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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.

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  • p. 66 …the nuclear submarine, having hegun his first sea-going voyage under sail. That was the band…
  • p. 67 …by the su organisations, balloono;. ~om logical sea•chli beam itself can of lirrht in th…
  • p. 68 …pastimes to sit on the prom:;nadc and \Vatch it go down over tlw sea. Many…
  • p. 187 …J from a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty…
  • p. 193 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 209 …a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty has suggested.
  • p. 215 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 260 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOO (AIR…
  • p. 309 …Crymyn, Dy Time y on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes…
  • p. 328 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOD (AIR…
  • p. 380 …Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white…
  • p. 394 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 397 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 398 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC(Civil…
  • p. 415 …flares' about 20 minutes previously in Irish sea area. Aircraft 2, UK Air out of Manchester…
  • p. 427 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 430 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 431 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC{Civil…
  • p. 446 …Isle of contact in which mi Irish Sea I - Aircr~ft when 30nm $ou nothing se…
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• Two· cases near an urban are-a
• Six cases near isolated dwellings.
• Twelve cases in an isolated region without any dwellings.
Of these twenty cases, only eight mention traces of imprints ill the gt•ound.
Characteristics of the phenomenon
The least that can be said is that the form of the phenomena observed, their
dimensions,' colou.rsetc, are of the most variable, as can be j'ldged fromthe
following tables.
-FORM COLOUR NATURE OF LUMINOSITY I
VARIOUS 1~ FIXED BUW VERY VARIOUS 1'?% VARIOUS 1~
PIN-POINTS 9% CHANGING 1'7% NON LUMINOUS 1%
·~tED ~ METALLI<; li'i't GLOWING 1CY.A)
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OVOID 14% WHITE 17% BRIGHT 1,5%
CIGAR SHAPE, CYLINDER 1~ ORANG~ 1fa BRILLIANT 18%
ROUND, CIRCULAR, RED 16% LUMINOUS 4~
SPmmiCAL 30%
DISCS 1$
I r ~
Dimensions
Here again we find a very wide range of data •. Each. case seems to be a special
case. In 38.64% t:r..ere is no information. In 41.8~ there is an apparent
diame~er which cannot be restituted because of inaccuracy over distance. In ~
of cases, the diameter is of the order of 1 meter. In 4.5PJ of cases, of the
order of 7 to 10 meters. In the other cases it varies between 1 meter and 70 meters.
Speed and traJ.:ectoq ...
~nis speed variation observed inthe movements of the phenomena observed can be. .
explained by the fact ~hat it corresponds to portions of the trajectory which are

Cases discussed

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