This other researcher, informed myself that while on a walking trip in Scotland, he had got chatting to a man who during there conversations Told "N". That he was a N.A.T.O Tornado Jet pilot. During there walk and convesations they discussed a Number of things including the now Infamous flying triangles.."N" had told me that he asked the direct question to the pilot.

"So what happened with that Sheffield thing". "N" informed me that The pilot informed him that it was the Americans fault that night, and also stated that there was indeed a dead N.A.T.O pilot involved during this incident with the flyimg triangle.

I would also like to draw your attention to a rather strange occurrence that happened, when Mr Mark Bell of the W.U.F.O.G Group who has also produced a CD-Rom, which includes the Sheffield incident as part of its contents. He was at I believe LBC radio in London promoting the CD-Rom, Before he went on the air they asked him about what he wished to talk about and one of the things he told them was the Sheffield case. Just before he went on air. He was informed that he could not talk about the Sheffield incident. I feel that this was rather strange Behaviour from the radio station.

Is there a D notice non reporting of the Flying triangle in our media. Or is the Sheffield case under a D notice restriction? For more info about the happenings at the radio station you can contact Mark Bell at mark@wufog.freeserve.co.uk Ok now that I hope that I have brought you up to speed regarding this case, let’s move on with a brief summary before we get to the conclusions.

The nights’ events for me began on 24 March 1997 with a telephone call to my home at about 21.55, from the witness Emma Maidenhead. During my investigation it has become apparent that there are eight clear witnesses to the UFO, with a number of other possible reports contained in the police log. There were multiple sonic booms or air explosions occurring at 21.52 and 22.06 and the UFO was tracked on radar between the time frame of 21.55 to 22.05. (The radar track occurred in between the sonic occurrences.) The triangle appears to have been intercepted by the military jets, as is confirmed by three of the witnesses. A covert low flying mission taking place at the time was booked to be on the ground at approximately 21.07. The question must be asked why were the jets still in the air over thirty minutes after they were booked to land? This is in breach of orders, unless of course they were ordered to intercept the UFO, this would explain why they were in the air well after they were booked to land.

The military still have not admitted to causing the sonic booms or air explosions, which occurred at 21.52 and 22.06 but the M.O.D have changed their version of events on at least four occasions. Why would a training mission warrant such secrecy and denials, after all is said and done training missions are pretty mundane!

The triangle was seen in the area by five clear independent witnesses, another three witnesses all saw the glowing orange object moving across the night sky over the town of Dronfield, the city of Sheffield and the surrounding rural areas. Three of the witnesses to the triangle saw the triangle either being escorted or intercepted by six military jets, six of the triangle sightings occurred between the time frame of 21.45 to 22.15.The weather conditions on that night were, clear skies with very little cloud cover and only a light breeze, therefore the possibility of atmospheric conditions causing the sonic events must be discounted.

I believe a number of questions need answering.

Were there any other military aircraft over the skies of the UK on the 24th March 1997? The fact that there were three clear sightings by members of the public who saw the jets in very close proximity to the Triangle, almost 30 minutes after they were booked to return, should preclude the answer. Unless in fact the jets involved in the incident, were involved in a covert low flying mission, and were told to intercept the triangle.

The jets were there thirty minutes after they were booked to land why?

Were these jets not connected to the ones on the low flying training mission? Jets were in the area between the time frame of 21.45 to 22.00. This coincides with the numerous reports of UFO’s that I have collated over the last sixteen months.

The witnesses are quire clear that what they saw was neither, a plane or a meteorite, in particular to the report to the police by, Mr Bryan Haslam who reported his sighting of the flying triangle at 19.40. Although this was two hours before the main aspects of the incident it should not be discounted, the police felt it prudent enough to include it in the incident log. His sighting occurred while it was still just daylight, he was quite clear about what he saw.

I feel that questions remain unanswered about events over the Peak District on the 24th March 1997. The fact that the M.O.D. have changed their version of events on a number of occasions shows that something is not quite right. All these changing stories are just not warranted for something as mundane as a training exercise.

Perhaps most significant is the taped testimony of Mr Jonathan Dagenhart a member of the RAF, who in no uncertain terms stated that he encountered a man on Snake Pass (in the Peak District) about 1 hour after the sonic events or air explosions occurred who was stinking of aviation fuel, this was within a couple of miles of where the incident occurred. He has since tried to retract his statement informing me that he had been spoken to!

When I asked him to elaborate he stated that he was not allowed to comment with regard to who had spoken to him. Let us now look at the conclusions.

The Sheffield Incident... March 24th 1997 - Timed duration of incident 19.40 to 23.45

Conclusions

First of all we must look at the eye witness testimonies. At this point I would like to state that none of the witnesses to the Triangle have met or spoken to each other, nor have they read each others statements. Further to this I would like to state that I have either spoken to witnesses in person or taken their statements directly from the police log.

Bryan Haslam, saw the triangle at 19.40 he said to the police "I was on a train between Sheffield to Keighley, around the Barnsley area I saw a triangular shaped object hovering near the railway line, it was lit up all around. There's no point in you looking for a crashed plane it definitely wasn't a plane." "Thinks we are wasting are time". Bryan is adamant about what he saw…

The fact that, this sighting was included in the police log of the incident plus the fact that it is obviously a valid UFO sighting, reported to the police on the 25th March concerning events on the 24th March 1997 confirms that Helen Jackson MP has been lied to during the tabling of questions in the House of Parliament. The question then needs answering why is a Member of Parliament being lied to? This is a very serious offense.

Why have the MOD taken the stance that they have if nothing occurred that night? Emma Maidenhead, saw the triangle at 21.45 - 21.48. "The triangle UFO flew straight over the house in Dronfield heading towards the moors, it was at a height of approximately 200/300ft and had pink / cerise type lights." These were around what she described as the front. Emma also stated that it had "a huge circular almost blinding electric blue light underneath and it was humming like the sound an electrical substation makes or wet power lines but much louder." Emma felt quite ill for about thirty minutes after the incident.

Dan Grayson, saw the triangle at least one and a half hours after the sonic events or air explosions occurred 23.30 - 23.45. Dan had the triangle in sight for fifteen minutes. "It was huge, triangular in shape and hovering silently, then it slowly moved off, it was being shadowed by an unmarked black helicopter." This sighting was within a mile and a half of where the sonic events or air explosions occurred and within three miles of where Jonathan Dagenhart encountered the man who smelt of aviation fuel. Husband and wife - new witnesses.

I was also contacted by two more witnesses to the flying triangle, in the Parsons Cross, area of Sheffield. This is just about in a direct line between Dronfield and High Bradfield, in the time frame and in the flight path. Although I have not seen the full hand written statement from these witnesses it is apparent that these witnesses have also seen the triangle at very close proximity and described it as being the size of a 747 jet. Apparently three jets flew over at high speed and low altitude, then a few moments later the triangle appeared. It was, according to the husband and wife, just after the triangle had disappeared from view that three more jets came over. All the jets and the triangle were at the same height and traveling in the same direction. At present I am waiting for the full hand written statement. 

All five witnesses are clearly describing the same object. All of these sightings occurred on the west side of the city of Sheffield bordering the Peak District.

Mr. Rhodes saw a glowing orange object heading over the Ridgeway towards the Peaks. He believed it to be a UFO and had been looking for a UFO hotline to report the sighting to this occurred at 21.50.

Mrs Dronfield saw a cigar shaped object coming from the direction of High Bradfield it was very low and glowing orange, it disappeared behind the houses towards the Strines area .I believe that these two witnesses saw the triangle from the side so that it would appear cigar shaped. PC Jarvis saw a bright object moving across the night sky, from Stannington towards High Bradfield, but he thought it was Hale Bopp.

OK let's now look at all the witnesses to the military jets in the area on the night of the 24th March 1997. These witness statements are very important to proving the involvement of the authorities in a cover-up of the events. Bearing in mind that the RAF at first denied even having any planes in the air that night, the military have now at least admitted to having planes over the North Sea, the jets were witnessed taking off from RAF Conningsby at 20.45 on the night of March 24th but apparently they were nowhere near the Peak District.

Update: The MOD have now claimed that they were involved in a covert low flying exercise on the 24th March 1997. Tony Megson and Paul Bradley both saw and heard jets flying low and fast over Shire Green in Sheffield heading in the direction of the Dronfield area. This occurred at 21.45. Both teams in a football game and their supporters all saw and heard the jets flying over Dronfield at 21.45 on the night of the 24^th March 1997. Emma Maidenhead witnessed six Tornados flying low and fast at the same height as the UFO and heading in the same direction, they were traveling in pairs about twenty seconds apart. There were also helicopters and light aircraft in the area. In her words, "It was like an air show I have never seen so much air traffic in the sky over a built up area at the same time." This all occurred between 21.45 - 21.48. Mr. Brassington (ex RAF officer) reported to the police that between the time frame of 21.30 - 22.00 "Two RAF jets came over low fast then a twin engine plane circled twice over Dronfield very low."

Now I feel we should look at the evidence regarding the radar operator from RAF Linton On Ouse.

The UFO was tracked on radar for a ten minute period from 21.55 at RAF Linton On Ouse.

When the radar operator was re-contacted on the 26th March by his friend of 16 years who he had been to school with he said "I cannot make any further comment or I will be in breach of my national security oath."(Official secrets act)

It has been alleged since that the radar was not operating on the 24^th March 1997 however, the triangle sightings coincided with the military activity in the skies over the town of Dronfield, the city of Sheffield, and the surrounding rural areas. For the radar operator to have made the whole thing up I believe, is a statistical improbability. Why would a radar operator from the Royal Signals at Linton on Ouse have fabricated the radar tracking of the UFO? It is not an option, his evidence is too precise to be made up.

Two sonic booms were registered over the Sheffield area, the first one at 21.52 and the second sonic boom was 14 minutes, later at 22.06. The authorities made an announcement to the media that a Bolide meteor exploding in the atmosphere caused the sonic boom and was also responsible for all the reports of a crashed plane, that was before I discovered the second and earlier sonic boom at 21.52. Incidentally the two sonic booms are either side of the radar operators statement that he tracked a UFO on radar at 21.55 until 22.05.

The radar operator stated that he could not discuss the events of March 24th or he would be in breach of his national security oath (official secrets act). Well the question begs, how would a Bolide meteor under any circumstance be in respect of national security unless we are expecting some sort of Bolide meteor attack!

With the discovery of the earlier sonic boom at 21.52, perhaps the authorities will now state that it was in fact two Bolide meteors. Or will they claim that a Bolide meteor traveling at thousands of miles an hour exploded then hung around in the atmosphere over Sheffield for a full 14 minutes, exploded again and that the laws of physics cease to exist over Howden Moors.

Update: It has now been confirmed that there was no space debris in the atmosphere over Northern England on the 24^th March 1997. It also proves the lengths that the authorities will go to in the placement of cover stories. It confirms what I have been saying all along, that there were in fact no Bolide meteors

This I feel completely exposes the Bolide meteor cover story and immediately implicates the authorities in a conspiracy to conceal the facts from the public. The Bolide meteor debunking exercise has been used countless times across the world to cover up well documented UFO sightings, other debunker favorites include, a weather balloon, a flock of birds, swamp gas, the planet Venus and yes the Bolide meteor.

So the question remains what is the connection between credible documented UFO sightings and the sudden appearance of the Bolide meteor phenomena. Well it seems obvious they are one and the same thing, the cover story that fitted the situation best from the World Governments manual - How to debunk a UFO flap.

The governments of the world do not deny that UFO's exist but they deny that they are extra terrestrial in origin coming from the MJ12 / Project sign / Blue Book / Grudge agenda, which all stem from a larger group known as the Jason control group.

I also have in my possession sixteen documents recovered from the public records office at Kew London.

These confirm at least seven secret departments, operating inside the armed forces who have been carrying out investigations into the subject of UFO's in a covert manner, including the sending out of field operatives to interview witnesses pertaining to UFO sightings, as well as interaction between similar

American groups, and the playing down of the whole subject so as to not fuel an outcry for a public investigations into the subject of UFO's in the Houses of Parliament.

In one communication, between UK and US groups, it is mentioned, with regard to UFO's here in the UK, that as we play down the subject, UFO's have only been mentioned in the houses of Parliament once in the last five or six years, (60's) and then only in a perfunctory way. All these secret groups who the MOD claim do not exist, all operate behind the scenes of the front window letter writing UFO office at Whitehall, now known as Air Staff 2a.

The following day men of unknown origin were active in the area and were involved in the nights events, looking like C.I.D. in twin aerial cars they were questioning witnesses without showing any ID.

Sharon Aldridge, and her friend were circled by an unmarked black helicopter.

Just after they heard the whirring noise near the Strines Reservoir. So clearly helicopters were on the scene at least an hour before the rescue services were called out. Then there is the sighting by Mr Dan Grayson of an unmarked black helicopter ghosting the triangle between 23.30 and 23.45.

On the news desk at Hallam FM Mr. James Harvey stated that the police were not being forthcoming when further inquiries were made regarding the night of March 24th. He felt they were being uncooperative and evasive when he approached the police press office at South Yorkshire Police Headquarters.

Triangle data is avaliable from at least 20 other countries around the world, immediately discounting claims made in some areas that these craft are part of some top secret British Stealth type project, well this simply does not hold water. For a start why fly a top secret craft over a built up area?

Identical sightings of these 200/300ft Triangles being sighted in at least 20 other countries further discounts the terrestrial top secrets crafts idea. It is hardly a top secret when at least 20 other countries around the world would it appear have the same 200/300ft triangular shaped craft which have the control of gravity. Not much of a secret if you ask me, so by rational alone these triangles are not terrestrial, although I believe the British Government may be test flying a smaller 30-50ft triangle around the north west of England at the moment. Probably built with recovered ET technology.

These larger triangular craft are I believe without doubt extra terrestrial in origin. also terrestrial I believe that due to the amount of triangle sightings around the planet.

We are dealing with both. As well as that I will go as far as to say that some of these triangles are being flown and controlled by the beings known as the 'Greys'. One of my abductees from the Leeds area clearly remembers without the use of hypnotic regression being floated up into a triangle craft on the 3rd July 1996 at 11.30 while sunbathing in a field near her home. She remembers a hexagon shaped room and being surrounded by 6 small 'Grays', the tests and contact with a five foot gray being who said he was 'the doctor'. The encounter included mind scan, telepathy and the loss of 3 hours of time. But that's another story.

The RAF set up a dangerous flying zone was also set up for a ten mile radius around Howden Moors. Then there is the testimony of the new age traveler who said that the military had lost a Tornado jet and the pilot. Mr. Morton and his mother saw an orange glow then plumes of smoke from their home at Bolderstone over towards Featherbed Top. A straight line from their home passes through Howden reservoir.

Leicester Arkwright (unsubstantiated at this time) Claims to have seen the RAF pulling bodies out of the Howden reservoir just before midday on the 25th March. The authorities called the search off 60 minutes later.

Then there is the original statement from Mr Dagenhart who is a member of the RAF. Who with no doubt in his mind what so ever stated that about 23.00 he encountered a man on the small viaduct at Ladybower reservoir, who was stinking of aviation fuel.

It is without doubt that the military are involved in a large cover up regarding the attempted interception of the triangle, including conspiracy, the placement of cover stories and debunking of witnesses.

The damming evidence from a member of Royal Air Force, a jet engine specialist, who encountered the pilot or the co-pilot on Snake Pass about an hour after the explosions occurred, stinking of aviation fuel within three miles of Howden Moors. This witness was 100% certain that he smelled aviation fuel on the man he encountered while on a mini bus on the 24th March 1997 until he was spoken to and had to retract his statement.

There were no parked vehicles anywhere in the area. The man smelled strongly of aviation fuel and was said to be of easterly extraction. Indian/Pakistani and dressed in dark brown clothing. The olive green flying suit worn by pilots in the dark would appear to be dark brown, coupled with the fact that he was smelling strongly of aviation fuel. He was about three miles from Howden Reservoir.

If the distance of three miles had been covered in 1 hour allowing for the time necessary to un-hitch his parachute then walking at 3-4 miles an hour, it would place him exactly where he was encountered by the mini bus.

I feel that this is without doubt the pilot or the co-pilot of a Tornado jet who was soaked in aviation fuel and was making his way to the nearest metropolis so as to alert the military. (As was reported by the new age traveler when he said the RAF have lost a jet and the pilot).

If the man had broken down or run out of fuel most people would say,

"I have run out of fuel or I have broken down can you give me a lift," this man just said "I need to get to Sheffield" without giving any explanation as why he was stinking of aviation fuel. The normal behavior would have been to explain your predicament so as to obtain assistance.

Update:

Through a source Mr. Dagenhart has been ordered to retract his statement. He however would not tell me who had contacted him and ordered him to retract his statement. I reiterate to you all, I have the Dagenhart tape and he first of all made all comments freely and without prompting.

The RAF are trying to make someone retract a statement about something that they claim never happened anyway WHY ?

Planes landing at Manchester airport adjust incoming flight paths accordingly. A copy of the notam had been impossible for me to obtain. I had been given the run-around over it by West Drayton A.I.S man Mr. Robert Farugia who sent me all over the UK between Mr. Banning's office, his assistant Mr. Jakes (the civil aviation authority) and then over to Manchester airport. Then I was moved all over the shop by Manchester air traffic control, then Mrs. Doreen Hampson gave me the fob off. I was finally told that the notam had been filed in the archive and that without the notam number it would be impossible to retrieve the notam. When I asked how to obtain the notam number I was politely told that the notam number would be printed on the top of the notam. (Notice to airman)

Update:

I have finally been able to obtain the notam (notice to airman) from the A.I.S at Heathrow airport, but have left the original notes so as you can be aware of how difficult it had been for me to obtain the above..

And the fact that I was given the run-around by the authorities concerning the temporary danger area.

With regard to the Bolide meteor hypothesis, the following statement also completely contradicts the Bolide story.

Statement from the USA Geological Survey ( bolide meteor characteristics)

USGS - US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center

What is a Bolide? There is no consensus on its definition, but we use it to mean an extraterrestrial body in the 1-10-km size range, which impacts the earth at velocities of literally faster than a speeding bullet (20-70 km/sec = Mach 75), explodes upon impact, and creates a large crater. " is a generic term, used to imply that we do not know the precise nature of the impacting body . . . whether it is a rocky or metallic asteroid, or an icy comet, for example.

No mention of the Bolide exploding in the atmosphere or causing sonic booms, I feel this must now completely debunk the authorities Bolide meteor theory the facts of the night of the 24th March 1997 are not even consistent with a professional description of a Bolide meteor.

Update:

Although it has now been confirmed that there was no space debris over the north of England on the 24th March 1997.

I have kept all the data in the report so as you can be aware of how many different versions of events the authorities have been using as it became necessary to modify the cover story so as to keep apace with the veracity of my conclusions. 

These changes in tack by the MOD should not have been necessary if, as they now state, the events that transpired were the result of something as mundane as a low-level training mission. A training mission that, I must point out, should have landed at 21.20, the time it was booked to end. This strangely however is 25 minutes before the incident occurred, so were the jets seen at the time of the incident totally separate from those participating in the low level training mission ? If not why were they still in the air half an hour after they were booked to land?

The military are usually sharp and prompt when it comes to military timetables, they do not accept easily pilots who disregard orders. The question then begs, were the jets seen during the time of the ‘Sheffield Incident’ involved in the training mission, which the military at first claimed took place over the North Sea? Were they instructed to intercept the UFO? Would that not explain why they were in the air thirty minutes after they were supposed to have landed.

I feel the evidence leads strongly to the distinct possibility that a jet has crashed and I must conclude that something had in fact impacted or exploded on the 24th March 1997.

The MOD as with all military establishments tend to police their own and therefore I believe it is very unlikely that they would report themselves to the CAA with regard to RAF jets breaching the sound barrier over the Peaks.

I believe that they were in pursuit of the triangle over the Peak District. I also feel that the explosions were not sonic booms after all but were in fact air explosions caused either by one of the jets exploding or the discharge of weapons. It could even have been the use of an EM weapon which either discharged or affected the electronics on board of one of the tornado jets causing it to explode or crash while in close proximity of the triangle.

1.Fact..Airborne ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) can knock out enemy radar, blanketing it in high powered radiation and causing complete loss of screen images, or confusing it with multiple plots.

2.Fact..EMP from a nuclear burst known as a 'click' it can destroy radio, radar and electrical circuits, or simply stop them working for a while, depending on the strength of the burst, if this is true It is hardly surprising that the government want to suppress this evidence.

It is without doubt that, given the chain of events that occurred, the triangle data pointing to them often traveling in pairs and that the authorities seem to be lying about events over the Peaks between 19.40 and 23.45 on the 24th March.

If it was just a Tornado gone down on a training exercise, like many have over the years, there would have been no need to conceal the loss the jet from the media. Unless of course something far more serious had occurred with mitigating circumstances and they just could not afford the risk of any exposure so the cover story was put out. The Bolide meteor story that is, but that has been debunked with the double sonic booms recorded and, at first, the denials of aircraft in the area. Other stories about the night of the 24th March have done the rounds, including it was a drug drop, or it was a micro light club prank, (Hudson Valley sightings 1980 - New York), or it was a ghost plane. All designed to confuse the issue and get people into a situation where they do not know what to believe.

This is nothing more or less than a covert classic cover-up with all the usual dis-information.

Whether, the air explosions were sonic booms, or a tornado jet exploding and a sonic boom, or a tornado jet exploding and the discharge of weapons, or the triangle going supersonic, the damming testimony of a member of the RAF who can positively confirm with no doubt in his mind what so ever that he encountered a man on the viaduct approx, 1 hour after the explosions were heard, stinking of aviation fuel proves there is more to the evenings events than what the public have been led to believe. I feel that they could not announce that a Tornado had crashed, as they could not afford to have the media crawling all over the area and risk any chance of this incident being exposed.

I therefore must conclude that, The Tornado jet has crashed either due to pilot error or malfunctioned. Because of the use of EM technology in the propulsion system of this craft which has affected the electrical systems of the Jet while being in close proximity of the Triangle causing the pilot to lose control while being involved in this low level interception.

Or that the triangle has released an EM burst known as a click which has knocked out the systems of the jet causing the jet to crash.

It is possible that this triangle craft may have been some new military hardware. With the jets as an escort or perhaps they were on some sort of war games to test the capability of such a craft, maybe one of the jets has crashed due to pilot error or malfunction.

If such advanced aircraft as the FT exists, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered:-

Why would they be test flown, low, over heavily built up areas of the U.K? Such an aircraft would be designated 'Top Secret' and normally flown from establishments such as Boscombe Down. The military simply would not test fly something of such advanced technology over urban area’s if they wished to keep this advanced craft a secret from: 

A: The public

B: Other foreign powers who are always on the lookout for new technology. Through intelligence gathering and the chance of obtaining such technology through industrial espionage, so as to at least maintain the status quo or gain the advantage in avionics and weapon systems for the defense of their own nation states.

It is foolish to even consider that a country, which won two wars through its intelligence gathering and its ability to keep its military secrets safe from foreign powers, would fly these triangles without a care in the World. For all to see when these craft show technology far in advance of anything that is as advertised as being part of the UK defense support.

With all the triangle sightings from at least twenty other countries across the planet, are we to believe that all these countries have designed and built and test flying these craft at the same time, which would constitute a massive breach of security for the originator of the technology.

Digest the evidence and I hope you will agree that the above points are the only rational conclusions that can be drawn. Based on the first rate corroborated evidence and, may I also use the word substantiated, testimonies of credible public sector employees, former military witnesses and the observant professional people from the Sheffield area.

I hereby state, that the evidence contained in this dossier is what I believe to be a true and accurate statement regarding the sighting and military contact, culminating in the loss of at least one N.A.T.O Tornado jet and pilot or co-pilot during an encounter with what I believe to be either. 

1.An extra terrestrial spacecraft on the 24th March 1997.

2.A craft of terrestrial of origin and triangular design.

Obviously my research into this incident is ongoing and I will keep you informed of any further developments.

I would also like to thank you for taking the time to examine my research, if any of the readers have any information regarding this case, however insignificant you may feel it is I would be pleased to look at it. We need each other if we are going to get to the bottom of the UFO enigma, let’s start working together on this.

Your comments are welcome on this matter.

Maxwell Brierley Burns, United Kingdom

Reprinted with permission of the author.

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