Rumours of possible UFO sightings by RAF pilots are rife, and now a pressure group is urging PM Keir Starmer to bring in rules protecting whistleblowers who shed light on potential extraterrestrial interactions

RAF pilots have had close encounters with UFOs but are scared to go public fearing they will be grounded.

Documentary film-maker Mark Christopher Lee says he has been contacted by Brit military pilots who have had similar out-of-this-world run-ins with mystery alien craft as their American counterparts.

But while whistleblower protection laws allow US Top Guns to tell of their experiences without fear of victimisation Britain has none - leaving UK pilots silenced and the public in the dark.

Lee has formed a pressure group called UFO Disclosure UK demanding the release of the UK’s X-Files.

He has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling for him to introduce US-style whistleblower protection safeguards so military personnel can reveal their close encounters with UFOs - aka UAPs or unidentified aerial phenomena.

Mark told the Daily Star: “We have military pilots who have had real life encounters with UAPs.

“I have spoken to them.

“What they say is incredible.

“They will talk in confidence on condition of anonymity.

“But they fear the consequences if they were to go on the record.

“We also have accounts from other military personnel and police who want to come forward. But they all fear what will happen to them if they do.

“Will they be fired, ridiculed, demoted - even prosecuted - for speaking out? These are their fears.

“What will happen to their families?

“It’s frustrating because unless someone goes on the record, puts their name - and potentially rank - to an event it is impossible to judge and difficult to properly investigate.

“The result is the British public is being kept in the dark.

“Information about extraordinary events is being withheld from them.

“These encounters could amount to threats to national security - certainly sightings of mystery craft near military bases and personnel must fall into that category.

“But until pilots feel free to speak out without fearing they will be grounded the country is burying its head in the sand.”

Former Afghanistan combat veteran and US Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch stunned Congress by claiming the American Government had recovered debris and alien `entities’ from 10 crashed UFOs.

He alleged boffins had been secretly tasked with reverse-engineering ET technology in a bid to give the US an advantage in the global arms race.

Grusch claims he had spoken to at least 40 witnesses involved in the black ops programs and officials had ‘killed people’ in a bid to keep them secret.

Threats and intimidation he personally received forced him to go public for his own protection.

He helped draft the 2023 National Defense Authorisation Act which includes whistleblower protection for reporting UFOs and exemptions to non-disclosure agreements signed by personnel involved in secret programmes.

Now US officials are openly probing 1,800 reported military close encounters.

Earlier this month Jon Kosloski, head of the US Government’sAll-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office which is conducting the investigations, admitted 2% - around 36 - of the cases were ‘perplexing’ and r emained entirely unexplained, adding: “I don’t think we’re alone.”

Grusch has now been appointed a senior congressional advisor.

In his letter to the PM Lee - whose documentary about the Royal Family’s interest in UFOs has become a global hit - urged him to follow the US Government’s disclosure process.

“Decorated military pilots are giving testimony under oath that they have encountered craft of unknown origin beyond our current technological capabilities,’’ he said.

“The US Congress is seeking to provide protection to whistleblowers who go public when it’s seen to be in the greater national/public interest.

“We formally call on you to provide the same protection to whistleblowers and witnesses.

“We have many people in the UK military and police service who want to come forward publicly but are afraid of the repercussions to themselves, their family and their careers.

“We will happily meet with your advisors to furnish them with the evidence we have collected.’’