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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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  • 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…
ENCLOSURE

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## Dear Section 40

Thank you for your email of 20 March and for answering my various comments in detail.

I apologise if I have misinterpreted the information regarding the author of the UAP report. The information relating to him being RAF aircrew relates to a paragraph in the 3-page letter which I presumed was written by the author of the report to Sec(AS) and dated 22 January 1997, which you released last year in response to my last FOI request. This contains a paragraph (no 8) which reads:

"...this leads to another important point, that of the current public UFO questionnaire format - which was 'invented' in the 1950s (I know because I filled one in myself after a sortie when flying in the RAF at the time)."

However, it's possible that he was flying in the RAF in some other capacity than aircrew. But as I'm sure you can see, that is the implication when read at face value.

Thanks also for sending me a copy of the article in Focus and for the definitive statement concerning the non-existent "UFO Project."

I look forward to hearing from you when work on the document is completed (hopefully soon). Please could you convey my thanks and appreciation to all concerned.

Yours sincerely

Dr David Clarke

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