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    Year T o t a l Number o f Number o f R e p o r t s r e c e i v e d from M i l i t a r y P e r s o n n e l ,U F O r e p o r t s r e c e i v e d C i v i l i a n P i l o t s , A i r T r a f f i c C o n t r o l l e r s , P o l i c e andb y MOD C o a s t 2 u a r d .

    2005 45 1 C o a s t g u a r d .( J a n - A p r i l )2004 91 None.2003 9 6 1 A i r T r a f f i c C o n t r o l l e r , 1 RA F S e r g e a n t , 1 C i v i l i a n P i l o t

    a n d h i s F i r s t O f f i c e r a n d 1 MOD P o l i c e m a n .2002 102 1 P o l i c e O f f i c e r .

    F i n a l l y , y o u s u g g e s t e d t h a t w e s h o u l d c o n s i d e r p u b l i s h i n g h i s t y p e o f i n f o r m a t i o n on a r o u t i n eb a s i s . Weare a w a r e t h a t t h e r e i s a p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n U F O s i g h t i n g r e p o r t s a n d f o r t h i s r e a s o n w eh a v e i n c l u d e d c l a s s e s o f i n f o r m a t i o n on UFOs i n t h e MOD F r e e d o m o f I n f o r m a t i o n P u b l i c a t i o nS c h e m e , w h i c h c a n be f o u n d on t h e i n t e r n e t a t w w w . f o i . m o d . u k . We i n t e n d t o a d d f u r t h e r c l a s s e sof i n f o r m a t i o n t o t h e Scheme i n t h e f u t u r e .I h o p e t h i s i s h e l p f u l . I f t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n d o e s n o t a d d r e s s y o u r r e q u i r e m e n t s o r y o u w i s h t oc o m p l a i n a b o u t a n y a s p e c t of t h e h a n d l i n g o f t h i s r e q u e s t , t h e n y o u s h o u l d c o n t a c t t h eu n d e r s i g n e d i n t h e f i r s t i n s t a n c e . S h o u l d y o u r e m a i n d i s s a t i s f i e d , t h e n y o u may a p p l y f o r a ni n t e r n a l r e v i e w b y c o n t a c t i n g t h e D i r e c t o r o f I n f o r m a t i o n E x p l o i t a t i o n , 6 t h F l o o r ,MODMainB u i l d i n g , W h i t e h a l l , S W 1 A 2HB.

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    Some y e a r s a g o I made a r e q u e s t f o r some o f t h e more i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t s onu n i d e n t i f i e d a e r i a l phenomena w h i c h y o u w e r e g o o d e n o u g h t o p r o v i d e - b yi n t e r e s t i n g I mean t h o s e s i g h t i n g s t h a t h a v e :a ) Been p i c k e d up on r a d a r o r o t h e r p h y s i c a l m e a n s .b ) C a u s e d a i r c r a f t t o b e s c r a m b l e d o r d i v e r t e d f r o m t a s k .c ) S e e n b y t r a i n e d o b s e r v e r s a n d a l s o p i c k e d u p on r a d a r o r b y o t h e r p h y s i c a l meansd ) L e f t p h y s i c a l t r a c e sWould i t b e p o s s i b l e t o r e l e a s e t h i s s o r t o f a n o n y m i s e d i n f o r m a t i o n on a r o u t i n e b a s i sb e c a u s e i n a l l h o n e s t y I t h i n k t h i s i s t h e s o r t o f i n f o r m a t i o n on UFOs p e o p l e w i t h a ni n t e r e s t r e a l l y w a n t t o be i n f o r m e d a b o u t .A l s o I w o u l d b e i n t e r e s t e d t o k n o w w h a t s o r t o f c o n t a c t s a r e made w i t h t h e C i v i lA v i a t i o n A u t h o r i t y i n r e s p e c t t o t h e i r own d a t a b a s e s on a e r i a l phenomena w h i c hc o n t a i n some t r u l y i n c r e d i b l e a n o n y m i s e d r e p o r t s

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