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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. 13 …the neighbourhood and might also have plant life and other materials which would be of interest…
  • p. 16 …SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION IHTO EXTRATERR£STRIAL LIFE, INCLUDI~G UNIDENTIFIED FLY lNG OBJECTS, AND TO…
  • p. 42 …Cor,1mander Even if one accepts that there may be life Robert McLaughiin, United States Navy…
  • p. 44 …Mars, by saying: " The hope of finding life on Mars has evaporated, together with the canals…
  • p. 47 …Is the earth the only planet populated by intelligent technological life? I do not know and…
  • p. 51 …to be compatible wirh any form of life. Thus, from \vhence do t11ey come? They can…
  • p. 52 …or rott>ntiai horrors of our esrthly life. Vihe:1 we bclic\'ed that if we…
  • p. 56 …Tbeir motive power would be of huge help to our transport and industrial life, for they…
  • p. 57 …Na a child, I form with This prese initiating gel me in Having r life and…
  • p. 58 …Having remembered the rebuke all my life and acted upon it, I am not prepared to…
  • p. 96 …We sometimes take the line: 'The MOD does not dismiss the possibility that intelligent life could…
  • p. 100 …the infirm and the lonely, for whom ·life .without the· broadcasting services would indeed be a…
  • p. 136 …do not dismiss the possibility that intelligent life could exist in O)..l.ther space bu…
  • p. 142 …We sometimes take the line: 'The :r;roD does not dismiss the possibility that intelligent life…
  • p. 145 …the infirm and the lonely, for whom ·life without the· broadcasting services would indeed be a…
  • p. 182 …do not dismiss the possibility that intelligent life could exist· in O"J.tther space but…
  • p. 187 …in~eJligent life could exist elsewhere in the universe. With 100,000 million stars in our…
  • p. 209 …intelligent life could exist else,-There in the- _, universe. \•lith 100,000 million stars in our…
  • p. 452 …level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including UFOs and to inform the Secretary-General…
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; "FM FCO 051720Z DEC 78
TO I~MEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1539 OF 5 DECEMBER
YOUR TELNOS 2539, 2566, 2567 AND MISS HARDEN'S LETTE~ OF·
21 NOVEMBER1 UFOS
1. WE REMAIN OPPOSED IN PRINCIPLE TO THE GRENADAN INITIATIVE FOR THE
REASONS STATED IN THE BRIEF. IF THE RESOLUTION IN YOUR TELNO 2567
IS PUT FORWARD YOU SHOULD OPPOSE IT.
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2. WE SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE WILLING TO HELP THE GRENADANS OFF THE
1-DOK IF IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL AND MANPO\o/ER -·
IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENTS (OTHER THAN GRENADA) OR THE UN. WE
COULD THEREFORE ABSTAIN ON A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH .A GROUP OF
EXPERTS OR A SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, PROVIDED THAT AS \·IE ASSUr~E FROM YOUR
TELEGRAM 2566 THE GROUP'S ACTIVITI~S \'/OULD BE FINANCED BY THE
OOVERNr1ENT OF GRENADA. IT \~OULD ALSO HELP IF THE SUBJECT COULD BE . ·..
PUT ON THE AGENDA OF THE 35TH SESSION: IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMEND-
ATION IN THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ANNUAL REPORT THAT ITEMS SHOULD
t-DT AUTOMATICALLY GO ON THE AGENDA FROM SESSION TO SESSION.
3. YOU SHOULD ALSO KEEP IN MIND GRENADA'S ABSENCE (WHETHER PLANNED
OR FORTUITOUS, WE DO NOT KNOW) FROM THE FOURTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON
FOREIGN ECONDr~IC INTERESTS. THE FRG MAY BE WELL PLACED TO SUGGEST
TO THE DELEGATION OF G-RENADA THAT S0t1E DELEGATIONS v/OULD. BE BETIER
DISPOSED TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL ON THE LINES OF PARA 2 ABOVE IF
GRENADA WERE TO ABSTAIN IN THE- PLENARY VOTE ON FOREIGN ECON0~11 C
INTERESTS.
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