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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…
4. Copies of UFO reports made in the early hours of30/31 March 1993 by RAF and
meteorological office personnel and by members of the public, from a number of
locations including RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury. Also copies of assessment
made. - We have identified one file which may contain relevant information.
D/Sec(AS)12/7- Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)- Alleged UFO Incident-
31st March 1993 which contains 40 enclosures. We are also looking to see if there is any
further material on these events.
5. Reports of unusual phenomena on radar in the early hours of 5 October 1996
reported by the SOC Neatishead and UFO reports made by Lincolnshire Police and
the Skegness coastguard. Copies of investigation notes and assessment made.- We
have identified one file which may contain relevant material. D/Sec(AS)64/2 Part D-
UFO Sighting Reports contains 181 enclosures and covers reports from August to
December 1996.
I estimate that undertaking the work you have requested will take around 23 hours. Four hours
work would be conducted free, leaving 19 hours which would attract a fee of £15 an hour, or a
total of £285. This assumes it will take two minutes to check each page, and photocopy and
sanitise any relevant documents. This would be a three day task spread over six half days. As one
file is being retrieved from the Public Record Office and another is to be reviewed by a different
division, we could make the material available to you during October 2002. In advance of
conducting a careful review of the documentation this sum remains an estimate only. The final
cost may be lower, but if, during the course of the review, it appears that the cost may be in excess
of this sum I shall let you know so that you may decide whether you wish the work to continue.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
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