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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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“The Wash”11 pages

  • p. 394 …LIGHTS IN THE WASH AREA unusual believe briefly 2. Stationary and generally red/green/white flashing…
  • p. 395 ~ltimately associated with lights in the Wash or E This church spire is known in aviation…
  • p. 397 …any air activity or incident in the wash area. The ARCC had no knowledge of any…
  • p. 398 …surveillance or aircraft control in the Wash area. Later, the plot was observed by Anglia Radar…
  • p. 399 …a unit familiar with operating aircraft in the Wash area; however, it is not possible to…
  • p. 413 …This wo1..tld ha.ve had the effect of 'washing out' all but the brightest stars…
  • p. 427 …LIGHTS IN THE WASH AREA unusual believe briefly 2. Stationary and generally red/green/white flashing…
  • p. 430 …any air activity or incident in the wash area. The ARCC had no knowledge of any…
  • p. 431 …surveillance or aircraft control in the Wash area. Later, the plot was observed by Anglia Radar…
  • p. 432 …a unit familiar with operating aircraft in the Wash area; however, it is not possible to…
  • p. 444 …This of 'washing out' all but the brightest stars. H this was Sirius or Ca.nopus…
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• • •AT. 03.10 HRS ON SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER, 80 ,. AN UNI DENT IF 1ED F LYI N:;
OBJECT WAS SEEN BETWEEN BAF\DSEY Al\0 \'IETI-.ERBY. THE OB~ECT It/AS
TRAVELLlf\G NORThWARDS AT A r-:£ IGhT OF APPROXIi'-tATEL Y 2000 FEET. "-: 1 T
TOOK THE FORM OF A BRIGHT LIGHT ABOUT 10 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN ANY
STARS VISIBLE AND AT THAT Tit-lE WAS 4- 5 TIMES LARGER Th.AN ANY.STAR
TI-:ERE WAS NO tUDIBLE NOISE AND NO OJTLINE VISIBLE. LEEDS .CONTROL
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CH~GED DIRECTICN ANDHTRAVELLED EAST TOWARDS YORK. IT WAS R~~~~~~~~
FOLLCWED AT APPOX fJJ MPH AND PASSED EAST OF THE CITY WfERE .SIGHT POF
THE OBJECT WAS LOST. .
SERGEANT JQ j 1 I; THE DUTY OFFICER AT THE AIR MINISTRY AT LONDON
. CONF lf~f..lED THAT ThE OBJECT !-".AD BEEN TRACKED ON RADAR AT A I R TP.AFF I C
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