MoD due to release UFO files

The Ministry of Defence has officially announced that it plans to open the many files detailing UFO sightings to the public for the first time. The files date back to 1967 and though a release date for the files has not yet been decided it is hoped the process will occur within weeks. This move follows the decision made by the French national space agency to release its files pertaining to UFO’s making them the first country to do so. We reported on the French UFO files release back in March.David Clark recently stated the following in a recent statement regarding the release of these files - “The decision - announced in a letter I received last month - is a direct result of my attempts, working with colleagues, to persuade the MoD to follow the recent French example and open their entire historical and recent archive to public scrutiny."“An additional problem in the British case was that 24 files containing UFO reports examined by the DIS branch DI55 from the mid-1970s until 2002, had been permanently closed along with 63,000 other records due to exposure to asbestos during storage in the basement of the Old War Office building in central London." The files due for release could have a huge impact on such cases like the Rendlesham Forest Incident that took place in 1980.

Witnesses to the December incident claimed that radiation was emitted from the UFO and these files could prove those claims made by military witnesses that night.There are 24 files due for release each containing 200-300 reports of UFO activity that is approximately over 7000 reports the MOD has received since 1967. It is reported that not only do the files contain details on sightings by the general public but they also contain details on sightings reported by civil pilots and military personnel. David Clark is pleased with the result and stated this is a major breakthrough for UFOlogy - “The decision to release these files to the public is a major breakthrough and a landmark both for British Ufology and in the wider campaign for Freedom of Information in the UK.“It also marks the end of my personal campaign, which began almost a decade ago before FOI arrived in 2005, to persuade the MoD to release all their UFO records." One more step towards disclosure!