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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.

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“Open Minds”11 pages

  • p. 53 …The high probability in my mind is that 1281 they are ter extra-terrest to be…
  • p. 71 …It is open to any of the authors of papers to publish them and some ha…
  • p. 110 …attitude of mind whicr. must be adopted to (these phenomena is a quite open attitude; that…
  • p. 113 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 115 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 124 …Whilst maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the nature and…
  • p. 136 …b. "\'le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
  • p. 162 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put into…
  • p. 164 …that we must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to all this, not put in…
  • p. 173 …Whi.l:st maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the…
  • p. 182 …b. ''\•le must adopt an extremely open attitude of mind to this, not put into doubt…
Paris was advised in 1976 that so far the Nilitary had found
nothing of an aggressive nature'in the sightings -nor have the
scientists been able to ~xplain the phenomena.
25 November 1977

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