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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. 13 …be exported to alien civilizations; as the densest planet in the solar system, the · Earth had…
  • p. 40 …knowledge were more advanced or if we had more information about the sightings in question. It…
  • p. 43 …It was just before the Americans had landed on the moon. Sir Frank said that he…
  • p. 54 …ls it not presumptuous, the argument goes, to suppose that elsewhere in space creatures more advanced…
  • p. 62 …One of the most advanced experimental stations at Jodrell Bank-just take these statistics on board…
  • p. 66 …the active list of the Navy at a very advanced age, had lived into the age…
  • p. 128 …The Government consider that, overall, the t protocols mark a valuable advance in humanitarian law applicable…
  • p. 155 …The/Government consider that, overall, the t~ protocols mark a valuable advance in humanitarian law applicable…
  • p. 190 …the Gallipots campaign in 1975, an en~; ire British regiment, the First Fotirth Norfolks, -was advancing…
  • p. 192 …This was once explained by the claim that aliens had advance bases the other side of…
  • p. 196 …Lord Clancarty if the latt~r will give advance notice. I repeat the advice I gave…
  • p. 206 …Lord Clancarty if the latt€r will give advance notice. I repeat the advice I gave…
  • p. 212 …the Gallipots campaign in 1975, an en~; ire British regiment, the First Fourth Norfolks, -was advancing…
  • p. 214 …This was once explained by the claim that aliens had advance bases the other side of…
  • p. 477 …In advance of conducting a careful review of the documentation this sum remains an estimate only…
  • p. 481 …In advance of conducting a careful review of the documentation this sum remains an estimate only…
A. Date, Time and Duration of Sighting
Local times to be quoted
B. Discripticn cf Object
Number of objects;size,shape,colours,
brightness,sound,smell,etc.
c. Exact position of observer
Geographical location,indoors our out,
stationery or moving.
D. Hew Observed
Naked eye,binoculars,other optical
device,still or movie camera.
E. Direction in which Object was First Seen
A landmark more useful than badly
bearing.
F. Angular Elevation of Object
Estimated heights are unreliable.
G. Distance of Object from Observer
Ref. to known landmark when possible.
H. Movements of Obj•ct
Changes in E,F ~ G more use than est.
course and speed.
J. Met. Condition During Observation
Moving clouds, haze, mist, etc.
K. Nearby Objects
Telephone or high-voltage lines; dam, lake
or reservoir; swamp or marsh; river; high
building, tall chimney, steeples,spires or
masts; airfields, generating plants;pit~,
factories or othe~ lighted sites, or lighting
L. To Whom Reported
Police, Military org. the press, etc.
M. Name and Address of Informant
N. Any Background Information
that may be Volunt•er•d
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