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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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  • 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…
ENCLOSURE

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## Dear Section 40

Thank you for your email of 20 March and for answering my various comments in detail.

I apologise if I have misinterpreted the information regarding the author of the UAP report. The information relating to him being RAF aircrew relates to a paragraph in the 3-page letter which I presumed was written by the author of the report to Sec(AS) and dated 22 January 1997, which you released last year in response to my last FOI request. This contains a paragraph (no 8) which reads:

"...this leads to another important point, that of the current public UFO questionnaire format - which was 'invented' in the 1950s (I know because I filled one in myself after a sortie when flying in the RAF at the time)."

However, it's possible that he was flying in the RAF in some other capacity than aircrew. But as I'm sure you can see, that is the implication when read at face value.

Thanks also for sending me a copy of the article in Focus and for the definitive statement concerning the non-existent "UFO Project."

I look forward to hearing from you when work on the document is completed (hopefully soon). Please could you convey my thanks and appreciation to all concerned.

Yours sincerely

Dr David Clarke

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