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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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“Boston”31 pages

  • p. 71 …The l\UNISTER of STATE, HOME OFFICE (Lord Boston of Faversham): So far nearly 250 persons…
  • p. 387 …SIGHTING/OVER BOSTON;; F/ANGLE OF SIGHT/40-45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON<BOSTON POLICE)// G/DISTANCE…
  • p. 390 …btr-1 CONOCOAST rqxatect ~ 'ja8t appetm~' OYerheld Boston. 6. ttade fl...,. IIPOftCd as 40 • _., cltFca aboYc…
  • p. 394 …The lights were observed by Skegness and Boston Police between 0214Z and approximately 0600Z (daybreak); similar…
  • p. 395 …the 'Boston certain radar 8. Conclusion. The prolonged sighting· of stationary coloured flashing lights reported by…
  • p. 397 …National Air Traffic Services Claxby radar over Boston to ARCC, thence to MRCC. At the same…
  • p. 398 …THE BOSTON PLOT 6. Plot Characteristics. A radar Plot was observed in the position of Boston…
  • p. 399 …Three aircraft, which transitted the Boston area at 0710Z, 0830, and 1105, failed to sight any…
  • p. 400 …The Boston Police may have been looking at the planet Venus which was exceptionally bright in…
  • p. 401 …Radar Plots over Boston. c. Synopsis on Observations of Lights. D. Royal Greenwich Observatory Report. ADGE…
  • p. 403 0747Z- Asked to look for plot 120°/23nm (Boston). Plot observed but later confessed to mistake…
  • p. 404 …being 'not very interested' in the lights. BOSTON POLICE Observer: Inspector Position: Through 3rd floor window…
  • p. 406 TABLE SHOWING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF OBSERVATIONS Time 0200ish 0214 0230ish PC- Skegness Skegness Insp- Boston Stationary…
  • p. 409 DOCUMENTED/RESEARCHED VISUAL SIGHTINGS e OF A STABLE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT FROM BOSTON 0230Z (approx)- ·Bearing…
  • p. 412 …I think that boLh Inspector ~-of Boston Police may have been looking at Venus. Venus has…
  • p. 417 …Lights with different characteristics were observed to the E and/or SE of Skegness and Boston…
  • p. 418 …No Air Defence radar detected the Boston echo. Neatishead's 'skilled operators' rarely use the Claxby…
  • p. 420 …SIGHTING/OVER BOSTON;; F/ANGLE OF SIGHT/40-45 DEGREES ABOVE I-IORIZON<BOSTON POLICE)// G…
  • p. 427 …The lights were observed by Skegness and Boston Police between 0214Z and approximately 0600Z (daybreak); similar…
  • p. 428 …is known in aviation , circles as the .. Boston .:r:: appears occasionally on some radars in certain…
  • p. 430 …National Air Traffic Services Claxby radar over Boston to ARCC, thence to MRCC. At the same…
  • p. 431 …THE BOSTON PLOT 6. Plot Characteristics. A radar Plot was observed in the position of Boston…
  • p. 432 …Three aircraft, which transitted the Boston area at 0710Z, 0830, and 1105, failed to sight any…
  • p. 433 …The Boston Police may have been looking at the planet Venus which was exceptionally bright in…
  • p. 434 …Radar Plots over Boston. c. Synopsis on Observations of Lights. D. Royal Greenwich Observatory Report. E…
  • p. 436 0747Z- Asked to look for plot 120°/23nm (Boston). Plot observed but later confessed to mistake…
  • p. 437 …being 'not very interested' in the lights. BOSTON POLICE Observer: Position: Through 3rd floor window of…
  • p. 439 …CONOCOAST M.._Ske ness CONOCOAST Mr.•Boston M--Boston CONOCOAST M.-Ske ness )Lights stationary on…
  • p. 445 …police control room until 0600Z 5 Oct Boston Police Control Room Kings Lynn Police on duty…
  • p. 448 …traffic betwee Coordination c or intercepted various ways; been linked wi Boston Lines. lllllllls comments are…
  • p. 449 …No Air Defence radar detected the Boston echo. Neatishead's 'skilled operators' rarely use the Claxby…
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ACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
ABBREVIATED CO
ANNEX F TO
D/DA0/1/13
DATED 13 NOV 96
REDMOND'S LETTER
1. General.
traffic betwee
Coordination c
or intercepted
various ways;
been linked wi
Boston Lines.
lllllllls comments are largely based on radio
t Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
re and various agencies which was either released
en reported in the press and interpreted in
roneously, the visual observations of lights have
2. Para 1.
unusual lights
systems' did n
3. Para 2.
a. Ligh
the E and
crew of
separate ta
Claxby, L'nc
display a N
at the La do
Drayton;
the Waddi
position,
close to
was made.
ersistent radar returns from a permanent echo at
e was no visual identified flying craft only
rrelation by ~various different military radar
ith different characteristics were observed to
SE of Skegness and Boston by Police and by the
nocoast some a miles east of Skegness. A
ionary object was detected on one ATC radar at
, over Boston and observed on the same radar
atishead, Anglia Radar (later) and the D&D Cell
Air Traffic Control Centre (LATCC) West
ationary object was also detected much later on
n approach radar, however this was in a separate
over Boston. Three aircraft subsequently flew
~object' but no sighting of an airborne vehicle
b. RAF involved in this event.
confusion a arisen because Gt Yarmouth coastguard, referred
incorrectl o ~D&D Northwood' instead of ~D&D West Drayton'
in several t ansmissions or conversations; this error was
reproduced i press reports.
4. Para 3. \
a. Aircr~f were not scrambled because there was no
evidence w a soever of an unidentified airborne vehicle in
the vicini y.
b. Torna o F3 QRA aircraft are held on high alert at RAF
Leuchars b t ot routinely at Leeming or coningsby.
c. The ir Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC), Kinless
was only ved by Gt Yarmouth Coastguard Maritime Rescue
Coordinati n entre (MRCC} to ascertain whether they knew of
any air ac iv'ty in the area. ARCC, in turn, asked CRC
Neatisheadian D&D who replied in the negative; ARCC
subsequent y elayed several messages between D&D/Neatishead
and the MR c oncerning the stationary radar plot.
I
5. Para 4. L ca ions of permanent echoes are well known to

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