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MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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This Ministry of Defence file, released through The National Archives and published by The Black Vault, holds the MOD's 2002 handling of Dr David Clarke's requests for UFO documents under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. It includes the MOD's 9 December 2002 reply, which covered reports from 1976, 1980, 1993 and 1996 and charged £260. It also contains internal emails and file requisitions, plus Foreign Office and United Nations papers from 1978 on Grenada's proposal for UFO research.

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  • p. 82 …24th N?vanj~r 19?7~ Recent itams in the press have indicated thnt the United…
  • p. 92 …R~cent itams in the press have indicated that the Unite~ Nations ·i.S to start…
  • p. 99 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigatibns into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 100 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 144 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigations into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 145 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 453 …FCO (8 Dec 1977) about press reports that the United Nations were to start an official…
COVERING CONFIDENTIAL
or affairs, or Exemption 1c - Information received in confidence from foreign governments,
foreign courts or international organisations. We must, however, remember that ifwe.do decide
to withhold them and our correspondent exercises his right to appeal, we will have to be able to
demonstrate to the Parliamentary Ombudsman that there would be harm caused by release.
I look forward to your reply. In the meantime if you require any further information, please
telephone me on the number at the top of this letter.
Yours sincerely,
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