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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.
“UFO Files”38 pages
[ 6 DECEMBER 1977 ] ·Answers She .. has extended ''and ex- . best·possible way- our whole ··to aid, and I should like it made ~lllttt..llv clear · that that is what we like to give the noble Lord uu·uL<ILLIU'H from his article. He this particular project the case was based on " less motives ". In answer to give one quotation of my right honourable · take into account human Cambodia or Uganda, Czechoslovakia or !5"'·'"""' for the support I my two noble no·welUill and impressive noble Lord, powerful con- that on the must look back on project. '"'~"=-~·'u"-" hasMi·•~ ....... to WRITTEN ANSWERS . 1 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING -1i OBJECTS ?S J!he Earl of CLANCARTY asked · ,....~; Majes(y's Government: ~ Whether they are aware that in ! France, since 1st September 1977, .a section for the study of unidentified flying objects has been set up in the National Centre for Space Studies in lToulouse, under the direction of Monsieur Claude Poher, a distinguished scientist, and that this body is sponsored upon the French Ministry of Industry . ·j a!ld. Resea~ch;. and whet.her. there is a j s1mtlar scientific orgamsation under . l. Government sponsorship in the United · .. Kingdom to study unidentified flying 'l,t~ . objects, working closely with the French· . ~ •. 9ne. The MINISTER of STATE,' DEPAR,T,~i MENT of EDUCATION and SCIENCE1 (Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge): • HeC: Majesty's Government understand that a study group called the Groupe d'Etudes ~ sur les Phenomenes Aerospatiales Non-: Identifies (GEPAN) has been set up under· the French Ministry of Industry, Com- merce and Artisans at the National Centre for ~pace Studies' in Toulo.u.se. The group has no formal links with the United Kingdom, and we have no similar scientific group to study unidentified objects or phenomena. LEGAL AID REFUSALS L rd CHITNIS asked Her Majesty's Gov rnment: hether they will list in the Official Rep rt the number of applications for legal aid which have been refused for each ear since 1970 and whether they will c ssify this information according to the following categories: (a) ere the Supplementary Benefits Co mission have determined the app 'cant's disposable income at an amo nt greater than the limit; (b) wh e the Supplementary Benefits Com ission have determined the applic nt's disposable capital at an am unt greater than the limit; (c) where the proceedings to which the ap ication related are not proceedi s for which legal aid may be given; (d) where t e applicant has not shown th he has reasonable grounds f o taking, defending, or being a part to the proceedings; (e) where it a ears unreasonable that the appli ant should receive legal aid in the articular circum- stances of the ca e. The LORD CHAN LLOR: The available information is se out below in two tables. No informati is available about category (c) and co ined figures only are available for categori (a) and (b). In England and Wales comb ed figures only a.re available for .categories (d) and (e). ,_ ,; ,. 1 '
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