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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. 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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POLICE IN CONFIDENCE
8. At 0140 hours. I informed HQ P&SS (UK), Cp1
incident.
9. At 0142 hours, I informed RAF West Drayton, Lt Cdr
incident, and he confirmed that there was no military a
kind in UK airspace and there had not been since 0001 hours.
of the
the
any
10. At 0143 hours, the Senior Air Traffic Controller at Jairmingham
International Airport was contacted, and he confirmed that'_there were
no civilian aircraft in Cosford Airspace and had not been for some
hours.
11. At 0215 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord Off, Flt Ltlllllllro
were informed of the incident.
12. At 0250 hours. 111111111111 RAF Shawbury Met Office, con~acted Cpl
~ stated that~ two lights in the sky at RAF Shawbu~
~ts were first sighted approximately 15-20 kms away and~
observed them travel towards him over the. Airfield moving
~ally at hundreds of m;les per hour unlike any aircraft. He
described the lights as appearing to be searching for something. He
heard a 1ow humming noise and watched the object for 5 min es until it
disappeared from sight in a southerly direction. stated that
he had been a Met Officer for 8 years and had n anything like
it before.
13. At 0300 hours, Cpl ~tacted a- the Met Officer at
Bristol Airport, who sta~ similar~ been seen there at
0055 hours. He had in it i a 111 y put the 11 i ghts down to adverse mete·or
activity but in the light of the subsequent reports recorded it as
unidentified. ·
14. At 0310 hoursJ West Mercia Police were made awar~ of the further
reports and would contact Staffordshire and Avon & Somerset Forces to
correlate the reports.
15. At 0330 hours I resumed normal duties.
UNCLASSIFIED
POLICE IN CONFIDENCE

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