[00:00.49]A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
[00:07.52]He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery.
[00:14.20]The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.
[00:23.79]He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.
[00:31.75]The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.
[00:36.25]He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
[00:45.07]When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs.
[00:52.68]Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
[00:59.64]The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone,
[01:05.04]for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!
[01:12.29]As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!