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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. 7 …Also, any
sightings made by MOD Police and civilian (West Yorkshire) police officers on about the…
- p. 35 …when a large number
of military personnel, Police, civilians etc made UFO reports. Dr Clarke has…
- p. 37 …pilots,
nesses, the characteristics of UFOs and police officers, coastguards, radar opera-
some important sightings, and…
- p. 56 …sc in co-c;peration \\·:th the · police, the
their sighting V<'S cacked lip by…
- p. 94 …1 no instructions are given
to the police, but they lvill no doubt investigate any un…
- p. 98 …The police in t4is country
have not been asked to collect reports of,
or investigate, unidentified…
- p. 119 …Since 1954,
these observations have been the subject of reports made by the police to the…
- p. 122 …who reported on their observations to the police. None of them was
traumatized by his experience…
- p. 140 …c no instructions are given
to the police, but they 11ill no doubt investigat~ any lJ…
- p. 147 …The police in tqis country
have not been asked to collect reports of,
or in.vestigate…
- p. 166 …observations communicated to them officially, either by police or by
territorial or operational high commands.
;a…
- p. 168 …Sinco 1954,
those observations have been the subject of reports made by the police to the…
- p. 171 …who reported on their observations to the police. None of them was
tra~atized b7 his…
- p. 218 …W' .__ OF TRAFFIC r::PT G,\·!E:H POLICE
N.-A RC:LIA2LE EXPERIENCED UN~XCITABLE…
- p. 219 …THE OFFICERS BEGAN TO RETURN •
TOWARDS GIPTCN POLICE STATJu~ wr.EN .THE LIGHT REAPPEARDS BEHIND THEM…
- p. 222 …R.A:OO, AN ·n AF Ops.
(Police, military, press etc.)
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M. NAME .AND ADDRESS OF…
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- p. 228 …2207
29 September 1980
I enclose for your information a copy of a police report
about…
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,, WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN POLICE
FROM: Gipton Division
SUBJECT: SIGHTING OF U.F.O.
At 0455 hours…
- p. 231 …OUTSIDE· POLICE STATION STATIONARY-tOR 2-3 HINUTES THEN SPED OFF
b. ·NAKED EYE---~ .
£~NORTH OF…
- p. 232 …TOOK STILL PHOT0(1RAPHs~oF· THE OBJECT
POLICE CONSTABLES DESCRIBED THE·OBJECT.AS THIN V~RTICAL…
- p. 235 …THE OFF 1CERS BEGAN TO RETURN •
TOWARDS GIPTCN POLICE STATION wr.EN THE LIGHT REAPPEARDS BEHIND…
- p. 245 …Wakefield (0924)
29 September 1980
I enclose for your information a copy of a police report…
- p. 246 …1\ :.J WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN POLICE
FROM: Gipton Division
SUBJECT: SIGHTING OF U.F.O.
At…
- p. 247 …OUTSIDE· POLICE STATION STATIONARY toR 2-3 MINUTES THEN SPED
D. ·NAKED EYE---~
to NORTH OF…
- p. 248 …ARE
STAT ION.:- A
POLICE CONSTA
:ABOUT THREE FEET
BT
DESCRIBED THE-OBJECT-AS THIN VERTICAL…
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OC RAF Police F1t
Sir,
PoSSIBLE. UFO SIGHTINGS
UNCLASSIFIED
POLICE IN CONFIDENCE
RAF Police…
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POLICE IN CONFIDENCE
8. At 0140 hours. I informed HQ P&SS (UK…
- p. 253 . ..
e RAF POLICE SITUATION
REPORT.30-31 MAR 93.
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DATEi
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31M~93
0115…
- p. 255 …He had been notified of the
objects presence in the area, by two other Police Officers…
- p. 256 …That evening I contacted the Exeter Police and was given the
names of three police officers…
- p. 257 …At this point, I now had some seven or eight reports, mostly
police officers, who had…
- p. 259 …I also received one
report, again from a police officer, who was off duty and with…
- p. 262 …duty in uniform and driving a marked Police vehicle along the A38 at
Looe Mills near…
- p. 264 …or lighting
L. To Whom Reported ' No ...
Police, Military org. the press, etc.
M. Name and…
- p. 266 …To whom reported (Police, military
press etc) '
Name & Address of Informant
Background of Informant that
may…
- p. 268 …I
To whom reported (Police, military,
press etc)
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I L. Name & Address of Informant…
- p. 270 …I To whom reported (Police, military,
press etc)
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I L. Name & Address of Informant
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- p. 272 …To whom reported (Police, military, 1
I press etc) I
tvr/l\lt2SS\S~ 1/-t…
- p. 273 …SEEN BY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT DEVON AND CORNWALL
P. 310130Z MAR 93
BT
DISTRIBUTION Z6F…
- p. 274 …To Whom Reported
Police, Military org. the press, etc.
M. Name and Address of Informant
N…
- p. 276 …REPORTED TO RAF CHIVENOR OPERATIONS ALSO SEEN BY POLICE PATROL
PASSING BURROWS IN CAR
0. POLICE…
- p. 278 …POLICE YR TYDFIL, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, SWAN STREET,
PAGE 2 RBDAID 0005 UNCLAS
0. OTHER POLICE…
- p. 281 …To whom reported (Police, military,
press etc)
L. Name & Address of Informant
M. Background of Informant…
- p. 282 ... ( Official commu1JiCations to btl addrflssfld:- "Offict1r in Chargfl" (addl'tlss as bfllow)
STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE
Telephone: Cannock…
- p. 283 • .. 't
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Staffordshire Police
FROM: P.C.
TO: SUPT.
SUBJECT: U.F.O. REPORT
Your Reference:
Our…
- p. 284 …65
Staffordshire Police
Your Reference:
Our Reference:
FROM: P.C. STATION: RUGELEY
TO:
SUBJECT:
1.
DATE…
- p. 289 …f the Devon & Cornwall
Police Force. He is stationed at Bodmin, Cornwall and was
reporting an…
- p. 290 …At the end of his report~ Sgt informed me that several
other police officers had made…
- p. 291 …The time is 1.10am on the 31st March 1993, and a number of
police officers…
- p. 293 …from members of the public and another police
officer, this time from Somerset. After evaluating these…
- p. 294 …this event include those received
from the police officers who initially saw the objects at
01…
- p. 295 …As with the 1.10am police reports and some of the other 1.10am
reports, this…
- p. 296 …t
to assume that they, like the police officers, had also
observed the spent rocket on…
- p. 310 …Plymouth police received a call from a gentleman at approx
1.10am who reported seeing twp…
- p. 313 …of the witnesses, most of whom were police officers, and some of
whom were military and…
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• 9: • I have spoken to as many of the police…
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AAF Police Flight
RAF Cosford
Wolverhampton
West…
- p. 320 …At 0215 hours, OC RAF Police Flt and the Ord Off, Flt Lt-
were informed of…
- p. 321 …Me~ia
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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
(Direct dial)
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(GTN)
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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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