The MoD (Ministry of Defence) has decided to release Britain’s UFO X-Files files because of the deluge f requests it has received from UFO buffs & conspiracy theorists under the Freedom of Information Act. “They are sinking in a sea of FOI requests on UFOs,” said Pope. “The administrative burden in dealing with them on a case by case basis is horrendous.”

Over the next three-four years, 160 files will be handed over to the National Archives. Covering 1978 -1987, the 1’st group of eight files, one of which is more than 450 pages long, is available via its website today.

To avoid crash acces problems, the National Archives is using an external hosting company which can add more extra-capacity as needed to handle the web traffic.

(g-spot, Source: guardian.co.uk)