
© Agence France-PresseDemanded info on UFOs: Winston Churchill
Hundreds of UFO sightings by Britons, including one who developed a skin condition after a supernatural encounter, emerged in files which also show Winston Churchill's interest in the issue.
The most unusual of the newly declassified Ministry of Defence files tells how a man in Ebbw Vale, south Wales, claimed his car was surrounded for five minutes by a "tube of light" in 1997.
The man, who reported the incident to police, was sick the next day and also developed a mysterious skin condition.
"First sighting seemed like a massive star moving towards the car," the previously top secret police report said.
"Having stopped the car and switched the lights off, the light encircled the car, remaining for perhaps five minutes.
"[The man] was able to walk through the light which was very bright. There was no sound, no aircraft or helicopter noise, and besides feeling ill [he] was very frightened."
Comment: This is similar to the sighting by another person on the same date in close proximity of time.
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