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7 August 2000<br />
Your Reference: DR/3/7/8<br />
Defence Intelligence Staff: Registered Files<br />
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Thank you for your letter 31 July, in reply to my application fo~· the release of certain<br />
Defence Intelligence and predecessor departments records in the DEFE class.<br />
Thanks also for clarifying the position with regards to the status of the records within<br />
DEFE 31/19,64 and DEFE 44/1, which are currently retained in department in<br />
accordance with Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.<br />
I very much appreciate your intention to arrange for a rereview of the closed records to<br />
which I requested access, and I hope I can provide some additional information which<br />
may help this process. Could I point out that of the 30 files concerned, I am solely<br />
interested in locating those records or minutes which relate to the subject of 'unidentified<br />
flying objects' which may also be referred to as 'aerial phenomena', 'unidentified<br />
aircraft' 'flying saucers' or 'anomolous radar tracks.' This may help save you time and<br />
effort in your rereview, and I hope the information in this letter will help you locate the<br />
specific records to which I refer.<br />
I am led to believe it was the Air Ministry's policy, until 1962, to routinely destroy<br />
records relating to unidentified flying objects at five yearly intervals. ~ractice ~s<br />
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