House of Lords UFO Debate: First-Ever Parliamentary Discussion, 60 Peers Attend
The first-ever UFO debate in the British House of Lords, initiated by Brinsley Le Poer Trench (8th Earl of Clancarty). Sixty peers and hundreds of onlookers attended — one of the best attended debates ever. MoD's Patrick Stevens (S4) had prepared a rebuttal; Lord Strabolgi presented the government's dismissive position. The debate filled 70 pages of Hansard. Clancarty's motion for a government investigation was defeated, but a UFO All-Party Study Group was founded with Lord Hill-Norton (Admiral of the Fleet) and Ralph Noyes among its 30 members.
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On January 18, 1979, the British House of Lords convened its first-ever debate dedicated to the subject of unidentified flying objects. Initiated by Brins
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