Government1992

Spain begins declassifying its Air Force UFO files

Name: Spain begins declassifying its Air Force UFO files
Start: 1992
Location: Madrid, Spain

When: 1992
Where: Madrid, Spain
Sources: 2 public sources

Spanish Air Force headquarters in Madrid; the released files were placed in its library Zarateman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spain's Defence Ministry says a review of the Air Force's confidential UFO files began in 1991 and a physical copy of the released files was placed in the Air Force central library in Madrid in 1992. Releases continued through the decade and eventually covered 80 case files.

Sources

OfficialExpedientes OVNI (collection introduction) (opens in a new tab)Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa, Spanish Ministry of Defence
PressLos 'Expedientes X' espanoles: Que nos oculta el Gobierno? (opens in a new tab)Valencia Plaza (Javier Cavanilles) / 2015-06-13

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