Ministry of Defence (Spain)
Ministerio de Defensa
Spain's defence ministry, which declassified the Air Force's UFO files across the 1990s and later digitised them — a finished disclosure worth citing as precedent.
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
- 01portalPortal de la Transparenciaverified
https://transparencia.gob.es
- 02mailPostal mailunconfirmed
Ministerio de Defensa, Paseo de la Castellana 109, 28046 Madrid
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
- The Ejército del Aire UFO expedientes — some 80 files covering 1962–1995, declassified 1992–1999
- Digitised copies in the Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa
- Air operations centre (Mando Operativo Aéreo) sighting reports
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
- The declassified expedientes are digitised and free in the Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa — search 'expedientes OVNI'; file only for what postdates 1995.
- Portal requests require Cl@ve identification — the practical hurdle for non-residents; the CTBG reclamación is free.