Following my report about UFO sightings released to the National Archive a few days ago, how sad was I then to see a couple of days later (as reported in The Telegraph) that now these reports are going to be put in the bin!

Apparently the Ministry of Defence in the UK is going to destroy all reports after 30 days because it takes up too much of their time and resources. There were 634 UFO sightings recorded in 2009, the highest total since 1978, but just at a time when the numbers are increasing they have decided that they are no longer important enough to deal with! Incidently, the US Dept of Defence stopped collecting reports of sightings way back in 1969.

Last week saw the release by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the UK of the latest batch of unidentified flying object (UFO) related sightings covering the years 1994 to 2000. Over 6000 previously top secret pages detail hundreds of "not of this world" experiences involving close encounters, strange flying objects and eerie lights in the sky!

1996 seems to have been a very busy year for our alien friends with no fewer than 609 reports of sightings being filed with the MOD. Most simply involve descriptions of strange unexplained lights or objects in the sky that leave behind no evidence afterwards, however, just occasionally there is a case that seems to be a little more complex.