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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. 74 …a.t the United Nations Orgal1i- sation. You will recall from the press reports that a…
  • p. 82 …24th N?vanj~r 19?7~ Recent itams in the press have indicated thnt the United…
  • p. 92 …R~cent itams in the press have indicated that the Unite~ Nations ·i.S to start…
  • p. 99 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigatibns into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 100 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 144 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigations into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 145 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 453 …FCO (8 Dec 1977) about press reports that the United Nations were to start an official…
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10. Lord Strabolgi ·asked for a speech of
15-.20 minutes plus defensive material. The
draft is just under 3000 words, or ?.0 minutes
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the speech,including·responses tn the points
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address. Whilst he would not disagree with the
general line taken, and whilst he. accepts the .
need for an objective approach towards this
subject, he fee~s that the current draft would
benefit from being toned down so as not to pour
quite so much scorn on 'believers'.
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