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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.
“Works”39 pages
- p. 7 …The work has taken 21 hours and 20 minutes to complete and as, indicated in my…
- p. 9 …United Nations to establish an agency or working group for research into UFOs. This was
mentioned…
- p. 19 …United Nations to establish an agency or working group for research
A into unidentified flying objects…
- p. 28 …further re~uests the Con1nittee to submit a pre1 imlru1i:y report on its work
by…
- p. 30 …delegation, with the full support of Premier Gairy, sought
to establish an ad hoc working group…
- p. 38 …out to his co-pilot, First Officer Lee Boyd, The jet pilot's instruments started working…
- p. 40 …lodestone, was thought to be the
I.work of the Devil, as indeed were some of…
- p. 41 …I acknowledge, how-
ever, that, for example, the works of
Darwin were once thought incompatible
with…
- p. 45 …at this time, but we should start working
for it. If we had a worldwide organisa…
- p. 46 …He has done a
we are studying hagiography-and I had job of work and I…
- p. 57 …I have noticed that so far none of who might be willing to work for a…
- p. 58 …ful job for
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summings…
- p. 64 …We must return to work in this dreary
old world and the difficulties we are in…
- p. 100 …debate-to pay tribute to the
valuable work which broadcasters un-
doubtedly play in our society…
- p. 102 …t Kingdom to study unidentified flying
objects, working closely with the French
, one. ·:.••i
The MINISTER…
- p. 104 …She has extended and ex-~ objects, working closely with the French
panded in the best possible…
- p. 111 …Every
tim~ something appears, we send it to tr~t specialist body which is working,
basically…
- p. 118 …as it can be deduced from the work of the CNES, where Mr Jean-claude
Poher…
- p. 145 …debate-to pay tribute to the
valuable work which broadcasters un-
doubtedly play in our society…
- p. 148 …objects, working closely with the French· .
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The MINISTER of STATE,' DEPAR,T,~i
MENT of…
- p. 150 …She has extended and ex-, objects, working closely with the French
pa.nded ,in the best…
- p. 160 …Every
tim~ something appears, we send it to tl~t specialist body which is working,
basically…
- p. 167 …the
phenomenon as it can be deduced from the work of the CNES, where Mr Jean…
- p. 315 …Unfortunate! y the·· Cl ee-Hi 11 · radar head was not working on
primary radar during…
- p. 383 …during the recording period, therefore, only aircraft
working Secondary Surveillance Radar can be seen.
3. Listed…
- p. 400 …painstaking
investigation over a period of 8 working days and, although all
the light phenomenae have…
- p. 405 …observed by all crew members intermittently (busy working the ship) from 0246 til daybreak. -
observed about…
- p. 413 …who axe presumably all quite used to working a.t night and therefore
are quite fa…
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tlbdar operators who work routinely in particular areas using the
same radar head, as is borne…
- p. 433 …painstaking
investigation over a period of a working days and, although all
the light phenomenae have…
- p. 438 …observed by all crew members intermittently (busy working the ship) from 0246 til daybreak. -
observed about…
- p. 444 …pr~~sum<~~Ul) all quite used to working at night and therefore
looking at the sky…
- p. 449 41bdar operators who work routinely in particular areas using the
same radar head, as is borne…
- p. 460 …I may decide if I wish the work to continue.
With reference to your comments in…
- p. 463 …This estimate indicates the largest period
of time that might be required, clearly if the work…
- p. 472 …of the sum involved in
undertaking the work I have requested. If the sum does exceed…
- p. 477 …I estimate that undertaking the work you have requested will take around 23 hours. Four hours…
- p. 481 …certain amount of
work might cost.
"I estimate that undertaking the work you have requested will…
- p. 486 …Dr Clarke is entitled to the first four hours work free and every following hour
(or…
ANNEX F TO
D/DA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
ABBREVIATED COMMENTS ON MR REDMOND'S LETTER
1. General. Mr Redmond's comments are largely based on radio
traffic between Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordination Centre and various agencies which was either released
or intercepted then reported in the press and interpreted in
various ways; erroneously, the visual observations of lights have
been linked with persistent radar returns from a permanent echo at
Boston Lines.
2. Para 1. There was no visual identified flying craft only
unusual lights; correlation by 'various different military radar
systems' did not occur.
3. Para 2.
a. Lights with different characteristics were observed to
the E and/or SE of Skegness and Boston by Police and by the
crew of MV Conocoast some a miles east of Skegness. A
separate stationary object was detected on one ATC radar at
Claxby, Lines, over Boston and observed on the same radar
display at Neatishead, Anglia Radar (later) and the D&D Cell
at the London Air Traffic Control Centre (LATCC} West
Drayton; a stationary object was also detected much later on
the Waddington approach radar, however this was in a separate
position, not over Boston. Three aircraft subsequently flew
close to the 'object' but no sighting of an airborne vehicle
was made.
b. RAF Northwood was never involved in this event.
confusion has arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred
incorrectly to 'D&D Northwood' instead of 'D&D West Drayton'
in several transmissions or conversations; this error was
reproduced in press reports.
4. Para 3.
a. Aircraft were not scrambled because there was no
evidence whatsoever of an unidentified airborne vehicle in
the vicinity.
b. Tornado F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars but not routinely at Leeming or coningsby.
c. The RAF Air Rescue Coordination centre (ARCC), Kinloss
was only involved by Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordination centre (MRCC) to ascertain whether they knew of
any air activity in the area. ARCC, in turn, asked CRC
Neatishead and D&D who replied in the negative; ARCC
subsequently relayed several messages between D&D/Neatishead
and the MRCC concerning the stationary radar plot.
5. Para 4. Locations of permanent echoes are well known to
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