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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. 39 …the
of Defence, TvL Robert GaHev, W::'l.s int.::r- ufonauts d~c1dcd. to make…
- p. 42 …Cor,1mander
Even if one accepts that there may be life Robert McLaughiin, United States Navy…
- p. 55 …think th:.;t the French Iindeed, incredulous, of what the noble Minister of Defence, ~L Robert…
- p. 65 …my
ancestor although he is dead--called
Robert Boyle who founded a ·society
called the Royal…
- p. 69 …the then French Minister
of Defence, M. Robert Galley gave in
1974 on the subject of…
- p. 72 …62·9
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.,I Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS: The
Government's initiatives on resolutions on
arms…
- p. 95 …Inter radio
on 21 February 1974 Nonsieur Robert
Galley, then French Ninister of
Defence, stated that…
- p. 98 …Whether they are aware that
Monsieur Robert Galley, the then
French Minister of Defence, in his…
- p. 99 …Inter radio on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated…
- p. 101 …2h:t Fcbr;Jar; 1974 Monsie-:.1:: Robert
Galley. th.;n French. M!n!sier vf…
- p. 107 …the then French
Minister of Defence M•. Robert Galley
about unidentified flying objects by
M. Jean…
- p. 108 …The French authorities have now replied, and I enclcse the full
text of~ Robert Galley's…
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~ , 'ITEl<VI~ W!'l!H M ROBERT GAtk'"'Y: MINIST~ FOR THE AR}1ED…
- p. 113 …M Robert Galley
Actually the Minister responsible for National Defence, that is, a man who
knows…
- p. 114 …M Robert Galley:
"!t is true that there are things which are not understood and which…
- p. 127 …Lord GORO Y-ROBERTS: The
two protocols "" re opened for signature
on 12th Dec nber 1977…
- p. 128 …French Minister of Defence
I
I M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 135 …then French liftnister o:f Defence,
Monsieur Robert Galley, was inter-
viewed by Jean-Claude Bourret…
- p. 137 …contains an oocurate
translation of r.r Robert Galley's broadcast in 1974. It also
introduces…
- p. 138 …the then
French Minister of Defence, Monsieur
Robert Galley, was interviewed by
Jean-Claude Bourret about…
- p. 141 …Inter radio
on 21 February f974 Nonsieur Robert
Galley, then French ~linister of
Defence, stated that…
- p. 144 …Inter radto on
21st February 1974 Monsieur Robert
Galley then French Minister of
Defen~e, stated…
- p. 147 …Whether they are aware that
Mon~ieur Robert Galley, the then
French Minister of Defence, in…
- p. 153 …the then French
Minister of Defence M•. Robert Galley
about unidentified flying objects by
M. Jean…
- p. 154 …the then French Minister of Defence
M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 155 …French Minister of Defence
i
I M. Robert Galley about unidentified
flying objects by M. Jean…
- p. 157 …The French authorities have now replied, a.nd I enclcse the full
text of M Robert…
- p. 162 …M Robert Galley
Actually the Minister responsible for National Defence, that is, a man who
knows…
- p. 163 …M Robert Galley:
"!t is true that there are things which are not understood and which…
- p. 181 …French lJti.nister o~ Defence,
Mons;eur Robert Galley, was inter-
viewed by Jean-Claude Bourret…
- p. 183 …an OOC\1-rate
translation of M Robert Galley's broadcast in 1974. It a~so…
- p. 184 …the then
French Minister of Defence, Monsieur
Robert Galley, was interviewed by
Jean-Claude Bourret about…
BACKGROUND NOTE
MOD interests in UFO investigation is solely to establish
whether report have any bearing on defence. Investigations of
individual reports over a number of years have produced no
evidence that UFOs represent a threat to defence. As might be
expected, simple explanations have been found for most UFO
reports, the most common su1gle source of sightings being air-
craft or the ligh~or aircraft seen under unusual meteorological
conditions. There is nothing to justify the expenditure of Defence
funds on setting up a section to investigate the reports.
2. We sometimes take the line: 'The MOD does not dismiss the
possibility that intelligent life could exist in outer space, but
reports that have reached the Department to date contain no
~vidence to support the view that these alleged phenomena are of
an extra-terrestrial origin'. However, that response is more likely
toilritate the dedicated enthusiasts than to convince them, so it is
customary to p1ay a dead bat.
3. During 1976, the statement said to have been made by the French
l•li.nister of Defence in 1974 lias brought to the Department's notic-e
in correspondence from the public. Attempts by DPR(~~) to verify
the statement through the French Embassy were unsuccessful, since
it was virtually impossible to check back on a radio proeramme
broadcast tvTC years earlier. Neither was the British Air Attache's
staff in Paris able to produce information on the broadcast. It is
understood, ho"'trever, that the French Defence Ninistry also stud;y-
the ~lilitary implications and consider any scientific aspect that
may have a bearing on military affajrs. The reports are also con-
sidered by French scientists at a Government organisation knmm as
the Centre Nationale D'Etude 'spatial. The British Air Attache in
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