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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.
“Nevers”28 pages
- 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…
Ministry of Defence
Room 830 St Giles Court. 1-13 St Giles H Street. London WC2H BLD
Telephone (Direct dialling (Fax)
1on (Exploitation)
Access 2
Ministry ofDefence
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations and Policy 1
Room 6/73 Metropole Building
Northumberland Avenue
London WC2N 5BP 26th November 2002
I am writing in response to your query regarding a letter from Dr Clarke. I suggest you
include in your reply a few words along the following lines:
'The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 gives a right of access to all information
held by public authorities. Any person making a request for information to a public
authority is entitled to be informed whether the public authority holds such information
and, if that is the case, to have the information communicated to them unless an
exemption applies. As you have noted, this right of access becomes effective on 1
January 2005. Both MOD and the Public Record Office (PRO) are public authorities
under the terms of the Act and therefore the information in the public records they hold is
within its scope.
The FOI Act repeals the access provisions in section 5(1) of the Public Records Act
1958-1967 and hence from January 2005 access to public records, wherever they are and
irrespective of the age of the records, will be governed by the FOI Act. The 30 year
closure period as a default goes, therefore, although the 30 year point remains significant
for two reasons: first, the obligation on departments to transfer records to the PRO before
they reach 30 years old remains (PRA s 3(4)) and second, some exemptions cease to
apply after 30 years (FOIA s 63(1)).
The FOI Act requires the PRO, as the authority holding the records, to respond to
requests for information relating to closed records by reviewing them to determine
whether an exemption applies. This is done in consultation with the department. If it is
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