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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.
“Salisbury”2 pages
(12) He likened them to golf balls, two at the top with the other oo immediately below ( o ). From the lowest object a light beam seemed to be shining down at an angle of about 45 degrees.~ kept the objects in view for a little over 3 hours. During this time his daughter d also been out to see I the objects and has confirmed the sighting. · At this point I think it is worth pointing out that from the evidence the object(s) seen by and that by one and the same. The direction is right i.e.N.W.are probably and although Lydeard I think feels the object(s) were over Bishops in this she could be mistaken and that they were a bit further away towards the N.W. The third report came from P.C.~o is stationed at Bishops Lydeard. His report (by phone) was as follows: At approx 9.00pm he was up on the Quantock Hills, Nth Somerset, with a group of Scouts carrying out some field exercises, when his attention was drawn to a s~ries of bright lights approaching from the north west. They appeared to be at a height of about 3,000' and travelling at a constant speed, but not over fast! As the lights got closer he made out the outline of a large craft, which he said "looked like two Concords flying side by side and joined together". the lights he had seen appeared to be around the object(s) and were similar to cabin lights on an aircraft, only much brighter. the object passed to his left and after 2 or 3 minutes was lost to sight as it proceeded on a south easterly course. Strangely, as with the other P.Cs, despite agreeing to complete a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why? (13)
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