United Kingdom UFO Documents

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1978-2002. So if you want to find out more about lights in the sky over Waterloo Bridge, near misses by pilots, crop circles - and what the UK government thought of it all - this is the place to start.

Released August 2009

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1981-1996.

Find out more about close encounters, stray satellites, bright lights and Britain's very own Roswell - Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk.

Start by reading our highlights guide (PDF, 254kb) to help you navigate your way
through the files.

1.  DEFE 24/1948 [191 Pages, 84.6mb]
2.  DEFE 24/1959 [372 Pages, 36.5mb]
3.  DEFE 24/1960 [486 Pages, 67.2mb]
4.  DEFE 24/1961 [394 Pages, 48.6mb]
5.  DEFE 24/1962 [296 Pages, 31.2mb]
6.  DEFE 24/1963 [257 Pages, 25.1mb]
7.  DEFE 24/1964 [310 Pages, 29.6mb]
8.  DEFE 24/1965 [334 Pages, 32.5mb]
9.  DEFE 24/1970 [402 Pages, 44.9mb]
10.  DEFE 24/1972 [85 Pages, 22.60mb]
11.  DEFE 24/1974 [215 Pages, 20.6mb]
12.  DEFE 24/1975 [329 Pages, 39.6mb]
13.  DEFE 24/1976 [271 Pages, 36.2mb]
14.  DEFE 24/2086 [126 Pages, 12.8mb]

Released October 2008 highlights guide (PDF 442kb) to help you navigate your way through the files.

WATCH VIDEO - Dr David Clarke, an expert in UFO history, guides us through the highlights of the newly released UFO files.

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1986-1992. If you want to find out more about close encounters over Gatwick Airport, alien abductions, stray satellites - and what the UK Government thought of it all

1. DEFE 24/1953/1 (24.8 Mb)
2. DEFE 24/1954/1 (20.6 Mb)
3. DEFE 24/1955/1 (36.8 Mb)
4. DEFE 24/1956/1 (26.3 Mb)
5. DEFE 24/1957/1 (26.7 Mb)
6. DEFE 24/1940/1 (14.6 Mb)
7. DEFE 24/1941/1 (29.9 Mb)
8. DEFE 24/1942/1 (37.5 Mb)
9. DEFE 24/1943/1 (5.1 Mb)
10. DEFE 24/1949/1 (34.3 Mb)
11. DEFE 24/1951/1 (26.2 Mb)
12. DEFE 24/1952/1 (25.9 Mb)
13. DEFE 24/1926/1 (30.2 Mb)
14. DEFE 24/1927/1 (213.7 Mb)
15. DEFE 24/1928/1 (37.6 Mb)
16. DEFE 24/1929/1 (62.7 Mb)
17. DEFE 24/1930/1 (61.4 Mb)
18. DEFE 24/1931/1 (38.4 Mb)
19. DEFE 24/1939/1 (48.1 Mb)

Previously Released Records

1. DEFE 31/172 - UFO incidents
2. DEFE 31/173 - UFO incidents
3. DEFE 31/174 - UFO incidents
4. DEFE 31/175 - UFO incidents
5. DEFE 24/1922 - UFO reports
6. DEFE 24/1923 - UFO reports
7. DEFE 24/1924 - UFO reports
8. DEFE 24/1925 - UFO reports
9. DEFE 44/119 Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's)
10. PREM 11/855 Prime Minister's request for an explanation of stories about flying saucers (UFO's)
11. AIR 20/7390 AIRCRAFT: General (Code 5/1): Unidentified aircraft (flying objects UFO's): reports. INTELLIGENCE (Code 80): Unidentified aircraft (flying objects): report
12. AIR 2/19086 Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's) policy and policy statements

UFO Sightings in the United Kingdom, through 2008

1. UFO Report 2008 PDF [63.0 KB] 
2. UFO Report 2007 PDF [29.2 KB] 
3. UFO Report 2006 PDF [14.0 KB]
4. UFO Report 2005 PDF [18.0 KB]
5. UFO Report 2004 PDF [13.4 KB]
6. UFO Report 2003 PDF [16.5 KB]
7. UFO Report 2002 PDF [15.0 KB] 
8. UFO Report 2001 PDF [24.9 KB] 
9. UFO Report 2000 PDF [33.8 KB] 
10. UFO Report 1999 PDF [37.2 KB] 
11. UFO Report 1998 PDF [37.7 KB] 
12. UFO Report 1997 PDF [54.2 KB]