Department of Defence (Australia)
Australia's defence department. Formally out of the UFO business since 1996, which makes the National Archives of Australia the richer target for the classic files.
No scorecard yet
Aletheca has not filed with this body, so there is nothing to measure. A zero here would read as “releases nothing” rather than “never asked”, which is why the row is absent instead of empty. Filing outside the United States is not yet supported, so for now this record is for reading and routing.
How it takes requests
- 01portalDefence FOIunconfirmed
https://www.defence.gov.au/about/governance/freedom-information
- 02emailFOI Directorateunconfirmed
foi@defence.gov.au
- 03mailPostal mailunconfirmed
FOI Directorate, Department of Defence, PO Box 7910, Canberra BC ACT 2610
Routes marked verified were fetched and confirmed against the body’s own official pages; those marked unconfirmed are well documented but have not been checked here, and none has been proven by a delivered letter. Aletheca cannot yet originate a request outside the United States — this record exists so a request about these holdings can be routed to the right door.
What it holds
- 'Unidentified aerial sightings' policy files to 1996, when Defence ceased investigating
- RAAF sighting summaries and base intelligence reports (older series at the National Archives of Australia)
- Post-1996 correspondence declining investigation
Record classes this kind of body normally keeps. Useful for drafting a request a records officer can act on without guessing — a request describing records the agency does not hold is refused as no-records, which costs a filing fee and teaches nobody anything.
Filing tips
- Files older than 20 years fall under the Archives Act open-access period — a free access application to the National Archives of Australia (series A703, A9755 and related), not an FOI request.
- Defence publishes an FOI disclosure log; check it before paying processing charges.