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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.

  • p. 39 …space ~hips were seen over into the sea. ~ vanous parts of the USSR by astronomers and…
  • p. 66 …the nuclear submarine, having hegun his first sea-going voyage under sail. That was the band…
  • p. 67 …by the su organisations, balloono;. ~om logical sea•chli beam itself can of lirrht in th…
  • p. 68 …pastimes to sit on the prom:;nadc and \Vatch it go down over tlw sea. Many…
  • p. 187 …J from a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty…
  • p. 193 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 209 …a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty has suggested.
  • p. 215 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 260 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOO (AIR…
  • p. 309 …Crymyn, Dy Time y on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes…
  • p. 328 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOD (AIR…
  • p. 380 …Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white…
  • p. 394 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 397 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 398 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC(Civil…
  • p. 415 …flares' about 20 minutes previously in Irish sea area. Aircraft 2, UK Air out of Manchester…
  • p. 427 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 430 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 431 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC{Civil…
  • p. 446 …Isle of contact in which mi Irish Sea I - Aircr~ft when 30nm $ou nothing se…
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~t identical, as the following ta~le shows:
( SPEED OF MOVEtiENT TRAJECTORY
SUPERSONIC 1696 STRAIGHT LINE 35%
FAST (LIKE AIRCRAFT) *SUCCESSIVELY 1-iOVING AND ) 1~ ABNORMAL TRA_JECTORIES (STOPS,
FAST ) 42% ARABESQUES /JI{j DISAPPEARANCE) 45%
SLOW 22% LANDING OR
MOTIONLESS 1'1% STATIONARY "PBASEU 20}6
-.
*This is a literal translation of the words ia the text. It is difficult to kno~
what the writer means by 11successivement mobile et rapid" - unless "mobile"
(moving) is, in fact, a misprint for "immobile" (motionless) whereupon the entry
would read "successively motionless and fast" which would make slightly better
sense.
Emissions observed
SOUND TFEm!AL EFFECTS ·LWJNOifSAND THERMAL- SMELL
EFFECTS
:
VARIOUS NOISES 12;6 NO EFFECT LUMINOUS \'ARIOUS
OBSERVED 97.2716 PARALYSING BAY o.4(e6 SMELLS 1o3~
WHISTLING 1)"% EFFEv"'T CORRELATION NOil'E 98.6~
OBSERVED 1.3'?% COLOUR
SPEED 0.46%
HIDIMING 3% EFFECT WITE 1.36% NONE 92.08%
TRACES
Sli'iENCE I ?Cf/o· .,
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Effects on observers and various effects
In France, apart fro~ the effect of surprise, only minor effects were recorded
on observers who reported on their observations to the police. None of them was
traumatized by his experience nor underwent any psychological change.
To date, none of them claims to have received a "mission" or bas created any
ideological group based on the claim that he is the prophetic mouthpiece of the
"apparition".
Similarly domestic. ani~s seem only slightly disturbed by the phenomenon.

Cases discussed

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