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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. 7 …I apologise for the quality of the Facsimile message from RAF Neatishead. We have checked with…
  • p. 313 …Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def's staff that nothing…
  • p. 381 …Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def's staff that nothing…
  • p. 394 …The lights observed from Skegness were captured on video which is being sent to RAF Neatishead…
  • p. 397 …RAF Neatishead if any aircraft activity was present on the radar in that area; Neatishead had…
  • p. 398 …Meanwhile, CRC Neatishead's inquiries had revealed no sign of air movements or military exercises in…
  • p. 417 …Tornado F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF Leuchars but not routinely at…
  • p. 418 …No copy was sent to Neatishead. b. RAF Air Defence Ground Environment units, including CRC Neatishead…
  • p. 427 …The lights observed from Skegness were captured on video which is being sent to RAF Neatishead…
  • p. 430 …RAF Neatishead if any aircraft activity was present on the radar in that area; Neatishead had…
  • p. 431 …Meanwhile, CRC Neatishead's inquiries had revealed no sign of air movements or military exercises in…
  • p. 448 …Torna o F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF Leuchars b t ot…
  • p. 449 …No copy was sent to Neatishead. b. RAF Air Defence Ground Environment units, including CRC Neatishead…
  • p. 456 …RAF Neatishead to GESM dated 5 Oct 1996 attached to a transcipt of conversations between Neatishead…
  • p. 463 Copies of report made by RAF Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, of unidentified objects tracked by the BMEWS…
  • p. 471 …Copies of report made by RAF Fylingdales, North Yo~kshire, of unidentified ~·;}.Y' object/s tracked…
  • p. 477 …Copies of UFO reports made in the early hours of30/31 March 1993 by RAF and…
  • p. 491 …Copies of UFO reports made in the early hours of 30/31 March 1993 by RAF…
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Seu!e une donnee a pu etre mi~e en
evidence par M. Poher : il semble
exister unc oorrCiation entre les obser-
V>lions d'O.V.N.I. et des fluctuations
passagCremc,~t anonnales du champ
magnctique terrestrc.
Au nivcau global du ptu!nomenc,
on. ne peut done retenir t;uc les points
stuvants :
Mise en panne d'un moteur ;\
;
3.64 °~
ru!ant
propr; "·o!onte i 1.82 ~~
~·en «1Ue certain~ fl"i~ccins re:-.\ent qt.e CC'\ ph~nf\m~neo; pcuvent Ctre (OHis.C~ rar
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- les temoig.1ages ne peuvent i'tre sus-
pectes puisq~e dan• plas d·! 80 %
des cas on peut le< ~orreJ.:r d\ec
des (( evenements )) aerospatjaux ou
physiques;
- dans 8 %des cas environles temoins
dccrivcnt un phenomcne rceilemcnt
observe et inconnu:
- Ia diver~itc des caracteristiqucs du
phenomene ~st telle qu'il n'cst prc-
~entement pas possible d'e!abo;er
une thcorie scientifique rigoureuse
Q'Jant a sa nature ou son \lrigine
(physique ou autre); elle pern•et
cgalemeut d'affirmer que ce pheno-
mcnc n'cst pas le fait d'une technCJ·
Iogie humame;
-.se' efl"ets Ia ngiblcs sur 1-• etres
hamains ct l'cnvironnemeni sont
sails dangC':.
*
* *
En t'Ctat actud de nos connais~anres.
il srmblo ditlicde de conclure autr~onent
qu 'en cons:atant l'impt.tissaru:e de !a
sdence dans ce d•Jmaine. Cc J'heno·
mcne nc pounnt ptcscntcmem c:re
analyse :'tl'aide d'i~slrUin<:r.t~ de mesure
connus. ce n'est en definitive que grace
a l'acc••mulation cle temoignugcs decri-
vant d 'une fa;;on precise, n<'n sculefllent
Je phenomene, m:1is encore tcut-!s lcs
donnCes. physiques de l'environnement,
que les chen:hcurs po~!rrom p~ut~etre
un jour a,·oir Ia chance de d\!c<,uvrir
le< poram~lre< <]Ui ;r.nnott~ont de
mieux l'interprC:ter.
Tout en faisant preuve d'un~ grande
ouverture d'espnt. il faut se ·gardor ue
condusions hatives quant 3 Ia natmi:
eta l"origine du ph.!nomen~ et adn;ettre
qu'ac:tudlement le probl.!me reste pose
comme bien d'autrcs dans le dorolaine
spatial. •

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