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UK files show 1980-82 Defence Intelligence UFO records were destroyed

When: 3 Mar 2011
Where: Kew, London, England
Sources: 3 public sources

The National Archives at Kew, whose 2011 release showed the files had been destroyed N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A National Archives release of MoD UFO files showed that Defence Intelligence UFO files for 1980-82, which would have covered the Rendlesham Forest case, had been found destroyed in a 2000 search. Archives consultant David Clarke said the main Rendlesham file was already public.

Sources

FirsthandNational Archives UFO Files (opens in a new tab)Dr David Clarke
PressUFO Cover-Up? Britain's 'Roswell Event' Missing From Files (opens in a new tab)Live Science / 2011-03-04
PressVideo: New records reveal Rendlesham Forest UFO files were 'destroyed' (opens in a new tab)East Anglian Daily Times

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