FREEDOM of Information Request (FOI) submitted to West Yorkshire Police on the prevalence of extra-terrestrials flying around the county was magazine Gary Heseltine, revealed that, since 2020, 1,805 cases were logged with the police in which the words ‘UFO’, ‘alien’, ‘UAP’ or ‘spaceship’ were included. On average, this amounts to 56 sightings a month. However, the police refused to hand over the information as it was estimated that it would take 60 hours of work to compile it all—far exceeding the £450 limit for the cost of an FOI.
