Churchill ‘ordered cover-up of UFO encounter’ in war

WINSTON Churchill was accused of covering up a close encounter between an RAF aircraft and a UFO during the Second World War.

The former British prime minister allegedly ordered the unexplained incident should be kept secret for at least 50 years because it would provoke “mass panic”.

The claim, made by a scientist who said his grandfather was one of Churchill’s bodyguards, is recounted in declassified Ministry of Defence UFO files made available online by the National Archives.