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The UK's largest-ever single-night UAP wave occurred on March 30-31, 1993, with reports from USAF bases, RAF stations, police forces, and civilians across England and Wales. The MoD meteorological officer at RAF Shawbury personally observed a triangular craft at 1,000 feet. The MoD admitted receiving over 100 reports from trained professional observers. Nick Pope, the MoD official responsible, called it 'the most significant UAP event in British history.'
On the night of March 30-31, 1993, the United Kingdom experienced its largest single-night concentration of UAP reports in recorded history. Reports flooded in from USAF personnel at Shropshire bases, RAF station personnel at multiple locations, police forces across England and Wales, and hundreds of civilian witnesses. Most significantly, the meteorological officer at RAF Shawbury — a trained professional observer — made a detailed report of a triangular craft at 1,000 feet that he observed at close range, describing a beam of light from the craft searching the ground. The RAF Cosford station also received reports from base personnel. The Ministry of Defence received over 100 reports from what it classified as 'trained professional observers' — a category covering military and police. Nick Pope, the MoD civil servant responsible for UAP investigation at the time, later called the March 1993 UK wave 'the most significant and well-documented UAP event in British history.' The MoD conducted an investigation but reached no definitive conclusion.
This incident is indexed as file DoD-B18-005inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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