British military ‘wanted to acquire UFO technology to protect Brits’

British military thought there was a ‘basis in fact’ to the UFO sightings (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The British military thought there was ‘basis in fact’ to UFO sightings and wanted to get their hands on the ‘extraterrestrial’ technology, previously secret files show.

Confidential memos from the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) within the Ministry of Defence warned that ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ (UAP) were a ‘potential threat’ to the UK in the 1990s.

The documents ...