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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. 12 …2 .The meetinR was calle-rhich would be capable of transporting man to nearby star systems…
  • p. 13 …In addition, research into UFOs had revealed the existence of tHo sun-like stars, Zeta: I…
  • p. 43 …perfectly feasible one day to go to the stars, as he did not believe in Einstein…
  • p. 44 …many stars which have a solar systei:1 which might well be in the same position…
  • p. 46 …What is the difference? star. What was that star? We have had Jt is a question…
  • p. 47 …The billions of stars in the galaxy make the problem at present too much for us…
  • p. 51 …lengths to wi:i --is the tLeo Russia, tht star cf Bet;, ;e \vhich, to :.he…
  • p. 52 …the star of Bethlehem bcirw a larl!e lJFO from which, to the amuzencent of the…
  • p. 54 …must listen to the proponents of what one might call the Star Trek view. It can…
  • p. 62 ,•, 'fo-cts ' 1296 ~Je at Manchester of Radio Astron- ,f which he is the •wo days…
  • p. 68 …Most reports were factual, but one spoke of an 1 illusion that the stars an: flying…
  • p. 71 …talked about the umpteen light years that some of these planets and stars arc away from…
  • p. 134 …In qne of his books the Earl suggests that UFO reports go back to the Star…
  • p. 187 …in~eJligent life could exist elsewhere in the universe. With 100,000 million stars in our…
  • p. 188 …meteorites, bright planets 1 or even the moon or stars iL unusual atmospheric conditions. Venus is…
  • p. 195 …the thought that vTe might one day make contact "VTi th people from distant stars. Ho…
  • p. 205 …the thought that vTe might one day make contact vTi th people from distant stars. Hovrever…
  • p. 209 …intelligent life could exist else,-There in the- _, universe. \•lith 100,000 million stars in our…
  • p. 210 …meteorites; bright planets 1 or even the moon or stars iL unusual atmospheric conditions. Venus is…
  • p. 220 …1 T TOOK THE FORM OF A BRIGHT LIGHT ABOUT 10 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN ANY STARS…
  • p. 239 …TOOK THE FORM OF A BRIGHT LIGHT ABOUT 10 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN ANY STARS VI Sl…
  • p. 262 …a~;are of what appeared to be two 'stars' just above the horizon in the apprcximate…
  • p. 263 …small size (ider.tical to a star in the night sky) but I believe they we…
  • p. 289 …Knowing the night sky fairly well he immediately realised that 'they' were not stars and did…
  • p. 296 …seem synonymous with something like the trail of a 'shooting star'. After evaluating these reports and…
  • p. 299 …During the early hours, somewhere between midnight and 1.00am, the cows occupying an adjacent field…
  • p. 309 …Distance apart as seen from the ground = 1" to 1~". 2. Crymyn, Dy Time y on…
  • p. 330 …aware of what appeared to be two 1 stars 1 ju~;t. above the horizon in…
  • p. 331 …small size (ider.tical to a star in the night sky) but I believe they were…
  • p. 357 …Knowing the night sky fairly well he immediately realised that 'they' were not stars and did…
  • p. 364 …seem synonymous with something like the trail of a 'shooting star'-.- After evaluating these reports and…
  • p. 367 …During the early hours, somewhere between midnight and l.OOam, the cows occupying an adjacent field…
  • p. 380 …Distance apart as seen from the ground = 1" to 1~". 2. Pentregaler, Crymyn, Dy Time 1…
  • p. 399 0600, again on the Claxby radar display. The radar plot was always single and stationary and…
  • p. 400 …The Observatory notes that when a bright star or planet is low in the sky, even…
  • p. 404 …04002 'the star was fairly high in the sky looking very similar to the rest'. Observer…
  • p. 406 …0400Z 'the star was fairly high in the sky looking very similar to the rest'. Very…
  • p. 408 …0214Z- 'Bearing SE, high in the sky' - Estimated by observer. C-5 0350Z - 'Bearing SSE, 30…
  • p. 412 …When a bright star or planet is low down in the sky (even to elevation 20…
  • p. 413 …This wo1..tld ha.ve had the effect of 'washing out' all but the brightest stars…
  • p. 432 • \REDACTION ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENT I 0600, again on the Claxby radar display. The radar plot was…
  • p. 433 …The Observatory notes that when a bright star or planet is low in the sky, even…
  • p. 437 …04002 'the star was fairly high in the sky looking very similar to the rest'. Observer…
  • p. 440 …low in the sky becoming higher and clearer over ~ that it was a star' \ ,, '' --------- I _________ , \ ,, ' \ ,, '' \ ,, '-...!-.;:llo…
  • p. 444 …This of 'washing out' all but the brightest stars. H this was Sirius or Ca.nopus…

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