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Your rcfere.rico
Our reference
. D/S4(Air)B/l.
Date
13 Decer.1b~r 1977
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1. You probo.bly l~"lO'ol tha.t the Hinistry of Defenco receives quite n
considero.blc correspo.adencc on the subject of Unidentified Flyi:1g
Objects including details of 11sightingu 11 • \:Fe t-311 the public that we
....:,:
~ve not the resources to co~duct a full scientific c~qui:::-y ir.to these
phcnor'ler:.a although we bring the reportu to the attention of the S!JOCialist
staffo of the D-3partmcn.t to r:.a.k.e sure that the objects thought: to have b&en
seen hm·~ no bearin,.j on the n3.t.ional dcff~nceso 'de do not pl·es!J the
iuvcstisation to "i.;he point of positive· iudentificc.tion. but ~<:t."ly oi the
11ll'lidcatified" object::; are in fact~ v.il~~raft sc~m fren: U:."1.usual angleo or
v.nder unusual co:!ldi tio!!s.
· 2. As you will oee from the enclosed extracts free F~oardt a number
of queo',ions have boen ns~ccd in the House of Lord£; in tha last few days
concerning an interview whic!l. l!onsieur l:.obert G<Uloy 9 tne ion:;er French
Hinistcr of Defsncc is said to have given on Franco--inter radiry on
· 21 Fcbl!~ary 19711-. There are also references to tho !-I3.tional c~mtre :for
Space Studies which it; said to·have set up a sectio.n uuC.er the d.il·ection
of J.1onsieur Claude Po.h Qr to study unid~ntifieci fl~ins objects.
3., A member of the puolic \'trote to HOD nbout tl:c alleged :::-adic interview
last year nnd l:hcn. S4(Air) consulted your staff by telephone in June 1976 tre
formed th'3 ir.:1pression that the J:rench Go"tel'r'..ment hsd not emba:::-ked ol": any
pv.rticular initi.:.tive in tni;3 field~ A note rc~.de C!l. c•ur files nt the
tine r.mggo<3ta thnt French practice is as follo'i~s:
a. reports fro~ the public go in the first ~nstunce to the
· Gendartwrie r:llo if nccesssr:r intcr;.·iew cb~:ervers nnd take
atatcmcnts
b. The Gendarw::::rie p~ss en the reyorts to the Fre::1ch Hinistry
of ]);ft.nce (.~-~ir) 'r!ho study tho :r.ilit:ary i~!plicaticns b;,·
ch~c!::5.. ~::; r:'.rl ,_!''::; -~.i~:-~:-~f~ ... -:-··~·':" 0 :~.~ s ~~..! r" ,....., ~ ~~~~ '-:~~ ~~"'.,...:..tld'?r
-~Y scicntifj c aspects \:hich rJ.J.:.!' hnvc n bcariv..g on mili ta!-y
affairs.