We saw the UFO |
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| In The UFO Conspiracy (Spectrum,
March 19) you state that the Lakenheath incident was
thoroughly investigated by Philip Klass of Aviation Week.
How is it that I, one of the main participants, was never
approached? I was Chief Fighter Controller at the main radar station in Norfolk on the night in question. My duties were to monitor the radar picture and to scramble the battle flight, who were on standby 24 hours a day, to intercept any intruder of British airspace not identified. I remember Lakenheath ringing to say there was something "buzzing" their airfield circuit but they couldn't see what it was. I scrambled a Venom night fighter from the battle flight and my controller in the interception cabin took over control of it. The interceptor cabin crew consisted of one fighter controller (an officer), a corporal, a tracker and a height reader. That is, four people as well as myself, could see the object on our radar. HQ Fighter Command was kept in the picture and a full report made. A senior officer from Air Ministry came down and interrogated me and others. We were told not to discuss it and for 22 years I have kept silent. What puzzles me is, how did the story, garbled as it was, come out? F H C Wimbledon (RAF retd) Guildford |
Letter from F.H.C.Wimbledon to the Sunday Times, 9 April 1978 |
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