{"id":10229,"date":"2021-06-03T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=10229"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:12:39","slug":"david-clarke-comments-on-new-pentagon-ufo-sightings-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/david-clarke-comments-on-new-pentagon-ufo-sightings-report\/","title":{"rendered":"David Clarke comments on new Pentagon UFO sightings report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asked why restrictions on UFO-related information are being relaxed now, David Clarke<\/a>, curator of The National Archives UFO project and media lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, has suggested that it\u2019s simply because of public pressure: \u201cPeople have been bombarding the US Navy and Air Force with Freedom of Information requests asking for (the videos) to be declassified. That\u2019s why they\u2019ve released them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Asked why restrictions on UFO-related information are being relaxed now, David Clarke, curator of The National Archives UFO project and media lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, has suggested that it\u2019s simply because of public pressure: \u201cPeople have been bombarding the US Navy and Air Force with Freedom of Information requests asking for (the videos) to be declassified. 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