The UFO Files The Inside Story of Real-life Sightings

by Clarke, David

• ISBN13: 9781905615506
• ISBN10: 1905615507
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: A & C Black

Summary

This remarkable book tells the story of over 200 years of UFO sightings, drawing on formerly secret reports released to The National Archives by the Ministry of Defence. Original records reveal how British Intelligence and the CIA investigated many Cold War sightings, from the Roswell incident of 1947 to ghost aircraft, Radar Angels to the RAF's confidential files. New light is shed on many famous cases, such as RAF Topcliffe, 1952; the Flying Cross in Devon, 1967; RAF West Freugh, Scotland, 1957; the Berwyn Mountains UFO crash and the Phantom Helicopter Mystery, as well as the notorious 'Welsh Triangle' and the Rendlesham Forest incident. Dramatic witness statements and personal interviews - many undertaken by the author himself - combine with rarely seen photographs, drawings and newly available documents to bring these extraordinary experiences vividly to life. From aerial phenomena of the First World War to crop circles and a secret UFO study of more recent times, The UFO Files offers a unique guide to our most intriguing mysteries.

Author Biography

David Clarke is Senior Lecturer, in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University. He has a long-standing interest in UFOs and other, aerial phenomena, and has worked with the National Archives in promoting UFO material recently released by the Ministry of Defence. He is an experienced journalist, contributing to the Yorkshire Post and other newspapers and magazines including BBC History, as well as acting as researcher and consultant a range of radio and television productions. He is the author of The Angel of Mons (2004).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Strange Lights In the Skies	p. 11
The Flying Saucer Age	p. 32
Cold War UFOs	p. 56
Close Encounters	p. 79
Crop Circles and Alien Abductions
Turn Of the Century UFOs	p. 25
Afterword	p. 148
Notes On the Text	p. 152
Resources	p. 154
Index	p. 156
Acknowledgements	p. 160
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