REGOLAMENTO A.F.R.-200 (tutt'ora in vigore)
QUESTO FU UNO DEI PRIMI REGOLAMENTI INTERNI IN CASO DI AVVISTAMENTI U.F.O. ( Ed è specificato )
Interessante è la pag. 2 al punto 6 ( dove parla del4602° Squadron, preposto al recupero di U.F.O. precipitati; altro ché il "Blue Book"! Z.I. sarebbe: zona d'interesse ); ed il più bello...è a pag.4 punto 9: dove dice:
lo Stato maggiore dell'Aeronautica si farà carico di divulgare una sintesi dei dati raccolti al fine di informare la popolazione civile.
E' consentito, in risposta a quesiti locali, rilasciare dichiarazioni pubbliche SOLO nei casi in cui l'oggetto avvistato VENGA IDENTIFICATO COME APPARTENENTE AD UNA CLASSE DI OGGETTI CONOSCIUTI.
Poi, più sotto:
Nei casi in cui non sarà POSSIBILE GIUSTIFICARE GLI AVVISTAMENTI, sarà sufficiente dichiarare che, a causa delle innumerevoli INCOGNITE, l'A.T.I.C. ha in corso un'analisi dei dati che saranno divulgati successivamente....
( Cioè, l'anno del mai.... E' ABBASTANZA? )
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AIR FORCE REGULATION THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
No. 200-2 WASHINGTON, 12 AUGUST 1954
INTELLIGENCE
Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (Short Title: FLYOBRPT)
Paragraph
Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . 1
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ZI Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Release of Facts . . . . . . . . . . 9
1. Purpose and Scope: This Regulation establishes procedures for information
and evidence materiel pertaining to unidentified flying objects and sets forth
the responsibility of Air Force activities in this regard. It applies to all
Air Force Activities.
2. Definitions:
a. Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB) relates to any airborne object which
by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual features, does not
conform to any presently known aircraft or missile type, or which cannot be
positively identified as a familiar object.
b. Familiar Objects - Include balloons, astronomical bodies, birds, and so
forth.
3. Objectives: Air Force interest in unidentified flying objects is twofold:
First as a possible threat to the security of the United States and its forces,
and secondly, to determine technical aspects involved.
a. Air Defense. To date the flying objects reported have imposed no threat
to the security of the United States and its Possessions. However, the
possibility that new air vehicles, hostile aircraft or missiles may first be
regarded as flying objects by the initial observer is real. This requires that
sightings be reported as rapidly and as completely as information permits.
b. Technical Analysis thus far has failed to provide a satisfactory
explanation for a number of sightings reported. The Air Force will continue to
collect and analyze reports until all sightings can be satisfactorily
explained., bearing in mind that:
(1) To measure scientific advances, the Air Force must be informed on
experimentation and development of new air vehicles.
(2) The possibility exists that an air vehicle of revolutionary
configuration may be developed.
(3) The reporting of all pertinent factors will have a direct bearing on
the success of the technical analysis.
4. Responsibility:
a. Reporting. Commanders of all 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 ZI, to determine the identity of any UFOB.
c. Analysis. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will analyze and evaluate: All information and
evidence reported within the ZI after the Air Defense Command has exhausted all
efforts to identify the UFOB; and all information and evidence collected in
overseas areas.
d. Cooperation. All activities will cooperate with Air Defense Command
representatives to insure the economical and prompt success of an
investigation, including the furnishing of air and ground transportation, when
feasible.
5. Guidance. The thoroughness and quality of a report or investigation into
incidents of unidentified flying objects are limited only by the
resourcefulness and imagination of the person responsible for preparing the
report. Guidance set forth below is based on experience and has been found
helpful in evaluating incidents.
a. Theodolite measurements of changes of azimuth and elevation and angular
size.
b. Interception, identification, or air search
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*This Regulation supersedes AFR 200-2, 26 August 1953, Including Change 200-2A,
2 November 1953.
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action. these actions may be taken if appropriate and within the scope of
existing air defense regulations.
c. Contact with local aircraft control and Warning (AC&W) units, ground
observer corps (GOC) posts and filter centers, pilots and crews of aircraft
aloft at the time and place of sighting whenever feasible, and any other
persons or organizations which may have factual data bearing on the UFOB or may
be able to offer corroborating evidence, electronic or otherwise.
d. Consultation with military and civilian weather forecasters to obtain
data on: Tracks of weather balloons released in the area, since these often
are responsible for sightings; and any unusual meteorological activity which
may have a bearing on the UFOB.
e. Consultation with astronomers in the area to determine whether any
astronomical body or phenomenon would account for or have bearing on the
observation.
f. Contact with military and civilian tower operators, air operations
offices, and so forth, to determine whether the sighting could be the result of
misidentification of known aircraft.
g. Contact with persons who might have knowledge of experimental aircraft
of unusual configuration, rocket and guided missile firings, and so forth in
the area.
6. ZI Collection. The Air Defense Command has a direct interest in the facts
pertaining to UFOB's reported within the ZI and has, in the 4602d Air
Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS), the capability to investigate these
reports. The 4602d AISS is composed of specialists trained for field
collection and investigation of matters of air intelligence interest which
occur within the zone of the ZI. This squadron is highly mobile and deployed
throughout the ZI as follows: Flights are attached to air defense divisions,
detachments are attached to each of the defense forces, and the squadron
headquarters is located at Peterson Field, Colorado, adjacent to Headquarters,
Air Defense Command. Air Force activities, therefore, should establish and
maintain liaison with the nearest element of this squadron. This can be
accomplished by contacting the appropriate echelon of the Air Defense Command
as outlined above.
a. All Air Force activities are authorized to conduct such preliminary
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.
b. On occasions - after initial reports submitted - additional data is
required which can be developed more economically by the nearest Air Force
activity, such as narrative statements, sketches, marked maps, charts, and so
forth. Under such circumstances, appropriate commanders will be contacted by
the 4602d AISS.
c. Direct communication between echelons of the 4602d AISS and Air Force
activities is authorized.
7. Reporting. Information relating to unidentified flying objects will be
reported promptly. The method (electrical or written) and priority of the
dispatch will be selected in accordance with the apparent intelligence value
of the information. In most instances, reports will be made by electrical
means: Information over 24 hours old will be given a "deferred" precedence.
reports over 3 days old will be made by written report prepared on AF Form 112,
Air Intelligence Information report, and AF Form 112a, Supplement to AF Form
112.
a. Addressees:
(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 ZI only.)
(c) Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio.
(d) Director of Intelligence, Headquarters, USAF, Washington 25, D.C.
(2) Written Reports:
(a) Within the ZI, reports will be submitted direct to the Air Defense
Command. Air Defense Command will reproduce the report and
distribute it to interested ZI intelligence agencies. The original
report together with the notation of the distribution effected then
will be forwarded to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
USAF, Washington 25, D.C.
(b) Outside the ZI, reports will be submitted direct to the Director of
Intelligence, Headquarters, USAF, Washington 25, D.C. as prescribed
in "intelligence Collection Instructions" (ICI), June 1954.
b. Short Title. "UFOB" will appear at the beginning of the text of
electrical messages and in the subject of written reports.
c. Negative Data. The word "negative"
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in reply to any numbered item of the report format will indicate that all
logical leads were developed without success. The phrase "not applicable"
(N/A) will indicate that the question does not apply tot he sighting being
investigated.
d. Report Format Reports will include the following numbered items:
(1) Description of the object(s):
(a) Shape
(b) Size compared to known object (use one of the following terms: Head
of a pin, pea, dime, nickel, quarter, half dollar, silver dollar,
baseball, grapefruit, or basketball) held in the hand at about arms
length.
(c) Color.
(d) Number.
(e) Formation, if more than one.
(f) Any discernible features or details.
(g) Tail, trail, or exhaust, including size of same compared to size of
object(s).
(h) Sound. If heard, describe sound.
(i) Other pertinent or unusual features.
(2) Description of course of object(s):
(a) What first called the attention of the observer(s) to the
object(s)?
(b) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the objects when first observed.
(c) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the objects upon disappearance.
(d) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object(s).
(e) Manner of disappearance of objects(s)
(f) Length of time in sight
(3) Manner of observation:
(a) Use one or a 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 of 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 he 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) Identifying 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 sightings:
(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', if
available.
(c) ceiling.
(d) Visibility.
(e) Amount of cloud cover.
(f) Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located.
(8) Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological,
astronomical, or otherwise, which might account for the sighting.
(9) Interception and identification action taken. (Such action may be
taken whenever feasible, complying with existing air defense
directives.)
(10) Location of any air traffic in the general 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(s).
(12) Security. Reports should be unclassified unless inclusion of data
required by c and d below mandates a higher classification.
8. Evidence. The existence of physical evidence (photographs or materiel) 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 identified as to place, time, and date
of the incident
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(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 accordance with AFR 95-6.
b. Materiel Suspected or actual items of materiel which come into the
possession of any Air Force Echelon will be safeguarded 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 response to local
inquiries, it is permissible to in form news media representatives on UFOB's
when the object is positively identified as a familiar object (see paragraph
2b), except that the following type of data warrants 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 many unknowns
involved.
By Order of the Secretary of the Air Force:
Official: N.F. Twining
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
K.E. THIEBAUD
Colonel, USAF
Air Adjutant General
DISTRIBUTION:
S; X
ONI, Department of the Navy 200
G-2, Department of the Army 10
