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Defence officials' insulting remarks about the public had to be blanked out of government UFO files before they were made public, a memo has revealed.
The Ministry of Defence had agreed to publish its full archive of reported sightings in response to a deluge of Freedom of Information Act requests.
But the once-secret memo, published on its website, reveals "uncomplimentary comments" were edited out.
Comments on international relations and defence technology were also deleted.
Thousands of pages from the department's UFO files have been released through the National Archives since 2008, revealing details of reported flying objects and encounters with aliens.
The newly released memo to ministers and defence chiefs, dated September 2007, discusses how to make the largely "low security classification" information public. The files are considerably less exciting than the 'industry' surrounding the UFO phenomena would like to believe
MoD memo
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Originally posted by yeti101
reply to post by Esrom Escutcheon Esquire
It means they dont belive they were craft of somekind. They think ufos are either 1. misidentifications of manmade objects 2. Known atmospheric phenomenon (ball lighting etc) 3. Astronomical phenomenon 4. Unknown natural phenomenon.
None of these are of defense significance.
[edit on 21-2-2010 by yeti101]