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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.
“RAF Neatishead”18 pages
- p. 7 …I apologise for the
quality of the Facsimile message from RAF Neatishead. We have checked with…
- p. 313 …Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def's
staff that nothing…
- p. 381 …Sector Operations Centre (South) at RAF Neatishead have told D Air Def's
staff that nothing…
- p. 394 …The lights observed from Skegness were captured on video
which is being sent to RAF Neatishead…
- p. 397 …RAF Neatishead if any aircraft
activity was present on the radar in that area; Neatishead had…
- p. 398 …Meanwhile, CRC Neatishead's
inquiries had revealed no sign of air movements or military
exercises in…
- p. 417 …Tornado F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars but not routinely at…
- p. 418 …No copy was sent to
Neatishead.
b. RAF Air Defence Ground Environment units, including CRC
Neatishead…
- p. 427 …The lights observed from Skegness were captured on video
which is being sent to RAF Neatishead…
- p. 430 …RAF Neatishead if any aircraft
activity was present on the radar in that area; Neatishead had…
- p. 431 …Meanwhile, CRC Neatishead's
inquiries had revealed no sign of air movements or military
exercises in…
- p. 448 …Torna o F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars b t ot…
- p. 449 …No copy was sent to
Neatishead.
b. RAF Air Defence Ground Environment units, including CRC
Neatishead…
- p. 456 …RAF Neatishead to GESM dated 5 Oct 1996 attached to a
transcipt of conversations between Neatishead…
- p. 463 Copies of report made by RAF Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, of unidentified objects
tracked by the BMEWS…
- p. 471 …Copies of report made by RAF Fylingdales, North Yo~kshire, of unidentified
~·;}.Y' object/s tracked…
- p. 477 …Copies of UFO reports made in the early hours of30/31 March 1993 by RAF and…
- p. 491 …Copies of UFO reports made in the early hours of 30/31 March 1993 by RAF…
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observations are also hard to interpret. What does he n1ean. when
says wa.~ 'not very interested''? Why did he take the video? Tt. is possible
!tom his own record of. his obse.rvation tha.t he was looking at the same lights as
the crew of MV CONOCOAST seen at azimuth 160°, although the later compass
measurement of tll.e light seen on the video could have been Venu11;!
Also, one should note that the Moon was just past Last Quarter o.n 4~h October,
rising at 23:36 BST on October 4 a.nd setting at 15:13 BST on October 5. This
wo1..tld ha.ve had the effect of 'washing out' all but the brightest stars. H this was
so then the bright stars Sirius or Ca.nopus might be candidates for these sightings.
Howevet.", if the sky was really clear I don't thiuk either of thf'~~e objects would ha.ve
fooled people who axe presumably all quite used to working a.t night and therefore
are quite fa.z:Wliar with looking at the sky. ··
I hope this has helped.
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