{"id":9987,"date":"2021-03-17T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=9987"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:57:01","slug":"ufos-dr-david-clarke-featured-on-talk-radio-and-in-the-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ufos-dr-david-clarke-featured-on-talk-radio-and-in-the-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"UFOs: Dr David Clarke featured on Talk Radio and in the Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr David Clarke<\/a>, who teaches media law, regulation and ethics at the University and who has been a consultant for the National Archives UFO project, has had his comments featured on\u00a0Talk Radio<\/a>. These comments were used in a discussion about school children in 1977 who drew images of UFO’s they thought they saw. These images would then go on to be used in a Ministry of Defence UFO file and feature in one of Dr Clarke’s books. The story also featured in the\u00a0Mirror<\/a>\u00a0and Daily Star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr David Clarke, who teaches media law, regulation and ethics at the University and who has been a consultant for the National Archives UFO project, has had his comments featured on\u00a0Talk Radio. These comments were used in a discussion about school children in 1977 who drew images of UFO’s they thought they saw. 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