
· 10,000 eyewitness reports 'mostly due to weather'

September 25, 2006

The Ministry of Defence went to extraordinary lengths to cover up its true involvement in investigating UFOs, according to secret documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.

The files show that officials attempted to expunge information from documents released to the Public Records Office under the "30-year rule" that would have revealed the extent of the MoD's interest in UFO sightings.

In particular, the ministry wanted to cover up the operation of a secret unit dedicated to UFO investigations within the Defence Intelligence Staff. UFO conspiracy theorists have likened the unit, called DI55, to a sort of "Men in Black" agency for defending the Earth against invasion but the released documents show this is far from the truth. One 1995 memo from DI55 to the MoD's public "UFO desk" said: "I have several books at home that describe our supposed role of 'defender of the Earth against the alien menace' - it is light years from the truth!"

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"These documents don't tell us anything about UFOs but they do show how desperate the MoD have been to conceal the interest which the intelligence services had in the subject," said Dr Clarke.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1880042,00.html


Sure, that's the ticket, blame it on the weather.

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1. Had a Astronomy Prof

back in college who did some work for the Air Force on UFO sightings. His conclusion was that most of the reported sightings occurred during known meteor showers or other types of astronomical events. A very dull conclusion but one I've pretty much held since.