London, Feb 18 (ANI): The UK’s Public Record Office has released new UFO-related files.

Amounting to nearly 6000 pages, which are available online, the declassified files mostly cover UFO sighting incidents from 1994-2000. Many are complete with crude drawings of alien spacecraft.

One of the most bewildering reports listed relates to an object flying at speeds of over 1,000 knots as gauged by Prestwick airport in 1999.

As baffling were UFO sightings by cops over the North Sea near Lincolnshire, and a British Airways 737 that reported a near-miss with a mysterious flying object in January 1995.

Another highlight is that there were over 600 reported sightings of mysterious objects over what was labelled the “Bonnybridge Triangle” in Scotland between 1995 and 1997.

But this is not all. Some people even claim to have had direct interaction with UFOs.

For instance, on January 27, 1997, South Wales Police reported claims of a UFO encounter by a driver in Ebbw Vale. The man said his car was covered in a “tube of light” which hovered over it for five minutes. He claimed that his radio and mobile phone did not work at this time. According to the report, the man’s car was left covered in “dust and dirt”.

The report adds: “He felt and was indeed sick later on. He is still feeling ill today [28/1/97] and has developed a skin condition. Advised to see doctor.”

In March 1997, a man in Kingstanding, Birmingham, reported to have seen a 200ft triangle over his back garden. The hovering object caused dogs to bark, he said, before speeding into the sky. It left a “silky white substance” on the trees, which the man reportedly collected in a jam jar. What happened to the contents of the jar is not told.

Several people claimed to have seen a triangular, “humming” UFO near former Home Secretary Michael Howard’s home in Kent on March 8, 1997.

The incident prompted government correspondence, newspaper reports and an RAF investigation.

MoD correspondence concluded: “Although the MoD has received reports of an alleged ‘UFO’ sighting near Michael Howard’s home on March 8, 1997, MoD Air Defence staff have confirmed that there is no evidence to suggest any unauthorised incursion of the UK Air Defence Region on that date.”

David Clarke, a consultant on the new files from Sheffield Hallam University, said UFOs had altered over time, from cigar-shaped objects to flying saucers to triangles reminiscent of The X-Files.

“I think either aliens are watching our telly and adapting their aircraft accordingly or people are seeing these things in popular culture and adapting them in their own imagination,” the Times Online quoted him, as saying.

According to Dr Clarke most alien spacecraft viewing were more likely to be unknown natural phenomena. (ANI)