Officials launched a investigation into the MoD files when the unnamed grandson of the British military aide to Churchill wrote in 1999 saying that the object seen by the RAF reconnaissance crew “appeared to hover noiselessly relative to the aircraft”. The grandson, who described himself as a scientist, said: “It appeared metallic… the object very suddenly disappeared, leaving no trace of its earlier presence.”
He added: “This event was discussed by Mr Churchill and General Eisenhower, neither of whom knew what had been observed. There was a general inability for either side to match a plausible account to these observations… another person 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.”
Join the conversation as a VIP Member