“UFO Files”45 pages
- p. 3 ## Registered File Disposal Form
FILE TITLE: (Main Heading - Secondary Heading - Tertiary Heading etc) UFOs - Persistent Correspondence…
- p. 4 …are:
# UFO related documents
## (iii) At the end of the specified retention period the file is…
- p. 6 …Cardiff UFO
## Dear Section 40
No doubt MoD will have had many inquiries regarding the alleged…
- p. 8 …file movie, it was inevitable that UFOs would soon be back in force. As one UFO…
- p. 10 …The paper had now found an expert, former MoD UFO desk-jockey Nicola Haze, who was…
- p. 11 …Cardiff UFO
Dear Dr Clarke,
Thank you for your e-mail of 25 June 2008.
The…
- p. 21 …It is not considered contradictory that the DIS has a file on UAP/UFO policy. As…
- p. 22 …As you correctly recall in your letter, your original request for this file was refused as…
- p. 24 # SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF FILE DI55/108/15 - Part 4 'UFO Policy'
The file covers the…
- p. 26 …Given that fact, do DAO hold any record in their files of action taken in response…
- p. 27 …I believe the contents of this UFO policy file are equally of interest both to the…
- p. 29 …If they do have files on UFOs, you'd better warn them to be in for…
- p. 36 …I request any and all files, paperwork, documents, photographs, etc, regarding the investigation, operational use of…
- p. 40 …All accessible files for the period in question have been scrutinised, but no correspondence from the…
- p. 43 …about UFO file releases at The National Archives, I should inform you that once files are…
- p. 45 …You have complete access to the UFO/UAP file series and may remove them on a…
- p. 48 …Finally, I wondered if you have any information on any imminent releases of UFO-related files…
- p. 51 …Finally, I wondered if you have any information on any imminent releases of UFO-related files…
- p. 57 …be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108/15 Pt 6-7 (UFO Policy 2000…
- p. 59 …be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108/15 Pt 6-7 (UFO Policy 2000…
- p. 64 …be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108/15 Pt 6-7 (UFO Policy 2000…
- p. 88 …I couldn't help but notice your remark about there being no "UFO Project."
When Section…
- p. 89 …I couldn't help but notice your remark about there being no "UFO Project."
When Section…
- p. 95 …Could we clear up the ambiguity surrounding the status of the 21 DI55 UFO files (see…
- p. 98 …opportunity to check out any of the UFO files available there, you may find the attached…
- p. 99 # UFO RECORDS HELD BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (TNA)
## Key:
## Name of department/branch/creator
NA Class…
- p. 107 …files containing 'edited copies' of UFO reports begins 1975, ends 1980
AIR 2/18949. UFO reports…
- p. 110 …Could we clear up the ambiguity surrounding the status of the 21 DI55 UFO files (see…
- p. 111 …DI55 UFO files
DI/DI55/108/15/1Pt9 UFO Incident Reports period not known
DI/DI55…
- p. 113 …For instance, I wondered if it is possible for DIS to confirm that the UFO files…
- p. 120 …AIR 20/12966 was transferred to TNA in October and this was the only UFO file…
- p. 121 …Freedom of Information requests
AIR20/12966 was the only UFO file transferred in Oct (that I…
- p. 122 …Are you aware of any other UFO-related files from this period which have been collected…
- p. 124 …Are you aware of any other UFO-related files from this period which have been collected…
- p. 126 …I believe at one time the possibility of a UFO in the area was suggested by…
- p. 128 …The report examined UFO sighting reports from 1987 to 1997. The report was written in December…
- p. 129 …Indeed today, I often speak to Section 40 to check the status of UFO files and…
- p. 133 …The report examined UFO sighting reports from 1987 to 1997. The database was destroyed after the…
- p. 134 …Indeed today, I often speak to Section 40 to check the status of UFO files and…
- p. 144 …Interestingly I have found on my UFO policy file a draft PQ answer which was sent…
- p. 145 …file enclosures between the years 1980 to 1996 for documents relating to the Rendlesham Forest UFO…
- p. 150 …data,
D/sec(AS)12/3-uFO Corrapondine
- File Dl55/108/15 Pt 4 runs from…
- p. 151 …Red
## Section 40
This is quite a big job, but here is some data,
- File DI55…
- p. 158 …a database of UFO/UAP material drawn from their archive of 22 files dating back to…
- p. 159 …file enclosures between the years 1980 to 1996 for documents relating to the Rendlesham forest UFO…
However, briefing papers prepared for ministers who answered the PQs, suggest the Air Staff and DIS were equally "in the dark" concerning the existence, or otherwise, of Aurora. One notes that "there is no knowledge in MOD of a black programme of this nature, although it would not surprise the relevant desk officers in the Air Staff and DIS if it did exist."
The FoIA papers suggest that enquiries were made by the MoD at a high level in the US and the answer came back that no such aircraft existed. One memo from the British Air Attache in Washington dated 22 December 1992 addressed to ACAS, London, states "the whole affair is causing considerable irritation with HQ USAF and any helpful comments we can make to defuse the situation would be appreciated."
In addition I gather these rumours led the US authorities to seek advice from our own Air Attache on whether "the earlier alleged sightings in Scotland could be attributed to the [RAF] Vulcan display aircraft" or indeed to a black project of British origin!
I gather that your answer to both questions was "no."
The papers released under FoIA indicate this matter came to your attention once again in April 1993 when a cluster of reports describing a "triangular-shaped" UFO were made to the Air Staff secretariat from a number of places in England and Wales. On this occasion it seems that in hindsight the "UFO" which caused so much concern to the desk officer at the Air Staff Secretariat was actually a piece of space debris re-entering the earth's atmosphere.
There does not appear to be any definitive resolution to this matter that is clear and apparent from the papers that have emerged as the result of my inquiries. Were the sightings made around RAF Machrihanish ever accounted for as aircraft or natural phenomena, to your knowledge? I would also be interested to know what view you take on the subject of Aurora/black projects of US origin being the origin of UFO reports in the British Isles during your tour of duty. Is this theory likely in hindsight?
In addition, I would also be interested to know what your personal viewpoint is on the subject of UFO reports received by the MoD during this period. Were you aware of the policy on this subject or of the quality and quantity of reports received by the Air Staff secretariat? Do you feel the subject should be treated seriously or do you feel this is a subject that is of no interest to the defence authorities?
I look forward to hearing from you and wish you a long and productive retirement.
Yours Faithfully,