UK National Archives releases third tranche of MoD UFO files (1987-1993)

When

The UK National Archives opened a third batch of Ministry of Defence UFO files, mostly late-1980s and early-1990s reports. Highlights included the Calvine photographs, Tornado crews' 1990 report later traced to Soviet rocket debris, and a 1992 advertising airship mistaken for a UFO.

Sources

  1. OfficialUFO files release March 2009: Highlights Guide (opens in a new tab)The National Archives (UK) / 2009-03

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How the story came out

This reports on Calvine photograph (4 Aug 1990).

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