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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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producing the report was only one of several tasks in which the author was engaged, it is, therefore, not possible to determine how much of his time was divided between producing the report and his other tasks. Why was the MOD secretly studying UFOs when you have said on many occasions you are not interested in the subject / is not taken seriously, etc. As we have advised on many occasions, the MOD has no role or expertise regarding the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life-forms and does not study such alleged phenomena. This study was conducted only to establish whether UFO reports had any value to Defence Intelligence and whether there was a requirement for the Defence Intelligence Staff to see them in the future. Given the conclusion it was decided that there was no such requirement and since December 2000, UFO reports have not been forwarded to the DIS. What are the conclusions of the Study / does it say we are being visited by ET and if not how can you be sure? Based on all the available evidence remaining in the Department (reported over a 30 year period) the MOD concluded that the UFO sighting reports did not have any significant Defence Intelligence value. The study was not conducted for the purpose of establishing the existence of extraterrestrial lifeforms. The MOD remains open-minded but to date we know of no evidence that substantiates the existence of these alleged phenomena. Why has the MOD decided to release this information now- what led to the decision? The MOD received a Freedom of Information request for a copy of this report. The MOD has embraced the spirit of open government and despite the size and original classification, staff have taken great care to ensure that the majority of this large report is made available. Sections have been withheld only where the information is covered by FOIA exemptions, and it is considered that it is not in the public interest to release it. Has the database of UFO reports on which this report is based still available and if so, will the MOD be publishing it? When it was decided that there was no intention to add further data to the database and the study report was completed, the database was destroyed. The report does however give details of the construction of the database and provides some screen shots of the fields used. Does this mean the MOD is no longer interested in UFOs? Who do people ring now if they want to report seeing something in the sky? This study led to the decision that the DIS no longer had a requirement to see
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