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British To Release UFO Files
Sean Stidman writes "Looks like the Brits are planning to release their secret files on many UFO sightings, including the famous Rendlesham Forest incident. These files should be ready for download by the end of this week, which I guess means by tomorrow. Are their servers going to be able to handle the load?"
To redact is just another word for edit, it comes from a latin derivation so it's not an Americanism or anything :).
It's used in this sort of context to mean blanked out or removed - something they don't want to release (this is the irony in most freedom of information legislation - the government are allowed to redact whatever they want).
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http://www.io.com/~nelson/rendlesham.htm
http://www.debunker.com/texts/RidpathRendlesham1.
Tape Transcript: http://www.skiesare.demon.co.uk/bentwatr.htm
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From, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/ ldhansrd/vo981217/text/81217w03.htm:
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert): Thirty-eight files are held at the Public Record Office for release under the terms of the Public Records Acts 1958 and 1967, the 30-year rule applying:
AIR 2/18564 & 18565 UFO Reports--due for release 2002.
AIR 20/12067, 12297 to 12306 Unidentified flying objects-due for release 2001.
AIR 20/12399 to 12411 UFO reports--due for release 2003.
AIR 20/12544 to 12555 UFO reports--due for release 2004.
BJ 5/311 UFO: Met aspects--due for release 2001
Four files are held by the MoD records management branch pending acceptance and transfer to the PRO, PRO references and transfer arrangements awaiting confirmation:
AF/7463/72 UFO reports--provisionally assigned to PRO reference AIR 2/18831 for release in 2003.
AF/7464/72 UFO reports--provisionally assigned to PRO reference AIR 2/18872 for release in 2004.
AF/7464/72 Pt. II UFO reports--provisionally assigned to PRO reference AIR 2/18873 for release in 2005.
AF/7464/72 Pt. III UFO reports--provisionally assigned to PRO reference AIR 2/18874 for release in 2006.
In the absence of a thematic index of files stored in MoD's archives the identification of files has, of necessity, been limited to those created by the Air Staff Secretariat and predecessor branches. The following files have been identified and are earmarked for review by MoD at future dates, at which point they will be assessed for their suitability for preservation at the PRO. It is possible that some files created by other Headquarters divisions or establishments may contain papers on this topic. These could only be identified at disproportionate cost:
AF/S4f(A)/422--one file--UFOs, BBC Radio Oxford Programme.
AF/S4f(Air) U/506--one file--Statistical Analyses of UFOs.
AF/3459/75--one file--UFOs: Policy and Policy statements--1970.
AF/584 to 595--12 files--UFO reports.
AF/596 to 602--seven files--UFO reports.
AF/447--one file--UFO reports.
AF/607 & 608--two files--UFO reports.
AF/610 to 613--four files--UFO reports.
AF/616 to 619--four files--UFO reports.
AF/419--one file--BBC 2, Man Alive Programme: UFOs.
17 Dec 1998 : Column WA178
D/DS8/75/2/1--six parts--UFO reports, correspondence.
D/DS9/75/2/2--12 parts--UFO correspondence.
D/DS8/75/2/3--six parts--UFO reports, edited copies.
D/DS8/75/2/4--three parts--UFO reports.
D/DS8/75/2/5--two parts--UFO reports.
D/DS8/75/3--one part--UFO, Parliamentary Correspondence.
D/DS8/75/6--one part--UFO, TV discussion.
D/DS8/75/7--one part--UFO, satellite debris.
D/DS8/10/209--seven parts--UFO briefs, reports and correspondence.
D/DS8/10/209/1--three parts--general briefs, reports, UFO correspondence
Britain does have a constitution, but it's not a single written document - it's an uncodified constitution. It comes from several sources including statues such as the Magna Carta, Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, political conventions (laws and customs of parliament) and case law (common law). There are two basic principles: rule of law, and the supremacy of parliament
The word is not in common usage so therefore is not what would be said in England. Just because it is of latin derivation (as are many English words) does not mean it cannot be an Americanism. Many words that are used in the US are not used in the UK but were once used in the UK and therefore have their normal derivation.
The word means 'to put into literary or publishable form', re-edit, new edition.
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First, it would be "redacted", not "redacted out".
Second, "to redact" is a verb that is used regularly in certain specialized areas--often in law, for example. Literally, it means to "edit". In practice, it usually refers to the censorship of private documents for release to the public. It is not a Britishism.
~Idarubicin