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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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“Devon”45 pages

  • p. 254 D - U - F - 0 - R - 0 (Devon UFO Research Organisation) ~Room 8245 MOD Main Building Whithall…
  • p. 255 INTERIM REPORT Case No 933 D - U - F - 0 - R - 0 {Devon UFO Research Organisation} Case…
  • p. 257 …S.Wales, N.Oevon, Cornwall and E. Devon. During its flight it had descended from a…
  • p. 260 …one behind the other, and across Devon at 1.30am on the 31st. One report came…
  • p. 262 …March 19 93 Signatu n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at Liskeard in Ccrnwall. At about…
  • p. 273 …SEEN BY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT DEVON AND CORNWALL P. 310130Z MAR 93 BT DISTRIBUTION Z6F…
  • p. 286 D - U - F - 0 - R - 0 (Devon UFO Research Organisation) Ref: Case No 933 Tel: 26th…
  • p. 287 …the two fighter aircraft seen over Devon at 1.30am on the 31st or the 3…
  • p. 288 • D - U - F - 0 - R - 0 (Devon UFO Research Organisation) Ref: Case No 933 ~Air Staff…
  • p. 289 • D - U - F - 0 - R - 0 (Devon UFO Research Organisation) INVESTIGATION REPORT 20th May 1~93…
  • p. 290 …duty within the counties of Cornwall and Devon. They also said that 2 other officers of…
  • p. 291 …number of police officers on duty within Devon & Cornwall, observed 2 very bright white lights or…
  • p. 292 …Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it .is I believe reasonable to assume that what…
  • p. 293 …8.00pm and 11.00pm over Nth devon. Most of these reports were received following the…
  • p. 294 …Bridgewater, Somerset 31/3/93 North Devon 30/3/93 St Ives & Penzance, 31/3/93…
  • p. 295 …a BBC Correspondent Event 'B' - Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. At various time between 1.10am…
  • p. 299 …Event 'D' - Nth Devon and Somerset. During the evening of Tuesday 30th March 1993, 6 independent…
  • p. 301 …The 6th and last report for this evening, came from lllllllfkho lives at Milverton, Devon. At…
  • p. 302 …clearly visable and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by ~ in their reports. In…
  • p. 304 …loss to explain their presence over East Devon at the time. To his knowledge there had…
  • p. 306 …00pm, objects were seen traversing the North Devon sky and indeed hovering N.W. of the…
  • p. 308 …should without question be classified for what they are- 'Unidentified Flying Objects'. Devon UFO Research Organisation
  • p. 310 …9.* East Devon. Two police officers observe two white objects flying easterly. Objects seen through binoculars…
  • p. 313 …Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall, South Vales and Shropshire, although reports were…
  • p. 323 …in an arc to a height of about 10,000' towards Torpoint, Plymouth, Devon. Following this…
  • p. 325 …W.Wales, S.Wales, N.Devon, Cornwall and E. Devon. During its flight it had descended…
  • p. 328 …one behind the other, and across Devon at 1.30am on the 31st. One report came…
  • p. 330 …Dated the 19 93 Signature I n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at Liskeard in Ccrnwall…
  • p. 344 …MR BRAUNTON~ DEVON H. 1·-IIL 0. POLICE OFFICERS PLUS FRIENDS P. 311230L MAR 93 BT…
  • p. 354 …the hovering object(s) seen over Nth Devon between 8.00pm and ll.OOpm on the…
  • p. 355 …the two fighter aircraft seen over Devon at 1.30am on the 31st or the 3…
  • p. 357 …Devon & Cornwall Police Force and numerous members of the British public living in Wales, Cornwall, Devon…
  • p. 358 …duty within the counties of Cornwall and Devon. They also said that 2 other officers of…
  • p. 359 …number of police officers on duty within Devon & Cornwall, observed 2 very bright white lights or…
  • p. 360 …Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it .is I believe reasonable to assume that what…
  • p. 361 …8.00pm and 11.00pm over Nth devon. Most of these reports were received following the…
  • p. 362 …Bridgewater, Somerset 31/3/93 North Devon 30/3/93 St Ives & Penzance, 31/3/93…
  • p. 363 …a BBC Correspondent Event 'B' - Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. At various time between l.lOam…
  • p. 367 …Event •n• - Nth Devon and Somerset. During the evening of Tuesday 30th March 1993, 6 independent…
  • p. 369 …from Mr tlllla who lives at Milverton, Devon. At sometime before midnight - about 11.30pm, he…
  • p. 370 …clearly visable and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by Mrs -and Mr-in…
  • p. 372 …loss to explain their presence over East Devon at the time. To his knowledge there had…
  • p. 374 …00pm, objects were seen traversing the North Devon sky and indeed ho~ering N.W. of…
  • p. 377 …9.* East Devon. Two police officers observe two white objects flying easterly. Objects seen through binoculars…
  • p. 381 …Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall, South Vales and Shropshire, although reports were…
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What all this means is anybody's guess. Was the information
correct and I see no reason why it ~houldn't be, or was it
incorrect and i·deliberate ·ploy to confuse the issue and try to
put me off the scent? - I really don't know.
If correct, and lets suppose it is, then this surely means that
not only were there 'unknown' objects flying and hovering over
the westcountry between 8.00pm and 2.00am on the night, but
were also tracking across the Midlands, South Yorkshire and
Hampshire - what were they doing?
Conclusions
As a Ufo researcher, it's my job to try and evaluate all
reports and information received ~n an objective and hopefully
methodical way. This case has, to date, shown all the hallmarks
of a typical ufo event with evidence swaying the urgently
sought answers one way and then the other. Were the events on
this night nothing more or less· than the re-entry of a man made
space vehicle, or was it a ufo phenomenon related to that
event? I think it may well be the latter. My reasons for
thinking this are twofold.
Firstly, there is no doubt that the re-entry took place and
that this occurred at approximately 01.0Sam on the 31st. From
the evidence collected and collated it is almost certainly a
fact that the reports describing the events at l.lOam indicate
that what these people witnessed was the re-entry of this
missile. The heights given are synonymous with a re-entry of
this kind and the length of 'sighting time' likewise. All the
'sighters' give the objects direction of flight as N.W. to S.E.
or N. to S. giving some_ marg~n of error and this would
certainly been the spent rockets course.
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