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Updated on 14 May 2008

By Girish Juneja

The National Archive releases the first batch of "X-Files" from the UK. But are some documents being held back? Girish Juneja reports.

The truth is out there. But is it in the National Archive?

After a barrage of requests under the freedom of information act, the ministry of defence has bowed to pressure and released the first batch of our very own "X-Files".

The documents detail sightings of unidentified flying objects. But are there some documents that the public will never be allowed to see?

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