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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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UNOUFO's __.
·. By HENRY MILLER
· . in New York .
JVI.IILE some members '
~ dozed, others joked and
·still others did their best
to conceal their incredulity,
th~, United Nations Special
· Political . Committee for·
· mally took up the question· I
of unidentified flying· ·
· objects.
- · They did so at the instigation
of Sir iEric Ga4ry, Prime Min·
ister cf Grenada, who hu been·
campaiigning fer two years to ·
promote an offidal U.N. study on ·
the :issue.
He called it " the fulfilment
of my very high expectation "
and added: .. The world is look-
ing on.".
Al:tihi>ugh the worl'd 13 more ·
likely to cousider that the 149-
natioon ibo-Cy has mor~ sel'iom
matters with which to occupy ·
itself, the committee nont:tbe- ·
le·ss agreed to devote more
de'l:iate :to th~ topi!c today. '
Sir Eric, who Intersperses
·religious thoughts into his mu:r
ings en U F O's, opened \he
debate by saying: "A U1N.
2!tudy :\\ill Mt jnfringe oa the
sovercignity of any nation. We
have tha backing of many scien-
tists and I look f~.'nvard with
c:~nfrdence to the rupport of the
1
world's nations." · ~ .
. 1 ···.;·
·· . · Carter interest / 1
· President Carter him3elf has
Mid that he o:tcP. saw a U :F 0,
and Si: Eric said •he lbi!d been'
encouraged by tb~ Pre3id.:nt's
intc..-est. in ':fue suhj~ct. ·
Telling reporters of '!lis oWn
experience 21, vears ago. Sir
Eric said: "I s~w a U F 0 as.
I was n calicd on thr Secretary·
Gen~ral, Dr ';'li!l<!h~lm. to ;:on-
. duct: a wlde·r.:u:gkg investiga.
tion i:tto flyi:;g saucers. ir:c!ud·
ing il.n anc.ly~is of the bcn~fits,
pr.:.hlems. and dangers st("rn·
mb~. from anr coatJc: with
.extm-terrestria! itfe.-Re!lter•.
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