Unsealed government files have revealed that the British military once seriously explored the idea of securing UFO technology, amid fears that unexplained craft could pose both a threat – and an opportunity – to national defence.
The documents, now available at the National Archives in London, show that during the 1990s, the UK’s Defence Intelligence staff was instructed to investigate a surge in ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ (UAPs), following thousands of sightings reported over Belgium between November 1989 and April 1990.
At the time, intelligence officers were concerned that the strange sightings might not only be real, but technologically significant.
One internal memo from March 1997 read: “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!”
Earlier reports focused on accounts of ‘large, silent, low-flying black triangles’ that appeared to outperform any known aircraft. Their apparent ability to hover, accelerate rapidly and evade military jets led officials to consider whether the technology itself could be exploited.
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