Winston Churchill's UFO cover-up as declassified 'X-files' show ex-PM's fears over leaks

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Obsession might be a strong word, but the twice Prime Minister did spend a great deal of time with the Americans discussing the existence of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Perhaps the most salient release came in 2010, when Churchill's name cropped up for the first time, revealing that he had put a 50-year embargo on reporting on a "bizarre" UFO incident that occurred just off the east coast of England.

A scientist whose grandfather was one of Churchill's bodyguards confirmed the story after the files were released.

Nick Pope, who used to investigate UFO sightings for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), told the BBC: "The reason [for the ban] apparently was because Churchill believed it would cause mass panic and it would shatter people's religious views."

During Churchill and Eisenhower's meeting, weapons experts are said to have rejected any notion that the UFO was a missile as that would have been "totally beyond any imagined capabilities of the time".

"Mr Churchill is reported to have made a declaration to the effect of the following: 'This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic among the general population and destroy one's belief in the Church'."

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Churchill's UFO cover-up as declassified 'X-files' show ex-PM's fears over leaks

The wartime leader and national hero worked around the clock to keep a lid on the various UFO sightings made around the UK, archive documents show.

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