Miscellaneous

PUBLIC AFFAIRS Pl.AN
FOR REI.EASE OF INFORMATION RE JAL 1628 UFO
JANUARY 5, 1987
1. A specific date should be chosen to release all the data. Suggest
10 :00 am March 5, 1987.
2 . Staff assignments should be made to a variety of specialists to
complete the research and assist the Public Affairs Office as
needed.
3. All known material/information should be collected, analyzed,
arranged in logical order, and agency conclusions completed for
release on March 5, 1987.
4. Additional materials, under the guidance of the Public Affairs
Office, can be created as needed to help explain the basic data
5. A list of all available known information, with a description,
length, and cost to obtain should be prepared by the Public Affairs
Office for response to written inquiries. This would allow the
public to pick and choose the items that want based on subject and
cost.
6. A press conference, (March 5, 1987, 10:00 am) with one week prior
notice to all interested news media, should be held to release all
the material. The 10:00 am time has been chosen to fit the regular
work schedule of the ABC, CBS, NBC, film crews (no overtime
needed), and provide competing daily newspapers with information
prior to press deadlines. Thursday was chosen specifically to fit
the deadlines of the East-coast news market.
7 . A complete free package of all material should be provided to any
bona-fide news media inquiry, along with an index to items of
special interest, to preclude any "cover-up".
8. All questions should be answered at the press conference.
9. All agency effort, investigation, materials, conclusions, etc.,
should be completed and released at the press conference.
10 . Material delivery requested by media and public via OHL, Federal
Express, or other personal pickup, should be sent out the day or
night before the press conference, depending on the distance of
travel , so that all materials will arrive at the destination at
approximately 10:00 am of March 5, 1987.
11 . All inquires for information should be promptly filled.
12. Radio interviews, talk shows, telephone and personal interviews
regarding the incident should be done by the Public Affairs Officer
only. There is no other authorized release of information without
the consent of the Public Affairs Office.
13 . A complete package of the written materials will be collected and
deposited with a Government publishing house (NTIS) for future
public access at a nominal cost, thereby relieving the agency of
future response .