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British MOD Warns Americans About UFO Boo |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 04 January 2006 |
Georgina Bruni's controversial book entitled "You Can't Tell The People"
published by Sidgwick & Jackson (Macmillan) in November 2000 has caused yet
more concern for the Ministry of Defence. In a series of Written Answers to
Questions posed in the last week to the House of Lords by Admiral of the
Fleet and former Chief of Defence Staff, The Lord Hill Norton, The Minister
of State, Ministry of Defence, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean informed that
the Ministry of Defence had alerted the American 3rd Air Force Headquarters
at RAF Mildenhall about the book.
Bruni's book claims to expose the truth behind the famous 1980 Rendlesham
Forest UFO incident (known as Britain's Roswell) involving members of the
United States Air Force at RAF bases in Suffolk leased to the Americans. The
title of the book came from a conversation with former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher when she told the author that she must get her facts right
concerning UFOs and she couldn't tell the people. Bruni went on to
investigate the incident and decided the people should be told the truth.
For three years the USAF and MOD denied the incident, but in 1983 an
American research group managed to obtain a memorandum (composed by the
deputy base commander, Lt Colonel Charles Halt) through the US Freedom of
Information Act. The memo describes incidents involving UFOs penetrating the
area surrounding the NATO bases, which deployed nuclear weapons. Since then
the MOD has continued to deny that the incident was of defence interest and
that no new information has come to light to change their mind.
To prove that the incident was of extreme defence interest, Bruni produces a
mass of factual data including a letter written by Squadron Leader Donald
Moreland, the then British liaison officer at the USAF installations, and
addressed to the MOD, which is titled "Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOS)".
She also found official USAF photographs taken the morning after the initial
incident which show a British police officer and a USAF officer examining
three ground indentations, said to be the landing marks made by one of the
UFOs and where high radiation readings were depicted. Bruni also located a
firsthand copy of an original tape recording taken during the encounter that
involved Lt Colonel Halt and, has testimony from a former NCO who was in
charge of the communications at the time. The testimony reveals that the
communication lines at the bases were blocked with "Flash" calls, which were
only ever used in dire emergencies. She also has confirmation that the RAF
tracked an object on military radar.
Bruni is astonished at the Written Answers concerning Lord Hill Norton's
Questions.
When Lord Hill Norton asked whether the Ministry of Defence were aware that
personnel from the Suffolk Constabulary were involved, the reply was that
knowledge of involvement by the Suffolk Police is limited to a letter dated
28 July 1999 from the Suffolk Constabulary to Georgina Bruni that is
contained in the recent book.
When Lord Hill Norton asked whether, in the light of the new information
contained in Georgina Bruni's book, they will now launch an investigation
into the Rendlesham Forest incident and the response to this incident by the
United States Air Force and the Ministry of Defence. The reply came that no
additional information has come to light over the last 20 years to call into
question the original judgment.
Bruni argues that if the MOD has read the book and are concerned enough to
alert the Americans, they must be aware of all the new information, which
proves without doubt that the incident is of extreme defence significance.
For a list of the Written Questions and Answers (23 Jan - 30 Jan) visit
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk
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