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The files reveal for the first time the reasons behind the closure of the UFO Desk and how sightings had become a social phenomenon making tabloid headlines and sparking a disclosure campaign for 'the truth'.
File highlights
A letter from a school child to the MoD asking for the truth about UFOs after she had seen some strange lights (includes a drawing of an alien in a UFO waving, above). The UFO desk sent a bag of RAF goodies in response (DEFE 24/ 2457/1)
A report received via the UFO hotline by someone who had been 'living with an alien' in Carlisle for some time (DEFE 24/2625/1)
Report by a man from Cardiff who claimed a UFO abducted his dog, car and tent while while he was camping with friends (DEFE 24/2623/1)
MoD police officer sighting of pear drop-shaped 'translucent green light' from Royal Navy Base at Portsmouth (DEFE 24/2460/1)
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