These latest documents are the first containing information written by defence intelligence staff to be made public.

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Dr Brian Jones, a senior member of the Defence Intelligence Staff who raised concerns about the 45-minute claim will also provide written evidence.

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The seven files, produced by the DI55 branch of the Defence Intelligence Staff, contain details of 1, 200 UFO sightings between November 1987 and April 1993.

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At about the same time Mr Scarlett received Defence Intelligence Staff experts' view that the way the 45 minute claim was described in the summary should be changed to match the more cautious wording in the text.

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The deputy chief of defence intelligence, Martin Howard, sent him a minute on July 18th, four days before his committee appearance, warning him that two Defence Intelligence Staff members had expressed, in writing, serious concern that the dossier had exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq.

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Since 1994, the ISC has been the statutory oversight body for the Security Service (MI5), Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and also consults with the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), Intelligence, Security and Resilience Group (ISRG), the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS), and other agencies.

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