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This National Archives research guide on Unidentified Flying Objects was written by Dr David Clarke of Sheffield Hallam University in March 2008 and revised in 2010 and 2011. It traces British official interest in UFOs from the phantom airships of 1909 and 1913, through the 1950 Flying Saucer Working Party, to Air Ministry and MoD investigations. It also points readers to key record series, including Freedom of Information releases and the Rendlesham Forest files. The guide notes that most reports had ordinary explanations.
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and DEFE 24/2034/1 contain responses to a series of questions on the Rendlesham incident tabled by Lord Hill-Norton in the House of Lords between 1998-2001. Four files containing correspondence between Dr David Clarke and MoD on UFO issues and copies of papers released under the Code of Practice and Freedom of Information Act between 2003-2008 can be found at DEFE 24/2032/1, DEFE 24/2043/1, DEFE 24/2061/1 and DEFE 24/2090/1, opened in July 2012. A tabulated list of UFO sightings reported to MoD's Directorate of Air Staff (DAS), between 1997 and 2007, is available via the Publication Scheme here: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FreedomOfInformation/PublicationScheme/SearchP ublicationScheme/UfoReportsInTheUk.htm 8. Suggestions for further reading Publications • Brookesmith, Peter. UFO – The government files. London: Blandford, 1996 • Bruni, Georgina. You Can't Tell the People. London: Pan/Macmillan, 2001 • Clancarty, Lord with Michell, John. The House of Lords UFO Debate. London: Open Head Press, 1979. • Clarke, David and Roberts, Andy. Phantoms of the Sky: UFOs A Modern Myth? London: Robert Hale, 1990 • Clarke, David and Roberts, Andy. Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the Establishment and the official cover-up. London: Piatkus, 2002 • Clarke, David. The UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real Life Sightings. London: The National Archives, 2009 (due for release, September 2009). • Coates, Tim (editor). UFOs in the House of Lords 1979. London: HMSO, 2000 • Fawcett, Lawrence and Greenwood, Barry J. Clear Intent: The government cover-up of the UFO experience. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1984 • Gillmor, Daniel S. (ed). The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. : London: Vision, 1969 • Good, Timothy. Above Top Secret. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987 • Gough, Jack. Watching the Skies: The history of ground radar in the air defence of the United Kingdom. London: HMSO, 1993 • Jones, R.V. Most Secret War. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979 • Pope, Nick. Open Skies, Closed Minds. London: Simon & Schuster, 1996 • Rundles, Jenny. The UFO Conspiracy. London: Blandford, 1987 • Randles, Jenny. UFO Retrievals: The Recovery of Alien Spacecraft. London: Blandford, 1995 • Randles, Jenny. MIB: Investigating the truth behind the Men in Black phenomenon. London: Piatkus, 1997 • Randles, Jenny. Something in the Air. London: Hale, 1998 • Randles, Jenny. UFO Crash Landing? Blandford, 1998 • Redfern, Nicholas. A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO top secrets exposed. London: Simon & Schuster, 1997 • Redfern, Nicholas. The FBI Files. London: Simon & Schuster 1998 • Redfern, Nicholas. Cosmic Crashes. London: Simon & Schuster, 1999 14
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