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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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  • p. 66 …the nuclear submarine, having hegun his first sea-going voyage under sail. That was the band…
  • p. 67 …by the su organisations, balloono;. ~om logical sea•chli beam itself can of lirrht in th…
  • p. 68 …pastimes to sit on the prom:;nadc and \Vatch it go down over tlw sea. Many…
  • p. 187 …J from a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty…
  • p. 193 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 209 …a hole in the earth, or the depths of the sea, as Lord Clancarty has suggested.
  • p. 215 …time continu~, or the depths of the sea, or an~there else they are supposed to…
  • p. 260 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOO (AIR…
  • p. 309 …Crymyn, Dy Time y on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes…
  • p. 328 …Both reporters are adamant that the helicopters were military - probably 'Sea Kings'? but again MOD (AIR…
  • p. 380 …Lady on hill side approximately 1,000' above sea level. Attending sheep, observes 2 large white…
  • p. 394 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 397 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 398 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC(Civil…
  • p. 415 …flares' about 20 minutes previously in Irish sea area. Aircraft 2, UK Air out of Manchester…
  • p. 427 …These lights were observed from a single location out at sea in the opposite direction to…
  • p. 430 …could be related to an incident at sea. The MRCC, unaware of any maritime activity, asked…
  • p. 431 …the dawn, involving a tanker vessel at sea, Boston and Skegness Police Forces and LATCC{Civil…
  • p. 446 …Isle of contact in which mi Irish Sea I - Aircr~ft when 30nm $ou nothing se…
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~3 Written [LORDS ] Answers 1454
lfviation Terminal has been brought into which go beyonddefence interests are not Iuse for domestic flights only, and therefore carried out by the Department.
attendance by Customs and Immigration
staff will not be necessary.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS
The Earl of CLANCARTY asked Her
Majesty's Government:
Whether they are aware that in an
interview on France-Inter radio on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated that his Ministry had
set up a section in 195~ to .study eye-
witness accounts of urudenttfied flymg
objects; and whethet .our ~inistry of
Defence also has a section to mvesttgate
these unidentified flying objects.
Lord WINTERBOTTOM: The
Government have no record of a state-
ment made in February 1974 by the then
French Minister of Defence.
Our Ministry of Defence has no specific
organisation engaged on the examination of
reports of unidentified flying objects;
reports are examined by specialist staffs as
part of their normal duties to see if they
contain any implications for the defence of
the United Kingdom. lnvestigatibns into
any scientific significance of phenomena
ROAD SIGNS
Lo DE . CLIFFORD asked Her
Majes 's Government:
Wh information the large yellow
backed road signs exhibiting black
triangles, diamonds, circles and squares
now proli rating in the West Midlands
meant to nvey to the motorist; and
whether the will be included in the new
Highway Co for everyone's informa-
tion.
Baroness STED AN: These new signs
mark routes for t ffic to . follow when
some emergency re uires a section of
motorway to be cl sed. They guide
drivers from the motor ay and back to it
beyond the point of clos e. Because the
signs are at present indivi ally authorised
for each route and have not yet been
prescribed in regulations fo general use,
they are not being include in the new
Highway Code; but they ha e received
press publicity and an explana ry leaflet
has been produced for distri tion to
drivers. I shall be sending the no le Lord
a copy of the leaflet and copies ha been
placed in the Library.
House adjourned ;:tt ten
minutes before eight o'cloc

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