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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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6. Signal message from UKMIS New York to the FCO dated 25 Nov 1978. (Restricted) Concerns Mr Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada visiting New York especially to make a statement and to make statements from experts about UFOs. 7. Signal message from UKMIS New York to the FCO dated 28 Nov 1978. (Restricted). Draft resolution on possible UN research into UFOs. 8. Signal message from UKMIS New York to the FCO dated 28 Nov 1978 (Restricted). Mr Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada introduction of new resolution instead of the one already circulated to UN Missions. 9. Loose Minute to Miss Brown/ PS/Mr Luard (possibly FCO) from Mr Richardson of the Energy Science & Space Department of the FCO dated 4 Dec 1978. (Confidential). Background material on how they were to react to further proposals by Grenda following up on the 1977 initiative on UFOs. 10. Signal message from FCO to UKMIS New York dated 5 Dec 1978. (Confidential) Instruction from FCO for UKMIS to oppose the resolution put forward by the Grenadans, but to try to help them "off the hook". 11. Signal message from UKMIS New York to FCO dated 6 Dec 1978. (Restricted). Not(fication that the Grenadans and the Russians have authority to accept the consensus text of the resolution and that the Americans also intend to go along with the consensus text. 12. Signal message from UKMIS New York to FCO dated 5 Dec 1978. (Unclassified). The General Assembly (of the UN) invite to member states to take appropriate steps to co-ordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including UFOs and to inform the Secretary-General of their activities. 13. Letter from Special Political Committee of the UN General Assembly dated 2 7 Nov 1978. (Unclassified). Summary Record of the 36th Meeting concerning the establishment of an agency of the UN for research into UFOs and related phenomena. These papers are relevant to Dr Clarke's request for information because during the House of Lords Debate Lord Clancarty mentioned the possibility of an intra- governmental study ofUFOs and in addressing that point in his speech, Lord Strabolgi said that Grenada had proposed a study into UFOs (Col 1313). It is therefore likely that the MOD obtained these papers from the FCO as background material for the debate. Anticipating that Dr Clarke would agree to pay for this material (as he always has done in the past), I sent these papers to the FCO Records and Historical Department on 7 November for their advice on release.
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