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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.
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.. . . . •• ·... roli of ~he air force in this &.rea is vory clearly set C'".lt. The role of ~~~(4~~-~ -_. -". . : 1t;~,'· ·air force staff consists solely in estimating whether certarh information , amongst the evidence that they receive is likely. to affect national defence;· this is not, in fact so, as we shall shor-tly see. It is therefore clear that it is not within their province to make any state- menta on the origin of' such a strange phenomenon, nor to question the veracity of observations communicated to them officially, either by police or by territorial or operational high commands. ;a. However, it is their task, whenever possible, to correlate there observations with ureal aero-space phenomena" which, under given atmospheric conditionS might very easily be interpreted by non-specialized observers as strange phenomena • .A.ftc:- e.ne~ysis of th~se dossiers from the' tinat:i.onal defence" angle, they are sent to the CNES (National Centre for space studies) to be examined scienti- fically. In 1976, study of reports recorded over 25 yeara by the air force has only enabled the following facts to be brought to light, from two points of view~ "National deience" 'Point of View No acts of aggression, either against persons or property, civilian or military, have been detected. Tnese strange manifestations do not alter the geo-physical balance of the terrestrial environment. No atmospheric disturbcm.ce was detected after they had passed. Air.defence systems (radar and combat aircraft), which ensure continuous air cover ~f the national territory, anu also meteorological department radars, do not 11Vlsualize" UFOs in 99.~ of cases.
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