Registered MOD Form 262F Reference: PROTECTIVE (including descriptors) Date of last enclosure: INFO(EXP)-R 1. DISPOSAL SCHEDULE RECOMMEND JION when the file i INFO(EXP)-R No recommendation of 1 s1 review Date of 2nd review Destruction Reviewers Reviewers Signature: BRANCH REVIEW at lime of file appropriate) administrative preservation. IMMEDIATELY TOP SECRET and Codeword material cannot be and must be forwarded to INFO(EXP)-R. CONTRACTUAL FINANCE/AUDIT DIRECTORATE reason(s): ORIGINAL COMMITTEE (Continued OPERATIONS EQUIPMENT PROJECT ar the MoD documents about a particular UFO incident abound of crashed Secret bases surprisingly, and dealt with accordingly. TOs and MCs are not beast. I do details of on the website and later proactively the UFO files in The National since much of the information domain and be directed there. Ministerial closed UFO Archives. The accordance principles FOI Act. The UFO Desk has transferred some 24 DAS files to date and on one occasion has it been chronological administratively easier and allows the involvement with to be rolled out in a Archives in in 2010. As the files are rolled a better feel for what our interest in but this does mysterious organisations that the files we are considerably of redaction software. It is role to redact files and also to act as control on for in a fit state and have appropriately, them to Info CMem and for them to take on the task of transferring the files. National Archives Ufologists to describe of the UFO phenomena. Those that ufolgists. that are convinced the earth has been visited extra terrestrials and that the MoD is those that are interested in the also attracts attention from individuals who are interested phenomenon perspective and beliefs. The MoD tries to affiliation to particular individual, engagement perpetuate the MoD has information requested, to steer clear of that could be considered supporting criticising particular individual, considerable surrounding UFOs and the MoD does not want to be drawn into allegations of favouritism or particular individuals direction. particular individuals, which can be vitriolic and about which there is no defence interest. !J.EQ.Bj1J!E!i!,r: l:ums:L!.1fJ:L rts scientific extraterrestrial life. We do that contact us mean alien spaceships). The closest we have to the generalist, non-technical, correspondence Pre.ssll)\.ere.~t Press interest tends to be spasmatic, summer months Archives issue a release about the latest UFO additions to their collection. ironically, the assumed dark roie of Recipients should note that ~ail traffic on monitoring, the effective attachments However it responsibility statements necessarily reflect the department. APs/MinDES D News Pol 2 UNIDENTIFIED UNIDENTIFIED Ref: 20070918 U MINSUB UFO FILES 18 Recommendation arrangements publication 160 UFO and release and at Annex A and B. Backaround investigating sightings. extraterrestrial of Defence releases released on The National of Defence files include descriptions Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon or subsequent evaluations Independent have concluded to explanations such as aircraft phenomena. compromised unauthorised assistance Departments Unless there is undertaken UFO matters. Department extraterrestrial life-forms. for information relating to introduced structured review and will added to The National information FOI Disclosure The Rendlesham file is Notes to Editors PRESS BRIEF BACKGROUND Following a commitment (following Unidentified from the number of FOI the MoD receives for information fascinated information information structured UFO/flying compromised unauthorised Defence has no interest or role in questioning the existence or extraterrestriallifeforms. assistance Departments is evidence of a from an external and to date no has revealed such explanations phenomena. appropriate identification UAP files. first files accordance principles Information Act. UAP files. will be released chronological with the oldest. This is another of the MoD government. MoD does not into UFO matters. investigates these files files from the 1970s remain to be accordance principles Freedom of Information information exemptions. particular individuals will be withheld sightings? are considered as of further investigation. particular Additionally come from witnesses such as controllers. difference documents/files Intelligence documentslfiles duplicates DAS files. from the release of these APS/MinDES (Secretariat) UNIDENTIFIED AND AERIAL National Archives of MOD files related to UFOs Recommendation 2. That the transfer of and UAP files held progressively over the next three announcement first files transferred, 3. Routine. Backaround the end of investigating sightings. MOD has no extraterrestrial that deal with correspondence comprise PQ peripheral information considerable also need to the course programme, professional "ufologists". information commitment researcher. significant, speculation that we are Dublication addition to the presentational benefits in expectation, processing increasingly consuming, especially Departments challenged. information also fuels speculation relatively to release virtually all considered beneficial the release structured significantly increase). However, section 22 information authorities publication" commitment responding reactively their effort in information Information legislation presentational difficulties. considered the relevant information inevitably will have to continue to requirement information to maximise presentational preferable