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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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which has been publicly acknowledged by the US authorities since 1966. For this reason I fail to understand how it can be argued this information could prejudice relations with the USA. This example suggests to me that other material redacted under Section 27 elsewhere in the document is also likely to be in the public domain. Further to my original FOI request of 1 September 2005 could I also draw your attention to Request No 3 which asked for "a copy of DI55/108/15/22 January 1997" and two other DI55 documents dated 1993 and 1996 relating to the UAP study. In your letter of 23 November 2005 you say that "DIS staff have located the first two documents and are currently considering release. They have been unable to locate a copy of the third document on their files." Could you provide an update a) on progress with regards the release of these outstanding documents and b) progress on my request for you to reconsider your decision to delete paragraph 3 from DIST's letter of 4 December 2000 (referred to in your letter 23 November 2005, paragraph 4). In addition, I wish to make a further FOI request, directed at the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS), as follows: 23-05-2006-100609-001 Expiry: 21 June 2006. 1. Please provide me with copies of correspondence arising from DIST's request to a number of MoD branches (covering letter of UAP report, dated 4 December 2000) for "comments you may wish to make on the [UAP] report...please direct such comments to AD/DI55." This request was directed at six branches who received copies of sections of the report and/or the summary, namely DGR&T, DCDI, IFS(RAF), DI51, UKADGE and HQ MATO. It would appear that correspondence received may be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108/15 Pt 6-7 (UFO Policy 2000-present). Air Defence Ground Env 2. Further to request (1) could you supply copies of any correspondence arising from the "subsidiary recommendations" made on pg 11 of the UAP Report Executive Summary (February 2000) namely that: "The flight safety aspects of the findings should be made available to the appropriate RAF Air Defence and other military and civil authorities which operate aircraft, particularly those operating fast and at low altitude." Could you confirm these findings were passed to the DAO and CAA and if so what specific recommendations have been made to aircrew as a result. 3. Could you supply a list of files, records or any other material relating to the subject of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) held by the DIS. Please include the titles and dates covered and current location of files. This request relates only to files or records containing the acronym UAP in their title as opposed to UFO. I am aware that some of the documents covered in request (1) may be classified and will need to be downgraded before they can be released to me. I would be grateful therefore if you could provide me with an estimate of the likely timescale involved in this process. I look forward to hearing from you, Yours sincerely,
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