Department of Defence (Ireland)
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Ireland's defence department and the Air Corps' parent. A small UAP paper trail, most of it historic and held by the Military Archives.
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
- 01emailFOI Unitunconfirmed
foi@defence.ie
- 02mailPostal mailunconfirmed
FOI Unit, Department of Defence, Station Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 AD93
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
- Air Corps sighting reports and correspondence
- Departmental files on unidentified aircraft reports (older files at the Military Archives)
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
- No fee to file; the €30 internal-review fee is where costs start.
- The Military Archives at Cathal Brugha Barracks hold the historic files and answer reference questions without FOI.