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This Defense Intelligence Agency compilation brings together several Department of Defense intelligence information reports on UFO sightings from 1968 to 1976. It includes 1968 reports of UFOs over South China and the Taiwan Strait, a 1970 South Korean report on possible North Korean balloons, and a table of Spanish sightings from 1973 to 1974 taken from the local press. It also contains a Pakistani report of a light seen before an earthquake and the USDAO Tehran account of F-4 jets losing instruments while chasing a UFO in September 1976.
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CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION REPORT TO: (For Collection Manager's Use) IR NUMBER 2221 0123 70 IR DATE 7A 93 97 TOARG SICR NUMBER/OTHER REFERENCE DATE IR RECD BY ADDRESSEE 7A 93 13 THRU: SUBJECT (0) UFO Lighting DATE IR RECD BY EVALUATOR 70 04 20 TARGET COUNTRY(S) KN/KS IR ORIGINATOR 5 02d 9m NOTE TO EVALUATOR: Do not complete this evaluation unless you have responsibility for subject matter in the Report. Write appropriate number in boxes below: A. USABILITY 3 2 1. GREAT 2. MODERATE 3. SLIGHT 4. NONE (See Remarks) 3 3 B. VALIDITY 2 3 1. PROBABLY TRUE 2. CANNOT JUDGE 3. DOUBTFUL (See Remarks) 2 3 C. HOW MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION IS BEING REPORTED FOR THE FIRST TIME 3 3 D. WAS REPORT RECEIVED BY REQUIREMENT SUSPENSE DATE 3 3 1. YES 2. NO 3. NOT APPLICABLE 3 3 E. REASON FOR EVALUATION 1. SICR OR DIRM III 2. REQUEST BY COLLECTOR 3. SELECTION BY COLLECTION MANAGER 4. INITIATIVE 3 3 F. IF REPORT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A SICR OR DIRM III ITEM, IT SATISFIED REQUIREMENT 1. COMPLETELY 2. PARTIALLY 3. NOT AT ALL REMARKS Use this space to amplify responses checked above. Comment, when appropriate, how reporting could be improved, how the information was or will be used, include suggestions for follow-up. Although it is a distinct possibility that large balloons can be used as delivery systems for men/weapons, the fact that these may be meteorological sounding balloons must be considered. Further information concerning the height, altitude, rate of rise, and character of movements of the objects would aid in the evaluation of the usability and validity of this report. GROUP 3 Downgraded 12 year intervals: not automatically declassified Insert special security precautions or markings and downgrading information.
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