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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.

  • p. 255 …Following this report, I contacted the Police Control Headquarters at Exeter, Devon and was informed by…
  • p. 256 …a report of this event with their headquarters. After this call, I contacted the Plymouth police…
  • p. 285 …This type of report need not be referred to Headquarters and may be forwarded direct to…
  • p. 323 …Following this report, I contacted the Police Control Headquarters at Exeter, Devon and was informed by…
  • p. 324 …a report of this event with their headquarters. After this call, I contacted the Plymouth police…
  • p. 353 …This type of report need not be referred to Headquarters and may be forwarded direct to…
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He likened them to golf balls, two at the top with the other
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immediately below ( o ). From the lowest object a light beam
seemed to be s~ining down at an angle of about 45 degrees. Mr
~ept the objects in view for a little over 3 hours.
During this time his daughter~ad also been out to see
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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 Mrs - and that by Mr-
are probably one and the same. The direction is right i.e.N.W.
an~ although Mrs- feels the object(s) were over Bishops
Lydeard I think 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. ~who 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 grou~ of Scouts carrying out some field exercises, when
his attention was drawn to a series 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?
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