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National Archives releases MoD UFO files for 1994-2000

When: 18 Feb 2010
Where: Kew, London, England
Sources: 2 public sources

The National Archives at Kew, which released the MoD UFO files Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The UK National Archives released 24 Ministry of Defence UFO files, over 6,000 pages covering 1994 to 2000. Highlights reported included a 1952 Churchill memo asking about flying saucers and a 1997 triangle report near Michael Howard's Folkestone home, which the MoD found no evidence for.

Sources

PressMoD files show 'UFOs' visited Michael Howard's home town (opens in a new tab)The Guardian / 2010-02-17
PressMoD's records of UFO sightings a close encounter of the absurd kind (opens in a new tab)The Guardian / 2010-02-18

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How the story came out

This reports on Churchill asks what flying saucers amount to (28 Jul 1952).

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Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentUK Ministry of Defence closes its UFO deskDec 2009 Later in GovernmentMoD files include claim Churchill ordered a wartime UFO kept secret5 Aug 2010

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