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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. 7 …Also, any sightings made by MOD Police and civilian (West Yorkshire) police officers on about the…
  • p. 35 …when a large number of military personnel, Police, civilians etc made UFO reports. Dr Clarke has…
  • p. 37 …pilots, nesses, the characteristics of UFOs and police officers, coastguards, radar opera- some important sightings, and…
  • p. 56 …sc in co-c;peration \\·:th the · police, the their sighting V<'S cacked lip by…
  • p. 94 …1 no instructions are given to the police, but they lvill no doubt investigate any un…
  • p. 98 …The police in t4is country have not been asked to collect reports of, or investigate, unidentified…
  • p. 119 …Since 1954, these observations have been the subject of reports made by the police to the…
  • p. 122 …who reported on their observations to the police. None of them was traumatized by his experience…
  • p. 140 …c no instructions are given to the police, but they 11ill no doubt investigat~ any lJ…
  • p. 147 …The police in tqis country have not been asked to collect reports of, or in.vestigate…
  • p. 166 …observations communicated to them officially, either by police or by territorial or operational high commands. ;a…
  • p. 168 …Sinco 1954, those observations have been the subject of reports made by the police to the…
  • p. 171 …who reported on their observations to the police. None of them was tra~atized b7 his…
  • p. 218 …W' .__ OF TRAFFIC r::PT G,\·!E:H POLICE N.-A RC:LIA2LE EXPERIENCED UN~XCITABLE…
  • p. 219 …THE OFFICERS BEGAN TO RETURN • TOWARDS GIPTCN POLICE STATJu~ wr.EN .THE LIGHT REAPPEARDS BEHIND THEM…
  • p. 222 …R.A:OO, AN ·n AF Ops. (Police, military, press etc.) ~----------------------------------~-----------------------·------~ M. NAME .AND ADDRESS OF…
  • p. 223 …AlP H sr:::~DY .J s::y CLsi\R L L~EDS POLICE STATIOH r.l…
  • p. 228 …2207 29 September 1980 I enclose for your information a copy of a police report about…
  • p. 229 -·< ,, WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN POLICE FROM: Gipton Division SUBJECT: SIGHTING OF U.F.O. At 0455 hours…
  • p. 231 …OUTSIDE· POLICE STATION STATIONARY-tOR 2-3 HINUTES THEN SPED OFF b. ·NAKED EYE---~ . £~NORTH OF…
  • p. 232 …TOOK STILL PHOT0(1RAPHs~oF· THE OBJECT POLICE CONSTABLES DESCRIBED THE·OBJECT.AS THIN V~RTICAL…
  • p. 235 …THE OFF 1CERS BEGAN TO RETURN • TOWARDS GIPTCN POLICE STATION wr.EN THE LIGHT REAPPEARDS BEHIND…
  • p. 245 …Wakefield (0924) 29 September 1980 I enclose for your information a copy of a police report…
  • p. 246 …1\ :.J WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN POLICE FROM: Gipton Division SUBJECT: SIGHTING OF U.F.O. At…
  • p. 247 …OUTSIDE· POLICE STATION STATIONARY toR 2-3 MINUTES THEN SPED D. ·NAKED EYE---~ to NORTH OF…
  • p. 248 …ARE STAT ION.:- A POLICE CONSTA :ABOUT THREE FEET BT DESCRIBED THE-OBJECT-AS THIN VERTICAL…
  • p. 251 : j ·,~. --:r OC RAF Police F1t Sir, PoSSIBLE. UFO SIGHTINGS UNCLASSIFIED POLICE IN CONFIDENCE RAF Police…
  • p. 252 . tfi· .. ··--) e UNCLASSIFIED POLICE IN CONFIDENCE 8. At 0140 hours. I informed HQ P&SS (UK…
  • p. 253 . .. e RAF POLICE SITUATION REPORT.30-31 MAR 93. DOBNO 10211193 DATEi TiME 31M~93 0115…
  • p. 255 …He had been notified of the objects presence in the area, by two other Police Officers…
  • p. 256 …That evening I contacted the Exeter Police and was given the names of three police officers…
  • p. 257 …At this point, I now had some seven or eight reports, mostly police officers, who had…
  • p. 259 …I also received one report, again from a police officer, who was off duty and with…
  • p. 262 …duty in uniform and driving a marked Police vehicle along the A38 at Looe Mills near…
  • p. 264 …or lighting L. To Whom Reported ' No ... Police, Military org. the press, etc. M. Name and…
  • p. 266 …To whom reported (Police, military press etc) ' Name & Address of Informant Background of Informant that may…
  • p. 268 …I To whom reported (Police, military, press etc) I______________________________ I I L. Name & Address of Informant…
  • p. 270 …I To whom reported (Police, military, press etc) '------------------------------1 I L. Name & Address of Informant ~--~------------------------- ' M…
  • p. 272 …To whom reported (Police, military, 1 I press etc) I tvr/l\lt2SS\S~ 1/-t…
  • p. 273 …SEEN BY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT DEVON AND CORNWALL P. 310130Z MAR 93 BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F…
  • p. 274 …To Whom Reported Police, Military org. the press, etc. M. Name and Address of Informant N…
  • p. 276 …REPORTED TO RAF CHIVENOR OPERATIONS ALSO SEEN BY POLICE PATROL PASSING BURROWS IN CAR 0. POLICE…
  • p. 278 …POLICE YR TYDFIL, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, SWAN STREET, PAGE 2 RBDAID 0005 UNCLAS 0. OTHER POLICE…
  • p. 281 …To whom reported (Police, military, press etc) L. Name & Address of Informant M. Background of Informant…
  • p. 282 ... ( Official commu1JiCations to btl addrflssfld:- "Offict1r in Chargfl" (addl'tlss as bfllow) STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE Telephone: Cannock…
  • p. 283 • .. 't ~ , . ( Staffordshire Police FROM: P.C. TO: SUPT. SUBJECT: U.F.O. REPORT Your Reference: Our…
  • p. 284 …65 Staffordshire Police Your Reference: Our Reference: FROM: P.C. STATION: RUGELEY TO: SUBJECT: 1. DATE…
  • p. 289 …f the Devon & Cornwall Police Force. He is stationed at Bodmin, Cornwall and was reporting an…
  • p. 290 …At the end of his report~ Sgt informed me that several other police officers had made…
  • p. 291 …The time is 1.10am on the 31st March 1993, and a number of police officers…
  • p. 293 …from members of the public and another police officer, this time from Somerset. After evaluating these…
  • p. 294 …this event include those received from the police officers who initially saw the objects at 01…
  • p. 295 …As with the 1.10am police reports and some of the other 1.10am reports, this…
  • p. 296 …t to assume that they, like the police officers, had also observed the spent rocket on…
  • p. 310 …Plymouth police received a call from a gentleman at approx 1.10am who reported seeing twp…
  • p. 313 …of the witnesses, most of whom were police officers, and some of whom were military and…
  • p. 314 ...... . . :it;~~~:~1~~~~0::· c-:- UNCL~~D • 9: • I have spoken to as many of the police…
  • p. 319 ... ~~ . ') COS/87/2/Sy !REDACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT I AAF Police Flight RAF Cosford Wolverhampton West…
  • p. 320 …At 0215 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord Off, Flt Lt- were informed of…
  • p. 321 …Me~ia ~~?- Police ar1d P&SS.012S hrs ?.eport$ the ~.arne Ught$ in the Rugtey&r…
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include persons detained on 'com-
pletion of a sentence of imprisonment.
(4) No information is readily av t-
able about the average time spen in
custody prior to deportation by pe ons
who had not been imprisoned or a
criminal offence.
(5) The longest period fo
such a person in custody.
October 1977 had been held
1971 Act awaiting depo
301 days.
(6) There is considera e variation
in the circumstances of hose held to
await deportation after s ving custodial
sentences. The only inf rmation readily
available relates to 4 people dis-
charged from Penton 1lle prison in the
first half of 1977: is shows that a
quarter of those recommended for
deportation spent ess than 21 days
in custody betwe the completion of
their sentence an their deportation; a
half spent 43 d 'S or less; and three-
quarters spent 6 days or less.
(7) Unconvi ed prisoners, including
those detain under the provision
of the 1971 ~ct, can apply to make
personal te phone calls within the
United Ki gdom for the following
purposes:
(a) ~ urgent domestic reasons,
(b) t clear up immediate business
proble s,
(c) o consult a solicitor,
(d to arrange bail securities,
(e to contact a national repre-
sen tive at an Embassy etc.
(8 A request for assistance for a
visit to a detainee would be considered
on he same basis as for a visit to a
re and prisoner.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
The Earl of CLANCARTY asked Her
Majesty's Government:
Whether they are aware that
Mon~ieur Robert Galley, the then
French Minister of Defence, in his
radio interview OJ< the France-Inter
radio on 21st Februarv 1974 stated that
the gendarmerie are· playing a very
large;, part in ofikial investigations into
unidentified flying object sightings and
alle!!ed landin!!3: and whether our
poli'l:e have be~n likev.ise otftcially
A11swers 1348
instructed to collect reports and in-
vestigate these unidentified · flying
objects.
Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH:
The Government has no knowledge of
either the radio interview to which the
Question refers, or the role played by the
gendarmerie in investigating unidentified
flying objects. The police in tqis country
have not been asked to collect reports of,
or in.vestigate, unidentified flying objects.
The jurisdiction and powers of the police
are normally confined to terrestrial activi-
ties, but I have every confidence that
should an occasion arise where there is
evidence that an unidentified flying object
has landed within a police area, the police
force concerned will investigate it with its
customary vigour. However, until there
is some clear indication that the frequency
of such occurrences is likely to impose a ·
significant burden on the police, I doubt
whether it would prove fruitful to issue
guidance on this subject.
" A STUDY OF EXMOOR "
Lord NORTHFIELD asked
Majesty's Government:
Whether they will make a State ent
on Lord Porchester's Report A tudy
of Exmoor.
Baroness STEDMAN: As t e House
was informed on 6th April la , my right
honourable friends the Seer ary of State
for the· Environment and t e Minister of
Agriculture, Fisheries and ood appointed
Lord Porchester to und ake a study of
changes in the moor nd areas of the
Exmoor National Pa , because they felt
that the exceptional 1aracter of the moor
as a national her' age and the need to
balance and safeg ard the various interests
concerned calle or special and immediate
study.
My right nourable friends are greatly
indebted to ord Porchester for the fair
and expe tious way in which he has
conducte the Survey and prepared his
report. his was published yesterday and
copies re available in the Printed Paper
Office
T e report establishes that since 1947
the otal area of moorland in the National
P k has been reduced by some 12,000
Within the Cri1ica1 Amenity Area
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