Transport Scotland - Documentation regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: FOI release

Information requested

Copies of any correspondence, communications, briefing notes, meeting minutes, reports, emails, memoranda, or other recorded information held by the Scottish Government between 1 January 2015 and the present date concerning:

• Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP);
• Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs);
• Unidentified aerial activity;
• Unexplained aerial observations;
• Reports of unusual objects, lights, or phenomena observed in Scottish airspace.

This request includes, but is not limited to, communications between the Scottish Government and:

• The UK Ministry of Defence;
• The Civil Aviation Authority;
• National Air Traffic Services (NATS);
• Police Scotland;
• The UK Space Agency;
• Any other UK Government department or public authority.

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you have requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section 38(1)(b) (Personal Details) of FOISA applies to that information. The reason why this exemption applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Annex

Reasons for not providing information

An exemption applies

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data, i.e. names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing this would contravene the data protection principles on Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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FOI 202600520032 - Information released - Annex

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