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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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david clarke Section 40 13 June 2006 10:11 Re: FOIA request ## 13 June 2006 ## Dear Section 40 Thanks for your email dated 24 May and the update on my most recent letter and FOI request. I note that the fresh request has been passed to DIS for action. Does this mean that DIS will reply/respond to me directly, or will you continue to deal with correspondence? I look forward to an update on the outstanding DIS papers from my earlier FOI request. Finally, I wondered if you have any information on any imminent releases of UFO-related files at TNA. You will be aware that the last substantial release was back in Jan 2005. I spoke to the TNA Press Office last week and was told that a number of MoD files in the DEFE and AIR categories are due to be opened on 29 June. Do you know if any of these are likely to include UFO related records? Yours, David Clarke Original Message ----- From: Section 40 @mod.uk> To: "david clarke" Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:02 PM Subject: FOIA request ## Dear Dr Clarke Thank you for your message and the attachment. I have also received the copy of your letter which you put in the post. A copy of your letter has been sent to the Director General of Information, Access section who deal with MOD Internal reviews and they will contact you separately regarding the first part of your letter. With regard to your new FOI request, I have recorded this and as you have requested information held by DIS rather than DAS, I have passed it to DIS for action. For your information this request has been allocated the FOI case number of 23-05-2006-100609-001. You also mentioned some documents from previous FOI requests which you have still not received. I was informed that DIS were examining these in November 2005 and I am afraid they seemed to have got forgotten while we were working on many requests, including the UAP report. I apologise for this. I have asked DIS to look at these papers again and advise me on their release. I will write to you again as soon as I have some news. Finally, with regard to your comments about the information the MOD holds regarding the UFO sighting in 1990, I should explain that RAF Fylingdales do track space debris and would have been aware of the brake up of the satellite. Indeed, I made some enquiries with RAF Fylingdales
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