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RAF Topcliffe

Near Thirsk, North Yorkshire

RAF crews watch a silver disc follow a jet towards the airfield.

During a major NATO exercise in September 1952, aircrew at RAF Topcliffe watched a Meteor jet coming in to land. Behind it, they said, was a silvery disc.

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When
19 September 1952
Where
54.2050, -1.3820
Group
UFO cases

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Now Dishforth Airfield area; view from public roads.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
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UFO Cases of Britain

Right in the middle of it, over a Yorkshire airfield, a group of RAF personnel saw something that the Air Ministry could not explain, and the press got hold of the story.

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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