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'Churchill, Eisenhower covered up RAF plane's UFO encounter'
LONDON: Britain's wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and American General Dwight Eisenhower had agreed to cover up an encounter between a Royal Air Force aircraft and a unidentified flying object (UFO) during World War II, declassified documents have revealed.
According to the declassified Ministry of Defence files, Churchill had allegedly ordered that the unexplained incident over the east coast of England should be kept secret for at least 50 years because it would provoke "mass panic".
The claim, recounted in declassified MoD files, was made by a scientist who said that his grandfather was a Churchill aide, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
Allegations of the cover-up emerged when the man, from Leicester, wrote to the government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident. He described how his grandfather, who served with the RAF in the war, was present when Churchill and Eisenhower discussed how to deal with the UFO encounter.
The man, who is not named in the files, said Churchill was reported 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 incident allegedly involved an RAF reconnaissance plane returning from a mission in France or Germany towards the end of the war.
It was over or near the English coastline when it was suddenly intercepted by a strange metallic object which matched the aircraft's course and speed for a time before accelerating away and disappearing.
The scientist recounted: "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, and this caused a high degree of concern."
He added: "During the discussion with Mr Churchill, a consultant (who worked in the Cumbria area during the war) dismissed any possibility that the object had been a missile, since a missile could not suddenly match its speed with a slower aircraft and then accelerate again.
"He declared that the event was totally beyond any imagined capabilities of the time. Another person at the meeting raised the possibility of an unidentified flying object, at which point Mr Churchill declared that the incident should be immediately classified for at least 50 years and its status reviewed by a future Prime Minister."
'Churchill, Eisenhower covered up RAF plane's UFO encounter' - UK - World - The Times of India
LONDON: Britain's wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and American General Dwight Eisenhower had agreed to cover up an encounter between a Royal Air Force aircraft and a unidentified flying object (UFO) during World War II, declassified documents have revealed.
According to the declassified Ministry of Defence files, Churchill had allegedly ordered that the unexplained incident over the east coast of England should be kept secret for at least 50 years because it would provoke "mass panic".
The claim, recounted in declassified MoD files, was made by a scientist who said that his grandfather was a Churchill aide, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
Allegations of the cover-up emerged when the man, from Leicester, wrote to the government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident. He described how his grandfather, who served with the RAF in the war, was present when Churchill and Eisenhower discussed how to deal with the UFO encounter.
The man, who is not named in the files, said Churchill was reported 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 incident allegedly involved an RAF reconnaissance plane returning from a mission in France or Germany towards the end of the war.
It was over or near the English coastline when it was suddenly intercepted by a strange metallic object which matched the aircraft's course and speed for a time before accelerating away and disappearing.
The scientist recounted: "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, and this caused a high degree of concern."
He added: "During the discussion with Mr Churchill, a consultant (who worked in the Cumbria area during the war) dismissed any possibility that the object had been a missile, since a missile could not suddenly match its speed with a slower aircraft and then accelerate again.
"He declared that the event was totally beyond any imagined capabilities of the time. Another person at the meeting raised the possibility of an unidentified flying object, at which point Mr Churchill declared that the incident should be immediately classified for at least 50 years and its status reviewed by a future Prime Minister."
'Churchill, Eisenhower covered up RAF plane's UFO encounter' - UK - World - The Times of India
