British Activity in the Field of Unidentified Flying Objects

Summary

Originally classified secret, this two-page memorandum for record dated 18 December 1952 concerns British activity in the field of unidentified flying objects. It reports information provided on 15 December by a recently arrived messenger from Britain, including talks with R. V. Jones. The memo states that the British created a standing committee on flying saucers about sixteen months earlier and that the group concluded the observations are not enemy aircraft and that none have been over Britain. It describes a recent Yorkshire incident in which a perfect flying saucer was seen by high officials of the RAF in London and by RAF pilots during a demonstration, prompting newspaper articles that disturbed Jones. It also reminds the reader of the Swedish incident of 1946 and a paper on the origin of meteorites published in the French Academy of Science.