MoD incident file

The UK Ministry of Defence file on the incident was made available on the MoD website on about 20 May, 2007 as a.pdf file containing a 1-page internal letter, a 4-page facsimile Report of Unidentified Flying Object prepared by Channel Islands Zone Controller Paul Kelly, a 3-page Air Incident Safety Report prepared by Capt Bowyer, Aurigny Airlines, and a 1-page letter to CAA from Capt Patrick Patterson, Blue Islands Airways.

The MoD internal letter, dated 30 April, stated that no UK defence radar cover exists in the area, and that in the absence of evidence of a threat to the UK no further investigation action was contemplated. This letter is chiefly notable for the incorrect statement that "we believe the ATC radar at Jersey is secondary only and therefore unable to achieve a primary radar contact".

The contents of the MoD pdf file are reproduced below.