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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. 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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Notes
From these reports it is obvious that during the evening
(8.00pm to 11.00pm) an object or objects were clearly visable
and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by ~
in their reports. In addition other objects
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of a similar type, were seen traversing the sky from· north to
south and south to north. Although the reports are not
identical, i.e. they are different in their descriptions, they
do indicate that a fairly large twin hulled craft was airborne
that evening and flying low over some areas. What this object
was, is of course unknown and must therefore, temporally at
least, be classed as an Unidentified Flying Object!
Event 'E' - St Ives & Penzance, Cornwall
At just before 1.30am on Wednesday 31st March 1993, two men
living in St Ives, Cornwall, observed two very bright objects
flying on a N.N.W. to S.S.E. course over the town. Their height
was estimated to be about 2,000' and were described as rockets
with light trails. they were moving very fast and were only in
sight for 5 to 10 seconds. At one stage one of the sighters
thought that the two lights to d
come on brightly again. The other observer
not see this particular effect. He, however, only had the
objects in sight for a couple of seconds.
Meanwhile, who lives at Crowles, Nr Penzance, was
himself watching two very bright objects, with trails, heading
S.E. at a very low altitude 2,000' to 3,000'. He also observed
a third object behind the other two, but was less bright. none
of the objects made any noise and the light trails "were" he
said "thin and straight like a light tube". At the rear of the
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