The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents, drawings, letters and parliamentary questions covering the years 1995-2003.
Discover which part of the country had the most reported UFO sightings and find out more about the terror attack foretold in a dream, mysterious objects tracked by radar and the 100-1 bet on alien life.
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UFO files: Winston Churchill ‘feared panic’ over Second World War RAF incident
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/7926037/UFO-files-Winston-Churchill-feared-panic-over-Second-World-War-RAF-incident.html
DEFE 24/1973/1 (PDF, 40.7 Mb)
DEFE 24/1978/1 (PDF, 39.3 Mb)
DEFE 24/1982/1 (PDF, 43.5 Mb)
DEFE 24/1983/1 (PDF, 26.9 Mb)
DEFE 24/1991/1 (PDF, 43.6 Mb)
DEFE 24/1992/1 (PDF, 41.5 Mb)
DEFE 24/1993/1 (PDF, 53.7 Mb)
DEFE 24/1995/1 (PDF, 53.3 Mb)
DEFE 24/1996/1 (PDF, 44.5 Mb)
DEFE 24/1998/1 (PDF, 34.8 Mb)
DEFE 24/2001/1 (PDF, 3.7 Mb)
DEFE 24/2004/1 (PDF, 32.8 Mb)
DEFE 24/2012/1 (PDF, 45.6 Mb)
DEFE 24/2013/1 (PDF, 37.9 Mb)
DEFE 24/2014/1 (PDF, 26.8 Mb)
DEFE 24/2015/1 (PDF, 19.3 Mb)
DEFE 24/2042/1 (PDF, 21.8 Mb)
DEFE 24/2045/1 (PDF, 11.3 Mb)
Previous file releases
The National Archives holds other UFO files that have already been released by the Ministry of Defence. You can download these in PDF format for a small fee. The files contain details of numerous UFO sightings.
Many are free here: Access existing UFO files
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