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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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# Directorate of Air Staff - Freedom of Information MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 5th Floor, Zone H, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB Telephone (Direct dial) 020 7218 2140 (Switchboard) 020 7218 9000 (Fax) Section 40 e-mail das-ufo-office@mod.uk ## Dear Dr Clarke Thank you for your letter of 27th July 2006 in which you raised a number of questions regarding the 'UAP Report' and also submitted a new request for the release of the MoD file 'DI55/108/15', part 4. Your request has been considered as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 and I can confirm that the Ministry of Defence does hold the requested information. As you correctly recall in your letter, your original request for this file was refused as to retrieve, extract and, where necessary, carry out redactions, would have been above the FOIA cost limit. This remains the case and, therefore, we are still unable to consider releasing the file in total. However, we have produced a summary of the subject areas which are covered in the file which is attached at annex. It is hoped that this will now enable you to be more specific about the information you are seeking and, if you wish, submit a further, more focused, request and specify exactly which subject area(s) you are interested in. We will then be pleased to look again at your request and, subject to it being within the FOIA cost limit, assess the releasibility of the relevant enclosures. You should also be aware that the FOIA regulations state that where two or more requests "relate, to any extent, to the same or similar information" and the requests are received within any period of sixty consecutive working days, the estimated cost of compliance is taken to be the total costs of complying with all of them. Therefore, should you submit a refined request for information based upon the attached summary and submit a further request for information from the file within the sixty working day period, your requests will be combined and work to process your requests will only be carried out up to the FOIA cost limit. The three questions you raised regarding the 'UAP Report' are currently being addressed and a separate reply will be sent to you in due course. If you are unhappy with the response or wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail Info-D@mod.uk).
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