Tag Archives: RAF

Michael Swiney (1926-2016)

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Dr David Clarke

Retired Royal Air Force officer Michael Swiney, who observed three UFOs while flying a training mission in 1952, has died aged 90. Swiney’s close encounter occurred shortly after a wave of unexplained sightings during the NATO operation Mainbrace. According to Captain Ed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Commodore, Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley, Air Ministry, Captain Ed Ruppelt, Duke of Edinburgh, flying saucers, Meteor T7, Michael Swiney, Ministry of Defence, MoD, NATO, Operation Mainbrace, Out of the Shadows, Project Blue Book, RAF, RAF Little Rissington, The National Archives, The UFO Files, UFOs | Leave a comment

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Dr David Clarke

Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon who became a celebrity believer in the UFO myth, has died aged 85. The Guardian newspaper once described the retired NASA astronaut as being an unlikely name on the list … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Monstrous Commotion, Alan Shepard, Andrew Smith, Apollo 14, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Dr Edgar Mitchell, Ed Mitchell, epiphany, ESP, Gareth Williams, George W Bush, Gordon Brown, Huffington Post, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Kerrang!, Lee Spiegel, Loch Ness Monster, Lord Hugh Dowding, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ministry of Defence, MoD, Moondust, NASA, Nick Margerrison, RAF, Richard D. Hall, Roswell UFO crash, sixth man on the moon, The Guardian, The National Archives, The Sun, UFO files | Leave a comment

The Scottish Roswell

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Dr David Clarke

The Sunday Express and Metro have today published a preview of a chapter from How UFOs Conquered the World that exposes the truth behind ‘the Scottish Roswell’. Journalist Mark Branagan says the Ardgay mystery has ‘intrigued UFO hunters since it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Ministry, Ardgay incident, Britain's X-Files, CIA, Cold War, Dr David Clarke, How UFOs Conquered the World, Moby Dick balloons, Pentagon, RAF, Roswell, Russia, Scottish Roswell, spy balloons, The National Archives, Top secret, UFO crashes | Leave a comment

Foxtrot 94 – a Cold War mystery solved

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Dr David Clarke

One of the most enduring mysteries of the Cold War – the disappearance of US pilot William Schaffner in a secret RAF exercise above the North Sea – has finally been laid to rest. Captain Scaffner was just 28 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien abductions, Alien Investigator, Avro Shackleton, BBC Inside Out North, Captain William Schaffner, Cold War, conspiracies, English Electric Lightning, Flamborough Head, FlyPast magazine, Foxtrot 94, Grimsby Evening News, Ian Black, Lightning XS894, Michael Schaffner, Ohio, RAF, RAF Binbrook, RAF Board of Inquiry, Taceval, The National Archives, The X-Files, Tony Dodd, UFOs, Vietnam | 2 Comments

U-2 secret history revealed

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

News that the CIA has finally ‘officially acknowledged‘ the existence of Area 51 as the base where the U2 spyplane was developed will come as no big surprise to aviation historians. Some of the more far-gone UFOlogists prefer to believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Ministry, Anthony Eden, Area 51, Chris Pocock, CIA, Defence Intelligence Staff, Freedom of Information Act, George Washinton University, Groom Lake, Hugh Caillard, James Cunningham, Lakenheath-Bentwaters UFO incident, Lionel 'Buster' Crabb, Lockheed, Lt Milton Torres, MI6, MoD UFO files, National Security Archive, Nikita Krushchev, Project Blue Book, RAF, RAF Lakenheath, Third World War 1956, U2 spyplane, UFOs | Leave a comment

Finding Needles in the MoD Haystack – guest blog

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

I am pleased to welcome veteran British UFOlogist Jenny Randles for this guest blog reflecting on the release of the Ministry of Defence UFO files: After the furore over the release of the final MoD files the UFO debate may … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ball lightning, Britain's X-Files, British UFO research, BUFORA, Chinese lanterns, Jenny Randles, Ministry of Defence, RAF, South Wales, The National Archives, UAPs, UFO desk | Leave a comment

UFO? = UAV

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

Chinese lanterns are the source of many ‘UFO‘ sightings – but the role played by remote-controlled drones should not be overlooked. UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles) are used extensively, and controversially, by both the USAF and RAF in combat operations … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, BAE systems, Bromley, BUFORA, Chief Scientific Advisor, drones, Matt Lyons, Ministry of Defence, RAF, Raven, Royal Navy, ScanEagle, Sir Ronald Mason, The National Archives, The Times, UAVs, UCAVs, UFO, UFOs, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned combat air vehicles, Woomera, Yemen | 2 Comments

Crop Circles – the MI5 file

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

Crop circles dating back to the Second World War are “proof the phenomenon is no modern hoax”, according to a story published by The Huffington Post. Research by an Australian archaeologist, using images from Google Earth’s new 1945 overlay, has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crop circles, fifth columnists, Glascoed, Google Earth, Greg Jefferys, MI5, Nature (journal), Operation Sealion, pictograms, RAF, Second World War, Security Service, The National Archives, University of Tasmania | 2 Comments

On The Couch With Cassie

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

Alex Cassie, who died aged 95 in April, played a key role in forging documents used in the mass break out from a wartime prison camp immortalised in The Great Escape. But what is less known – and ignored by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Cassie, DI55, Donald Pleasance, flying cross, James Bond, Ministry of Defence, Out of the Shadows, psychology, RAF, Stag Luft III, The Great Escape, UFO desk, UFO flap, UFO Project, UFOs | 2 Comments

Saucer Sam – the UFO story that convinced a Government minister

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

The second edition of my book The UFO Files – based on the latest documents released by The National Archives – will be published by Bloomsbury in September. One of the most interesting stories from the book was previewed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cambridge University, Churchill Archives, David Clarke, Duncan Sandys, Huffington Post, Lee Spiegel, Lord Cherwell, RAF, Roland Hughes, Saucer Sam, The National Archives, The UFO Files, UFOs, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: RAF

Michael Swiney (1926-2016)

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

The Scottish Roswell

Foxtrot 94 – a Cold War mystery solved

U-2 secret history revealed

Finding Needles in the MoD Haystack – guest blog

UFO? = UAV

Crop Circles – the MI5 file

On The Couch With Cassie

Saucer Sam – the UFO story that convinced a Government minister

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