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