Documents / Document

MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

The Black Vault · 492 pages · text from the file's own layer

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. 39 …lot of people in this country that there was ah•o a unit-a scientific one…
  • p. 42 …States; secondly, to see whether UFOs '- could contribute technical and scientific -· .J We know that war…
  • p. 43 …It was just before the Americans had landed on the moon. Sir Frank said that he…
  • p. 62 …1297 Unidentified ·.. 18 JANUARY 1979 ··'Flying Objects -1298 on the Canadian prairies has displayed 1 scientific…
  • p. 118 …The 11Ufologists11 thilik that certain writings, drawingn D.nd sculptures, particulazoly those of the South American…
  • p. 167 …to prove the material existence . of UFOs. Scientific point of View It would be pointles·s…
  • p. 452 …text of the resolution and that the Americans also intend to go along with the consensus…
. ..
e RAF POLICE SITUATION
REPORT.30-31 MAR 93.
DOBNO
10211193
DATEi
TiME
31M~93
0115 rll'$
012Shrs
0300 h!'$
PERSON
REPORTiNG
Snstoi
MetOrt!ce
OCCURRENCE
POSSIBLE UFO SIGHTING.
P: ~~ ~ ort~ sl; htf]"; ~ h:tv v~:?. ~ fights .:,·..-~:f~·:A:·, ~
the Unit in a South Easte~v airection ai: a.
helr.r:'r· of 1•'1if"~c.t Tt..e,~e!"":t·o~···t·~1 ;:... -~·· •• Uw.J~._...., •• n .. IJ\.t ....... ~ ... -
JightS suggested fast. itt$, i'IO\uev~~ no
c.:.ilision beacons could be$een.
Reports the e.ame rtghts in the Ru~!e~··~et~.
fi)'ng er'80call'f. He he.dtoUowedtnelights
eruaeenth~mlende.t:Ha2elslade. ~e :"lad
goh4thiri200te~ ot ~hat he described as
tl":~lnQ saucers, but on entering the ereatrLe)''
had l~ded could not locate them. Reoort
reeorderJb~··O!'t! Cp!. ·
~ep" ... :ll )>:I ...... !'":r•1 Cl'll tfocM u ... :..),, ...., H• 0:. ~ti"Tlt>• • ~·: ..... \,. l.f!'\t.· .._. ·~ ,... .... ~"0,·. ~14.ti••'.J' oJy •• : .... ... _,,.,..
de~cnpttor1 had beenseeninRAr Sha'A'bwy
.~i!'!pe.ce heading South.
AC'T!ON TAKEN
:. ,e:rc ;Jr;It~ at L1r:etl~!~:, S~2eJ
Srt:l.\•lbUrY. O!rtrungM.m ana We&
J·..~.~..'t!.;:.~. ~~:--:~a~.;~ ~:':d it \Jias
e~e.bli~ r: li!C t Mi no .~!'cr-Mt ......~rc
1!'>4~-tG .
2. .All cetw.~ p~:$ ed~ c~A~ Mercia
Police artd P&SS.
S. ~o."ltacte.:t staffs
Po~deC!tnescene.
Report ~ho:o! tr.e !ights ha~ been se.s~ t::ere ais~. $ . ..::.:~·en & Sc~:ers~~ Pc:ice ~..,~.;;e
lnibewyit w-a.i presum tH!tr1 e}' 'w'ere l'fl ~ ~or'.t eS:> ir.t om1 ed tr:t)~rp ort S~ett.
but in !i~r.t ot other~g hti!"tgs ccu!d ~fter !'!D
explanation and recorded the sighting~
u!""!ide!"!tifted.
(. Vi est ~A e:tcia Poiic e ·w·ere
i:'":ton':'led ~~ ~~;e ru!'t!'!er~i~~t~~s
ana ·wiii correiaJ:e ~i reports.
d byCpt
!~-~!Sit!
:qAF tt. s; ::c :: :~; .,., ••.• _., ........ ~<~ ..:......o...-:---...t~..;:~
...

Cases discussed

About this file

Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 492 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.