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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" (4) Most of these reports (if not all!) were, I have reason to believe, their observations of a Russian 2nd stage launch vehicle of the Tsyklon class, which had previously (about midnight) put.into orbit a Cosmos 2238 Satellite. Its return to earth had occurred at approx 1.05am and was first seen over Innis, Ireland at that time. From its orbital direc~ion of 65 degrees it would have traversed the sky at a height of between 80kms and lOOkms in a S.E. direction. If it did cross Innis at 1.05am and I have reliable evidence to support this, then it would have crossed Lands End shortly after - approx l.lOam. Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it .is I believe reasonable to assume that what they saw was the re- entry of this space vehicle. However, at this time a final conclusion cannot be given, until receipt of a report from a lllllltinvestigation team in Ireland, which will hopefully confirm the spent rockets course over Innis. This leaves me with the proble.m· of the reports from Sgt and Sgt they tell a different story! , in company with P.C. lllllf, were approaching the the coast town of Lynton, Nth Devon, at l.lOam. Their direction of travel was due north and as they neared the town they noticed 2 very bright lights approaching from the north across the Bristol Channel. Stopping their patrol car they watched as the lights drew nearer to them. The lights or object(s) passed to the west going in a S.Easterly direction. As it I they passed over, they noticed a third light, much smaller than the other two and positioned somewhere between them. Sgt states - that as it pas~ed silently by, he got the impression that the lights were attache? to a very large object, but could not make out any shape of other details. As it went away from from them, both officers saw two white vapour like trails /5
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