The National 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

1. 01portalTNA Freedom of Informationverified

   https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/freedom-of-information/

2. 02portalDiscovery catalogue (closed-record FOI challenges)unconfirmed

   https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

3. 03mailPostal mailverified

   The National Archives, Kew, Richmond TW9 4DU

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 released MoD UFO files — DEFE 24, DEFE 31, AIR 2, AIR 20 and FCO series, 1950–2009
• Project Condign report (DEFE 31/171–172)
• UFO policy files released 2008–2013 in tranches

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

• Search Discovery for series DEFE, AIR, FCO and BJ before filing — most UFO files are already open and many are digitised.
• A closed record can be challenged with an FOI request made directly from its Discovery catalogue page.
• The MoD destroyed early sighting files at five-year intervals until 1967 — absence before then is documented, not suspicious.