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The UFO Files: Our Man in Sheffield

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Dr David Clarke

I spent two decades on the trail of the UK Ministry of Defence’s cache of secret UFO papers. But little did I know that my FOI campaign triggered off a mole-hunt among the spooks – and a probe to discover … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Condign report, Defence Intelligence Staff, DI55, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Graham Greene, Ministry of Defence, The National Archives, UAPs, UFO files, UFOs, unidentified aerial phenomena, University of Sheffield | 4 Comments

UFO Files exclusive: Cold War spyplane incident

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Dr David Clarke

The release by Britain’s Ministry of Defence of 15 of its last remaining UFO files at the UK’s National Archives has revealed details of a stunning Cold War close encounter witnessed by the entire crew of a US Air Force spy-plane. Formerly secret … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beano 73, Cold War, Cyprus, DI55, HQ NO 18 Group RAF, Ministry of Defence, MoD UFO desk, Olympic radar, Project Blue Book, RAF Fylingdales, RAF Phantom, RAF Troodos, RC-135, The National Archives, UAP, UFO files, UFOs, US Department of Defense, US Navy | 13 Comments

Alien Art: 70 years of UFO sightings

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Dr David Clarke

70 years ago Kenneth Arnold reported nine strange ‘saucer-like’ flying objects in the sky – and launched the modern UFO mystery. On landing his plane in Oregon on the afternoon of 24 June 1947 the businessman and private pilot became world … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 24 June 1947, Carl Jung, flying saucers, Four Corners books, Kenneth Arnold, Kew, Ministry of Defence, MoD UFO desk, myth, The National Archives, UFO Drawings at The National Archives, UFO files, UFOs, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Dr David Clarke

Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon who became a celebrity believer in the UFO myth, has died aged 85. The Guardian newspaper once described the retired NASA astronaut as being an unlikely name on the list … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Monstrous Commotion, Alan Shepard, Andrew Smith, Apollo 14, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Dr Edgar Mitchell, Ed Mitchell, epiphany, ESP, Gareth Williams, George W Bush, Gordon Brown, Huffington Post, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Kerrang!, Lee Spiegel, Loch Ness Monster, Lord Hugh Dowding, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ministry of Defence, MoD, Moondust, NASA, Nick Margerrison, RAF, Richard D. Hall, Roswell UFO crash, sixth man on the moon, The Guardian, The National Archives, The Sun, UFO files | Leave a comment

Portillo’s State Secrets: Mysteries

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dr David Clarke

The BBC2 series Portillo’s State Secrets unearths previously classified documents from The National Archives, revealing fascinating facts from Britain’s past. The episode on 26 March covers ‘Mysteries‘ and I have compiled this blogpost for The National Archives to accompany the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 'Dear Boss' letter, BBC, Britain's Roswell, British UFO Files, First World War, Frank Power, HMS Hampshire, hoax, Jack the Ripper, John Major, Kitchener's coffin hoax, Lord Kitchener, Lt Col Charles Halt, Michael Portillo, Rendlesham forest UFOs, Ripperology, Scotland Yard, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, State Secrets, The National Archives, UFO files, unsolved mysteries | Leave a comment

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

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

The UFO Files Rebooted

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

The second edition of The UFO files was published by Bloomsbury on 13 September 2012. You can order the book from Amazon here or via the publisher’s website here. The National Archives press release on the book can be found … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomsbury, Captain Eric Brown, crop circles, Freedom of Information Act, Ministry of Defence, Rendlesham, Saucer Sam, Ted Conrad, The National Archives, the real X-files, UFO files, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

It’s all very silly season…

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

My research into the folklore of the ‘silly season’ was featured by BBC News Online (30 August) and in the gossip column of the Sheffield Star (21 August). Colin Drury writes: “….IT is the time of year known among journalists as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien big cats, Colin Drury, face of Jesus in baby scan, journalism, journalistic traditions, sea serpents, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Star, Silly Season, the crying boy curse, the folklore of journalism, The National Archives, UFO files | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: UFO files

Top 10 UFO documents at The National Archives

The UFO Files: Our Man in Sheffield

UFO Files exclusive: Cold War spyplane incident

Alien Art: 70 years of UFO sightings

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

Portillo’s State Secrets: Mysteries

UFO files – saved!

The End of the UFO Files

The UFO Files Rebooted

It’s all very silly season…

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