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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.
“Devon”45 pages
- p. 254 D - U - F - 0 - R - 0
(Devon UFO Research Organisation)
~Room 8245
MOD Main Building
Whithall…
- p. 255 INTERIM REPORT
Case No 933
D - U - F - 0 - R - 0
{Devon UFO Research Organisation}
Case…
- p. 257 …S.Wales, N.Oevon, Cornwall and E. Devon. During its
flight it had descended from a…
- p. 260 …one
behind the other, and across Devon at 1.30am on the 31st. One
report came…
- p. 262 …March 19 93
Signatu
n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at
Liskeard in Ccrnwall.
At about…
- p. 273 …SEEN BY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT DEVON AND CORNWALL
P. 310130Z MAR 93
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F…
- p. 286 D - U - F - 0 - R - 0
(Devon UFO Research Organisation)
Ref: Case No 933
Tel:
26th…
- p. 287 …the two fighter
aircraft seen over Devon at 1.30am on the 31st or the 3…
- p. 288 • D - U - F - 0 - R - 0
(Devon UFO Research Organisation)
Ref: Case No 933
~Air Staff…
- p. 289 • D - U - F - 0 - R - 0
(Devon UFO Research Organisation)
INVESTIGATION REPORT 20th May 1~93…
- p. 290 …duty within the counties of Cornwall
and Devon. They also said that 2 other officers of…
- p. 291 …number of
police officers on duty within Devon & Cornwall, observed 2
very bright white lights or…
- p. 292 …Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it .is I
believe reasonable to assume that what…
- p. 293 …8.00pm and 11.00pm over
Nth devon.
Most of these reports were received following the…
- p. 294 …Bridgewater, Somerset 31/3/93
North Devon 30/3/93
St Ives & Penzance, 31/3/93…
- p. 295 …a BBC Correspondent
Event 'B' - Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
At various time between 1.10am…
- p. 299 …Event 'D' - Nth Devon and Somerset.
During the evening of Tuesday 30th March 1993, 6 independent…
- p. 301 …The 6th and last report for this evening, came from
lllllllfkho lives at Milverton, Devon. At…
- p. 302 …clearly visable
and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by ~
in their reports. In…
- p. 304 …loss to
explain their presence over East Devon at the time. To his
knowledge there had…
- p. 306 …00pm, objects were seen traversing the North
Devon sky and indeed hovering N.W. of the…
- p. 308 …should without question be classified for what they
are- 'Unidentified Flying Objects'.
Devon UFO Research Organisation
- p. 310 …9.* East Devon. Two police officers observe two white objects
flying easterly. Objects seen through binoculars…
- p. 313 …Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall,
South Vales and Shropshire, although reports were…
- p. 323 …in an arc to a
height of about 10,000' towards Torpoint, Plymouth, Devon.
Following this…
- p. 325 …W.Wales, S.Wales, N.Devon, Cornwall and E. Devon. During its
flight it had descended…
- p. 328 …one
behind the other, and across Devon at 1.30am on the 31st. One
report came…
- p. 330 …Dated the 19 93
Signature
I n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at
Liskeard in Ccrnwall…
- p. 344 …MR BRAUNTON~ DEVON
H. 1·-IIL
0. POLICE OFFICERS PLUS FRIENDS
P. 311230L MAR 93
BT…
- p. 354 …the hovering object(s) seen over Nth Devon between
8.00pm and ll.OOpm on the…
- p. 355 …the two fighter
aircraft seen over Devon at 1.30am on the 31st or the 3…
- p. 357 …Devon & Cornwall Police Force and numerous
members of the British public living in Wales, Cornwall, Devon…
- p. 358 …duty within the counties of Cornwall
and Devon. They also said that 2 other officers of…
- p. 359 …number of
police officers on duty within Devon & Cornwall, observed 2
very bright white lights or…
- p. 360 …Given the officers locations in Cornwall & Devon, it .is I
believe reasonable to assume that what…
- p. 361 …8.00pm and 11.00pm over
Nth devon.
Most of these reports were received following the…
- p. 362 …Bridgewater, Somerset 31/3/93
North Devon 30/3/93
St Ives & Penzance, 31/3/93…
- p. 363 …a BBC Correspondent
Event 'B' - Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
At various time between l.lOam…
- p. 367 …Event •n• - Nth Devon and Somerset.
During the evening of Tuesday 30th March 1993, 6 independent…
- p. 369 …from Mr
tlllla who lives at Milverton, Devon. At sometime before
midnight - about 11.30pm, he…
- p. 370 …clearly visable
and seen hovering over Nth Devon. This is substantiated by Mrs
-and Mr-in…
- p. 372 …loss to
explain their presence over East Devon at the time. To his
knowledge there had…
- p. 374 …00pm, objects were seen traversing the North
Devon sky and indeed ho~ering N.W. of…
- p. 377 …9.* East Devon. Two police officers observe two white objects
flying easterly. Objects seen through binoculars…
- p. 381 …Most of the sightings were in Devon and Cornwall,
South Vales and Shropshire, although reports were…
COVERING CONFIDENTIAL
From
Djrectorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6/73, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
Telephone
CHOts
E-Mail
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and Commonwealth Office
Records and Historical Department
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Your Reference
Our Reference
D/DAS/64/3/11
Date
7 November 2002Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK19 7BH
Dear
I would be grateful if you could provide some assistance with a request we have received for
access to papers held on a Ministry of Defence file, some of which originated in the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office.
This office is the focal point within the MOD for correspondence concerning 'unidentified flying
objects'. One of our regular correspondents has made a request under the Code of Practice on
Access to Government Information (the Code) for any documents the MOD may hold which were
used as briefing material for a House ofLords Debate on UFOs, on 18 January 1979.
On examining our files we have discovered a number of documents which were sent to the MOD
from the FCO towards the end of 1978 concerning a proposal by Premier Gairy of Grenada to the
United Nations to establish an agency or working group for research into UFOs. This was
mentioned in the House of Lords Debate so we have every reason to believe that they were sent to
the MOD as background for the Defence Minister's reply and are therefore relevant to this request
for information. I enclosed a copy of these documents and as you will see some are classified
Restricted and some Confidential, and they contain remarks about why the UK and other UN
nations would not support this proposal. In this suite of papers there is also one from the United
Nations General Assembly and one from the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, the
later of which came to us via the UN Department of the FCO.
I would appreciate your advice as to how we may consider the release of these documents or
alternatively whether they should be withheld under one of the exemptions of the Code. If it is
considered that they should be withheld, there are two exemptions which seem to be appropriate.
Exemption 1b - Information whose disclosure would harm the conduct of international relations
COVERING CONFIDENTIAL
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