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Australia Can't Find UFO Records

Spokesman says files were likely thrown out in routine housekeeping

By Sarah Whitmire,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 7, 2011 2:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – Cue the conspiracy theories in the land down under: Australian officials say they’ve been unable to locate decades' worth of UFO records. After Great Britain released thousands of its own ‘X-files’ last year, the Sydney Morning Herald filed a Freedom of Information request for Australia’s version of the records, reports the Telegraph. Two months of digging through governmental archives later, a spokesman says the files have likely been destroyed, the result of “normal administrative procedure.”

UFO enthusiasts in Australia aren't happy. "It does seem strange that Australia would be destroying these files while England and America was putting theirs online and making them public.” Another adds: “It would be interesting to know if they have thrown anything else out. If not, it starts looking dodgy.”

This photo issued Thursday March 3, 2011 by the National Archives in Britain shows a doughnut-shaped phenomenon photographed by a retired RAF officer.
This photo issued Thursday March 3, 2011 by the National Archives in Britain shows a doughnut-shaped phenomenon photographed by a retired RAF officer.   (AP Photo/The National Archives/PA Wire)
This picture taken 27 May 2007 shows The Devil's Marbles, a rock formation near Wycliffie Well that UFO spotters believe has regularly been visited by extraterrestrials.
This picture taken 27 May 2007 shows The Devil's Marbles, a rock formation near Wycliffie Well that UFO spotters believe has regularly been visited by extraterrestrials.   (Getty Images)
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carson
Jun 7, 2011 6:41 PM CDT
sometimes objects that fly are unidentified for a reason...and its not because they are extraterrestrial 
InjunTrouble
Jun 7, 2011 5:16 PM CDT
This is not the first time that documents regarding UFOs have gone missing and it won't be the last. It is the US military/intelligence community that does not want the truth about advanced aliens visiting from outer space to be revealed, since that would undermine US military and economic dominance of the world. The agencies work with their counterparts in other countries like Australia. This elaborate coverup has been going on for almost 60 years. See ufocoverup.orgfor more info
Scaramouche
Jun 7, 2011 3:32 PM CDT
Sooo, are you saying the records were abducted?
 

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