Tag Archives: UFO desk

Why Britain’s MoD closed the UFO files: exclusive new evidence

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Dr David Clarke

Newly-released British intelligence files reveal the hidden agenda behind the MoD’s decision to close down their 50 year investigation of UFOs. The last three UFO files produced by the UK’s defence intelligence branch DI55 were originally with-held from the records earmarked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AATIP, Adam Ingram MP, Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, atmospheric plasmas, Condign project, D-Notice, DI55, ETOs, extraterrestrial objects, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, GCHQ, GEC-Marconi, Ministry of Defence, NATO, Nick Pope, Norman Baker MP, Occam's Razor, Old War Office building, Pentagon, secrecy, Secretariat (Air Staff) 2A, Star Wars, The National Archives, UAP, UAPs in the UK Air Defence Region, UFO desk, UFOs, UK Eyes Only, unidentified aerial phenomena, unidentified flying objects, Winston Churchill | 4 Comments

How UFOs Conquered the World

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dr David Clarke

How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, will be published in hardback by Aurum Press on 14 May 2015. It is the story of the long, strange trip that I began almost forty years ago when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien abductions, Aurum Press, close encounters, flying saucers, How UFOs Conquered the World, Kenneth Arnold, Men in Black, Ministry of Defence, myth, UFO desk, UFOs | 14 Comments

Common Sense About UFOs – The Unopened File

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Dr David Clarke

Britain’s Ministry of Defence is often accused of hiding ‘top secret’ files on UFOs or not being entirely honest about what it knows about the subject. Conspiracy-minded UFO truthers got excited last year when the ministry announced it had found … Continue reading →

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UFO files – saved!

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

After six decades of official indifference UFO records have been finally recognised by Britain’s Ministry of Defence as being ‘historically significant’. MoD’s ‘Guidance for Record Reviewers’, lists files on ‘unidentified flying objects‘ alongside those concerning nuclear testing, Special Forces and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archives, Brussels, Freedom of Information Act, gun camera film, ICA, International Council on Archives, Julian Hennsessy, Merlyn Rees MP, Ministry of Defence, Public Record Acts, Sir Robert Grigg, The Foreign Office, The Guardian, The National Archives, UFO desk, UFO files | Leave a comment

Finding Needles in the MoD Haystack – guest blog

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

I am pleased to welcome veteran British UFOlogist Jenny Randles for this guest blog reflecting on the release of the Ministry of Defence UFO files: After the furore over the release of the final MoD files the UFO debate may … Continue reading →

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The End of the UFO Files

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

The tenth and final collection of British UFO files have been released by The National Archives. From 2008 more than four million visitors from 160 countries have visited the project website to download files that would normally have been hidden … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1st Royal Irish Regiment, Britain's X-Files, British UFO Files, Chinese lanterns, credible witnesses, Dr David Clarke, Ecotricity, Freedom of Information Act, Gordon Brown, identified flying objects, iPad, iPhone, Lincolnshire, Ministry of Defence, Shropshire, Shropshire UFOs, The National Archives, The Sun, UFO desk, UFO files, UFO Files App, UFOs, unidentified flying objects, wind turbine UFO | 9 Comments

MoD files make UFOs history

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

The ninth collection of UFO files, released by the UK government on 12 July, takes the chronology full circle back to the MoD’s decision to ‘make UFOs history’. A guide to the highlights of the 25 files can be found … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cosford incident, David Clarke, Freedom of Information, House of Lords, Ministry of Defence, Nick Redfern, open government, The National Archives, the real X-files, Tony Blair, UFO desk, UFO files, UFO Project, UFOs | 1 Comment

Worryingly big sea monsters

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

Last week it was UFOlogy in a Field. This week it’s UFOlogy in a pond. No, I’m not talking about the ‘submarine saucer’ (Nessie), but a subject I’ve mentioned elsewhere in my blog on ‘Sea Monster Files.‘ Two years … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien big cats, Freedom of Information, HMS Daedalus, Ministry of Defence, MoD, Royal Navy, sea monsters, UFO desk, UFOs, UK Hydrographic Office, unidentified submarine objects, USOs, What do they Know? | 5 Comments