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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
## Section 40 Directorate of Air Staff - FOIA Ministry of Defence 5th Floor, Zone H Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB 1 September 2005 Your ref: D/DAS/64/3/11 ## Dear Section 40 Thank you for letter of 23 August 2005 enclosing the outstanding papers from the Freedom of Information request I made on 19 January this year. I found these of great interest and I wish to thank you for your patience and detailed attention to all my questions and requests for information. As I am sure your department are aware, these documents reveal that DIS, between 1998- 2000, sponsored the production of a database of UFO/UAP material drawn from their archive of 22 files dating back to the 70s (presumably being those now subject to asbestos contamination). It also produced a detailed report (consisting of three volumes with an executive summary), the conclusion of which led to the decision in October 2000 to bring DI55 interest in reports of "aerial phenomena" to an end. The summary and contents of this report are of interest both for the purposes of academic study and to the public in general. I intend to write to you again towards the end of September and make the DIS report the subject of my next application under the Freedom of Information Act. It would be helpful in the construction of my request if you could provide advice and guidance as to the page length of the report and summary. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could advise whether a request for a copy of the full report and summary could be met within the £600 limit imposed by the Act. In the meantime, I wish to request that MoD conduct an internal review of the decision to delete a) "previous security classifications" and b) paragraph 3 from the DIST's letter of 4 December 2000. I believe there is a clear public interest in the disclosure of the security classification of this document as a prerequisite to the release of the full report. You will be aware that MoD has stated consistently that the topic of UFOs was not in
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