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IAN DRURY
Daily Mail
August 05, 2010
WINSTON Churchill agreed to cover up evidence of flying saucers amid fears it would cause "mass panic" in Britain, according to allegations in secret files released yesterday.
The claim comes in a letter from a scientist who said his mother had related the story to him. She had been told it by his grandfather, one of Churchill's bodyguards at the time.
The wartime leader is claimed to have said details of an encounter between a RAF aircraft and UFO were so alarming they should be kept under wraps.
He is even said to have discussed the incident with US General Dwight Eisenhower.
The extraordinary allegation has been uncovered amid thousands of classified papers from the now-defunct British Ministry of Defence UFO desk.
The account sits in files, stretching to 5000 pages, which have been unveiled by the National Archives and placed on the organisation's website.
Other matters of extra-terrestrial and paranormal activity recorded in the documents include:
EVIDENCE that flying saucers were taken so seriously by security chiefs in 1957 that the issue was discussed by the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee;
A MEMO revealing that RAF jets were scrambled to investigate UFOs 200 times a year during the Cold War before this fell to zero after the collapse of the Soviet Union;
TONY Blair being challenged by a voter to confirm the UK had "covered up" evidence of UFOs weeks after he became Prime Minister.
The Churchill story appears in papers covering 1995 to 2003.
The unnamed scientist - whose professional field was also not revealed - wrote to the Government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident.
He said his grandfather, who served with the RAF, was at a meeting when Churchill and General Eisenhower supposedly discussed the incident.
It involved an RAF reconnaissance plane - probably a Mosquito - returning from a mission in France or Germany towards the end of the war.
As it flew over the English coastline it was intercepted by a strange metallic object which matched the aircraft's course and speed before accelerating and disappearing.
Churchill is said to have exclaimed: "This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic amongst the general population and destroy one's belief in the Church."
The letter adds: "Another person at the meeting raised the possibility of an unidentified flying object, at which point Mr Churchill declared the incident should be immediately classified for at least 50 years and its status reviewed by a future Prime Minister."
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Grandpa said Churchil hid UFO evidence[/color]
IAN DRURY
Daily Mail
August 05, 2010
WINSTON Churchill agreed to cover up evidence of flying saucers amid fears it would cause "mass panic" in Britain, according to allegations in secret files released yesterday.
The claim comes in a letter from a scientist who said his mother had related the story to him. She had been told it by his grandfather, one of Churchill's bodyguards at the time.
The wartime leader is claimed to have said details of an encounter between a RAF aircraft and UFO were so alarming they should be kept under wraps.
He is even said to have discussed the incident with US General Dwight Eisenhower.
The extraordinary allegation has been uncovered amid thousands of classified papers from the now-defunct British Ministry of Defence UFO desk.
The account sits in files, stretching to 5000 pages, which have been unveiled by the National Archives and placed on the organisation's website.
Other matters of extra-terrestrial and paranormal activity recorded in the documents include:
EVIDENCE that flying saucers were taken so seriously by security chiefs in 1957 that the issue was discussed by the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee;
A MEMO revealing that RAF jets were scrambled to investigate UFOs 200 times a year during the Cold War before this fell to zero after the collapse of the Soviet Union;
TONY Blair being challenged by a voter to confirm the UK had "covered up" evidence of UFOs weeks after he became Prime Minister.
The Churchill story appears in papers covering 1995 to 2003.
The unnamed scientist - whose professional field was also not revealed - wrote to the Government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident.
He said his grandfather, who served with the RAF, was at a meeting when Churchill and General Eisenhower supposedly discussed the incident.
It involved an RAF reconnaissance plane - probably a Mosquito - returning from a mission in France or Germany towards the end of the war.
As it flew over the English coastline it was intercepted by a strange metallic object which matched the aircraft's course and speed before accelerating and disappearing.
Churchill is said to have exclaimed: "This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic amongst the general population and destroy one's belief in the Church."
The letter adds: "Another person at the meeting raised the possibility of an unidentified flying object, at which point Mr Churchill declared the incident should be immediately classified for at least 50 years and its status reviewed by a future Prime Minister."
WATCH VIDEO:
www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world-old/grandpa-said-churchil-hid-ufo-evidence/story-e6frea9c-1225901820004