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              "name": "MoD UFO Desk Files (DEFE 24)",
              "description": "Complete archive of 94 declassified files from the Ministry of Defence UFO Desk (Secretariat Air Staff 2a). These files document over 60 years of British government UFO investigation from the 1950 Flying Saucer Working Party through to the desk's closure in November 2009. Includes thousands of sighting reports, radar data, pilot encounters, Defence Intelligence assessments, parliamentary questions, and the complete administrative history of UK government UFO policy. Released in batches between 2008-2012 to The National Archives.",
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                  "id": "defe-24-1948",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1948 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1948.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file containing the Rendlesham Forest incident (December 1980) — one of Britain's most significant UFO cases. Includes witness statements from USAF personnel at RAF Woodbridge, Lt Col Charles Halt's memo, radiation readings, and MoD internal correspondence.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                  "id": "defe-24-1958-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1958 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1958-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file covering sighting reports and correspondence from the early 1950s. Includes Flying Saucer Working Party references, early RAF investigations, and public inquiry responses.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1959",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1959 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1959.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file with sighting reports from RAF personnel and civilians during the 1950s. Contains radar tracking data, pilot debriefs, and Air Ministry assessments.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1960",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1960 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1960.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file covering UFO reports from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Includes multiple radar-visual cases, scramble orders, and intelligence assessments.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1961",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1961 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1961.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file containing reports from 1961-1962 including military witness accounts, aircraft near-miss reports, and parliamentary questions on UFO policy.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1962",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1962 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1962.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD correspondence and sighting reports from 1962-1963. Includes reports from police constables, RAF station logs, and responses to FOI predecessor inquiries.",
                  "size_mb": 31.3,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                  "id": "defe-24-1963",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1963 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
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                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk records from 1963-1964 covering civilian and military sightings across the UK, meteorological office correlations, and media liaison briefings.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1964",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1964 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1964.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence UFO desk file from 1964-1965 with sighting reports from across England and Scotland, including photographic evidence submissions and analysis.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1965",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1965 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1965.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO records from 1965-1966 containing reports of unusual aerial phenomena over military installations, correspondence with civilian UFO groups, and Defence Intelligence Staff notes.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1970",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1970 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1970.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file covering 1970-1971 sighting reports including multiple-witness cases, radar anomalies at RAF stations, and policy documents on public disclosure.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                  "id": "defe-24-1972",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1972 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1972.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records from 1972-1973 containing UFO sighting reports, RAF pilot encounters, and correspondence between Air Staff 2a and Defence Intelligence.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1974",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1974 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1974.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file from 1974-1975 including the Welsh Triangle incidents, Berwyn Mountains case references, and increased parliamentary interest in UFO phenomena.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1975",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1975 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1975.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file from 1975-1976 covering a peak period of UK UFO reports. Includes multiple RAF radar contacts, photographic submissions, and Defence Intelligence assessments.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1976",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1976 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1976.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO records from 1976-1977 with sighting reports from military and civilian witnesses, meteorological correlations, and policy guidance on media handling.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1984-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1984 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1984-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file from 1984-1985 covering post-Rendlesham policy changes, new sighting reports, and correspondence with Nick Pope's predecessor at Sec(AS)2a.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1985-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1985 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1985-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence records from 1985-1986 containing UFO sighting reports, air defence implications assessment, and coordination with NATO allies on aerial phenomena.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1986-1-2",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1986 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1986-1-2.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file from 1986-1987 covering multiple witness sightings, police reports, and Defence Intelligence Staff involvement in significant cases.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1987-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1987 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1987-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records from 1987-1988 including UFO reports near military facilities, radar tracking incidents, and internal briefing documents on disclosure policy.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1997-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1997 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1997-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD UFO Desk file from the Nick Pope era (1991-1994). Contains significant cases investigated by Sec(AS)2a, including the Cosford/Shawbury incident of March 1993.",
                  "size_mb": 57.9,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-1999-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/1999 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-1999-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Very large MoD file (197MB) covering late 1990s UFO reports, policy reviews, and preparation for potential Freedom of Information Act implications.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2005-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2005 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2005-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk records from the early 2000s covering the transition period as Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force, with new disclosure policies.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2006-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2006 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2006-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records from 2006-2007 with UFO sighting reports, FOI request responses, and correspondence about planned release of historical UFO files.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2018-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2018 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2018-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO file covering reports and policy from 2000-2002, including post-9/11 airspace security implications and liaison with CAA on unidentified aerial contacts.",
                  "size_mb": 40.9,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2019-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2019 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2019-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD UFO Desk file from 2002-2003 covering the build-up to the Iraq War period, with continued civilian sighting reports and reduced military investigation capacity.",
                  "size_mb": 48.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2020-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2020 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2020-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records from 2003-2004 containing sighting reports, correspondence about the Condign report completion, and evolving policy on UFO investigation resources.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
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                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2021-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2021 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2021-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file from 2004-2005 covering the aftermath of Project Condign and policy changes regarding future UFO investigation procedures.",
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                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2023-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2023 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2023-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records covering UFO-related correspondence, FOI requests, and the first tranche of planned historical file releases to The National Archives.",
                  "size_mb": 17.1,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2024-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2024 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2024-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file containing correspondence and reports from the mid-2000s, including preparation for major file declassification programme.",
                  "size_mb": 36.1,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2025-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2025 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2025-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file covering UFO sighting reports, internal policy documents, and National Archives transfer preparations for the 2008-2009 release programme.",
                  "size_mb": 44.4,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2026-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2026 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2026-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO records from the 2008-2009 period including public release documentation, media handling strategy, and remaining sighting reports.",
                  "size_mb": 40.5,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2027-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2027 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2027-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD file covering the 2009-2010 period including the final batches of file releases, closure of the UFO desk in November 2009, and transition documentation.",
                  "size_mb": 34.4,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2028-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2028 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2028-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file containing the formal closure documentation for Sec(AS)2a UFO investigations and transfer of remaining files to The National Archives.",
                  "size_mb": 11.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2030-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2030 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2030-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records relating to the historical review of UFO policy and investigation procedures, compiled as part of the file release programme.",
                  "size_mb": 13.9,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2031-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2031 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2031-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD file containing the original 1951 Flying Saucer Working Party report rediscovery and associated historical UFO policy documents.",
                  "size_mb": 12.1,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2032-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2032 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2032-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file with UFO-related FOI correspondence, media inquiries, and parliamentary questions spanning multiple years of public interest.",
                  "size_mb": 43.0,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2033-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2033 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2033-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO records containing detailed sighting report forms (MOD Form 5130), witness interviews, and Defence Intelligence assessment notes.",
                  "size_mb": 41.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2034-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2034 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2034-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence file with UFO sighting reports including descriptions, sketches, and photographs submitted by members of the public and military personnel.",
                  "size_mb": 31.8,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2035-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2035 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2035-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk correspondence file covering exchanges with civilian UFO research organisations, academic researchers, and international counterparts.",
                  "size_mb": 28.0,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2036-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2036 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2036-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records relating to UFO cases with potential air defence significance, including radar tracking data and scramble order documentation.",
                  "size_mb": 28.0,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2037-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2037 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2037-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence file containing UFO reports from Scotland and Northern England, including cases near RAF stations and nuclear installations.",
                  "size_mb": 25.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2038-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2038 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2038-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file covering reports from Wales and Southwest England, including the Broad Haven school sighting and related investigations.",
                  "size_mb": 8.7,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2039-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2039 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2039-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file with UFO sighting reports from across the Midlands and Eastern England, correlating with known military aircraft movements and exercise schedules.",
                  "size_mb": 37.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2040-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2040 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2040-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records covering UFO reports from Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and offshore areas including North Sea oil platform observations.",
                  "size_mb": 11.7,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2041-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2041 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2041-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence file containing pilot and aircrew UFO reports, including near-miss incidents and CAA coordination documentation.",
                  "size_mb": 19.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2043-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2043 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2043-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Very large MoD file with comprehensive UFO sighting logs, statistical analysis of report patterns, and regional distribution studies.",
                  "size_mb": 62.0,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2044-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2044 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2044-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk records containing correspondence with foreign governments and NATO allies regarding shared aerial phenomena observations.",
                  "size_mb": 17.0,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2046-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2046 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2046-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD file covering UFO cases investigated by Defence Intelligence Staff (DI55), including cases assessed as having potential defence significance.",
                  "size_mb": 7.8,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2047-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2047 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2047-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Extensive MoD file (79MB) containing detailed case files for significant UFO incidents with multiple witnesses, physical evidence, or radar confirmation.",
                  "size_mb": 79.3,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2048-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2048 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2048-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records relating to UFO reports near sensitive military installations, nuclear facilities, and restricted airspace areas.",
                  "size_mb": 8.9,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2049-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2049 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2049-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Ministry of Defence file with UFO correspondence from Members of Parliament, government ministers, and senior civil servants.",
                  "size_mb": 7.6,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2050-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2050 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2050-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "Large MoD file containing photographic and video evidence submissions relating to UFO sightings, with technical analysis where conducted.",
                  "size_mb": 44.1,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2052-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2052 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2052-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD UFO Desk file covering media relations, press cuttings, and public affairs strategy regarding UFO disclosure and file releases.",
                  "size_mb": 4.8,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2053-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2053 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
                  "filename": "defe-24-2053-1-1.pdf",
                  "description": "MoD records containing UFO reports from the 1990s wave period with high public interest and increased reporting volumes.",
                  "size_mb": 24.7,
                  "date_released": "2008-2012",
                  "classification": "FORMERLY RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL"
                },
                {
                  "id": "defe-24-2054-1-1",
                  "title": "DEFE 24/2054 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence & Sighting Reports",
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                {
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                  "description": "FBI cross-reference records relating to USAF Project Blue Book. Contains Bureau correspondence about UFO reports forwarded between agencies, internal memoranda on the Air Force investigation programme, and field office reports on significant sightings.",
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              "description": "Declassified CIA documents relating to the Agency's interest in and investigation of unidentified flying objects, released under FOIA.",
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                  "id": "cia-ufo-compilation",
                  "title": "CIA UFO Document Compilation",
                  "filename": "cia-ufo-compilation.pdf",
                  "description": "Compilation of declassified CIA documents relating to UFO phenomena, including intelligence assessments, scientific advisory panel proceedings, and operational memoranda spanning several decades of Agency involvement.",
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              "name": "NSA UFO Documents",
              "description": "National Security Agency documents on UFO phenomena released through FOIA requests and litigation.",
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                  "title": "NSA UFO Hypothesis — Key Document",
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                  "description": "Declassified NSA document examining hypotheses about the nature and origin of UFO phenomena, including signals intelligence implications and communication analysis perspectives.",
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              "description": "Official US Government reports on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense.",
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                {
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                  "title": "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (June 2021)",
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                  "description": "The landmark 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment on UAP, mandated by Congress. Examined 144 reports from USG sources (2004-2021), found only one could be identified with high confidence. Established five explanatory categories and recommended expanded collection and analysis.",
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          "name": "France",
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              "source": "COMETA Committee / Archive.org / NARCAP",
              "description": "The COMETA Report (Comité d'Études Approfondies) was a private French study on UFOs and their potential implications for national defence, published in 1999. Authored by an independent group of mostly former high-ranking French military officers, aerospace engineers, scientists, and a former head of CNES, the report was delivered to French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. It concluded that approximately 5% of UFO sightings remained completely unexplained after investigation, that the extraterrestrial hypothesis was the most likely explanation for these cases, and that France and other nations should prepare for the possibility of contact with non-human intelligence.",
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                      "description": "Complete English translation of the COMETA Report. Contains all three parts: Part 1 examines key French and international UFO cases deemed credible by the committee, including the Tehran 1976 incident, the 1986 São Paulo sightings, and multiple French Air Force encounters. Part 2 analyses the current state of scientific knowledge about UFOs, the organisation of official research (particularly GEPAN/SEPRA under CNES), and the global situation. Part 3 presents the committee's conclusions on the extraterrestrial hypothesis, implications for national and international defence, and recommendations for political and military preparedness."
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                      "description": "Alternative English translation preserved by NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena). This text-focused version provides a clean reading copy of the complete report, useful for cross-referencing against other translations and for text-searchable analysis of the committee's findings and recommendations."
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              "description": "Declassified Royal Australian Air Force files documenting UFO sightings reported to the RAAF and Department of Defence from the 1950s through the 1990s. Australia maintained an active UFO reporting system through the RAAF's Directorate of Air Force Intelligence, which collected, investigated, and classified aerial phenomena reports from military personnel, pilots, and civilians.",
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                      "title": "RAAF UFO Investigation File — Declassified Intelligence Report",
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                      "classification": "DECLASSIFIED",
                      "description": "Declassified RAAF intelligence file containing UFO sighting reports, investigation summaries, and inter-agency correspondence. Documents the RAAF's systematic approach to UFO investigation, including standardised report forms, witness interview protocols, and classification criteria for aerial phenomena."
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                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "CA",
          "name": "Canada",
          "flag": "🇨🇦",
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              "name": "Project Magnet",
              "year": "1950–1954",
              "source": "NICAP / Library and Archives Canada",
              "description": "Project Magnet was an official Canadian government UFO research programme established in December 1950 by Transport Canada under senior radio engineer Wilbert Brockhouse Smith. The project operated under the Department of Transport with the knowledge of the Defence Research Board and maintained a small observatory at Shirley Bay near Ottawa equipped with instruments designed to detect magnetic disturbances associated with UFO activity. Officially closed in 1954.",
              "subcollections": [
                {
                  "id": "official-documents",
                  "name": "Official Project Magnet Documents",
                  "description": "Original government documents relating to Project Magnet, including Smith's founding memorandum and research findings.",
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                    {
                      "id": "magnet-study",
                      "title": "Canadian UFO Study: Project Magnet — Wilbert B. Smith",
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                      "date_released": "1953",
                      "classification": "GOVERNMENT REPORT",
                      "description": "Wilbert Smith's summary document on Project Magnet, detailing the programme's objectives, methodology, and preliminary findings. Describes the theoretical framework for magnetic propulsion, instrumentation deployed at the Shirley Bay observatory, and results of geomagnetic measurements during reported UFO activity in the Ottawa region."
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                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "NZ",
          "name": "New Zealand",
          "flag": "🇳🇿",
          "collections": [
            {
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              "name": "NZDF UFO / UAP Files",
              "year": "1979–2024",
              "source": "New Zealand Defence Force / Archives New Zealand",
              "description": "Official New Zealand Defence Force files documenting UFO and UAP sightings, investigations, and policy responses spanning over four decades. New Zealand gained international UFO prominence following the Kaikoura Lights incident of December 1978, when a cargo aircraft crew filmed unidentified lights over the Kaikoura coast simultaneously tracked on Wellington air traffic control radar.",
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                {
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                  "name": "NZDF Air Staff UFO Files",
                  "description": "Declassified NZDF Air Staff files on UFO sightings and investigations, plus recent Official Information Act responses on current UAP policy.",
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                    {
                      "id": "nz-ufo-vol1",
                      "title": "NZDF UFO File — AIR 1630/2 Volume 1 (1984–1989)",
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                      "date_released": "2010",
                      "classification": "DECLASSIFIED",
                      "description": "Volume 1 of the NZDF Air Staff UFO files covering 1984 to 1989. Contains 133 pages of sighting reports from military personnel, commercial pilots, and civilians. Each report follows a standardised format recording date, time, location, duration, witnesses, weather conditions, and detailed descriptions."
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                    {
                      "id": "nzdf-oia-2023",
                      "title": "NZDF Official Information Act Response — UFOs (2023)",
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                      "date_released": "2023",
                      "classification": "GOVERNMENT RESPONSE",
                      "description": "New Zealand Defence Force's 2023 response to an Official Information Act request regarding UFO sighting records and investigation protocols. Documents the NZDF's current policy position on UFO/UAP reporting."
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                    {
                      "id": "nzdf-oia-2024",
                      "title": "NZDF Official Information Act Response — UFO & UAP Reporting (2024)",
                      "filename": "nzdf-oia-uap-2024.pdf",
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                      "classification": "GOVERNMENT RESPONSE",
                      "description": "Updated 2024 NZDF response on UFO and UAP reporting procedures, addressing the evolving international context following the US Congressional UAP hearings and the establishment of AARO."
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        {
          "code": "BR",
          "name": "Brazil",
          "flag": "🇧🇷",
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            {
              "id": "operacao-prato",
              "name": "Operação Prato (Operation Saucer)",
              "year": "1977",
              "source": "Brazilian Air Force / MUFON / The Black Vault",
              "description": "Operação Prato (Operation Saucer) was a secret Brazilian Air Force investigation conducted in 1977 in the Colares region of Pará state in the Amazon basin, where hundreds of residents reported being attacked by intense beams of light from unidentified aerial objects. The operation was classified for decades until partial declassification in 2004-2005.",
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                {
                  "id": "investigation-files",
                  "name": "Investigation Documents",
                  "description": "Documents from the Brazilian Air Force's Operation Saucer investigation, compiled from declassified releases and researcher archives.",
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                    {
                      "id": "prato-mufon",
                      "title": "Operação Prato — Investigation Report and Analysis",
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                      "date_released": "2005",
                      "classification": "DECLASSIFIED",
                      "description": "Comprehensive document on Operation Saucer compiled from Brazilian Air Force declassified materials. Contains 58 pages documenting the military investigation, witness testimonies, medical reports from victims, photographs, and analysis of the phenomena."
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              ]
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              "name": "Project MKUltra",
              "description": "The CIA's covert mind control programme (1953-1973). MKULTRA encompassed 149 sub-projects researching chemical, biological, and radiological methods of behavioural modification. Experiments included dosing unwitting subjects with LSD, electroshock therapy, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation. Director Richard Helms ordered most files destroyed in 1973; these surviving documents were discovered in 1977.",
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                  "title": "Report of Inspection of MKULTRA/TSD — CIA Inspector General (1963)",
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                  "classification": "TOP SECRET (declassified 1977)",
                  "description": "The 1963 CIA Inspector General's report on Project MKULTRA — the most critical internal review of the CIA's mind control programme. Inspector General John Earman details how MKULTRA researched chemical, biological, and radiological materials for clandestine behaviour control. Documents LSD experiments on unwitting human subjects, concerns about lack of oversight, and recommends strengthening operational controls."
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                  "id": "mkultra-senate-hearing-1977",
                  "title": "Project MKULTRA: The CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification — Senate Hearing (1977)",
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                  "classification": "UNCLASSIFIED (Congressional Record)",
                  "description": "The complete joint hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (August 3, 1977). Contains testimony from CIA Director Stansfield Turner revealing the full scope of MKULTRA: 149 sub-projects across 80 institutions, experiments with LSD, electroshock, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation on unwitting subjects. Includes the admission that CIA Director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of MKULTRA files in 1973."
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              "description": "CIA/DIA remote viewing programme (1972-1995) investigating psychic phenomena for intelligence gathering applications.",
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                  "title": "Stargate Program — CIA Remote Viewing Research Document",
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                  "description": "Declassified CIA document from the Stargate remote viewing programme. The $20 million programme ran for 23 years across multiple codenames (SCANATE, GRILL FLAME, CENTER LANE, SUN STREAK, STAR GATE) before termination in 1995 following an AIR assessment.",
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                  "date_released": "2017-01-18",
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            {
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              "description": "Proposed 1962 false flag operation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to stage terrorist attacks on US soil to justify military intervention in Cuba.",
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                  "id": "operation-northwoods",
                  "title": "Operation Northwoods — Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum",
                  "filename": "operation-northwoods.pdf",
                  "description": "The complete Operation Northwoods memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, dated 13 March 1962. Proposed staging fake terrorist attacks, hijackings, and shootings on US soil, blaming them on Cuba to manufacture public support for military invasion. Rejected by President Kennedy. Declassified in 1997 through the JFK Assassination Records Review Board.",
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              "source": "CIA FOIA Reading Room / Archive.org",
              "description": "Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence programme in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were recruited from post-war Germany for US government employment between 1945 and 1959. JIOA officials systematically altered or concealed the scientists' Nazi affiliations to circumvent President Truman's explicit order against recruiting active Nazis.",
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                  "description": "Declassified documents relating to Operation Paperclip sourced from the CIA FOIA Reading Room and Archive.org.",
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                      "description": "Declassified case file document on Operation Paperclip containing 11 pages of intelligence records relating to the recruitment and transfer of German scientists to the United States."
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                  "title": "Warren Commission Report — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy",
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                  "description": "The complete 888-page Warren Commission Report, published 24 September 1964. Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy and that Jack Ruby acted alone in killing Oswald. Despite its official status, the report's \"lone gunman\" conclusion has been challenged by subsequent investigations, including the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations which found a \"probable conspiracy\".",
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              "description": "Top secret Department of Defense study of US political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1967, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971.",
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                  "title": "Pentagon Papers — Senator Gravel Edition",
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                  "description": "The Pentagon Papers (officially \"Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force\") revealing systematic government deception about the Vietnam War. Originally 47 volumes and 7,000 pages classified Top Secret-Sensitive. Leaked by RAND Corporation analyst Daniel Ellsberg to the New York Times in 1971, triggering a landmark Supreme Court press freedom ruling.",
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                  "title": "SSCI Study of CIA Detention & Interrogation — Executive Summary",
                  "filename": "ssci-torture-report-executive-summary.pdf",
                  "description": "The 525-page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 6,700-page study into CIA torture. Based on review of over 6 million pages of CIA records. Found that \"enhanced interrogation techniques\" (waterboarding, rectal feeding, sleep deprivation, confinement boxes) were far more brutal than disclosed and did not produce unique intelligence. The full report remains classified.",
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              "source": "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library",
              "description": "The Watergate scandal was a political crisis that began with the arrest of five men for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex on 17 June 1972, and ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon on 9 August 1974. The scandal resulted in 69 officials being charged and 48 found guilty.",
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                  "description": "Documents from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library relating to the Watergate crisis and its aftermath.",
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                      "date_released": "2010",
                      "classification": "PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS",
                      "description": "Document from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library relating to the Watergate investigation and constitutional crisis. Contains 35 pages of records from the Ford administration's handling of the Watergate aftermath."
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                  ]
                }
              ]
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            {
              "id": "iran-contra",
              "name": "Iran-Contra Affair",
              "year": "1985–1987",
              "source": "US Congress / Archive.org",
              "description": "The Iran-Contra Affair erupted in November 1986 when it was revealed that senior Reagan administration officials had secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and illegally diverted the proceeds to fund the Contras in Nicaragua, in direct violation of the Boland Amendment. The resulting investigations led to 14 officials being charged and 11 convicted.",
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                  "id": "congressional-report",
                  "name": "Congressional Investigation Report",
                  "description": "The joint report of the Senate and House select committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, published November 1987.",
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                    {
                      "id": "iran-contra-report",
                      "title": "Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair (November 1987)",
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                      "pages": 506,
                      "size_mb": 15.2,
                      "date_released": "1987",
                      "classification": "CONGRESSIONAL REPORT",
                      "description": "The complete 506-page report of the joint Congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair. Documents the secret arms sales to Iran, the illegal diversion of profits to the Nicaraguan Contras, and the roles of Oliver North, John Poindexter, and other administration officials."
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                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
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