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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. 39 …space ~hips were seen over into the sea. ~ vanous parts of the USSR by astronomers and…
  • 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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.·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 •.
~---------------------------------·~~----------------------------~
'II. ANGLE OF SIGHT
·~st~mated-helghts are Very Low to 2000 1
unreliable)
~---_,...__.-.-~
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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