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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. 53 …The high probability in my mind is that 1281 they are ter extra-terrest to be…
  • p. 71 …It is open to any of the authors of papers to publish them and some ha…
  • p. 110 …attitude of mind whicr. must be adopted to (these phenomena is a quite open attitude; that…
  • p. 113 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 115 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 124 …Whilst maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the nature and…
  • p. 136 …b. "\'le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
  • p. 162 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 164 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 173 …Whi.l:st maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the…
  • p. 182 …b. ''\•le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
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.·e· · RER1RT OF AN UNIDElfT.IFIED FLYING OBJECT
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A ·· D ~... m· d n..- .~.. · G' .• 130300Z to 130410Z SEP 80. • .. a"iie, ;.L;J.me an .uw..·a"J.on 0•
Sig:Oting.
B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJEC~
t~umber·oi~ec~s 7 si~o 7
. shapa, colour, brightness)
c. ·. EXACT POSITION OF OBSERVER
"{'.Loca·ti"o':"\ 1 iudoo7./out.door;
sta..~iont·~· 1 moving)
D. HOH OBSERVED
E.
·(lifaleed eye 7 binoculars,· ·
other optical devices,
s·till o=r movie)
D:CHECTION IN \·JHICH OBJECT
J;iYii8ii• • oEr..;J.~
..(A1an<iillm may ba mo=re
u~aful than a badly estimated
bearing)
Circle of 4 bright lrghts .
Cone shaped changing to '
Diamond shaped. ·
Outdoors, Moving slowly uptb,,
speeds of 60 MPH.
Naked eye.
movir1~ in an EasterlY directio-_
· from Leeds to York •.
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'II. ANGLE OF SIGHT
·~st~mated-helghts are Very Low to 2000 1
unreliable)
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G. DISTANCE I
J.
Ti3y reference to knowa ·
landraark)
l"i0VE.l'1ENTS
TUhanges ~n E, F and G may
be of more uae than est!~atea
ot course and speed)
MET CONDITIONS DURING
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None
No changes in course but
was var1able.
Gale conditions in area.
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speed;
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