Churchill Ordered UFO Cover-Up, National Archives Show

Winston Churchill allegedly ordered a cover-up of a UFO encounter during World War II, according to newly released secret files from the UK’s National Archives[1][4]. The incident, reported by an RAF bomber crew returning from a mission in Germany, involved a metallic UFO that appeared to hover noiselessly off the English coast before suddenly disappearing[1][4].

Churchill reportedly discussed this event with U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and ordered it to be kept secret for at least 50 years to prevent “mass panic” and protect people’s faith in the Church[1][4]. This claim was made in a 1999 letter to the Ministry of Defence by the grandson of a former RAF crew member who was allegedly present at the meeting[1][2].

Key points from the released files:

1. The UK government took UFO sightings seriously in the 1950s, with the Joint Intelligence Committee receiving weekly reports on UFO sightings[10].

2. In 1957, the committee received an average of one UFO sighting report per week[10].

3. UFO sighting reports in the UK peaked in 1996 with over 600 reports, coinciding with the popularity of the TV show “The X-Files”[10].

4. The files contain information on the “Welsh Roswell” incident from 1974, where people reported seeing lights in the sky and feeling ground tremors[10].

5. The Ministry of Defence’s UFO inquiry desk was closed down in 2009[10].

6. These 18 files, covering 1995 to 2003, are part of a three-year project between the Ministry of Defence and the National Archives to release UFO-related documents[10].

7. The files are being made public due to the high number of Freedom of Information Act requests on the subject since 2005[10].

While the Ministry of Defence could not find any written record of the alleged Churchill-Eisenhower meeting, they acknowledged that UFO files from before 1967 were generally destroyed after five years due to insufficient public interest[1][4]. The veracity of the claim remains unconfirmed, but Churchill was known to have expressed interest in UFOs[4].

These revelations highlight the historical significance of UFO sightings and the government’s approach to handling such reports during and after World War II[10].

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^{[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/churchill-ufo-winston-churchill-order-ufo-cover-avoid/story?id=11333892
[2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/winston-churchill-ordered-ufo-coverup/
[3] https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40545425.pdf
[4] https://theweek.com/articles/492035/did-winston-churchill-cover-ufo-sighting
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5k0K4EzDw
[6] https://pubhtml5.com/iorx/euqk/Winston_Churchill._The_Second_World_War/
[7] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/did-churchill-and-eisenhower-cover-up-ufo-encounter-2043641.html
[8] https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/q:en:Winston_Churchill
[9] https://shura.shu.ac.uk/23868/9/Clarke_Churchill’s_secret_war_sup1_(AM).pdf
[10] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-1085390}