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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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“DI55”38 pages

  • p. 22 …for the release of the MoD file 'DI55/108/15', part 4. Your request has been…
  • p. 24 # SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF FILE DI55/108/15 - Part 4 'UFO Policy' The file covers the…
  • p. 26 …should no longer be a requirement for DI55 to monitor UFO reports as they do not…
  • p. 27 …the DI 55 Policy file D/D/DI55/108.15 Pt 4, which covers the period…
  • p. 40 …report...please direct such comment to AD/DI55". All accessible files for the period in question…
  • p. 42 …The documents referred to are in fact D/DI55/162/40 dated 11th December 1996 and…
  • p. 44 …40 XXXXXXXXX Our reference D/DI55/162/40 Date 11 December 1996 ## s.40 Dear xxxxxxxx…
  • p. 46 …AD/DI55 UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA (UAP) - DI55 REPORT 1. The DIS has received copies of UAP…
  • p. 56 …April and for the copy of the DI55 report "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air…
  • p. 57 …It would appear that correspondence received may be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108…
  • p. 58 …April and for the copy of the DI55 report "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air…
  • p. 59 …It would appear that correspondence received may be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108…
  • p. 63 …April and for the copy of the DI55 report "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air…
  • p. 64 …It would appear that correspondence received may be filed with DIS, possibly in DI/DI55/108…
  • p. 66 …The titles of significant branches such as DI55 and Sec(AS)2a have not been removed…
  • p. 68 …UK air space from Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. DI55 regularly received copies of UAP sighting reports and…
  • p. 69 …It was then decided that DI55 would cease to receive UAP sighting reports. Since December 2000…
  • p. 75 …UK air space from Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. DI55 regularly received copies of UAP sighting reports and…
  • p. 76 …It was then decided that DI55 would cease to receive UAP sighting reports. Since December 2000…
  • p. 95 …Could we clear up the ambiguity surrounding the status of the 21 DI55 UFO files (see…
  • p. 100 …DI 55 DI/DI55/108/15/1 Pt 21 1979 DEFE 31/164 UFO Reports: DI…
  • p. 110 …Could we clear up the ambiguity surrounding the status of the 21 DI55 UFO files (see…
  • p. 111 …DI55 UFO files DI/DI55/108/15/1Pt9 UFO Incident Reports period not known DI/DI55…
  • p. 128 …You also requested a copy of DI55/108/15/22 dated January 1997, D/DI55/108…
  • p. 129 …You also asked if the DI55 Policy file D/DI55/105/15 Pt 4 contained any…
  • p. 133 …You also requested a copy of DI55/108/15/22 dated January 1997, D/DI55/108…
  • p. 134 …You also asked if the DI55 Policy file D/DI55/105/15 Pt 4 contained any…
  • p. 135 …there was no longer a requirement for DI55 to monitor UAP reports as they do not…
  • p. 141 …Q3 DI55/108/15/22 January 1997 Got and can be declassified D/DI55/108/15…
  • p. 143 …D/DI55/108/15 dated 11 December 1996 and D/DI55/108/15 dated 16 November…
  • p. 144 …that states "Recently we have been informed by DI55 that they no longer wish to see
  • p. 145 …File D/DI55/108/15 Pt 4 - I wish to modify my request to encompass a…
  • p. 151 …Red ## Section 40 This is quite a big job, but here is some data, - File DI55…
  • p. 152 …wishes to request from the DI55 Policy File, D/DI55/108/15 Part 4. You will…
  • p. 154 …D/DI55/108/15 dated 11 December 1996 and D/DI55/108/15 dated 16 November…
  • p. 156 …D/DI55/108/15 dated 11 December 1996 and D/DI55/108/15 dated 16 November…
  • p. 158 …the decision in October 2000 to bring DI55 interest in reports of "aerial phenomena" to an…
  • p. 159 …Firstly, with reference to my request for a copy of the DI55 Policy file, D/DI55…
D/DAS/63/3/11

26 April 2006

PS/US of S

Copy to :DAS-XO DI BCR CG AD DCT&UKOps - SOI Airspace Integrity DGMC-D News- Armed Forces 4 Info-AccessOpsAD

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - RELEASE OF DIS REPORT ON UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA (UAP) IN THE UK AIR DEFENCE REGION

## ISSUE

1. The release of a DIS-commissioned study into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

## RECOMMENDATION

2. Minister to note the release of a document that is likely to attract media and public attention.

## TIMING

3. Urgent. The report is to be released into the public domain on 28 April 2006 and will be revealed in the MOD Freedom of Information Publication Scheme on $ 1 5^{th} $ May 2006.

## BACKGROUND

4. Since the introduction of the FOIA on 1 January 2005, the Directorate of Air Staff, as the lead branch, has received a large number of requests for information on reported 'UFO' sightings in UK air space. Several documents have been released in response to these requests, one of which referred to a DIS study entitled 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region'. DAS have now received requests from two members of the public (one of which is an academic researcher) requesting copies of this study report.

5. The study was commissioned by DIST to ascertain whether there was any evidence of a threat to UK air space from Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. DI55 regularly received copies of UAP sighting reports and had formed the view that none of them presented any threat to UK airspace. Neither had any of the reports indicated any potential new technologies which may have been of defence interest. DI55 therefore were of the view that they had no need to receive these reports, but in order to establish whether UFO reports had any value to Defence Intelligence and whether there was a requirement for Defence Intelligence Staff to see them in the future, they decided to

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