28 November 2002 (BBC News)
This is a news article regarding the first UK MoD UFO documents that were released through the UK Freedom of Information Act:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2525223.stm
It’s interesting to note that twenty people had already gained access to the UFO documents by using the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Wikipedia quote: “The Freedom of Information Act (30 November) 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The full provisions of the act came into force on
1 January 2005.”
Wikipedia article: “Freedom of Information Act 2000”:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_2000