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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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PQ 8530B
Head of S~Air)
Copy to:
PS/US of S (RAF)
PSICS(RAF)
PSIDUS(Alr)
ACS (G) ( RAF)
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Ops (GE) 2b
Head of DS 8
DPR (RAF)
LORDS DEBATE ON tJFOs : 18th JANUA.RY 1979
Thank you for your _·minutes DIS4(Air) 18/3 of 15th and 16th
January fonvarding a revised draft of the speech for
Lord Strabolgi and Fidditional background information
respectively.
2. I have discussed the revised speech vJitl-:. Lord Strabolgi
and have made further ·- largely editorial - amendments.
I attach a copy of a letter \vhich I handed to Lord Strabolgi
last night together \'lith a fresh copy of the speech itself.
Lord Strabolgi 1.Jill be reading the speech again today and
will let me know as soon as possible whether he \vishes to have
the briefing meeting which you and Mr have pencilled
in for 1130 tomorrow.
3. You might like to know that the debate is causing a fair
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amount of interest in the House of Lords. In addition to the /
Earl of Clancarty others taking part 1vill include (in the
following order) Lord Trefgarne, the Earl of Kimberley,·
Viscount St Davids, Lords Rankeillour, Kings-Norton, Glad~7n
and Hewlett, the Bishop of Norwich, Earl Halsbury and
Viscount Ox[uird (who will be making his maiden speech).
4. ltJe will not know for certain 'tvhen the UFO debate 1vill
sta~t. It depends, of course, on how long the earlier
business tak~s, but it is unlikely to start before 1800. We
will keep in touch with the House of Lords throughout the
course of tomorrow afternoon and early evening and 1ve will
let you k~ow as soon as we are needed. The d'ebate is likely
to last for between t1.vo and three hours.
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