UFO research guide, August 2011

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make selected reports available on request to members of the public was reversed in
1984 by defence minister John Stanley on the grounds of cost (DEFE 24/1517).
A total of 17 DS8 and Sec (AS) files were opened under the Freedom of Information Act
during 2008. DEFE 24/1925/1 contains public correspondence 1985-86. DEFE
24/1929/1, DEFE 24/1930/1, DEFE 24/1931/1, DEFE 24/1941/1, DEFE 24/1941/1,
DEFE 24/1942/1 DEFE 24/1949/1 DEFE 24/955/1 DEFE 24/1956/1 and DEFE
24/1957/1 contain correspondence 1986-1992 and can all be accessed through
nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos.
UFO reports files opened during 2008 include DEFE 24/1922/1, DEFE 24/1923/1, DEFE
24/1924/1 (1984-85), DEFE 24/1926/1-1928/1 (1986-88), (1988-89), DEFE 24/1939/1 –
40/1 (1989-1990), DEFE 24/1953/1 – 54/1 (1991-92). DEFE 24/1938/1, opened in March
2009, contains details of sightings reported between August and December 1989.
Files opened in August 2009 include DEFE 24/2086/1 (UFO incidents 30/31 March
1993) and DEFE 24/1972/1 (alleged UFO involvement in the crash of a Lightning F6
aircraft in September 1970)
UFO correspondence files opened in August 2009 include: DEFE 24/1962/1-1965 /1
(covering 1992-1993). Sightings reports files include DEFE 24/1959/1 (1993); DEFE
24/1960/1 (1994), DEFE 24/1961/1 (1995) and DEFE 24/1974/1-1976/1 (1996).
Files opened in February 2010 include: DEFE 24/1971/1(Parliamentary Questions and
Enquiries on UFOs); DEFE 24/1977/1, DEFE 24/1988/1, DEFE 24/1989/1, DEFE
24/1990/1, DEFE 24/2007/1, DEFE 24/2008/1, DEFE 24/2009/1, DEFE 24/2010/1 (UFO
sighting reports).
UFO correspondence files opened in February 2010 include: DEFE 24/1966-1969/1,
DEFE 24/1979-81/1 and DEFE24/1994/1 and files containing persistent correspondence
include, DEFE 24/2000/1, DEFE 24/2002-2003/1, DEFE 24/2016-2017/1, DEFE
24/2029/1, DEFE 24/2091/1 and DEFE 24/2030/1-2032/1 (opened in 2011).
16 files of public correspondence covering the period 1995 to 2003 were released in
August 2010 including DEFE 24/1973/1, DEFE 24/1978/1, DEFE 24/1982/1, DEFE
24/1992-3/1, DEFE 24/1995-6/1, DEFE 24/1998/1, DEFE 24/2012-15/1 and three files of
persistent correspondence: DEFE 24/2001/1, DEFE 24/2042/1 and DEFE 24/2045/1.
Ten further files in this series were opened in March 2011 including DEFE 24/2028/1,
DEFE 24/2040-41/1, DEFE 24/2044/1, DEFE 24/2062-63/1, DEFE 24/2085/1, DEFE
24/2046/1, DEFE 24/2030 and 2032/1.
Ten UFO correspondence files were opened in March 2011 including DEFE 24/1986/1
(1997) and DEFE 24/1997/1 and DEFE 24/1999/1 (1998).Files DEFE 24/2023-2027/1
and 2037-39/1 contain correspondence from 2001-2003. DEFE 24/2060/1, containing
correspondence from 2004 was opened in August 2011.
UFO sighting report files opened in March 2011 include DEFE 24/2021/1 (covering
2001, with two annexes containing colour images), DEFE 24/2022/1, DEFE 24/2036/1.
DEFE 24/2058/1-59/1 (2003-2005). Four files opened in August 2011 include UFO