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This MoD file, titled UFOs - Persistent Correspondence - Dr David Clarke, holds Dr David Clarke's Freedom of Information requests and emails to the Directorate of Air Staff from 2005 to 2008. Clarke asked for the DI55 report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region and for Rendlesham papers. He also sought records about Nick Pope. Other items include an internal review that released redacted passages on plasmas, the MoD's statement that it had no report of the 2008 South Wales police helicopter sighting, and a 2009 disposal form.
“International UFO Reporter”20 pages
27 January 2006 15:31 Subject: ## Importance: High ## Dear Dr Clarke Consideration of the UAP Report papers is currently ongoing and it appears that our initial estimate of the end of January release might have been a little optimistic. However, we are keen to release as much of the report as possible and there are now just a few issues concerning the sensitivity of certain sections of the Report still to be determined. Once this is complete and any withheld information is removed, copies will be made and sent to yourself and Section 40 I am unable to be certain as to exactly when this will be, but as soon as I have any firm news, I will let you know. With regard to your request for information about the costs involved in the production of the Report, this information is not held on DAS files, so I have passed your enquiry to the DIS staff. I will write to you again regarding this matter. Yours sincerely, Section 40 Ministry of Defence Directorate of Air Staff - Freedom of Information ## 27 January 2006 -----Original Message----- From: david clarke [mailto: Section 40 Sent: 26 January 2006 12:59 To: Section 40 Subject: Re: FOI Request Importance: High Dear Section 40 A belated happy New Year to you. I am writing to follow up our pre-holiday conversation with regards to my FOI request for the UAP Report. In your last email dated 20 December you mentioned that "we should be in a position to release the information by the end of January." I wonder if that remains the position and if you could provide an update on progress. Also, would it be possible for you to provide me with an estimate of cost involved in the production of this report during the period 1998-2000 as it clearly involved a considerable amount of work. I gather from the documents already released that it was paid for via an ongoing, unrelated contract within DIS. However, I'm sure one of the questions that will inevitably be asked is "how much did it cost?" Is it possible to provide an estimate? Yours sincerely, David Clarke
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