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A German court has ruled that top secret documents regarding the investigation of potential extraterrestrial life must be released following an inquest from a German citizen.

Frank Reitemeyer first discovered the existence of the report in 2009 after Exopolitics Germany , a UFO disclosure organisation, released information on the document to the German media.

Reitemeyer took the German parliament, known as the Bundestag, to court to request the release of the information.

Reitemeyer told the court:

"I want to know facts and it bothers me that in France, England, USA, Canada, the citizens can see the UFO files, and I am not informed as a German from my German government. It is therefore such a glaring discrepancy"

The British files mentioned by Reitemeyer is in reference to a promise made by the Ministry of Defence to release 18 documents regarding UFO's.

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Reitemeyer's claims haven't fallen on deaf ears, with the Berlin Administrative Court ruling that it is within the German man's right to read the document.

The Bundestag are currently in the process of an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg, claiming that the the documents do not have to be released as per their copyright laws.

Could it be that they have something to hide?