Now, I have searched a lot on the internet and not found many references to the MoD confirming the existence of underground facilities at RAF Bentwater. But in a recent FOIA application that just arrived they have confirmed the existence of underground facilities and given a list of typical examples. Now, I need to press on what they mean by ‘extensive’…
Archive for the FOIA Category
What Disclosure means to you…
Posted in FOIA, UFO on August 13, 2008 by thetruthhidesOK, Solpadol tablet now on-board…
So Gary McKinnon has been granted a two week reprieve and for Gary that is great news. Whether you agree with him or not it must be awful facing an uncertain future and the potential of a lengthy incarceration. You’ll get 5-6 years for rape, 15 years for a bank job, hack a military system and you can kiss the next 60 years goodbye. Go figure.
We all want the truth and we hear so much about Disclosure (and yes it is Disclosure with a capital D. Capital D. Disclosure, OK?) But it is not going to be real Disclosure and I can prove it, to a point. The much trumpeted release of information from the MoD (which will take around 12 months and will stop the release of many documents you may request – see previous entry) is only what they have on file in the office in Whitehall. Y’know, the office of “we can let you see this document”. I have it on good authority there are a number of documents in the release that we not passed to the “PR” department for UFOs in the MoD. This is because these documents were reports by service personnel. Service personnel documents are a nightmare for the MoD, because usually these people are trained observers so it is difficult to explain away what they saw. Just like when the Police helicopter spotted an object and avoided colliding with it, they knew it wasn’t a Chinese lantern and it was a UFO because they are trained observers. Their testimony can put you in prison, so if they can’t tell the difference between a Chinese lantern or a UFO then how can you believe their testimony in a court of law?
Anyway, these reports by service personnel went “missing”. Sat in a drawer somewhere because someone decided that they were too hot. But, someone knew where to find them when this release was announced. So they weren’t lost, they were deliberately witheld because they would be awkward at the time. So immediately we can see there is a two track system for UFO information. One for the “PR” department and one for the more awkward stuff. So can we really believe this release of information is anything other than a smokescreen? So there is someone who makes this decision, what is too sensitive for good old DI55 or whatever we want to call it now. So that someone must know a bit more about a ‘bigger picture’ so they can make their decisions. So that person who makes the decision must have a line of command, and that line of command knows more about the ‘bigger picture’. So in essence we are now having to look for this ghost department that no-one will admit too.
It is good these files are being released and will offer up some interesting points, but, it is not the sum total of what is in the MoD files. It will lack the “smoking gun”. Disclosure is not an option for the Governments of the world. I am sorry ot say that, but it is what I believe. It is up to us to find the information, to hunt for the truth, not to sit back and passively take what the Government tell us. Society has been doing that for far too long, and look where it got us…
Tern Hill Footage
Posted in FOIA, UFO on July 29, 2008 by thetruthhidesI have uploaded the Tern Hill footage on YouTube. Please be aware there is some bad language on the footage. Squaddies, eh?
Tern Hill
Posted in FOIA, UFO on July 19, 2008 by thetruthhidesThe other response was concerning the Tern Hill sighting. What was sent was a copy of the video made and a few emails back and forth discussing the incident in general terms. The MoD are going with the ‘not of defence significance’ angle so there is no case to answer in their minds. As with all footage received under the FOIA the copyright issues get complicated. I will upload the video once I get some clarification on the copyright issue.
We Know Nothing
Posted in FOIA, UFO on July 19, 2008 by thetruthhidesI received a letter back from the MoD in regards the Cardiff UFO/Police incident. They know nothing. No report was formally made, so they have no file. They do confirm that nothing was detected via radar. Gwent Police and the Civil Aviation Authority are due to respond soon.
The MoD/DI55 is closed for business…
Posted in FOIA, Uncategorized on July 8, 2008 by thetruthhidesFFS. If any letter was deliberately crafted to pee me off it was this one. In fact, I think there was a committee that sat in Whitehall, all beavering away to create the perfect letter to annoy me. In fact, if you listen carefully, Whitehall is guffawing in a manical manner in my general direction. Oh, the letter? Yeah…
When I moved I lost a few files I had obtained from the MoD. One such file was the RAF Cosford incident. So I sent off an application to replace the file. I received a letter stating that because all UFO reports have been marked for future release, and are being moved to the National Archive, they don’t have to send me a copy (Section 22 of the FOIA). And as the file is being moved sometime in the next 12 months (they don’t know when), I can’t have that file for 12 months.
Now (and be warned I may spill into a full on rant) this means that the MoD will not release any file requested (thats on the release list) for the next 12 months! 12 months! Potentially a full calendar year!! C’mon, a very subtle form of censorship, albeit for a year!
The CAA Respondeth
Posted in FOIA, UFO on July 2, 2008 by thetruthhidesThe Civil Aviation Authority has responded to my FOIA request in quite an obstructive manner. They have basically said that they do not store information on UFO sightings. Which isn’t really what I asked for. I asked for information on the alleged near-miss of a Police helicopter and an unidentified object. So I have had to spell it out in idiot-like language and send it off again. The way it is written intonates that they do not want to release any information on this incident and have tried to bounce it to the MoD with the ‘we don’t store UFO info but the MoD does’.