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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. 315 …Squawk 4651/110 from the north through Salisbury Plain area towards southampton. Squawk 2363/239 north…
  • p. 383 …Squawk 4651/110 from the north through Salisbury Plain area towards Southampton. Squawk 2363/239 north…
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10. Given the above, it would not seem sufficient to simply write these
sightings off. It seems that an unidentified object of unknown origin was
operating in the UK Air Defence Region without being detected on radar; this
would appear to be of considerable defence significance, and I recommend that we
investigate further, within MOD or with the US authorities.
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