European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. July 14. 1990 the stripes Page 9. A amps m Ith a no a let a n a autobahn siesta a traveler from the land of the mid night Sun takes a break in his vacation journey to Sample West Germany a dayer heading his camper toward Brand of Sunshine. The swedish holi Southern european climes soaks up a few rays at a rest Stop alongside autobahn 5 near Griffen Hauson. Trespassing Law for Raf base overturned by Britain a highest court of appeals by Dave Diehl . Bureau a British House of lords panel on thursday struck Down a 1985 ministry of defense bylaw that criminalized trespassing on the . Cruise missile base at Raf Greenham common. The ruling which involved the Case of anti nuclear demonstrators Georgina Smith and Jean Hutchinson clears the Way for the acquittal of hundreds of others arrested during protests at the base located 50 Miles West of London. The five Law lords who make up Britiany a highest court of appeals cited a centuries of provision that allows citizens Access to the "common1�?T land occupied by the base. About 300 people charged with similar offences since 1986 have been awaiting court appearances in Newbury magistrates court pending the outcome of thursdays ruling a court spokesman said Friday. Hundreds More who have already been charged and fined about $35 each by local courts could have their names cleared and the fines returned. Lawyers at the British Crown prosecution service Are reviewing the lords 18-Page judgment and will soon decide whether to exonerate the protesters. The base at Greenham common is Home to the 501st tac missile Wing which has about 50 nuclear ground launched cruise missiles remaining of its original 101. The base and the unit Are to be inactivated m May under the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty signed in 1988. The missile pullout at Greenham began in August 1989, before the ruling intruders were picked up and taken to the local police constabulary to be charged according to base spokesman 1st it. Mike rein. Trespassers will now be asked to leave through the nearest Gate rein said. If they refuse they will be picked up by Security personnel he said. Quot the big difference now is. We take them outside the Gale and leave them off there a rein said. Protesters will still be charged for cutting through the base s perimeter Fence and for damaging property he added. A the perception is that there is going to he a big change at Greenham a rein said. A there is the 501 St a cruise missiles secured behind three additional High Security fences and under the eyes of guards using Security cameras and dogs Are in no danger he said Greenham common is not the Only . Base in Britain where civilians have rights of passage. Raf Laken Halh Home of the Al 1 if fighter born be is used to attack Libya in 1986, has a Public Footpath running through the base. A it keeps people from having to walk around the base Quot said capt. Bruce Alexander a base spokesman. British defense officials have been trying to restrict the use of the right of Way he added. The air Force communications base Raf Chicksands has a similar shortcut running along a Stream near the Center of the base. Belgian air Force stumped by ufos sightings Brussels Belgium apr a spate of recent sightings including one by its own aircraft of moving objects in the sky Over Belgium has saddled the belgian air Force with a bit of a Poser what drops Many hundreds of meters in Altitude in the same Lime it takes to say a a ufos and in the process increases its Speed by 80 percent Quot ufos is a sensitive Issue a said belgian air Force col. Wilfried de Brouwer. A that is Why we do not want to approach this sighting armed with photos and warnings not to get too excited he told belgian Media wednesday that on March 31 two ground radar stations spotted a strange object Over Southern Belgium. The air Force sent up two f-l6 Jet fighters that saw the object on their radar. Do Brouwer said that within two seconds it fell from 3,000 meters to 1,200 meters and increased its Speed from 1,000 Kilometres an hour to More than 1,800 Kilometres per hour. He displayed photos of the radar screen recorded by the on Board f-l6 computer that showed the unusual objects unusual movements and Speed. Since last fall hundreds of nighttime sightings of unidentified flying objects have been reported Over Southern Belgium. Many have been explained away such As the upright laser beam with which a discotheque in an East belgian town lures its clientele. De Brouwer said the air Force decided to wait before making an announcement on the events a because we wanted to compare the radar sightings by our pilots with observations from radar stations Quot a at the same time there were four visual sightings from police and civilians that speak of a triangular object with a Bright red Center Light a he added. The two f-l6s were about 13 Miles away from the object said de Brouwer who added the air Force has not concluded it saw a ufos. But he said a what the computers registered exceeded the limits of conventional
