Ministry of Defence UFO files: release of 20 October 2008 (19 files)

The 19 Ministry of Defence UFO files opened at The National Archives on 20 October 2008. 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 24/1926: UFO reports — 01 September 1986 - 31 August 1987
• DEFE 24/1927: UFO reports — 01 August 1987 - 29 February 1988
• DEFE 24/1928: UFO reports — 01 February 1988 - 30 June 1988
• DEFE 24/1929: UFO correspondence — 01 may 1986 - 30 September 1987
• DEFE 24/1930: UFO correspondence — 01 September 1987 - 31 March 1988
• DEFE 24/1931: UFO correspondence — 01 March 1988 - 31 December 1988 (filed separately, with its own entry)
• DEFE 24/1939: UFO reports — 01 January 1990 - 31 July 1990
• DEFE 24/1940: UFO reports — 01 August 1990 - 31 January 1991
• DEFE 24/1941: Digital copy of DEFE 24/1941/1: UFO correspondence — 01 January 1989 - 31 July 1989
• DEFE 24/1942: UFO correspondence — 01 June 1989 - 31 January 1990 (filed separately, with its own entry)
• DEFE 24/1943: UFO reports: alien encounters — 01 January 85 - 31 July 1992
• DEFE 24/1949: UFO correspondence — 01 December 1989 - 31 July 1990
• DEFE 24/1951: UFO reports — 01 June 1988 - 31 January 1989
• DEFE 24/1952: UFO reports — 01 January 1989 - 31 August 1989
• DEFE 24/1953: UFO reports — 01 January 1991 - 31 January 1992
• DEFE 24/1954: UFO reports — 01 January 1992 - 31 December 1992
• DEFE 24/1955: UFO correspondence — 01 July 1990 - 31 August 1991
• DEFE 24/1956: UFO correspondence — 01 August 1991 - 31 July 1992
• DEFE 24/1957: UFO correspondence — 01 July 1992 - 30 November 1992

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)