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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…
From
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6n3, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N SBP
Telephone (Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
(GTN)
Dr David Clarke Your Reference
OYI Reference
D/UAS/64/3/11
Date
31 October 2002
Dear Dr Clarke
Thank you for your letter of7 October regarding your request for copies ofUFO-related
documents. I will address your comments in the same order as your letter.
1. Copy of the me relating to a UFO report made by
Winchester, Hampshire on 14 November 1976.
•
and
I have now received file AIR 2/18977 from the PRO and it consists of eleven individual
. folders containing UFO sighting reports made to the MOD between 5th November and
. 30th November 1976. They are filed in date order and there is a list of correspondents in
'the front of the file. An · · list has revealed no reports for the
· 141h November, nor any
2. 'Copies of the files containing briefing and background notes on UFOs prepared by
the head of 84 (Air), with contributions from RAF Ops (GE) 2 and DI55 for
reference by Lord Strabolgi in his closing address during the House of Lords debate
on UFOs, 18 January 1979.
The file referred to in Hansard on 17 December 1998 was D/DSS/75/3 Part A, which is a
general parliamentary correspondence file covering 1978. I have recalled this file from
our archives and a brief examination has revealed several papers that may have some
relevance to your request. These papers were not generated by this Department so if you
wish us to pursue this request we would have to make further enquiries about their release.
With regard to your request for any papers that may be held by RAF Ops (GE) 2 and
DI55, both branches have been consulted. The Directorate of Air Operations (successor to
Ops(GE)) hold no relevant surviving files from this period. DI55 are still checking their
archives, but nothing relevant has been found so far.
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