Details of a potential 'alien invasion' just off the Bristol Channel were among thousands of close-encounter documents released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) today.

The RAF were besieged with calls from the public reporting six small 'flying saucers' in locations which formed a perfect line from the Isle of Sheppey to the Bristol Channel.

Previously-classified records show that this 'War of the Worlds' incident in 1967 was, for a few hours at least, treated as a potentially real 'alien invasion' of the UK.

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