1 - The Black Vault

There are references in some of the PRO files which relate to Intelligence papers on
UFOs generated by the DSTI staff during this period. For example, I'm enclosing a copy
of a loose minute found in PRO file Air 2/18117 sent to Department S4 (Air) by J.E.
Dickison ofDI55 on 13 December 1967. It describes how staffhad "recovered;._twoQ.U b
Intelligence files on UFOs for the period 1951·52, and refers to one of these specifically
as "report DSI/JTIC Report No.7- Unidentified Flying Objects." This is good evidence
that at least some Intelligence files on UFOs did survive from this period.
From an examination of the PRO catalogue, it would appear these files - if they still exist
- should be listed under the DEFE class 44/1 which is a register of JSTIIDSTIIDSI
reports and memoranda for the period from 1946 onwards. DEFE 31/19 and 64 may also
contain Intelligence reports on UFOs for the period 1967 ·1972 which should have been
retained under the 1962 policy referred to above.
I hope this information assists in your rereview of the documents I have described and I
look forward to hearing from you in due course,
wl-