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“Ministry of Defence UFO file release”

Stories3

UK Ministry of Defence UFO Files Released to The National Archives, 2008 to 2013

May 14, 2008 · The National Archives, Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

United Kingdom

UAP · Other · 74 sources

38Partially documented

The Chasetown "We Want You, Come With Us" Encounter

May 4, 1995 · Rugeley Road, Burntwood / Chasetown, Staffordshire, England

United Kingdom

UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources

31Partially documented

Lightning XS894: Capt. William Schaffner and the Foxtrot 94 "UFO Abduction" (North Sea, 1970)

September 8, 1970 · North Sea, about five miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire coast (flying from RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire)

United Kingdom

UAP · Other · 20 sources · 1 photos

31Partially documented

Names8

Ministry of Defence Organisation · 76 stories
Britain's Ministry of Defence kept a small desk for UFO reports for more than 50 years.
David Clarke Person · 62 stories
A folklorist and senior lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, Dr David Clarke advised The National Archives on the Ministry of Defence UFO files released from 2008 to 2013.
The National Archives Organisation · 59 stories
Kew is home to the files.
Sheffield Hallam University Organisation · 5 stories
A British university, it appears in the archive mainly as the academic home of Dr David Clarke.
DI55 Organisation · 4 stories
DI55 was a branch of the Defence Intelligence Staff at the Ministry of Defence.
Calvine Event · 3 stories
Saturday, 4 August 1990.
Kew Place · 3 stories
Kew is home to The National Archives, where Britain's official UFO files came to rest.
Tunbridge Wells Place · 3 stories
A town in Kent that surfaces twice in the archive.

Documents20 · see all

UFO research guide Document

The National Archives· 13 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 9 …AIR 20 files include a number of Air Ministry UFO papers that escaped destruction before 1967. AIR 20/7390 contains…
- p. 11 …One of the first UFO files to be released by the Ministry of Defence under the Code of Practice for…
UFO research guide, August 2011 Document

The National Archives· 2011-08· 15 pages· 4 pages mention it
- p. 8 …UFO report files contain a mixture of letters from members of the public and reports from official sources such as…
- p. 12 …One of the first UFO files to be released by the Ministry of Defence under the Code of Practice for…
UFO files briefing guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 11 …UFO sightings investigated by the Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence can be found by searching the reports files. AIR…
- p. 12 …The Ministry of Defence and the Freedom of Information Act Since 2005 the Ministry of Defence have continued to release…
Unidentified Flying Objects research guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 11 …UFO sightings investigated by the Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence can be found by searching the reports files. AIR…
- p. 12 …The Ministry of Defence and the Freedom of Information Act Since 2005 the Ministry of Defence have continued to release…
Video transcript, June 2013 Hearing transcript

The National Archives· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 UFO File release June 2013 Dr David Clarke The 10th and final collection of Ministry of Defence UFO files released…
- p. 2 …We have now come to the end of this programme of release for the UFO files and it is often…
UFO files reveal behind the scenes of the UFO desk Document

The National Archives· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 1 The strangest job in Whitehall UFO files reveal behind the scenes of the ‘UFO Desk’ UFO files released today by…
- p. 2 In a briefing prepared for the Ministry of Defence prior to the House of Lords UFO Debate in 1979, a…