Am attempting to locate any surviving crew members of XP 347, who retrieved a Flying Saucer shaped object on Mon 4th Sept 1967.
Ah yes, the brilliant September 1967 RAE Farnborough students' prank! I remember seeing it on TV. 6 small 'saucers' were placed along the 51.5N line of latitude and caused mayhem to the establishment when they were discovered.
Full story here:
UFO fever gripped Great Britain in the late Sixties - and a handful of students perptrated a very big hoax | Mail Online
But it raised £2000 for charity - and made officialdom look ridiculous!