Case file · Declassified record
UK Ministry of Defence UFO files released
Between 2008 and 2013 the UK National Archives released the Ministry of Defence's UFO files in batches.
2008 CE · 51.48, -0.28 · status: official
The account
The files include public reports, policy papers and correspondence, the Rendlesham papers, and staff discussions about how to answer the public. Many of the reports from recent decades describe slow-moving lights later explained as Chinese lanterns.
The sceptical view
The MoD consistently concluded that none of the reports showed a defence threat.