FOIA request update: MoD finally released 1,247 pages on Kinloss sightings

Just received my Freedom of Information response from the Ministry of Defence regarding the 1987 Kinloss air station incidents. They released 1,247 pages but heavily redacted approximately 40% citing national security. The good bits that survived the marker pen include pilot testimony corroborating visual contact with "unidentified aerial phenomena" on at least five separate occasions.

What's interesting is that they used the modern term "UAP" throughout the documents rather than the original "UFO" terminology, which suggests they've gone back and standardised the language. Smacks of organised retrospective narrative control.

Full index available on my Quirk Reports document database. Cost me £45 in FOIA fees but worth every penny. Anyone else been submitting requests?

Brilliant work getting those released. The redaction patterns are worth studying too - they've redacted the actual descriptions but left the timestamps and witness ranks. Why protect descriptions but not the fact that a Group Captain saw something? Odd priorities.

Mate, this is why FOIA is worth doing. The government would much rather we all think they're ignoring this stuff, but the documents prove otherwise. Have you cross-referenced the dates with any other sightings in the area?

£45?! And how much of your own time scanning and indexing? Honestly the system's designed to exhaust researchers. Still, good work and thanks for putting it public.