{"type":"events","slug":"1993-cosford-incident","title":"Cosford Incident","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1993-cosford-incident","description":"Witnesses, including police, saw a huge triangular craft over Shropshire, UK on 31 March 1993","date":"1993-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Sighting"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":3,"status":"unknown","lat":52.64,"lng":-2.305,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Night of the triangles\n\nMultiple observers across England reported low-flying triangular craft with bright lights.[^1][^2] At RAF Cosford, a police officer described a silent object speeding away toward the horizon.[^1]\n\n## Ministry investigation\n\nThe UK Ministry of Defence collected 70 reports but concluded no conventional aircraft matched the descriptions. The event is cited as one of Britain’s most compelling UFO cases.\n\n[^1]: [The National Archives, August 2009 UFO files highlights guide](https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/aug-2009-highlights-guide.pdf)\n[^2]: [The Black Vault copy of UK file DEFE 24/2454/1](https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ukufo/defe-24-2454-1.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"nick-pope","title":"Nick Pope","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/nick-pope"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1993-cosford-incident","title":"Cosford Incident","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1993-cosford-incident","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Witnesses"]}