FOI 0198-2025/26 UFO Sightings
Request
Q1. Since January 1 2024, please disclose the logs for every incident involving unidentified flying object/unidentified aerial phenomena recorded by your force.
Also please disclose the logs that feature at least one of these search terms: 'UFO', 'Alien', 'UAP' and 'spaceship'.
For each incident log, please disclose:
* The date and time the incident was reported.
* The general location it was recorded (I.E. the city/town/village)
* The incident log, exactly as it was recorded by the force, redacting any identifiable information which may otherwise prohibit disclosure. For example 'Female caller named (REDACTED) reports seeing eight flashing lights hovering above his property in (REDACTED) street before a female was beamed into the sky'.'
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
North Yorkshire Police have recently responded to a similar Freedom of Information (FOIA) request, a copy of which is published on our website and available using the below link:
FOI 1025-2024/25 UFO Sightings | North Yorkshire Police
As such, this information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Section 21 of the FOIA on the basis that it is is reasonably accessible by other means.
A further search has been carried out for the period 1 January to 5 June 2025, and I can further confirm that the results for this period are also 0.
Exemption Explanation
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Section 21 is an absolute class based exemption and I am not required to consider the harm or public interest when applying this exemption.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.