UK Petition to Declassify UAP/UFO Records Rejected as Duplicate
Summary
A UK public petition (#769518) calling on the government to “declassify and publish all UAP/UFO records, whilst protecting national security” was rejected by the Petitions Committee on 8 June 2026. The petition invoked U.S. transparency efforts as precedent for the UK to follow. Crucially, the rejection was procedural, not substantive: the Committee rejected it as a duplicate of an already-open petition (#763336) asking the same thing, not because it evaluated or declined the underlying request. No new government position on UAP transparency was issued here — the UK’s operative stance remains the MoD’s Dec 2024 “no military threat” position (src-uk-mod-uap-no-threat-2024). This is a minor data point showing continued public pressure for UAP disclosure in the UK, running in parallel with — but not directly responding to — the U.S. pursue records releases the petition cites as precedent.
Key Claims
- The petition asked the government to declassify and publish all UK UAP/UFO records “except where strictly necessary for national security.”
- The petition cited U.S. government UAP transparency steps as a model the UK should follow.
- The Petitions Committee rejected the petition on 8 June 2026 solely because a substantially similar petition (#763336) was already open — not on the merits of the request.
Notable Quotes
“We ask the Government to declassify and publish all UAP/UFO records, except where strictly necessary for national security.” — Petition text
“There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.” — Petitions Committee