British UFO files trace sightings (and hoaxes)

8,500 pages of previously classified documents made available on Internet

Reuters
3/3/2011

LONDON — British officials on Thursday released about 8,500 pages of previously classified reports that document sightings of unidentified flying objects by the military and members of the public dating back to the 1950s.

The 35 large files, available via the Internet, mainly cover the period from 1997 to 2005 and include photographs, drawings and descriptions of flying saucer sightings, as well as letters that the Ministry of Defense sent eyewitnesses in response to their accounts.

[The article at the link describes a very few of the incidents reported.]

"The files are available to download free of charge for one month at the National Archives website."

John