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MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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This Ministry of Defence file, released through The National Archives and published by The Black Vault, holds the MOD's 2002 handling of Dr David Clarke's requests for UFO documents under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. It includes the MOD's 9 December 2002 reply, which covered reports from 1976, 1980, 1993 and 1996 and charged £260. It also contains internal emails and file requisitions, plus Foreign Office and United Nations papers from 1978 on Grenada's proposal for UFO research.

  • p. 39 …to make mass landmgs viewed entirely about UFOs· on France- \ tomorrow 1~ this country-there could…
  • p. 42 …States and Russia. Hope- and are real: France, Norway, Sweden, fully, however, it will no·": be…
  • p. 55 …Fin;>.Ily, I France leads the world in UFO rc-scr;rch: ccme back to the…
  • p. 95 …are aware that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21 February 1974 Nonsieur Robert…
  • p. 98 …Defence, in his radio interview 01~ the France-Inter radio on 21st February 1974 stated that…
  • p. 99 …Whether they are aware that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21st February 1974…
  • p. 102 …Whether they are aware that in -~France, since 1st September 1977, .a section for the study…
  • p. 104 …Whether they are aware that in France, since 1st September 1977, a section for th0 study…
  • p. 107 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 109 …MINIST~ FOR THE AR}1ED FORCES ON FRANCE-INTER -n . 21 ll'EBRUARY 197L~ AT 2030…
  • p. 110 …example have followed UFOs in France? MG- Well, in France, after examining all the reports, I…
  • p. 112 …I- Well., you have mentioned the Gendarmerie. France Inter listeners have already heard many reports from…
  • p. 113 …Sheet of the Spoken Press Interview Station: France Inter Time .. .. 21 February 1974 1300 hours Subject…
  • p. 115 …hou,..s ~ the progranune 11No Panic" on France Inter. MOD Ling Service GLS/2997 VJR ... 7 -
  • p. 116 …recalled it clearly at his interview on France-Inter~ In view of the currency of· the…
  • p. 119 …Finally, to judge from the distribution of observers ~ver a map of France Je see that…
  • p. 120 …Analysis of observations For the sa~e of ~bjectivity, in France only unexplained operations of the…
  • p. 122 …Effects on observers and various effects In France, apart fro~ the effect of surprise, only minor…
  • p. 125 …clair tion des temoins sur une carte de France, oil constate que le nombrc de temoignages…
  • p. 127 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 128 …to have taken place on France-Inter radio in February 1974. GENEVA CONVENTIONS: ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS Lord…
  • p. 135 …broadcast on France-Inter radio station, February 1974, when the then French liftnister o:f Defence…
  • p. 138 …1453) they have now obtained the official transcript of the broadcast on France-Inter radio station…
  • p. 141 …l'Thether they are alvare that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21 February…
  • p. 144 …Whether they are aware that~ in an interview on France-Inter radto on 21st February 1974…
  • p. 147 …Defence, in his radio interview OJ< the France-Inter radio on 21st Februarv 1974 stated that…
  • p. 148 …Government: ~ Whether they are aware that in ! France, since 1st September 1977, .a section for the…
  • p. 150 …Whether they are aware that in France, since 1st September 1977, a section for th~ study…
  • p. 153 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in ·February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 154 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 155 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 158 -•._,.'~ ~m;W WITH M_ RODERT GA'I:·W!Y~ MINIST~ FOrt THE ARHED FORCES £N FRANCE…
  • p. 159 …xample - have followed UFOs in France? MG- Well, in France, after examining all the reports, I…
  • p. 161 …I- Weli, you have mentioned the Gendarmerie. France Inter listeners have already heard many reports from…
  • p. 162 …of the Sp~ken Press Interview Station: France Inter Time .. .. 21 February 1974 1300 hours Subject…
  • p. 164 …in, the program.11~ "No Panic" on France Inter. MOD Ling Service GLS/2997 VJR ... 7 .
  • p. 165 …Minister of Defence, recalled it clearly at his interview on France-Inter~ In view of the…
  • p. 168 …Finally, to judge from the distribution of observers .:nrer a map of France Je see that…
  • p. 169 …Analysis of observations For the sa~e ~f ~bjectivity, in France only unexplained operations of the…
  • p. 171 …Eff9cts on observers and various effects In France, apart fro~ the effect of surprise, only minor…
  • p. 174 …clair tion des temoins sur une carte de France, on constatc que le nombre d~ tcmoignages…
  • p. 181 …broadcast on France-Inter radio station, February 1974, when the then French lJti.nister o~ Defence…
  • p. 184 …1453) they have now obtained the official transcript of the broadcast on France-Inter radio station…
  • p. 296 …from Ireland over Lands End and on over France, they would easily have been seen from…
  • p. 364 …from Ireland over Lands End and on over France, they would easily have been seen from…
  • p. 454 …concerning a study group set up in France called "Groupe d'Etudes sur les Phenomenes Aerospatiales…
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'IJd, consequently, I think that the attitude of mind whicr. must be adopted to
(these phenomena is a quite open attitude; that is, on~ ~hich does not consist.
of an apriori negation, as oilr ancestors in previous centuriAs had to deny
many things which seem to us today to be perfectly elementary, whether· it be
piezo-electricity, static electricity, to take only those two, not to mention
a certain number of phenomena connected with biolc-gy. In fE:.ct, all these
scientific developments consist in the fact that at a decis~ve moment it is
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seen thatAthe 50 years beforehand absolutely nothing was known or understood
of the reality of the phenomena.
I- Have there been cases in which fighter aircraft - Mirages for example
have followed UFOs in France?
MG- Well, in France, after examining all the reports, I don't ·i;hink ~\i,_ I
think that we had a certain number of radar observations in the 50s which were
in Aquitaine. For 10 minutes·, a quite inexplicable and still ~""lexplained
phenomenon. Other observations on tne rad~· screan could be explained by
jamming phenomena and therefore consequently they were explained. But there
are a small number left, but a small number which are quite unexplained..
Phenomena abroad are quite well known. There are phenomena in the US; there
is the Turin phenomenon and to reply very preci_sely to your question, the
number of statements by French military pilots ~n these UFOs is relatively
small compared ·with what one finds abroad. But all the same there are some
on record.
i- Are you in tou~h with other int~national military organisations,
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Minister?
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