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The Manston Shoot-Down Order

RAF Manston, Kent

An American pilot is ordered to fire his rockets at a UFO.

Lieutenant Milton Torres, a USAF pilot flying from RAF Manston, was scrambled to intercept an object tracked by radar over East Anglia. He said he was ordered to fire a full salvo of rockets at it.

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When
20 May 1957
Where
51.3420, 1.3460
Group
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The old airfield has an RAF museum open to visitors.

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UFO Cases of Britain

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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