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[02/07/1995 - 05/08/1996]: 24194018-20060474F-001-017-2023

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This Clinton Presidential Library release holds NSC cables in a folder filed under "Flying Saucer or UFO" and dated February 1995 to May 1996. The withdrawal sheet shows three cables were withheld, among them "UFO Sighted" and "Paranormal Phenomena". The released cables include a US Embassy Baku media roundup and an FBIS summary of Peruvian television that mentions a UFO congress in Curitiba. An FBIS translation of Cuban radio reports a landed oval object near Torriente, Matanzas, and three objects seen over Sancti Spiritus in October 1995.

  • p. 19 …Jesus Diaz Loyola reports on this strange sighting: Begin recording Diaz Adolfo Zarate, a 74-year…
  • p. 20 that of the wind. Diaz The Cuban Academy of Sciences is looking into this extraordinary sighting…

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11 BRANCHES ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC DETAILS ON VISITING THE CENTER, RELATED FACILITIES AND UPCOMING EVENTS. "THE INTERNET HOMEPAGE IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF OUR MISSION AND IS A LARGE STEP TOWARD OUR GOAL OF MAKING INFORMATION ON THE NAVY'S RICH HERITAGE EASILY AVAILABLE TO FELLOW NAVY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ALIKE," SAID DR. WILLIAM S. DUDLEY, DIRECTOR OF NAVAL HISTORY. THE HISTORICAL CENTER, WITH ROOTS DATING TO 1800, IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORICAL ARM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. IT IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND IS THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR THE NAVY MUSEUM, THE NAVY ART COLLECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY LIBRARY, NAVAL AVIATION NEWS MAGAZINE, THE USS CONSTITUTION DISPLAY SHIP AND RESEARCH AND ARCHIVE

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BRANCHES TOUCHING ALL ASPECTS OF NAVY HISTORY.

(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1727).

-USN-

NNS1106. STATUS OF THE NAVY: MAY 7, 1996

PERSONNEL: 424,353 ACTIVE DUTY; 97,142 SELECTED RESERVES;

230,601 CIVILIANS

AIRCRAFT: 4,921

SHIPS: 363

AT SEA: 220 SHIPS (61%)

DEPLOYED: 109 SHIPS (30%); 37,956 PERSONNEL

EXERCISES: 13

PORT VISITS: 11

SSNS AT SEA: 43 (54%)

CARRIERS/AIRWINGS AT SEA:

USS ENTERPRISE - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC

USS INDEPENDENCE - WESTERN PACIFIC

USS JOHN F. KENNEDY - LOCAL OPERATIONS, WESTERN ATLANTIC

USS NIMITZ - PORT VISIT, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON - GULF OF OMAN

LHAS/LHDS/LHPS AT SEA:

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USS BELLEAU WOOD - SASEBO, JAPAN

USS GUAM - OPERATION ASSURED RESPONSE, SOUTHERN ATLANTIC

USS NASSAU - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC

USS PELELIU - EASTERN PACIFIC

USS SAIPAN - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC

USS TARAWA - WESTERN PACIFIC

SHIPS ASSIGNED TO MIDDLE EAST TASK FORCE:

USS CARON, USS UNDERWOOD, USS YOUNG, USS DAVIS, USS THACH,

USS ARDENT, USS DEXTROUS

OTHER EXERCISES/OPERATIONS:

COUNTER-DRUG OPERATIONS, CARIBBEAN

OPERATION DEEP FREEZE, ANTARCTICA

OPERATION DECISIVE EDGE/ENHANCEMENT, ADRIATIC SEA

OPERATION VIGILANT SENTINEL, OMAN

-USN-

NNS1107. THIS WEEK IN NAVY HISTORY: MAY 8, 1945 (V-E DAY) --

THE DAY AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERED, PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND PRIME

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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 35 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.