MoD Releases Secret Files On UFO Sightings

UFO sightings of mysterious lights over Glastonbury and a "flying saucer" outside Retford town hall have been revealed in Ministry of Defence files.

The images were sent to the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency (DGIA) in July 2004.

Experts examined the photos, including the image of a "flying saucer" taken outside Retford town hall in Nottinghamshire.

The DGIA report stated: "No definitive conclusions can be gathered from evidence submitted.

"However, it may be coincidental that the illuminated plane of the object passes through the centre of the frame, indicating a possible lens anomaly, eg a droplet of moisture."

Another report describes mysterious lights seen moving 300ft above the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003.

Other 2003 sightings of "worm-shaped" UFOs "wriggling around in the sky" were reported over East Dulwich in London.

The report of the sighting, filed by a mother and daughter, also claimed two police constables who attended the scene in East Dulwich were joined by two men dressed in "space suits and dark glasses who called themselves Mork and Mindy".

However, police told the MoD they sent two ordinary PCs to the address but they could not see anything in the sky and concluded it was possibly a reflection of a star and a street light in her window.

Retired RAF fighter controller Freddie Wimbledon and retired MoD official Ralph Noyes also submitted testimonials recalling a UFO incident in 1956 at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

Mr Wimbledon remembers the "RAF scrambling fighter planes to intercept a UFO seen on radar and by observers on the ground".

The UFO reportedly latched onto to a fighter plane, "following its every move" before speeding off at "terrific speed".

Staff involved were sworn to secrecy, while Mr Noyes recalls being shown gun camera footage of the UFOs taken from aboard the aircraft at a special MoD screening in 1970.

There were also a number of sightings reported during the summer of 2006, that describe formations of orange lights in the sky.

These appear to be observations of Chinese lanterns, released at parties and public events, the experts concluded.

Other incidents include UFOs spotted by the pilot and passengers of an aircraft over the Channel Islands in 2007.