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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.
“Nevers”28 pages
- p. 40 …But, unlike with the
aircraft reported by the noble Earl, I
have never seen one. I…
- p. 43 …the United States of America which
has never been made known to the public
and even…
- p. 45 …will be, Yes, and yet they have
never seen one. We are asking you to
believe…
- p. 46 …selfish-
ness and tendency to panic as never before
since the days of the Crusades. The…
- p. 47 …I never reached that
standard of mathematics. However I
know that Einstein believed that ele~tro…
- p. 51 …The
difficulty about such an explanation is
that they never seem to come into actual
contact…
- p. 53 …some of the things he told us. Never-
theless, I feel that it is of immense…
- p. 58 …What sort of an
interpretation would somebody who had
H.L.8 Q
never read about…
- p. 59 …l should lib:1
have never seen ball lightning, but the 1 to go into the…
- p. 60 …She said "I don't \Vant to, because it
will spoil it all." They said " Never…
- p. 62 …Of
;orts of sightings
~never it has been
n·estigation they
tttral phenomena
pet to say…
- p. 67 …1308
fro,m h;m ag~;n ~n many other occ";?"'· ' Why have they never tded…
- p. 112 ..~ say that in the Air Force, for tne moment, they have never seemed to
come directly…
- p. 131 …informed that 11so far the military have never fonnd an-ything
of D.nt1tjgressive nature fro…
- p. 161 …Air Force, for tile moment, they have never seemed to
come directly under air defence.
' .
I…
- p. 177 …informed that 11so far the military have never found anything
of an~~gressive nature from the…
- p. 187 …But it
would be a brave man who said there could never,
ever,be manned inter…
- p. 190 …a cloud descended and picked up
~he regiment and it was never heard of again ••••••• (checking…
- p. 192 …Let me assure this House
that Her Majesty's Government has never been approached by
people…
- p. 209 …But it
would be a brave man who said there could never,
ever,be manned inter…
- p. 212 …a cl6ud descended and picked up
:the regiment and it was never heard of again ••••••• (checking…
- p. 214 …Let me assure this Rouse
that Her Majesty's Government has never been approached by
people…
- p. 300 …despite agreeing to complete
a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why?
(13)
- p. 320 …Mrllllllll stated that
he had been a Met Officer for 8 years and had never~nything…
- p. 368 …despite agreeing to complete
a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why?
(13)
- p. 399 …Significantly, the plot was never
present on radar displays from the NATS sensors at Cromer and…
- p. 417 …RAF Northwood was never involved in this event.
confusion has arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred…
- p. 432 …Significantly, the plot was never
present on radar displays from the NATS sensors at Cromer and…
D/S4 (Air) /8/3
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Copy tp: ACS(G)(RAF)
!REDACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT I
UFOs - DEBATE IN THE LORDS
I enclose a first draft of a proposed concluding speech
~or Lord Strabolgi in the Lords'' debate.
2. The draft tries to take account of the points made to us
on Thursday by Lord Strabolgi. However, on starting to re-
read the Earl of Clancarty•s book 'MYsterious Visitors• I
have appreciated more fully how heavily the Earl has hedged
his bets about space travel: indeed he suggests that the 'sky I
people' are 'paranormal' and come from •another space/time ll
dimension•. I do not recommend trying to track the Earl through
other dimensions, and suggest we stick to the bare essentials !
that we proposed to Lord Strabolg:t ·- that there are pl.enty of i
phenomena, that there are perfectly sensible explanations for !
them, and that the explanations offered by ufology are unn'bessary and i
prove idiotic under critical examination.
3. I would be grateful for any recent recorded cases to cover
the parts of para 6; otherwise I shall draw on the Condon Report
and Klase (the anti-UFO investigator).
4. Clancarty is likely to produce some •documented ~:and fully
authentica~ cases•. I would like to be able to demolish one
as an illus~on. I have provisionally chosen the disappearance
of the Norf'olk Battalion at Gallipoli, which Clancartry quotes
in one of his books: Hd of Army Historical Branch says that this
is a 'regular', about which the facts can be produced.
5. I would be grateful fer comments, criticisms and additional
arguments or cases. At this stage I am particularly anxious to
know whether you agree to the main line of arguments. Because
time is short I would be grateful for telephone comments.
6. The present draft'is about 2,000 words, around 15 minutes.
7. I have copied this minute to ACS(G)(RAF), and I be
grateful for his comments on the general line of
18 December 1978
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