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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. 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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1317 Wri!!C/1 (18 JANUARY 1979) 1318
Lord WALLACE of COS LA NY: I I years 1962 and 1963 are therefore per-
am advised by the ~lanpower Services I cen_tages t;>ased on the number of firms
Commission that the required information i revtcwed _tn those years and not on all
is as follows:- 1 firms subJeCt to quota.
Y£·ar
1960
1961
~' 1962
*1963
1964
Number offirms
l1'ith a quota
obligations nor
complying h'irh
3 per cent. quMa
at annual rcrie11·
Figure in
prerious
column as
0 : affirms
. ·~1ibject
to quota
38·2
I
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DlSARMA!v1ENT AND AR'\IS
CONTROL: UN RESOLUTIONS
Lord KENNET asked Her M;1jesty's
Government:
Whether they will publish in con-
venient form the initi::ttiv..:s takc:n by
Her Majesty's Government, whether
unilaterally or in association with other5,
and the Vl)tes they cast, 0n disarmament
and arms control r~·solutions at last
autumn's General Assembly.
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
24,974
2),340
15,389
14,399
29,271
31,038
31;G61
34,176
34,319
35,102
36,~96
36,332
34,794
33,779
33,106
32,340
31,065
31,763
30,446
38·6
42·1
42·1
45·2
46·8
48·3
52·3
53·7
55·5
57·3
58·2
57·8
58·4
60·0
60·9
61·3
62·9
63·2
.,I Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS: The
Government's initiatives on resolutions on
arms control and disarmament will be
described in detail i:1 the Report on the
33rd Session of the United Nations
General Assembly, to be published as a
White Paper. A separate record will
shortly be made available to non-govern-
mental organisations with a special interest
in disarmament and will be placed in the
Library of the House.
-1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
*In 1962 and I 963 a survey was made in
respect of all firms with more than 500
staO' but only a selection of firms with less
than 500 staff (but which nevertheless had
a quota obligations). The figures for the
House adjourned at twenty-
t\vo minutes before eleven
o'clock.

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