Britain Releases Declassified UFO Files & Makes Them Available to Public Online

The truth about UFO's is out there. Now thanks to the British government, it's been made easily available online and can be downloaded by the public in the United Kingdom's National Archives.

To the delight of amateur UFO buffs along with professional ufologists who write books, lecture and make film documentaries on the subject, Britain's Ministry of Defence has released files on incidents involving unidentified flying objects, crop circles and much more.

The years covered in the files released are from 1978 to 1987 and it's only the beginning. This massive dissemination of flying saucer related material will continue for the next three to four years and will ultimately include 160 files of UFO subject matter. To some, there may be disappointment, as the real E.T. hasn't been revealed. It's already clear from those who've looked over the data, there's no smoking ray guy or little green man autopsy report to definitively point to as absolute proof that we're not alone. However the stuff the British government has now released here to the public is nonetheless interesting.

Responding to the public's pressure for requests on information or FOI (Freedom Of Information) requests, the information will now be trickled into the public's hands through the National Archives and all who have interest can go visit here at The National Archives to download the files full of tales of weird flying lights, crop circles and just what the U.K. government thought about all of it.

Wading through this amount of material can be daunting and time consuming, as even the smaller files contain hundreds of pages. The file I downloaded counted in at 144 pages, although as is often the case with declassified information, large portions are blacked out. Right off the bat, the first file warns the reader against the expectations of finding any evidence of alien life forms within the files. Here's an excerpt:

2. The Ministry of Defence does not deny that there are strange things to see in the sky. It believes, however, that there are adequate material explanations for these - satellite debris re-entering the earth's atmosphere, ball lighting, unusual cloud formations.... It certainly has no evidence that alien spacecraft have landed on this planet.

No matter if you're longing for reports on crashed saucers or hungering for absolute proof of extraterrestrial life, don't discount this vast informational resource provided by Britain. The release of this UFO data by a nation's government is still an informative journey into the generally mysterious domain of unidentified flying objects. It's an important step to learning more and treating the subject of UFOs with the respect it deserves.