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UFO highlights guide 2013

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This highlights guide from The National Archives describes the tenth and final release of Ministry of Defence UFO files: 25 files with 4,400 pages covering the MoD UFO desk from late 2007 to its closure in November 2009. It explains how to use the PDF bookmarks and summarises key stories. These include the briefing that recommended closing the desk, a public disclosure campaign, a sharp rise in sightings linked to Chinese lanterns, and reports sorted by location.

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  • p. 1 …For information on the history of government UFO investigations and where these files fit in please…
  • p. 2 …Highlights & Key stories This is the tenth and final tranche of UFO files. There are 25…
  • p. 3 …close the UFO desk because these „would become public when the relevant UFO files are released…
  • p. 4 …Suggestions that release of UFO files is a ‘cover-story’ Several correspondents ask why the MoD…
  • p. 5 …9 can be followed in the UFO sighting files, DEFE 24/2623-2627 (2008) and DEFE…
  • p. 6 …After the story was published the UFO desk officer told the Army „I do not intend…
  • p. 7 …UFO Sightings at UK Landmarks The files contain reports of UFOs spotted hovering opposite the Houses…
  • p. 8 …list of all the UFO sightings in the 10th tranche of files. A spreadsheet listing all…
List by Geographical Location:
The list below is a representative sample of the more interesting and news-worthy
sighting accounts, chosen by The National Archives.
Note: this is not a comprehensive list of all the UFO sightings in the 10th tranche of
files. A spreadsheet listing all sightings logged by MoD in 2008 and 2009 is available
here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ufo-reports-in-the-uk
Bedfordshire:
DEFE 24/2451/1: p. 155;
DEFE 24/2625/1: p. 173;
DEFE 24/2462/1: p. 180;
DEFE 24/2464/1: p. 73.
Bristol area:
DEFE 24/2623/1: p. 28;
DEFE 24/2625/1: p. 166-69.
Buckinghamshire:
DEFE 24/2627/1: p. 30.
Cheshire:
DEFE 24/2457/1: p. 65-66;
DEFE 24/2459/1: p. 42.
Cumbria:
DEFE 24/2451/1: p. 134-36;
DEFE 24/2625/1: p. 123, 104-5;
DEFE 24/2449/1: p. 106;
DEFE 24/2460/1: p. 190;
DEFE 24/2464/1: p. 229.
Derbyshire:
DEFE 24/2451/1: p. 78-9;
DEFE 24/2623/1: p. 137;
DEFE 24/2625/1: p. 134;
DEFE 24/2460/1: p. 118-19;
DEFE 24/2462/1: p. 56;
DEFE 24/2465/1: p. 98-100.
Dorset:
DEFE 24/2462/1: p. 43.
Co Durham/Cleveland:
DEFE 24/2624/1: p. 4-6.
East Yorkshire:

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