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National Archives releases ninth tranche of MoD UFO files

When: 12 Jul 2012
Where: Kew, London, England
Sources: 1 public source

The National Archives at Kew, which released the ninth tranche of MoD UFO files Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The UK National Archives released the ninth batch of Ministry of Defence UFO files. Papers showed defence intelligence staff weighing possible explanations in the 1990s, and a 2008 note from the UFO desk officer saying the MoD knew of no evidence of alien visits.

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PressLatest release of 'X-files' shows MoD took idea of alien visitors seriously (opens in a new tab)The Guardian / 2012-07-12

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