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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.
“UFO Files”38 pages
- p. 6 …Copy of the file relating to a UFO report made by-nd- near
Winchester, Hampshire on…
- p. 7 …Files D/DS8/75/2/5 Part B (UFO Reports-August to November 1980) and D…
- p. 9 …ofLords Debate on UFOs, on 18 January 1979.
On examining our files we have discovered a…
- p. 17 …SPfCIFIC ACTION ON UFO'S AND PRECLUDES THE INSCRIPTJOr OF A
SETARATE UFO ITEM ON NEXT…
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- p. 35 …Our files contain reports and Nick Pope's letters to Dl55 and notes about D Air…
- p. 69 …Galley had said
that UFOs were real but that he, the
Minister, did not know where…
- p. 70 …It cfo!lows UFOs, the truth is simple. There really
that the files must remain closed…
- p. 134 …We may be in for a long
hau1 on UFOs. The reply to the Earl will…
- p. 185 …Copies of enclosures 1/1, 1/2,1/3,1/4 from file Dl55/1 08…
- p. 190 …We have rio reason to believe
that the so-called UFOs are attributed to anything but…
- p. 212 …We have rio reason to believe
that the so-called UFOs are attributed to anything but…
- p. 303 …I received a non Ufo
report from a gentleman (name on file) who is a recently…
- p. 371 …I received a non Ufo
report from a gentleman (name on file) who is a recently…
- p. 451 DR CLARKE- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Request 1
Copy of the file relating to a UFO report…
- p. 453 …1977) on the UN debate on
UFOs. (Unclassified)
18. File note dated 16 Dec 1977 seying…
- p. 454 …French handling of UFO reports. (Unclassified)
29. Draft reply, background note and file minutes concerning Lord…
- p. 455 …There is one file D/Sec(AS)12/7- Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)- Alleged
UFO incident…
- p. 456 …The file
contains no real conclusion to these events and Mr Pope was eventually told by…
- p. 460 …I am currently making - for access to UFO files currently
'closed' under the 30 year rule…
- p. 462 …UFO report made by
Winchester, Hampshire on 14 November 1976.
•
and
I have now received file…
- p. 463 …UFO report files that we have
recalled from archives show that UFO reports were once filed…
- p. 464 I am sorry we are unable to locate the file(s) you requested on the information…
- p. 466 …Lords debate on UFOs, on 18 January 1979. We had two files on this,
but these…
- p. 467 …Lords debate on UFOs, on 18 January 1979. We had two files on this, but these…
- p. 468 REQUISITION FOR A REGISTERED FILE
To:-DR2a2
File Nos:
(1) D/DS8/75/3 UFOs- Parliamentary…
- p. 470 …Ifthe UFO reports
y, \.j.tf' '\,....,.~V'tt contains are filed in chronologie~! order as is…
- p. 471 …The file reference D/Sec(AS)1217 UFOs, alleged UFO incident, 31st March 1993, appears
0…
- p. 472 …Does your branch retain a
list of UFO files that have been destroyed, and the reasons…
- p. 474 …DAO ADGE1
Subject: UFO
Importance: Low
Sir
Unfortunately, Neatishead destroyed their files (and therefore any transcript…
- p. 476 …Copy of the file relating to a UFO report made and -near
Winchester, Hampshire, on 14…
- p. 477 …file which may contain relevant information.
D/Sec(AS)12/7- Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)- Alleged…
- p. 478 …The files concerned are:
D/DSS/75/2/2 Part L (1980) UFO Reports: Edited
D…
- p. 480 …This was produced because it was
believed that some UFO files might have been over looked…
- p. 482 . . ~·.
MOD Form 262E
REQUISITION FORA REGISTERED FILE
To:-DR2a2
File Nos:
1) D/DS8/7517 PtA…
- p. 486 …We have a file on these events, but I know DIS also have a file D…
- p. 487 …The file I need is PRO reference AIR 2/18977 UFO Reports- due for release in…
- p. 489 …Copy of the file relating to a UFO report made by
near Winch~ster, ~am~s…
24. Draft reply to above parliamentary question, background note and.file minutes
dated March 1978. (Unclassified)
25. File note dated 2 March 1978 saying that S4(Air) had obtained the official
transcript of the radio broadcast/rom the Air Attache in Paris who also provided
details of the attitude of the French MOD to UFOs. (Unclassified)
26. Letter from S4(Air) to Air Attache in Paris dated 13 Dec 1977 requesting a
transcript of the French Defence Minister's radio broadcast, details of how the
French MOD handle UFO reports, and the nature of the investigations at the Centre
nationale d'Etude Spatial. (Unclassified).
27. Copy of House of Lords Hansard dated 14 Dec 1977when The Earl ofClancarty
requested that the MOD and Home Office would reconsider their previous answers to
PQs and draw their attention to a book "The Crack in the Universe". (Unclassified)
28. Letter from Air Attache in Paris dated 30 Jan 1978 in reply to (4). Includes a
copy of the transcript of the radio broadcast made by the French Defence Minister
and a copy of a document entitled "Air Actualites" dated October 1976, which
describes the French handling of UFO reports. (Unclassified)
29. Draft reply, background note and file minutes concerning Lord Clancarty 's
further parliamentary question on the French Minister of Defence interview on radio.
Dated Dec 1977. (Unclassified)
30. Loose Minute dated 12 Dec 1977 from S4(Air) to the Chief Librarian requesting a
copy of an extract from a book "The Crack in the Universe" mentioned in Lord
Clancarty 's parliamentary question (28). (Unclassified).
31. Copy of Hansard Extract dated 6 Dec 1977 answered by the Minister of State,
Department of Education and Science concerning a study group set up in France
called "Groupe d'Etudes sur les Phenomenes Aerospatiales Non- Identifies.
(Unclassified).
32. Copy of extract from House of Lords Hansard dated 1 Dec 1977when
The Earl ofClancarty stated that France had set up a section in 1954 to study UFOs
and asked if the MOD had a similar section. (Unclassified).
33. Copy of extract from House of Lords Hansard dated 30 Nov 1977 when The Earl
of Clancarty asked HMG if they were aware of the French Minister of Defence radio
broadcast. (Unclassified)
These papers are relevant to Dr Clarke's request as the French Minister's broadcast
was raised by Lord Clanclarty in the House of Lords Debate and addressed by Lord
Strabolgi (Coll311 & 1312) in his reply.
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