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British Newspapers Say RAF, Dutch Air Force Chased Giant UFO
The London newspapers Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported this week that jet interceptors of
the Royal Air Force and the Netherlands Air Force had pursued a giant triangular UFO over the
North Sea.
According to the Daily Mail, the phased-array radar network at RAF Fylingdales in North
Yorkshire picked up an "unusual craft (that was) tracked flying in a zigzag pattern at 17,000 miles
per hour (27,200 kilometers per hour) over the North Sea."
An RAF fighter squadron was sent to intercept the object. The Netherlands Air Force "also tracked
the UFO but the two (Dutch) F-16 fighters scrambled to intercept the object were unable to keep
up" with it.
The UFO dodged the Dutch fighters, increasing its speed to 24,000 miles per hour (38,400
kilometers per hour), and shot away to the northeast, heading for the Atlantic Ocean.
"RAF officials were said to be baffled by the object... 'It was definitely under control, judging by the
various manoeuvres executed,' said a spokesman. 'It appeared to be triangular and was around the
size of a battleship (about 900 feet long) (273 meters--J.T.).'"
According to the Daily Telegraph, "Tapes to be shown to British and American experts are said to
show objects that change shape and in mid-air and a battleship-sized aircraft traveling at 33 times
the speed of sound."
The presentation of the radar tapes will be made in June at the Space Symposium to be held at the
Air Warfare Center at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.
The newspaper articles appeared on Monday, April 27, 1998. The RAF Press Office denied that a
joint air operation against a giant UFO had taken place, adding, "Yes, there is a conference at the
Air Warfare Center at RAF Cranwell in June, but this is to discuss military strategies in outer
space--not UFOs."
The Daily Telegraph said Wednesday, April 29, that it stands by its story and its "RAF source."
According to Graham W. Birdsall, editor of the UK's UFO Magazine, the "RAF source" is Philip
Burden, a former Ministry of Defence employee who served as editor of the in-house RAF
publication RAF News ten years ago. (See the Daily Telegraph for April 27, 1998, "RAF Spots
Speeding UFOs with New Radar," and the Daily Mail for April 27, 1998, "24,000 MPH UFO
Buzzes Britain." Many thanks to Errol Bruce-Knapp, Graham W. Birdsall and Dave Clarke of
BUFORA for making the newspaper articles available.)
The London newspapers Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported this week that jet interceptors of
the Royal Air Force and the Netherlands Air Force had pursued a giant triangular UFO over the
North Sea.
According to the Daily Mail, the phased-array radar network at RAF Fylingdales in North
Yorkshire picked up an "unusual craft (that was) tracked flying in a zigzag pattern at 17,000 miles
per hour (27,200 kilometers per hour) over the North Sea."
An RAF fighter squadron was sent to intercept the object. The Netherlands Air Force "also tracked
the UFO but the two (Dutch) F-16 fighters scrambled to intercept the object were unable to keep
up" with it.
The UFO dodged the Dutch fighters, increasing its speed to 24,000 miles per hour (38,400
kilometers per hour), and shot away to the northeast, heading for the Atlantic Ocean.
"RAF officials were said to be baffled by the object... 'It was definitely under control, judging by the
various manoeuvres executed,' said a spokesman. 'It appeared to be triangular and was around the
size of a battleship (about 900 feet long) (273 meters--J.T.).'"
According to the Daily Telegraph, "Tapes to be shown to British and American experts are said to
show objects that change shape and in mid-air and a battleship-sized aircraft traveling at 33 times
the speed of sound."
The presentation of the radar tapes will be made in June at the Space Symposium to be held at the
Air Warfare Center at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.
The newspaper articles appeared on Monday, April 27, 1998. The RAF Press Office denied that a
joint air operation against a giant UFO had taken place, adding, "Yes, there is a conference at the
Air Warfare Center at RAF Cranwell in June, but this is to discuss military strategies in outer
space--not UFOs."
The Daily Telegraph said Wednesday, April 29, that it stands by its story and its "RAF source."
According to Graham W. Birdsall, editor of the UK's UFO Magazine, the "RAF source" is Philip
Burden, a former Ministry of Defence employee who served as editor of the in-house RAF
publication RAF News ten years ago. (See the Daily Telegraph for April 27, 1998, "RAF Spots
Speeding UFOs with New Radar," and the Daily Mail for April 27, 1998, "24,000 MPH UFO
Buzzes Britain." Many thanks to Errol Bruce-Knapp, Graham W. Birdsall and Dave Clarke of
BUFORA for making the newspaper articles available.)