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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.

  • p. 13 …Acceptance of oneself as an earthlinG vrould become natural when it 't.Jas. recognized that the…
  • p. 28 …offic-ial Und·ted! ·Nutd.ons study on the nature and relationship of Unidentified Flying Objects…
  • p. 40 …long ago that magnetism, as It occurs naturally in the form of lodestone, was thought to…
  • p. 41 …anti of them can be explained as natural or def~ man-made phenomena-meteorites, sate!- ma1…
  • p. 42 …Of course, this naturally upsets North West University; Waiter Cronkite, our earthly scientists because it is…
  • p. 55 …the noble wonder why the bounds of natural physics Lord, Lord Trefgarne. 1 remain sceptical jseem…
  • p. 56 …stunning speeds which seem to defv oroved natural physics. Let the U1~ited Kingdom he told…
  • p. 57 …be set up, particularly at times like these, can naturally give rise to a protest about…
  • p. 58 …sitting on the edge of my bed. Naturally, with the imagination of a child, I clothed…
  • p. 59 …Mach 1 is the speed of sound it in nature and attempts to reproduce it appropriate…
  • p. 61 …investigation they have been found to be natural phenomena, or in some instances, I regret to…
  • p. 62 …subjects · Os, but not a her than natural : the noble Earl e the point o~ suggested…
  • p. 64 …the not perfectly explicable as natural pheno- . the mena within our own universe. lf there is…
  • p. 65 …1305 many tb able ade natural p TheE thought my Lor has not able. B an…
  • p. 67 …This natural explan· tortions of !ig1 cornmonpJa,:~ l as to be barely r I am told…
  • p. 68 …This is what opponents of the natural explanations forget. With dis- . tortions of light, and mirages…
  • p. 69 …sightings wiil prove to be due to natural phenomena, as I think the noble Lord, Lord…
  • p. 70 …But· there is a wide present preclu~e disclosure until 30 years range of natural explanations…
  • p. 82 …bodies be involved ina project of this nature,but so should a team of ufologist~ who…
  • p. 92 …bodies be involved ina project of this nature,but so should a team of ufologist~ who…
  • p. 97 …Nilitary had found nothing of an aggressive nature'in the sightings -nor have the scientists been…
  • p. 112 …as something unsubstantial, but unknown by our natural science, but ouch more exact phenomena, since there…
  • p. 116 …subject in order better to appreciate the nature and location of these manifestations in French airspace…
  • p. 121 …j~dged frcmthe following tables. -.FORM COLOUR NATURE OF LUMINOSITY I VARIOUS 1~ FIXED BUW VERY…
  • p. 124 …Whilst maintaining an open mind, we must restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the nature and…
  • p. 126 …thcorie scientifique rigoureuse Q'Jant a sa nature ou son \lrigine (physique ou autre); elle pern…
  • p. 131 …never fonnd an-ything of D.nt1tjgressive nature fro:n the sightings 9 nol' have the…
  • p. 136 …have not the resources to irr~estigate the nature of alleged Unidentifiea Flying Objects.
  • p. 143 advised in 1976 that so far the ~lilitary had found nothing of an aggressive nature'in…
  • p. 161 …as something unsubstantial, but unknown by our natural science, but much more exact phenomena, since there…
  • p. 170 …j'ldged fromthe following tables. -FORM COLOUR NATURE OF LUMINOSITY I VARIOUS 1~ FIXED BUW VERY…
  • p. 173 …d~finite scientific theory conce~ning its nature or origin (physical or otherwise\• it also enables…
  • p. 177 …c. \ihat the nature of the invebt~gations is at the Centre liationalc d'Etude Suat…
  • p. 182 …restrain ourselves from hasty conclusions regarding the nature and origin of the phenomenon and accept the…
  • p. 262 …Thj s w&.s naturally during the hours of darkness ar:d the WE·ather was…
  • p. 330 …Thjs was naturally during the h6urs of darkness and the w~ather was fine and dry…
  • p. 398 …separate stationary lights as some form of natural phenomena of no air defence or air concern…
  • p. 431 …separate stationary lights as some form of natural phenomena of no air defence or air concern…
  • p. 454 …French MOD handle UFO reports, and the nature of the investigations at the Centre nationale d…

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