Police across US given new UFO handbook as they warn craft ‘pose significant safety risks’

Police chiefs from major U.S. cities have published the first guide to UAPs, describing horrifying incidents and how officers can report them.

The 11-page document warned that unidentified flying objects pose “significant safety risks to law enforcement air support units” and urged teams to be vigilant in helicopters.

The report also highlights stories of officers claiming to have encountered UFOs. In 2023, for example, a law enforcement officer saw a “triangular craft with green lights floating through the sky,” before a local resident reported seeing something “running” nearby.

The police department created this reference because “it is in the interest of law enforcement to be aware of trends and report on UAP, due to the unknown threat they may pose.”

The organization, Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA), is comprised of nearly 80 chiefs from major U.S. cities who work together to improve public safety through a range of initiatives, including community education, research and policy development, and now UFO investigations.

The guide, which was released in June, also includes details of American investigation into UFO meetings, but also the testimonies of ‘whistleblowers’ such as former US Air Force officer and intelligence officer David Grusch.

An article reported on a 2023 US Congressional hearing on UAP, where Grusch testified about his knowledge of aircraft of “non-human” origin.

The report also included other articles about the US government and its possible links to extraterrestrial life.

There is a section with links to various websites where UAP can be reported. Here officers are called upon to report strange sightings.

More interestingly, the pages detail first-hand accounts of police officers encountering unknown spaceships while out in the field.

A patrolling officer Blairsville, Georgia claimed to have seen green lights in the sky in November 2023.

“I am a police officer and deputy sheriff. While on duty after sunset, I observed movement in the sky (towards the south) at the top of my windshield (viewing angle),” the officer’s report reads.

‘When I concentrated and looked through the dim light, I could make out a triangular craft, with 3 dim green lights on each side (just bright enough to judge its size, shape and movement).’

The officer stated that he quickly lost sight of the vessel because of the trees and that he could not hear anything because he was in his vehicle.

“I know what helicopters and planes look like in the air, I often work with medical crews in the area, and I know where the nearby airports are, so I have some familiarity with the usual areas of the sky where there is little air traffic. This was unlike anything I had ever seen,” he said.

Within an hour of the sighting, the officer responded to a call from a homeowner driving in the same direction as the object, reporting “something running outside of his house…that didn’t sound like an animal.”

In 2020, another encounter occurred in Harper Woods, Michigan, where two officers spotted three mysterious objects in the sky before they “disappeared.”

The officer wrote: ‘Around 6:00 a.m., a coworker and I were standing in the parking lot of a church talking just before our shift ended.

‘I was looking southwest at the moon when I looked southeast I saw 3 objects in the southeast sky and pointed to them.

“The objects seemed to drift eastward, maintaining the same distance. As we watched the objects, they seemed to ‘flash’ out of our view.”

Other reports in the guide describe civilian sightings of police helicopters reportedly chasing UFOs.

At an encounter in Austin, Texas, a citizen wrote: “As I walked outside I saw Triangle Craft – with white lights on every corner – closely followed by a police helicopter – flying south – near the 620 Freeway.

‘Thought I was seeing things – but checked again – and I wasn’t. Hoping others can confirm.’

Another incident took place in Winnipeg, Canada, where a citizen reported seeing a police helicopter being chased by an unknown vehicle.

“While I was in my backyard hot tub, I heard the familiar sound of the police helicopter flying over the city. After it flew over our home, it made a few circles south of our location and after a few course changes, it flew north at a higher speed,” the statement said.

‘About 10 seconds later, two lights of the same relative brightness as the background stars moved parallel and at a constant speed.’

Nigel Watson, author of ‘Captured by Aliens? A History and Analysis of American Abduction Claims’ told DailyMail.com that the guide is ‘very useful’ for law enforcement.

“The brief history of UAP research and the links with organisations where sightings can be reported are very useful,” he said.

‘To me, the references to former government whistleblowers David Grusch and Luis Elizondo are redundant, as they merely repeat rumors that have been circulating for years without any substantial evidence.

‘While it mentions numerous official studies, it fails to mention that the US Project Bluebook was shut down because they felt that such research had no scientific value. Other projects also found it very difficult to find any real evidence of non-terrestrial craft.

‘The guide also lacks references to skeptical websites and blogs that would provide a more balanced view of the subject and counterbalance the wilder stories, such as the alleged Roswell crash in 1947.

‘It can certainly be argued now that terrestrial UAPs pose a threat to aviation safety and national security, but as in this guide, it is mixed with science fiction rumors of remarkable non-terrestrial vehicles that have little credibility.’