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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. 71 …It is open to any of the authors of papers to publish them and some ha…
  • p. 110 …attitude of mind whicr. must be adopted to (these phenomena is a quite open attitude; that…
  • p. 113 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 115 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 124 …Whilst maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the nature and…
  • p. 136 …b. "\'le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
  • p. 162 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 164 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 173 …Whi.l:st maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the…
  • p. 182 …b. ''\•le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
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Unlike the Bentwaters case, this one has not to date thrown up
any evidence of a ufo landing, but there is certainly enough
evidence to imply a ufo presence over the Westcountry, and
possible other parts of the country, on the evening before and
after the known re-entry of a Russian space rocket at 1.10am.
My gut feeling is that this is exactly what occurred, and until
the present 'unknown object(s) reported upon are identified,
then they should without question be classified for what they
are- 'Unidentified Flying Objects'.
Devon UFO Research Organisation

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