One internal correspondence from March 4, 1997 reads: ‘Logic would indicate that if significant numbers are reporting seeing strange objects in the sky then there may be a basis in fact.
‘It could be argued that UAPs pose a potential threat to the defence of the realm since we have no idea what they are!’
Intelligence officers appeared particularly concerned about the reports of large, silent, low-flying black triangles which came out of Belgium in their thousands between November 1989 and April 1990.
The reports sparked calls for Britain to try get hold of the technology.
The document noted: ‘A supplementary issue is the possibility of technology acquisition.
‘UAPs do not appear to use conventional reaction propulsion.
‘The Belgian deltas (confirmed by the country’s MoD) hovered for long periods and accelerated quickly to supersonic speeds, outrunning F-16s.
‘If this represents real technology perhaps it should be acquired.’
Another briefing letter, marked ‘Secret UK Eyes B’, acknowledged that the British military did not have the ‘reported technology’.
It added: ‘No matter the origin, the determination of the technology, and possible acquisition, is a matter for Defence Intelligence Staff [DIS].’
The correspondence added that ‘some reports described objects in terms of manoeuvre, speed and shape which lie beyond our engineering knowledge and that which could be reasonably expected from hostile powers.’
The file also stressed that most UFO reports were tenuous, with only a small number that could not be explained immediately.
The documents jokingly dismissed the possibility of alien life as part of fringe conspiracy theories.
The file reads: ‘Mention of UAPs is guaranteed to generate mirth and Little Green Men jokes, possibly because of the fringe element of “crazies”.’
by Shiny-Tie-126
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>It adds: ‘In both [Rendlesham Forest and Belgian] cases the UAP apparently did not use any conventional propulsion system and could hover as well as move at considerable speed.
>‘The French have always had an interest in this topic … and I am aware that there is an informal intelligence grouping in the US.’
Wait is a document from 1997 using the term UAP, wasn’t that only coined in recent years? Has it been in use in military circles prior to that
Newsflash: the military wanted to get their hands on technology that you could use to destroy people and things
See also the UK’s Condign report. Has unusually candid “best assessment “ material.