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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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• FRENCH AIR FORCE VERSUS ~£8
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-Since last year, the specialist and general press, radio- and televisio~ netwrks
have been paying an inc1·easing amount of attention to UFOs. Certainly, public
interest in this subject has not yet reached the level of 1954, which caused
two I-1Ps, Messrs Jean Nocher and Leotard, to put a written q-aestion before the
Secretary-of State for the Armed Forces, on October 22, concerning the role
of the armed forces in this at"ea. It i.e true that Mr Galley, the thel'!
Minister of Defence, recalled it clearly at his interview on France-Inter~
In view of the currency of· the aubjoc~ however, it seems useful tc recall
the role of the air force in this matten to present the UFO dossier hold by
thea and to sumhlarize the various theories and counter-theorie~ which exiet in
France.
The Role of the Air Force iu this Al~ea~ ?::TTl mrs
At the end of the last world war, a seientific bureau was set up within the
Air Ministry to follow the development of aero-apace techniqueo and technologies
and the progress in the knowledge of the aero-terestrial and spatial envil~nment
in which aircraft and satellitas have their beinge It has since become a fore-
casting and development bureal.\ but its ro::.es have not changed. In 1951, when
the wave of statements on the appearance of 11myaterious heavenly objects''
increased in volume in France, this bureau, on ita O"cn initiative, opened ~
dossier on the subject in order better to appreciate the nature and location of
these manifestations in French airspace.
In 1954, the Secretary of State fo~ the Armed Forces asked the air force to follow
up thia question on an official basis from that time on •
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An Instruction from the air force staff put th~e cl.eeision iuto concrete form.
All high commands were asked to communicate to the "air" scientific .bureau all
evidence of UFOs collected on their territory.

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