British UFO Document Release Designed to Deflect Public and Media Interest Says Former Ministry of Defence UFO Specialist [1]

Reuters.com - 6/26/13, PR News Wire, SOURCE Robert Hastings. Press Release.

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A claim by the British Ministry of Defence that UFOs have no defense significance is "designed solely to keep Parliament, the media and the public off our backs," according to former MoD UFO Desk administrator Nick Pope.  

In reality, Pope says, "the UK's Freedom of Information Act contains wide-ranging exemptions covering areas such as defense, security and intelligence" and the newly-available documents had already been "judged to be unclassified" before their release.  

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