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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. 40 …But, unlike with the aircraft reported by the noble Earl, I have never seen one. I…
  • p. 43 …the United States of America which has never been made known to the public and even…
  • p. 45 …will be, Yes, and yet they have never seen one. We are asking you to believe…
  • p. 46 …selfish- ness and tendency to panic as never before since the days of the Crusades. The…
  • p. 47 …I never reached that standard of mathematics. However I know that Einstein believed that ele~tro…
  • p. 51 …The difficulty about such an explanation is that they never seem to come into actual contact…
  • p. 53 …some of the things he told us. Never- theless, I feel that it is of immense…
  • p. 58 …What sort of an interpretation would somebody who had H.L.8 Q never read about…
  • p. 59 …l should lib:1 have never seen ball lightning, but the 1 to go into the…
  • p. 60 …She said "I don't \Vant to, because it will spoil it all." They said " Never…
  • p. 62 …Of ;orts of sightings ~never it has been n·estigation they tttral phenomena pet to say…
  • p. 67 …1308 fro,m h;m ag~;n ~n many other occ";?"'· ' Why have they never tded…
  • p. 112 ..~ say that in the Air Force, for tne moment, they have never seemed to come directly…
  • p. 131 …informed that 11so far the military have never fonnd an-ything of D.nt1tjgressive nature fro…
  • p. 161 …Air Force, for tile moment, they have never seemed to come directly under air defence. ' . I…
  • p. 177 …informed that 11so far the military have never found anything of an~~gressive nature from the…
  • p. 187 …But it would be a brave man who said there could never, ever,be manned inter…
  • p. 190 …a cloud descended and picked up ~he regiment and it was never heard of again ••••••• (checking…
  • p. 192 …Let me assure this House that Her Majesty's Government has never been approached by people…
  • p. 209 …But it would be a brave man who said there could never, ever,be manned inter…
  • p. 212 …a cl6ud descended and picked up :the regiment and it was never heard of again ••••••• (checking…
  • p. 214 …Let me assure this Rouse that Her Majesty's Government has never been approached by people…
  • p. 300 …despite agreeing to complete a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why? (13)
  • p. 320 …Mrllllllll stated that he had been a Met Officer for 8 years and had never~nything…
  • p. 368 …despite agreeing to complete a report form, this has never been returned - I wonder why? (13)
  • p. 399 …Significantly, the plot was never present on radar displays from the NATS sensors at Cromer and…
  • p. 417 …RAF Northwood was never involved in this event. confusion has arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred…
  • p. 432 …Significantly, the plot was never present on radar displays from the NATS sensors at Cromer and…
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Wing ComOJ.aD.der
ADGE 1, MOD
FAX
Dear Wing Commander
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB..~ OEZ
United
Direct
email
ANNEX D TO
D/QA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
I have examined the reports of bright lights seen on October 5 as ::set out in your
fax of 11 November.
When a bright star or planet is low down in the sky (even to elevation 20°) it is quite
common for it t<.1 appear to show colours, which are often described as 'ftashing'
or 'rotating'. It is important to consider- a person's eyesight in interpreting their
descriptions of sightings.
It seems to me in this case that the different observet·s may ha.ve been looking at
diffe1·ent objects. Because of the uncertainties in the estimates o! elevation a.nd
tt.zimuth I cannot be certain as to what was seen, but this is my best guess.
I think that boLh Inspector ~-of Boston Police may have been
looking at Venus. Venus has been except1onally bright in the early morning sky
over the past weeks and has stood out from all around it. The actual positions o£
the planet on October 5 are a.s follows.
UT BST Altitude Azimuth
02:00 03:00 -20 68°
02:09 03:09 70° Venus·rlse
03:00 04:00 +70 80°
04:00 05:00 +16° 92°
05:00 06:00 +25° 105°
06:00 07:00 +33° 118°
07:00 08:00 +40° 135°
I confess to being puzzled as to what the c~:~w of MY CO NO COAST were watching.
Presumably they would have had a. dear view of the whole sky. Can you rule out
that they may have been seeing some laser show with the beams reflected in a hazy
sky? I am also puzzled as to why they saw two sets of lights at approximately
180°apa.rt.
An establishment of the
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