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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.

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  • p. 66 …the nuclear submarine, having hegun his first sea-going voyage under sail. That was the band…
  • p. 67 …by the su organisations, balloono;. ~om logical sea•chli beam itself can of lirrht in th…
  • p. 68 …pastimes to sit on the prom:;nadc and \Vatch it go down over tlw sea. Many…
  • p. 187 …J from a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty…
  • p. 193 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 209 …a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty has suggested.
  • p. 215 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 260 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOO (AIR…
  • p. 309 …Crymyn, Dy Time y on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes…
  • p. 328 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOD (AIR…
  • p. 380 …Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white…
  • p. 394 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 397 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 398 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC(Civil…
  • p. 415 …flares' about 20 minutes previously in Irish sea area. Aircraft 2, UK Air out of Manchester…
  • p. 427 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 430 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 431 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC{Civil…
  • p. 446 …Isle of contact in which mi Irish Sea I - Aircr~ft when 30nm $ou nothing se…
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ACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
ABBREVIATED CO
ANNEX F TO
D/DA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
REDMOND'S LETTER
1. General.
traffic betwee
Coordination c
or intercepted
various ways;
been linked wi
Boston Lines.
lllllllls comments are largely based on radio
t Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
re and various agencies which was either released
en reported in the press and interpreted in
roneously, the visual observations of lights have
2. Para 1.
unusual lights
systems' did n
3. Para 2.
a. Ligh
the E and
crew of
separate ta
Claxby, L'nc
display a N
at the La do
Drayton;
the Waddi
position,
close to
was made.
ersistent radar returns from a permanent echo at
e was no visual identified flying craft only
rrelation by ~various different military radar
ith different characteristics were observed to
SE of Skegness and Boston by Police and by the
nocoast some a miles east of Skegness. A
ionary object was detected on one ATC radar at
, over Boston and observed on the same radar
atishead, Anglia Radar (later) and the D&D Cell
Air Traffic Control Centre (LATCC) West
ationary object was also detected much later on
n approach radar, however this was in a separate
over Boston. Three aircraft subsequently flew
~object' but no sighting of an airborne vehicle
b. RAF involved in this event.
confusion a arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred
incorrectl o ~D&D Northwood' instead of ~D&D West Drayton'
in several t ansmissions or conversations; this error was
reproduced i press reports.
4. Para 3. \
a. Aircr~f were not scrambled because there was no
evidence w a soever of an unidentified airborne vehicle in
the vicini y.
b. Torna o F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars b t ot routinely at Leeming or coningsby.
c. The ir Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC), Kinless
was only ved by Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordinati n entre (MRCC} to ascertain whether they knew of
any air ac iv'ty in the area. ARCC, in turn, asked CRC
Neatisheadian D&D who replied in the negative; ARCC
subsequent y elayed several messages between D&D/Neatishead
and the MR c oncerning the stationary radar plot.
I
5. Para 4. L ca ions of permanent echoes are well known to

Cases discussed

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