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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.

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“flares”5 pages

  • p. 41 …ma1 lite debris, weather balloons, military our flares, et cetera. But there are still many thei…
  • p. 260 …another and that at one stage 'red flares' were seen due south of Bridgewater. DUFORO 13th…
  • p. 328 …another and that at one stage 'red flares' were seen due south of Bridgewater. 13th April…
  • p. 415 …saw 'indistinct lights which might have been flares' about 20 minutes previously in Irish sea area…
  • p. 446 …Anglia area but saw 'indistinct lights been flares' about 20 minutes previously in 2, UK Air…
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