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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. 47 …Therefore, do not be so ready to scoff at UFOs ·when, in ar~other mon:ent…
  • p. 147 …Whether they are aware that Mon~ieur Robert Galley, the then French Minister of Defence, in…
  • p. 181 …the then French lJti.nister o~ Defence, Mons;eur Robert Galley, was inter- viewed by Jean…
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I only 5."fti' of cases was a roani festation of fear observed.
Summaries of effects obtained:
EFFECTS ON HUMAN BEINGS
TRACES OF SICIN DISEAS;t19F
INDETERMINABLE ORIGIN
HEADACHES, LOS.3 OF MEMORY
TEMPORARY PARALYSIS OR
FAINTING IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE PHENOHENON
DEATH, NAUSEA, RAPES,
ASSAULTS
0.4&6
2.7-,/o
. !~ONE
8.1~
IMPOSSIBLE TO ACT OF ONES OWN
VOLITION 1 .. 82% (.
I
VARIOUS EFFECTS
FAILURE OF ENGINE WITH
ELECTRICAL IGNITION
EXTENDED ACTION ON VEGE.l'ATION
STRONl MECHANICAL ACTION
RADIO OR TV INTERFERENCE,
TCJrAL RADIO CUT-OUT,
ELECTRICITY FAILUR~ ON
PUBLIC SUPPLY, P.ADIQ-
ACTIVITY .
1.82%
0.46%
··:.:
NONE
( 1) ALTHOUGH CERTAIN DOCTORS THINK ~IiAT THESE PHENOMENA COULD BE CAUSED BY ISTRONG EMOTIONAL REACTIONS.
Distribution of observations in time
Since 1951, a certain periodicity bas been recorded in the large-scale appearance
of the phenomena, with clearly marked peaks in.1954, 1964, 1967 and 1975. How-
ever, scientific researchers have not yet been able to iind any particular
apatial occurrence in the uni-verse that corresponds to this npe:::-iodicity". Only
one piece of data could be put forward by Mr Poher! ~ere seems to exist a
correlation between UFO observations and temporary abnormal fluctuations in the
earth's magnetic field.
At the overall level of the phenomenon, only the following points can therefore
be put .forward: ..
Observations cannot be suspect since in more than 8~ of cases, they can be
correlated with aero-space or physical "events"..
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