A former policeman has released thousands of UFO reports to the public.

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John Hanson has investigated extraterrestrial sightings in the UK for the past two decades and his books on UFOs were praised by the late Prince Philip.

Hanson has 25,000 reports that will go on display at the British UFO Information Office to allow the public to look at his vast collection of documents and files.

He told The Sun newspaper: "I began collecting information and records from a number of UFO groups over the years.

"I thought it best to date all of the material - for example, if you said what happened in January 1995, I would set out four huge files showing on a day-to-day basis what was reported both by the press and the UFO groups concerned.

"I anticipate 25,000 documents, I haven't finished yet!"