§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent official records are kept of sightings of unidentified flying objects; what Departments within the Air Ministry exist solely to collate information on this question; and to what extent this information suggests that some of the unidentified phenomena may not originate from this planet.
Mr. WardIf a report of an unidentified flying object has a bearing on the air defence of this country it is investigated and the results recorded. No staff are employed whole-time on the task. Although some of the objects have not been identified for lack of data, nothing suggests that they are other than mundane.