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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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.. ··~)·.,... !REDACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT I . (6) At this point in the investigation, Sunday 11th April 1993, I have now despatched 33 report forms to all the_'sighters' and once returned will hopefully be able to plot at least the 1.10am flight path of the object and provide a better description of.its form, structure and performance. I will also have a better picture of the 1~30am St Ives, Cornwall and 2am Bridgewater, Somerset events. As a matter of interest, two of my reports concerned the presence of two 'Jet Fighters' flying in from the East. one behind the other, and across Devon at 1.30am on the 31st. One report came from a retired airline pilot living in East Devon who gave the altitude of the jets as 20,000' and their speed as 1,500mph. He also said they were in a hurry and had their 'after burners' on! This report was later corroborated by a second report from a gentlemen living in Wellington, Somerset. My efforts to confirm the presen~~ of these aircraft with SEC (AS) 2A at the MOD (AIR) was not successful. From their records £2 military aircraft were airborne at this time over Devon and are therefore unknown to anybooy at this time! I also received two reports of three military type helicopters flying in a radius of Bridgewater between 1.30am and 2am on the 31st. Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOD (AIR) were unable to confirm their presence in the area. Hy information is that these Helicopters were on a search operation of some kind or another and that at one stage 'red flares' were seen due south of Bridgewater. 13th April 1993
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