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March 2009 highlights guide

The National Archives (UK) · 2009-03 · 8 pages · text from the file's own layer

The National Archives (UK) issued this highlights guide in March 2009 to help readers navigate a newly released batch of Ministry of Defence UFO files. It explains how to use the PDF bookmarks and lists key stories highlighted by Dr David Clarke in files DEFE 24/1938 and DEFE 31/176 to 31/181. These include the Calvine diamond-shaped UFO photographs, RAF Tornado crews overtaken over Germany in November 1990 by what was later found to be Soviet rocket debris, and a Heathrow boomerang sighting. It ends with an index of reports by region.

  • p. 1 …For information on the history of government UFO investigations and where these files fit in please…
  • p. 3 …files (red text): DEFE 24/1938 P2 – 9 Investigation papers into a report of a UFO…
  • p. 4 …of the most intriguing UFO cases in the MoD‟s files” (for further information see DEFE…
  • p. 6 …controllers at Heathrow filed a report describing a black inverted boomerang shaped UFO seen from the…
  • p. 7 …The UFO hovered, turned on its axis and then shot off upwards at an estimated speed…
Highlights Guide
This document contains details of how to navigate through the newly released
files. We have included bookmarks in each of the PDF files of key stories and
reports highlighted by Dr David Clarke. This will make it easier to navigate
through the files.
For information on the history of government UFO investigations and where
these files fit in please read Dr David Clarke‟s background guide to the files.
Navigating the files using the bookmarks
To view the bookmarks, click on the „Bookmarks‟ tab on the upper left hand
side of the PDF window, the bookmarks tab will expand – as shown below.
1. Click on „Bookmarks‟ tab
The „Bookmarks‟ tab will then expand and a list of relevant bookmarks will be
displayed – as shown below.

Cases discussed

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