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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.
“Roberts”32 pages
- p. 39 …the
of Defence, TvL Robert GaHev, W::'l.s int.::r- ufonauts d~c1dcd. to make…
- p. 42 …Cor,1mander
Even if one accepts that there may be life Robert McLaughiin, United States Navy…
- p. 55 …think th:.;t the French Iindeed, incredulous, of what the noble Minister of Defence, ~L Robert…
- p. 65 …my
ancestor although he is dead--called
Robert Boyle who founded a ·society
called the Royal…
- p. 69 …the then French Minister
of Defence, M. Robert Galley gave in
1974 on the subject of…
- p. 72 …62·9
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.,I Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS: The
Government's initiatives on resolutions on
arms…
- p. 95 …Inter radio
on 21 February 1974 Nonsieur Robert
Galley, then French Ninister of
Defence, stated that…
- p. 98 …Whether they are aware that
Monsieur Robert Galley, the then
French Minister of Defence, in his…
- p. 99 …Inter radio on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated…
- p. 101 …2h:t Fcbr;Jar; 1974 Monsie-:.1:: Robert
Galley. th.;n French. M!n!sier vf…
- p. 107 …the then French
Minister of Defence M•. Robert Galley
about unidentified flying objects by
M. Jean…
- p. 108 …The French authorities have now replied, and I enclcse the full
text of~ Robert Galley's…
- p. 109 I ,; I .... ~ • ...... .."'
~ , 'ITEl<VI~ W!'l!H M ROBERT GAtk'"'Y: MINIST~ FOR THE AR}1ED…
- p. 113 …M Robert Galley
Actually the Minister responsible for National Defence, that is, a man who
knows…
- p. 114 …M Robert Galley:
"!t is true that there are things which are not understood and which…
- p. 127 …Lord GORO Y-ROBERTS: The
two protocols "" re opened for signature
on 12th Dec nber 1977…
- p. 128 …French Minister of Defence
I
I M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 135 …then French liftnister o:f Defence,
Monsieur Robert Galley, was inter-
viewed by Jean-Claude Bourret…
- p. 137 …contains an oocurate
translation of r.r Robert Galley's broadcast in 1974. It also
introduces…
- p. 138 …the then
French Minister of Defence, Monsieur
Robert Galley, was interviewed by
Jean-Claude Bourret about…
- p. 141 …Inter radio
on 21 February f974 Nonsieur Robert
Galley, then French ~linister of
Defence, stated that…
- p. 144 …Inter radto on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated…
- p. 147 …Whether they are aware that
Mon~ieur Robert Galley, the then
French Minister of Defence, in…
- p. 153 …the then French
Minister of Defence M•. Robert Galley
about unidentified flying objects by
M. Jean…
- p. 154 …the then French Minister of Defence
M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 155 …French Minister of Defence
i
I M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 157 …The French authorities have now replied, a.nd I enclcse the full
text of M Robert…
- p. 162 …M Robert Galley
Actually the Minister responsible for National Defence, that is, a man who
knows…
- p. 163 …M Robert Galley:
"!t is true that there are things which are not understood and which…
- p. 181 …French lJti.nister o~ Defence,
Mons;eur Robert Galley, was inter-
viewed by Jean-Claude Bourret…
- p. 183 …an OOC\1-rate
translation of M Robert Galley's broadcast in 1974. It a~so…
- p. 184 …the then
French Minister of Defence, Monsieur
Robert Galley, was interviewed by
Jean-Claude Bourret about…
which are received in HOD ~re referredcto
s~onsible for our Air defences to make sure that
on the security of the country. No conVincing
'emerged to date that UFOs ·actually exist·or ~ave defence
.._...~ ...~~=~~i,:;;o;:n...:..~.s. ·. Many reports turn out to have commonplace explanations,
the most common being aircraft or aircraft lights seen under unusual.
, conditions. The cause of some sightings has not been positively
identified but the reports often lack essential detail. We have
recently reviewed our policy on UFOs with Head of DI 54, who confirm
that it is reasonable to confine our enquiries to the defence
implications and that the exclusion of any investigation beyond this
for MOD is not considered justified. ~
6. There has been a series of articles on UFOs in the Daily Express
recently, although these seem to be linked with publicity for the multi
million pound commercial film iiClose Encounters of the Third Kind"
which is shortly to be released. The Ev~:1ing NeHs of 23 February 1978
carl..ied a report about lights which :folloued a young housewife home
adding that "The EaTl of Clancarty, a UFO expe:rt, believes the lights
may h~ve.been those of a spacecraft sent to spy on us by an unknown
civilisation from another planet. ••••• He is currently trying to
get a House of Lords debate on UFOs and -.;·r...,nts an international·~
investigation". This intention has been clocu.mented in the 'No Day
Named' section of the Lords' Order Paper for 28 February.
7. The book, t'The Crack in the Universe" w·hich the Earl of Clancarty
referred t0 in his question of 14 December 1977 contains an OOC\1-rate
translation of M Robert Galley's broadcast in 1974. It a~so
introduces the transcript quite fairly (on page 75) as an interview
which gave the Fdnister the opportunity to declare that "there are
phenomena l'lhich are unexplained". The blurb on the dust cover,
however, has M Galley freely admitting that UFOs exist and that they
are a serious problem.
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