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This MoD file, titled UFOs - Persistent Correspondence - Dr David Clarke, holds Dr David Clarke's Freedom of Information requests and emails to the Directorate of Air Staff from 2005 to 2008. Clarke asked for the DI55 report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region and for Rendlesham papers. He also sought records about Nick Pope. Other items include an internal review that released redacted passages on plasmas, the MoD's statement that it had no report of the 2008 South Wales police helicopter sighting, and a 2009 disposal form.

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“Works”36 pages

  • p. 14 …By contrast, information which is about someone acting in an official or work capacity should normally…
  • p. 18 …Volume 2, Working Paper 5, page 5-1, paragraph 1. The sentence "The incidence of visual…
  • p. 22 …within the sixty working day period, your requests will be combined and work to process your…
  • p. 31 …43 should be cited. - In Volume 2, working paper no. 5. Page 5-3, paragraph 9…
  • p. 33 …wording in brackets which refers to the work of DI51. This should be redacted under s…
  • p. 34 …be stated as such. - In Volume 2, working paper no. 5. Page 5-3, paragraph 9…
  • p. 38 …be stated as such. - In Volume 2, working paper no. 5. Page 5-3, paragraph 9…
  • p. 46 …It is for these reasons that we have taken the decision to do no further work…
  • p. 49 …to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I…
  • p. 51 …to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I…
  • p. 54 …to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I…
  • p. 60 …to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I…
  • p. 71 …The author was initially employed as a contractor and commenced work on the report in December…
  • p. 77 …relations with other countries by disclosing their work on UAPs and related programmes. 11. In anticipation…
  • p. 78 …in case they were useful to the work of the Defence Intelligence Staff. During a policy…
  • p. 82 …Friday, 28 April, to spend two days working at the British Library. Assuming the report is…
  • p. 85 …look forward to hearing from you when work on the document is completed (hopefully soon). Please…
  • p. 86 …He was a contractor working for a private company, who was temporarily employed by the MOD…
  • p. 87 …He was a contractor working for a private company, who was temporary employed by the MOD…
  • p. 88 …not the case the private company he worked for must be known and contactable. Other than…
  • p. 89 …not the case the private company he worked for must be known and contactable. Other than…
  • p. 91 …Redact "Section 40 ## Volume 2 Working Paper No.5, Page 5-1, Paragraph 1 – Redact from…
  • p. 95 …While I am aware of the sensitivity of the work of the DIS, I would point…
  • p. 96 …The author was initially employed as a contractor and commenced work on the report in December…
  • p. 99 …52 ## Flying Saucer Working Party - minutes, memos and final report Flying Saucer Working Party - minutes, memos…
  • p. 110 …While I am aware of the sensitivity of the work of the DIS, I would point…
  • p. 113 …In the meantime, thanks again for all the work you have put into processing this substantial…
  • p. 114 …With regard to Volume 2 - Working Paper 9 (low flying charts) my colleagues in Low Flying…
  • p. 116 …it clearly involved a considerable amount of work. I gather from the documents already released that…
  • p. 118 …early January once we have done the work. Section 40 welcome to come of course. Please…
  • p. 119 …and will not be possible within 20 working days or within the £600 limit. We therefore…
  • p. 124 …Unlike the Flying Saucer Working Party report which was over 50 years old when released, this…
  • p. 127 …8) The release of the final report of the DGSTI Flying Saucer Working Report No.7…
  • p. 141 …Had to stop to do some real work. ## Section From: Section 40 Sent: 03 November 2005…
  • p. 144 …A decision has been made not to carry out any further work on the subject. The…
  • p. 148 …I am working on a post-doctoral project at the University of Sheffield which is examining…
I apologise for not getting back to you on this.

From: Section 40

Sent: 29 September 2005 11:44

To: Section 40

Subject: RE: FOI Request

Section 40

This is quite a big job, but here is some data,

D/sec(AS)12/3-uFO Corrapondine

- File Dl55/108/15 Pt 4 runs from 1971 to Dec 1995

- Rendlesham Forest incident

o Poor quality photocopy of 13 Jan 81 Report form Lt Col Halt Deputy Base commander 'Unexplained Lights'.

We have -0 brief Sec(AS)2 to PS/Min (DS)

Briefing Note for Ministerial interview Central TV - This is one of yours Not yet released D/Sec(AS)/12/3 2 June 1986

D/Sec(AS)/12/3 26 Sep 85 which is a brief for Lord Trefgarnes meeting with Not yet released Lord Hill-Norton- with mentions the incident.

The 3 vol study into our sighting records comprises 35 mm of paper (it's thick). I can get the contents pages to you but not electronically.

1H to Sec (Hs)

from PS/Min (Ds)

14 Oct 85

Section 40

From: Section 40

Sent: 27 September 2005 14:55

To: Section 40

Subject: RE: FOI Request

Section 40

## Thanks.

The public have always been more interested in UFO/UAP issues than we in the MOD are. I guess it is human nature to be curious about things that are not explained and many like to believe in government cover ups and conspiracies.

Dr Clarke is a social historian who has a degree in Culture and Tradition and is interested in the beliefs people have and what influences them to believe the things they do (ie media). UFOs is his pet subject and he has been studying the history of the subject and MOD's involvement for about five years now. I think he is fascinated with this database because we have always maintained that we only examine sighting reports to see if they show any evidence of anything of defence significance and beyond this we do not try positively identify what was seen, yet here we were compiling a database and attempting to do just that.

I look forward to seeing what you have in due course.

Regards

Section 40

DAS-FOI

From: Section 40

Sent: 27 September 2005 13:56

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