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The National Archives issued this UFO research briefing guide, written by Dr David Clarke of Sheffield Hallam University in March 2008 and revised in August 2011. It traces British government interest in UFOs from the 1909 phantom airships and wartime foo fighters through the 1951 Flying Saucer Working Party, Air Ministry and MoD investigations, and the 1979 House of Lords debate. It lists key files held at Kew, including Rendlesham Forest papers, plus suggestions for further reading.
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15 • Haines, Gerald K. ‘A die-hard issue: CIA's role in the study of UFOs, 1947-90', Studies in Intelligence: Semiannual Unclassified Edition 1 (1997), 67-84 • Jones, R.V. ‘The natural philosophy of flying saucers,' Physics Bulletin 19 (July 1968), 225-30 • Morgan, Roger J. ‘British Government UFO files in the Public Record Office,' Magonia 30 (August 1988), 12-15 Dr David Clarke of the Department of Journalism and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University created this briefing document for The National Archives, in March 2008. Revisions were made in February 2010, January and August 2011. The National Archives is not responsible for content created by external parties.
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