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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. 16 …T!iE C0~1M ITTEE'S tELIBERATION HILL BE HICLUDF.D IN ITS REPORT \.JrllCH WILL…
  • p. 22 …RY IS SAYING Tl-h\ T H£:: HILL tJvT BE FUT OFF AG A I fl…
  • p. 57 …I can give no explana- over the hills between Loch Sweyne and tion why there should…
  • p. 68 …is a great car headlights on distant hills; dust devils; variety of plain explanations. There is…
  • p. 190 …the First Fotirth Norfolks, -was advancing towards Hill 60: a cloud descended and picked up ~he…
  • p. 212 …the First Fourth Norfolks, -was advancing towards Hill 60: a cl6ud descended and picked up :the…
  • p. 259 …with some Scouts Up on the Quantock Hills at about 9pm on the 30th. He reports…
  • p. 262 …hand bend at the bottom of Lantoom Hill, I became: a~;are of what appeared to…
  • p. 300 …At approx 9.00pm he was up on the Quantock Hills, Nth Somerset, with a group…
  • p. 309 …Crymyn, Dy Time y on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes…
  • p. 315 …310010z Clee-Hill Clee-Hill Clee-Hill Clee-Hill Burrinqton SB. 3l0010z Clee-Hill SC. 310010z…
  • p. 327 …with some Scouts UJ? on the Quantock Hills at about 9pm on the 30th. He reports…
  • p. 330 …hand bend at the bottom of Lantoom Hill, I became: aware of what appeared to be…
  • p. 343 …LOCAL HILL <COSLEY HILL) L. SATCO MIDDLE WALLOP 1"1. MR GREATLY HAMPSHIRE PAGE 2 RBDAID…
  • p. 368 …At approx 9.00pm he was up on the Quantock Hills, Nth Somerset, with a grou…
  • p. 380 …Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white…
  • p. 383 …310010z Clee-Hill Clee-Hill Clee-Hill Squawk 1461/039 N/E to S/W Nothing…
  • p. 451 …in answer to a PQ by Lord Hill-Norton on 14 October 1998. This file was…
  • p. 471 …On 14 October 1998 in the House ofLords, Lord Hill-Norton asked the Minister of State…
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This I believe, is evidence enough to suggest that this is
exactly what these people saw - a rocket re-entry.
What is also evident is that on the evening before, between
8.00pm and 11.00pm, objects were seen traversing the North
Devon sky and indeed ho~ering N.W. of the same ~rea~ In
addition it is fairly certain that at 2.00am on the 31st, an
object of some considerable size, flew over the River Parrot at
Bridgewater, disturbing not only the local fishermen, but also
the cattle in the adjacent fields. Also at this time we have
the mystery of the 3 helicopters seen. They were almost
certainly of a military type, but as with the 2 fighter
aircraft over East Devon earlier, their presence has been
denied by the MoD - Why?
In association with this we have the 1.30am sightings at St
Ives and Penzance and the other numerous sightings over
Cornwall, Devon, Shropshire, South Yorkshire and Hampshire,
starting at 10.10pm on the 30t~ and ending at 2.40am on the
31st.
If these reports are correct, and as I said earlier, I have no
reason to doubt them and my reports are also correct, then it
must be the case that at least one, if not more,_unidentified
flying objects were active over these areas on the night in
question - but what was their purpose? Were they I it here on a
specific mission, or just carryingout a nighttime surveillance
operation. The latter scenario is of course quite feasibly
given what we already know from their well documented past, but
what about the first proposition?
Well if we examine the evidence and what we already know ~bout
this alleged mode of operation, there is clearly a case for
this line of thinking.
In Timothy Goods .latest book 'Alien Update' he edits a whole
chapter on this very subject. He cites a number of cases from
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