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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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  • p. 42 …States and Russia. Hope- and are real: France, Norway, Sweden, fully, however, it will no·": be…
  • p. 55 …Fin;>.Ily, I France leads the world in UFO rc-scr;rch: ccme back to the…
  • p. 95 …are aware that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21 February 1974 Nonsieur Robert…
  • p. 98 …Defence, in his radio interview 01~ the France-Inter radio on 21st February 1974 stated that…
  • p. 99 …Whether they are aware that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21st February 1974…
  • p. 102 …Whether they are aware that in -~France, since 1st September 1977, .a section for the study…
  • p. 104 …Whether they are aware that in France, since 1st September 1977, a section for th0 study…
  • p. 107 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 109 …MINIST~ FOR THE AR}1ED FORCES ON FRANCE-INTER -n . 21 ll'EBRUARY 197L~ AT 2030…
  • p. 110 …example have followed UFOs in France? MG- Well, in France, after examining all the reports, I…
  • p. 112 …I- Well., you have mentioned the Gendarmerie. France Inter listeners have already heard many reports from…
  • p. 113 …Sheet of the Spoken Press Interview Station: France Inter Time .. .. 21 February 1974 1300 hours Subject…
  • p. 115 …hou,..s ~ the progranune 11No Panic" on France Inter. MOD Ling Service GLS/2997 VJR ... 7 -
  • p. 116 …recalled it clearly at his interview on France-Inter~ In view of the currency of· the…
  • p. 119 …Finally, to judge from the distribution of observers ~ver a map of France Je see that…
  • p. 120 …Analysis of observations For the sa~e of ~bjectivity, in France only unexplained operations of the…
  • p. 122 …Effects on observers and various effects In France, apart fro~ the effect of surprise, only minor…
  • p. 125 …clair tion des temoins sur une carte de France, oil constate que le nombrc de temoignages…
  • p. 127 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 128 …to have taken place on France-Inter radio in February 1974. GENEVA CONVENTIONS: ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS Lord…
  • p. 135 …broadcast on France-Inter radio station, February 1974, when the then French liftnister o:f Defence…
  • p. 138 …1453) they have now obtained the official transcript of the broadcast on France-Inter radio station…
  • p. 141 …l'Thether they are alvare that in an interview on France-Inter radio on 21 February…
  • p. 144 …Whether they are aware that~ in an interview on France-Inter radto on 21st February 1974…
  • p. 147 …Defence, in his radio interview OJ< the France-Inter radio on 21st Februarv 1974 stated that…
  • p. 148 …Government: ~ Whether they are aware that in ! France, since 1st September 1977, .a section for the…
  • p. 150 …Whether they are aware that in France, since 1st September 1977, a section for th~ study…
  • p. 153 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in ·February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 154 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 155 …the Home Office to the interview on France-Inter radio in February 1974 of the then…
  • p. 158 -•._,.'~ ~m;W WITH M_ RODERT GA'I:·W!Y~ MINIST~ FOrt THE ARHED FORCES £N FRANCE…
  • p. 159 …xample - have followed UFOs in France? MG- Well, in France, after examining all the reports, I…
  • p. 161 …I- Weli, you have mentioned the Gendarmerie. France Inter listeners have already heard many reports from…
  • p. 162 …of the Sp~ken Press Interview Station: France Inter Time .. .. 21 February 1974 1300 hours Subject…
  • p. 164 …in, the program.11~ "No Panic" on France Inter. MOD Ling Service GLS/2997 VJR ... 7 .
  • p. 165 …Minister of Defence, recalled it clearly at his interview on France-Inter~ In view of the…
  • p. 168 …Finally, to judge from the distribution of observers .:nrer a map of France Je see that…
  • p. 169 …Analysis of observations For the sa~e ~f ~bjectivity, in France only unexplained operations of the…
  • p. 171 …Eff9cts on observers and various effects In France, apart fro~ the effect of surprise, only minor…
  • p. 174 …clair tion des temoins sur une carte de France, on constatc que le nombre d~ tcmoignages…
  • p. 181 …broadcast on France-Inter radio station, February 1974, when the then French lJti.nister o~ Defence…
  • p. 184 …1453) they have now obtained the official transcript of the broadcast on France-Inter radio station…
  • p. 296 …from Ireland over Lands End and on over France, they would easily have been seen from…
  • p. 364 …from Ireland over Lands End and on over France, they would easily have been seen from…
  • p. 454 …concerning a study group set up in France called "Groupe d'Etudes sur les Phenomenes Aerospatiales…
Dr David Clarke
Dear Dr Clarke,
From
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6/73, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
Telephone (Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
. (Fax)
(GTN)
Your Reference
Our Reference
D/DAS/64/3111
Date
9 December 2002
020 7218 2140
020 7218 9000
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Thank you for your letter of 11 November in which you asked us to proceed with your request for
UFO related documents.
.Our search is now complete, so I will address your requests individually and explain the files
examined and documents enclosed with this letter.
1. Copy of the file relating to a UFO report made by-nd- near
Winchester, Hampshire on 14 November 1976.
nor any
this request.
but it contained no reports for the 14th November,
There are therefore no documents we can send you for
2. Copies of the files containing briefing and background notes on UFOs prepared by
the head of S4(Air), with contributions from RAF Ops (GE)2 and DI55 for reference by
Lord Strabolgi in his closing address during the House of Lords debate on UFOs, 18
January 1979.
Our files D/DSS/75/3/1 Parts A and B (Parliamentary Correspondence- House of Lords Debate,
January 1979) were destroyed in 1990. As requested we have examined our general
parliamentary correspondence tile, D/DS8/75/3 Part A and this has revealed several background
documents relating to the debate. As I indicated in my last letter, some of these were not
generated by the MOD and I have asked the Department concerned to examine them for possible
release. I will write to you as soon as I have received a reply. In the meantime, please find
enclosed the relevant papers from this file which we are able to release immediately, plus a
number of papers located by DI55.

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