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SUBJECT: FOIA: DOCUMENT REGARDING JANAP FILE: UFO1707
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AFR200-2GOVERNMENTDOCUMENTAIRFORCEREGULATION1954
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1954 Air Force regulation regarding the reporting of UFO's
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*AFR200-2
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*This regulaton supercedes AFR 200-2,26 August 1953, including change
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200-2a, 2 November 1953.
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Department of the Air Force
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Washington, 12 August 1954
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Intelligence
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Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (short title: UFOB
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1. Purpose and Scope. This regulation establilshes procedures for
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reporting information and evidence pertaining to unidentified
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flying objects and sets forth the responsibility of Air Force
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activities in this regard. It applies to all Air Force activities.
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2. Definitions:
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a. Unidentified flying objects (UFOB)- Relayes to any airborne object
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which by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusal
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features does not conform to any presently known aircraft or
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missile type, or which cannot be postively indentified as a
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familiar object.
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b. Familiar objects-- include ballons, astronomical bodies, birds
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and so forth.
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3. Objectives. Air Force interest in unidentified flying objects is
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two-fold. First as a possible threat to the security of the United
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States and its forces, and secondly, to determine technical aspects
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involved.
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4. Responsibility:
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A.Reporting. commanders of the Air Force activities will report all
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information and evidence that may come to their attention, including
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that received from adjacent commands of the other services and from
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civilians.
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b. Investigation. Air Defense Command will conduct all field
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investigations within the Z1, to determine the indentity of any
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UFOB. [Z1 (zone of the interior) includes continental area of
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the United States.]
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c. Analysis. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATTIC), Wright-
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Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will analyze and evaluate: All
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information and evidence reported within the Z1 after the Air
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Defense Command has exhausted all efforts to identifiy the UFOB;
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and all information and evidence collected in oversea areas.
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d. Cooperation. All activities will cooperate with Air Defense
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Command representives to insure the economical and prompt success
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of an investigation, including the furnishing of air and ground
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transportation, when feasible.
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6. Z1 Collection.
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a. All Air Force activities are authroized to conduct such prelim-
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inary investigation as may be required for reporting purposes;
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however, investigations should not be carried beyond this point,
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unless such action is requested by the 4602d AISS.
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7. Reporting. All information relating to UFOB`s will be reported
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promptly.
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A. (1) Electrical Reports. All electrical reports will be multiple
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addressed to:
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A. Commander, Air Defense Command, ENT Air Force Base Colorado
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Springs, Colorado.
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b. Nearest Air Division (Defense). (for Z1 only).
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c. Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-patterson
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Air Force Base, Ohio.
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d. Director of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF, Wasgington D.C.
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d. Report Format. Reports will include the following numbered items:
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(1) Description of the object (s):
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(a) Shape.
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(b) size compared to a known object (use one of the following terms:
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head of a pin, pea, dime, nickle, quarter, half dollar, baseball
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grapefruit, or basketball) held in hand at arms length.
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(c) color.
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(d) number.
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(e) formation, if more than one.
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(f) any discernible features or detail.
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(g) trail, tail, or exhaust, including size of same compared to size
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of object (s).
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(h) sound. If heard, describe sound.
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(i) other pertinent or unusal features.
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(2) Description of course of object (s):
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(a) what first called the attention of observer (s) to the object (s).
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(b) angle of elevation and azimuth of the object (s) upon
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disappearence.
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(d) description of flight path and maneuvers of object (s).
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(e) manner of disappearence of object (s).
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(f) length of time in sight.
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(3) Manner of observation:
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(a) use one or any combination of the following items :
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ground visual, ground-electronic, air-electronic. (if electronic
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specify type of radar).
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(b) statement as to optical aids (telescopes, binoculars, and so
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forth) used and description thereof.
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(c) if the sighting is made while airborne, give type aircraft
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identification number, altitude, heading, speed, and home station.
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(4) Time and date of sighting.
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(a) Zulu time date group of sighting.
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(b) light conditions (use one of the following terms):
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night-day-dawn-dusk
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(5) Locations of observer (s): exact latitude and longitude of each
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observer, or Georef position, or position with reference to a
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known landmark.
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(6) Indentifying information of all observer (s) :
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(a) civilian-- name, age, mailing address, occupation.
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(b) military-- name, grade, organization, duty, and estimate of
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reliability.
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(7) Weather and winds aloft conditions at time and place of sighting.
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(a) observer(s) account of weather conditions.
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(b)report from nearest AWS or U.S. Weather Bureau office, of wind
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direction and velocity in degrees and knots at surface, 6,000
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10,000,16,000, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000 and 80,000 feet if
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available.
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(c)ceiling.
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(d) visiblity.
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(e) amount of cloud cover.
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(f) thunderstroms in the area and quadrant in which located.
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(8) Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological,
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astronimical, or otherwise, which might account for the sighting.
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(9) Interception or indentification action taken (such action maybe
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taken whenever feasible, complying with existing air defense
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directives).
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(10) Location of any air traffic in the area at the time of the
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sighting.
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(11) position title and comments of the preparing officer, including
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his preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting.
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(12) existance of physical evidence such as marerials and photographs.
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(8) Evidence. the existence of physical evidence, (photographs or material)
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will be promptly reported.
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a. photographic:
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(1)Visual. the negative and two prints will be forwarded; all
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original film, including wherever possible both prints and
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negatives, will be titled or otherwise properly indentified as
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to place, time, and date of the incident(see "intelligence
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collection instructions "(ICI), June 1954 ).
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(2) Radar. Two copies of each print will be forwarded. Prints of
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radarscope photography will be titled in accordance with
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AFR 95-7 and forwarded in compliance with AFR 95-6.
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b. material. suspected or actual items of material witch come into
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possession of any Air Force echlon will be safe guarded in such
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manner as to prevent any defacing or alteration which might reduce
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its value for intelligence examination and analysis.
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(9) Release of facts. Headquarters USAF will release summaries of evaluated
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data which will inform the public on this subject. In representives
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on UFOB`s when the subject is postively indentified as a familiar
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object (see paragraph 2b ),except that the following type of data
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warrents protection and should not be revealed: Names of principles
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intercept and investigation procedures, and classified radar data.
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For those objects which are not explainable, only the fact that
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ATIC will analyze the data is worthy of release, due to the many
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unknowns involved.
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BY THE ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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