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UFO sightings recalled by police eyewitnesses
Septe 10, 2009
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POLICE officers who saw the UFO described in last week's Journal have come forward to give eyewitness accounts of the event.

The unexplained incident, on March 31, 1993, has recently resurfaced due to secret documents being released from The National Archives.

The incident involved numerous reports of a triangular object appearing near the Bristol Channel.

PC Nick Porter, of Barnstaple police station, said: "I thought it had all gone to bed, but when I saw the article, I had to phone and tell my story."

PC Porter and PC Hughes were on night duty driving from Higher Clovelly to Hartland when they saw an object coming from Bideford Bay.

"It was exactly as described in previous articles, and I remember it so clearly to this day," he said.

PC Porter confirmed the object was triangular with three bright white lights, all of which had a vapour trail.

"We thought it was some sort of aircraft initially, but when we got out of the car, it was quite clear it was a UFO," he recalled.

"The strangest thing is that it was deadly silent and just glided off into thin air.

"It was such a surreal moment that can't quite be explained."

The two officers were dubious about sharing their experience.

"I told PC Hughes we couldn't call it in over the radio because who was going to believe us?" said PC Porter.

"However, when we did report it, we found that our colleague in Lynton had seen the same sight."

Barry Mitchell and Gus Cottey were on duty in Ilfracombe when they saw the object in Lynton.

Det Sgt Barry Mitchell, now based at Bideford, said: "The strangest thing about it was the lack of correlation between its size and noise — there was no logic to it.

"I am not saying it was aliens or anything like that, but it was definitely an unidentified flying object."

PC Porter went on a programme about UFOs years later to speak to an expert.

"My mind was put at rest when I was told it was a Russian rocket," he said.

"But if this isn't the case, who knows how to explain it."

PC Porter said they also travelled to Morwenstow monitoring station to talk to government intelligence about the incident.

"We got a negative response from our enquiry, but I am not convinced.

"They would have seen something coming in to their air space.

"But I guess it would be subject to secrecy anyway."

If anyone has any further information regarding the incident, contact 01271 347 440 or scockroft@c-dm.co.uk.