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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.
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From: Sent: To: Subject: Section 40 24 May 2006 16:02 'david clarke' Internet-authorised: FOIA request Dear Dr Clarke Thank you for your message and the attachment. I have also received the copy of your letter which you put in the post. A copy of your letter has been sent to the Director General of Information, Access section who deal with MOD Internal reviews and they will contact you separately regarding the first part of your letter. With regard to your new FOI request, I have recorded this and as you have requested information held by DIS rather than DAS, I have passed it to DIS for action. For your information this request has been allocated the FOI case number of 23-05-2006-100609-001. You also mentioned some documents from previous FOI requests which you have still not received. I was informed that DIS were examining these in November 2005 and I am afraid they seemed to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I apologise for this. I have asked DIS to look at these papers again and advise me on their release. I will write to you again as soon as I have some news. Finally, with regard to your comments about the information the MOD holds regarding the UFO sighting in 1990, I should explain that RAF Fylingdales do track space debris and would have been aware of the brake up of the satellite. Indeed, I made some enquiries with RAF Fylingdales in November 2005 in response to an FOI request from Section 40 and they confirmed that they had records of "one satellite which decayed on 5 November 1990. The object was SCC number 20925, International Designator 90094 C, Gorizont 21 platform. The object had a radar cross section of about 5.0 square metres and its destruction by burning in the Earth's atmosphere would have been visible from the ground. The actual decay time is unknown, but has been calculated to be between 1700 and 2100." While RAF Fylingdales are always helpful in providing us with information should we request it, they are not required to inform DAS or DAO every time they track such debris which they do on a daily basis. As you will be aware, our only interest in UFO sighting reports is to establish whether there is evidence of a threat to UK airspace, not to provide an aerial identification service. We do not therefore contact RAF Fylingdales every time we receive a sighting report. I hope this is helpful. Yours sincerely, Section 40 Directorate of Air Staff - Freedom of Information -----Original Message----- From: david clarke [mailto: Section 40 Sent: 22 May 2006 17:32 To: Section 40 Subject: FOIA request Importance: High 22 May 2006 Dear Section 40 Please find attached response following up your letter of 28 April and including a fresh FOI request. I have also posted a copy of this request today which you should receive shortly.
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