The British government releases thousands of files related to flying-saucer sightings over the years.
Charles Cooper
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Between 1959 and 2007, Britain's Defense Intelligence branch has logged "more than 11,000 UFO reports." One of them featured this photo of a strange light in the sky over Sri Lanka. This photo was taken by an RAF officer on vacation with his wife and then put into the U.K.'s National Archive.
Another view of light in sky over Sri Lanka. The British government has released 8,500 pages of previously classified documents detailing its decades-long effort to respond to the public's insistence that flying saucers exist.
