Ministry of Defence UFO files: release of 3 March 2011 (35 files)

The 35 Ministry of Defence UFO files opened at The National Archives on 3 March 2011. 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 24/1986: UFO policy — 1997 Jan 01 - 1997 Sep 30
• DEFE 24/1997: UFO correspondence — 1998 Feb 01 - 1998 May 31
• DEFE 24/1999: UFO correspondence — 1998 Aug 01 - 1998 Dec 31
• DEFE 24/2018: UFO Parliamentary questions and correspondence — 1997 Dec 01 - 1998 Oct 31
• DEFE 24/2021: UFO reports — 2001 Mar 02 - 2002 Oct 31
• DEFE 24/2022: UFO reports — 2001 Oct 01 - 2002 Oct 31
• DEFE 24/2023: UFO correspondence — 2000 Sep 01 - 2001 Feb 28
• DEFE 24/2024: UFO correspondence — 2001 Feb 01 - 2001 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2025: UFO correspondence — 2001 Jul 01 - 2001 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2026: UFO correspondence — 2001 Nov 01 - 2002 Jun 30
• DEFE 24/2027: UFO correspondence — 2002 Jun 01 - 2002 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2028: UFO correspondence — 1999 Dec 01 - 2001 Sep 30
• DEFE 24/2030: UFO correspondence with Dr D Clarke — 1999 May 01 - 2001 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2032: UFO correspondence with Dr D Clarke — 2002 Aug 01 - 2002 Dec 31
• DEFE 24/2036: UFO reports — 2003 Sep 01 - 2004 Aug 31
• DEFE 24/2037: UFO correspondence — 2002 Dec 01 - 2003 Jun 30
• DEFE 24/2038: UFO correspondence — 2003 Jun 01 - 2003 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2039: UFO correspondence — 2003 Nov 01 - 2004 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2040: UFO correspondence — 1997 Mar 01 - 2004 Apr 30
• DEFE 24/2041: UFO correspondence — 1996 Nov 01 - 2003 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2044: UFO correspondence — 2001 Jun 01 - 2005 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2046: UFO correspondence — 2003 May 01 - 2003 Dec 31
• DEFE 24/2048: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Jan 01 - 2005 Feb 28
• DEFE 24/2049: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Feb 01 - 2005 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2050: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Feb 01 - 2005 Mar 31
• DEFE 24/2052: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Apr 01 - 2005 May 31
• DEFE 24/2053: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 May 01 - 2005 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2054: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Jun 01 - 2005 Jul 31
• DEFE 24/2055: Requests for information on UFOs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — 2005 Jan 01 - 2005 Sep 30
• DEFE 24/2058: UFO reports — 2004 Sep 01 - 2005 Feb 28
• DEFE 24/2059: UFO reports — 2005 Feb 01 - 2005 Sep 30
• DEFE 24/2062: UFO correspondence — 2000 Feb 01 - 2005 Nov 30
• DEFE 24/2063: UFO correspondence — 2000 Oct 01 - 2005 Jun 30
• DEFE 24/2085: UFO correspondence — 2005 Jun 01 - 2006 Oct 31
• DEFE 24/2092: UFO Parliamentary questions and correspondence — 2001 Dec 01 - 2008 Jul 31

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)