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ltviation Terminal has been brought into whi~h go beyond defence interests are not I
use for domestic flights only, and theref~re earned out by the Department.
attenda.Uce by Customs and Immigration .
st~will not be necessary.
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS
The Earl of CLANCARTY asked Her
Majesty's Government:
Whether they are aware that~ in an
interview on France-Inter radto on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated that his Ministry had
set up a section in 195~ to .study eye-
witness accounts of urudenttfied flymg
objects; and whethe1 ~ur ~inistrr of
Defence also has a section to mvesttgate
these unidentified flying objects.
Lord WINTERBO'ITOM: The
Government have no record of a state-
ment made in February 1974 by the then
French Minister of Defence.
Our Ministry of Defence has D;O SI?ecific
organisation engaged .on the ex!lmtnatt~n of
reports of unidentified flymg objects;
reports are examined by ~pecialist s~affs as
part of their normal duttes to see tf they
contain any implications for the defence of
the United Kingdom. lnvestigations into
any scientific significance of phenomena
ROAD SIGNS
DE . CLIFFORD asked Her
's Government:
Wh information the large yellow
backed road signs exhibiting black
triangles, diamonds, circles and squares
now proli rating in the West Midlands
meant to nvey to the motorist; and
whether the will be included in the new
Highway Co for everyone's informa-
tion.
Baroness STED AN: These new signs
mark routes for t ffic to . follow when
some emergency re uires a section of
motorway to be c sed. They guide
drivers from the moto ay and back to it
beyond the point of clos . Because the
signs are at present indivi ally authorised
for each route and have not yet been
prescribed in regulations fo general use,
they are not being include in the new
Highway Code; but they ha e received
press publicity and an explana ry leaflet
has been produced for distri tion to
drivers. I shall be sending the no le Lord
a copy of the leaflet and copies ha been
placed in the Library.
House adjourned ;:Lt ten
minutes before eight o'cloc