British embassy report on triangles (1992)
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| Date | 22 December 1992 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Military encounters (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| People | Christopher Mellon, Robert Byrd |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 115 |
| Year | 1992 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1992 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
In December 1992 the British Air Attaché in Washington wrote to the Ministry of Defence commenting on American press coverage of the "Aurora mystery" — reports of a secret U.S. high-speed aircraft linked by some to sightings of large triangular craft. The letter is in an MoD file released to The National Archives in Kew as part of its release of UFO files.[1][2]
The file
The file, DEFE 24/2074, brings together MoD papers on the alleged Aurora aircraft. Besides the Air Attaché's letter, it includes a minute of 1 July 1992 from the Director General of Scientific and Technical Intelligence, who said he would not be surprised if such a project existed; a background note prepared after an article in The Scotsman; a two-page letter from the head of the MoD's air staff secretariat (Sec(AS)) to the U.S. Embassy in February 1993 asking about black-project aircraft; and a later response by the MoD's UFO desk to a freedom-of-information request by researcher David Clarke.[1]
Background
The early 1990s saw intense interest in triangular UFOs, especially after the Belgian wave of 1989–90, when large triangular objects were reported on several nights and Belgian F-16s were scrambled on 30–31 March 1990. British officials were also examining reports of a secret aircraft seen over the North Sea in 1989, often linked to Aurora. The MoD's UFO files, released in tranches to The National Archives, show that allies tried to establish whether the triangles were secret American aircraft.[2][3]
U.S. side
The testimony notes that former Senate Intelligence Committee staff director Christopher Mellon has said he was asked by Sen. Robert Byrd to investigate claims that the United States was secretly flying a black aircraft of this kind. No such aircraft has ever been officially acknowledged.[3][4]
People and topics
- Black triangle — A large, dark, triangular craft often reported since the 1980s.
- UK Ministry of Defence — The British defence department, which ran a UFO desk until 2009.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Belgian UFO wave — Sightings of large triangles over Belgium in 1989–90.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Christopher Mellon — Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who helped release the Navy UAP videos.
- Robert Byrd — Senate leader for whom C. Richard D'Amato and Christopher Mellon investigated black programs.
On the Timeline
- Southaven Park crash claim (24 November 1992) — A book says locals believed a UAP crashed near Brookhaven Lab on Long Island.
- Stubblebine's Mars lecture (1992) (22 May 1992) — Gen. Albert Stubblebine allegedly claims there are structures beneath the surface of Mars.
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References
- DEFE 24/2074 file index (Aurora), The Black Vault (PDF) · documents.theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "UFO reports", The National Archives · nationalarchives.gov.uk · archived copy
- "United Kingdom UFO documents", The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "The North Sea Aurora sighting", Secret Projects forum · secretprojects.co.uk · archived copy
- amp.theguardian.com · amp.theguardian.com · archived copy
- secretprojects.co.uk · secretprojects.co.uk · archived copy
- imgur.com · imgur.com · archived copy
Further reading
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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