Watch Ufos The secret evidence. More people than ever believe in the existence of UFOs. But Unidentified isn't the same thing as Extra-Terrestrial, of course. It just means that no government is putting up its hands and saying: "That saucer-shaped thing in the sky with the flashing lights? Oh yes, that's one of ours. We call it Harold." The bad news for anyone hoping for proof that We Are Not Alone is that this scrupulously researched two-hour film is essentially a history of top-secret aerospace technology. Leading defence journalist Nick Cook uses his expert knowledge and contacts to try to get to the bottom of 60 years of real life X-Files.He's certainly not the first person to suggest that the balls of light - known as Foo Fighters - which Allied pilots spotted during the Second World War were unmanned aerial combat vehicles developed by the Nazis.But if you follow the 2,000 German rocket scientists to the States where they were put to work after the war as part of Project Paperclip, even the most famous UFO incident at Roswell in New Mexico starts to make sense. Because if there is life on other planets, it does seem a bit of a coincidence that the aliens' favourite place for a joy ride in their flying saucers is around the White Sands missile base about 150 miles from Roswell.
Nick Cook.
This 2 hour television programme set out to solve some of the great UFO mysteries, perhaps even provide a catch-all explanation for the whole field of Ufology. 'UFOs: The Secret Evidence' was written and presented by journalist Nick Cook, who has been an aviation editor and aerospace consultant for the world-renowned trade publication "Jane's Defence Weekly". His impeccable credentials might suggest a rather stuffy approach to the subject, but Nick Cook actually brings with him a down-to-earth, common sense approach which is refreshing. His stance on UFOs seems open-minded and objective. He also manages to gain interviews with some very intriguing individuals from the aerospace and intelligence fields. The programme started by asserting that UFO reports began during the Second World War. This is an incorrect assertion, unfortunately, ignoring a wealth of historical evidence dating back centuries. Still, it's probably fair to say that the first official military reports on the subject were generated in the 1940s, and that is the focus of Nick's investigation. He tackled the phenomenon of the 'Foo Fighters' reported by airmen during WWII and, with John Dering (a senior scientist at SARA), considered the possibility that the Nazis were sending up prototype Unmanned Aerial Vehicles which were "reusable"! A bizarre technological artefact known as 'the Fly Trap' was visited, and the theory that it was a test-rig for Nazi flying saucers was discussed. This was in the context of a secret Nazi underground base where derro-like scientists played with glowing bell-shaped devices which seemed to defy gravity. This was research which led to the death of several scientists, allegedly.
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