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A pair of puzzles that planetary scientists have observed amidst 3,800 different systems may have been solved with the aid of a new model.

Arguably the most fascinating British ‘UFO’ case in the last 35 years took place on a remote Scottish hillside one evening in August 1990. For years it has perplexed those who have looked into it, and not only due to the mysterious nature of the craft which was observed.

Within the MOD UFO files civil servants, intelligence officers and military staff debate how the British Government should respond to growing public interest in the phenomena and what they called ‘the media’s obsession with UFOs’.

In his UK Restricted minute ‘Wrap Up of UAP Material’ dated 22 March 2000 the report’s author – a retired RAF scientist – refers to a collection of slides and photographs that he consulted in the MoD’s archive. These contained images of the ‘ASTRA/AURORA‘ project – a top secret, hypersonic Cold War spyplane.