6000 Pages of Secret UFO files released from The National Archives

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1994-2000.

Find out more about close encounters, strange illnesses, flying ‘Toblerones’ and unidentified objects tracked on radar.

Start by reading our highlights guide (PDF, 254kb) to help you navigate your way

through the files.

Due to the large size of some of these files, we recommend you save them to your PC before opening them. Please right click on the links and select the ‘save’ option.

• DEFE 24/1966/1 (PDF, 49.0 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1967/1 (PDF, 39.8 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1968/1 (PDF, 28.4 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1969/1 (PDF, 48.1 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1971/1 (PDF, 3.8 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1977/1 (PDF, 36.6 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1979/1 (PDF, 194.7 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1980/1 (PDF, 41.2 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1981/1 (PDF, 48.5 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1988/1 (PDF, 39.4 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1989/1 (PDF, 39.2 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1990/1 (PDF, 27.3 Mb)


• DEFE 24/1994/1 (PDF, 36.1 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2000/1 (PDF, 7.7 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2002/1 (PDF, 1.7 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2003/1 (PDF, 2.5 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2007/1 (PDF, 30.6 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2008/1 (PDF, 36.2 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2009/1 (PDF, 40.7 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2010/1 (PDF, 31.9 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2011/1 (PDF, 58.7 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2016/1 (PDF, 35.2 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2017/1 (PDF, 2.0 Mb)


• DEFE 24/2029/1 (PDF, 14.0 Mb)

Previous file releases

The National Archives holds other UFO files that have already been released by the Ministry of Defence. You can download these in PDF format for a small fee. The files contain details of numerous UFO sightings.

Access existing UFO files

via UFO files | Newly released files from The National Archives.