RapidRedact helps MOD release UFO "X-Files" to National Archives

RapidRedact helps the MOD release UFO "X-Files" to the UK National Archives

The first in a series of Ministry of Defence UFO "X-Files" have been released to the National Archives, with the help of RapidRedact redaction software, supplied by Bramble.

 

Thousands of pages relating to UFO sightings are being released, and RapidRedact has been used to redact information exempted under the Data Protection Act.

 

Since the FOI Act came into effect, the MOD has been overwhelmed by a deluge of Freedom of Information Requests relating to UFO sightings. The MOD has decided to release the documents, because they receive more FOI requests on the subject of UFOs than any other.

 

Although a small percentage of the sightings continue to defy rational explanation, the release of these documents shows that the existence of alien life forms cannot be confirmed absolutely. 

 

However, it can be confirmed that if the MOD had relied on manual redaction with scalpel and marking pen, UFO-spotters would be waiting a lot longer for access to the British “X-Files.”

 

You can learn more about the MOD UFO "X-Files" at the following sites:

 

UK X-Files BBC Newsnight Item

National Archives MOD UFO Documents

Ministry of Defence Website - UFO-Files announcement

In Pictures: the UFO Files (BBC)

Dear MoD: where is ET? (BBC)

Visit Bramble.cc

 

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New features:

Windows Vista Support

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Support for EIR Exemption Codes

RapidRedact has now incorporated the exemption codes of the Environmental Information Regulation (2004), the UK legislation relating to the right of public access to environmental information. These exemption codes are in addition to the DPA (Data Protection Act) and FOI (Freedom of Information Act) exemption codes.

 

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RapidRedact also offers the option of the European Union FOI exemption codes (Regulation EC No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council)

 

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