Book · 2009
The UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings
Also known as The UFO Files (Clarke)
David Clarke · The National Archives (Kew) · 160 pages · ISBN 978-1-905615-50-6
Glimpses
The sceptics tended to be scientists, who applied cold logic to the UFO question and demanded solid evidence, and their opinion was ultimately the most influential.
The UFO Files (The National Archives, 2009; second edition 2012) is the official companion to the release of the British Ministry of Defence's UFO files. Its author, the historian David Clarke, had used freedom-of-information requests to pry the files open and then advised the National Archives on publishing them. The book walks through the files from the Second World War "foo fighters" to the end of the MoD's UFO desk, with facsimiles of reports, drawings and memos, and cases such as Rendlesham.
Clarke's reading of the record is document-led and generally sceptical: he finds most reports explained or unexplainable for lack of data, and no evidence in the files of a hidden programme. It is the best guide to what the British government actually recorded, and the counterweight to more expansive readings of the same cases.
Sources: Wikipedia · David Clarke's file
Facts and claims
- claimed Published by the UK National Archives in 2009 (second edition 2012), drawing on the Ministry of Defence UFO files that Clarke had pursued under the Freedom of Information Act and helped the Archives release. — David Clarke Source: en.wikipedia.org (archived)
Connected files
People
- David Clarke (authored by)
Organizations
- The National Archives (UK) (about)
Incidents
- Rendlesham Forest incident (about)
Mentioned in this file
- National Archives and Records Administration (Organization)
- Ministry of Defence (UK) (Organization)
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