Ministry of Defence UFO files: release of 12 July 2012 (25 files)

The 25 Ministry of Defence UFO files opened at The National Archives on 12 July 2012. Each is a digital copy of an MoD registered file, with the names of members of the public and witnesses redacted. Our copies come from public mirrors of the release (The Black Vault, archive.org) and are OCR'd for search; page numbers are those of the PDFs.

• DEFE 31/189: UFO incidents — 1996 Aug 01 - 1996 Oct 31
• DEFE 31/190: UFO incidents — 1996 Nov 01 - 1997 Dec 31
• DEFE 31/191: UFO incidents — 1996 Dec 01 - 1997 Apr 30
• DEFE 31/192: UFO incidents — 1997 Apr 01 - 1997 Sep 30
• DEFE 31/193: UFO incidents — 1998 Jan 01 - 1998 Nov 30
• DEFE 31/194: UFO incidents — 1998 Nov 01 - 1999 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/1984: UFO Parliamentary questions and correspondence — 1996 Sep 01 - 1996 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/1985: UFO policy — 1995 Sep 01 - 1997 Jan 31
• DEFE 24/1987: UFO policy — 1997 Sep 01 - 1998 Apr 30
• DEFE 24/2005: UFO Parliamentary questions and correspondence — 1997 Jul 01 - 1997 Oct 31
• DEFE 24/2043: UFO correspondence with Dr D Clarke — 2002 Dec 01 - 2004 Jan 31
• DEFE 24/2061: UFO correspondence with Dr D Clarke — 2004 Mar 01 - 2005 Aug 31
• DEFE 24/2073: requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2006 Oct 01 - 2006 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2074: requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2006 Nov 01 - 2007 Feb 28
• DEFE 24/2077: requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2007 Mar 01 - 2007 May 31
• DEFE 24/2078: requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2007 May 01 - 2007 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2079: requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2007 Jul 01 - 2007 Aug 31
• DEFE 24/2080: UFO policy: selected papers, 1974-1995 — 2003 Feb 01 - 2003 Feb 28
• DEFE 24/2083: UFO reports — 2005 Sep 01 - 2006 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2084: UFO correspondence — 2005 Apr 01 - 2006 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2087: UFO policy — 2003 Jan 01 - 2008 Dec 31
• DEFE 24/2088: UFO reports — 2007 Jun 01 - 2007 Dec 31
• DEFE 24/2089: UFO correspondence — 2006 Apr 01 - 2007 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2090: UFO correspondence with Dr D Clarke — 2005 Sep 01 - 2008 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2093: UFO press coverage — 2004 Feb 01 - 2008 Apr 30

Search the full text of these files on the MoD UFO files search page.

Sources: The National Archives' catalogue (descriptions, covering dates and opening date of each file)