London, England: Minister Rees tells Commons Devon police chase was aircraft or Venus
On 8 November 1967, answering MP Peter Mills in the House of Commons, Under-Secretary of State for Defence Merlyn Rees said the 24 October police chase in Devon involved either aircraft or the planet Venus, and that scientists and psychologists had been consulted.
Background
MP Peter Mills asked in the UK House of Commons about the UFO sightings in Devon, England. Under-Secretary of State for Defence Merlyn Rees gave assurances and said that the police chase of 24 October 1967 had involved either aircraft or the planet Venus. Mills asked whether the ministry had consulted scientists about the sightings. Rees replied that both scientists and psychologists had been consulted. Timothy Good and Isaac Koi's compilation of UFO questions in Parliament document the exchange. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.