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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.
“Frances”46 pages
- p. 39 …to make mass landmgs
viewed entirely about UFOs· on France- \ tomorrow 1~ this country-there could…
- 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.
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- 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.
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GLS/2997
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- 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…
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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