Documents / Document
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.
“Whitehall”12 pages
'.Vestrr.ins t e r·, London . .3''/IA OAA. Dear Sir, 19 Ly rtl c :to3.d, Lancinr;, Sus::; ex. 24th N?vanj~r 19?7~ Recent itams in the press have indicated thnt the United Nations ~~ to start ~n official Frobe into Flying Saucers.Althou ~ h many people ~a~ consider such a project so ~ ething of a waste of time I am personally ~lad that some steps are being taken to investigat~ this phenomena on a serious . and official basis. The main reason for my writing to you is that in my opinion not only should EOvernment bodies be involved ina project of this nature,but so should a team of ufologist~ who would obviously be used to the various problems involved. · Although I r~alise that no decisi6ns may have been made regarding the ·form this project is ~o take 1 feel it essential that ufolo8'ists are involved in this venture.l should liki your op1n1on on this matter and what you think the chances are of norr government bodies and individuals being involved. .. , . . -
Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 492 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.