RAF pilots 'too scared' to speak out over UFO encounters
Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots have reportedly seen UFOs during flights but are staying tight-lipped for fear of being grounded, sacked or worse.
Documentary filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee says he's been contacted by several British military pilots who claim to have had real-life run-ins with mysterious unidentified aerial phenomena - or UAPs.
But despite the extraordinary nature of what they saw, they're keeping their mouths shut.
Mark told the Daily Star newspaper: "We have military pilots who have had real-life encounters with UAPs. I have spoken to them. What they say is incredible."
However, these top guns are only prepared to spill the beans under strict anonymity.
The filmmaker said: "They fear the consequences if they were to go on the record. Will they be fired, ridiculed, demoted – even prosecuted – for speaking out? These are their fears."
Mark added that other military personnel and even police officers are scared to speak up about strange sightings in the skies.
He said: "What will happen to their families?
"It's frustrating because unless someone goes on the record, puts their name – and potentially rank – to an event it is impossible to judge and difficult to properly investigate."
The filmmaker claims that the British public is being "kept in the dark" about UFOs.
Mark said: "Information about extraordinary events is being withheld from them."
The RAF has yet to comment on the claims.
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