Record 223 · Ministry of Defence

UFO Reports in the UK 2009

Ministry of Defence · United Kingdom

Ledger illustration of the record — not a scan of the original paper. — Night Ledger illustration of the file

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This official MoD document lists and briefly describes UFO reports received during 2009. It states that the Ministry of Defence examined the reports solely to determine whether they revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom from hostile or unauthorised air activity. No such threat was found in any of the reports. The document notes the decision to close the UFO desk as it was an inappropriate use of defence resources, given that no UFO sighting had ever revealed anything suggesting an extraterrestrial presence or defence risk.

Public file: GOV.UK

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