UK National Archives releases fourth tranche of MoD UFO files (1981-1996)

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

The National Archives put online a fourth batch of Ministry of Defence UFO files: 14 files, about 4,000 pages, spanning 1981-1996. Highlights included Rendlesham Forest correspondence, the 1989-90 Belgian wave and London sightings the MoD traced to an advertising airship.

Sources

  1. OfficialUFO files release, August 2009: Highlights Guide (opens in a new tab)The National Archives (UK) / 2009-08
  2. OfficialScript for National Archives UFO files - August 2009 podcast (David Clarke) (opens in a new tab)The National Archives (UK) / 2009-08

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How the story came out

This reports on Rendlesham Forest incident (Dec 1980) and Belgian UFO wave begins (29 Nov 1989).

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