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This Clinton Presidential Library folder of NSC cables, filed under "Flying Saucer or UFO" and covering January to September 1997, holds several cables plus a withdrawal sheet listing three redacted items. A Tel Aviv embassy media report notes an Israeli cartoon about a January 5 UFO alert. An FBIS translation reports that a Colombian helicopter landed in Rubio, Venezuela, prompting UFO speculation. A DoD briefing transcript quotes Kenneth Bacon saying a CIA study found no evidence of UFOs, and an FBIS summary covers Cuban radio claims about the 1947 New Mexico crash.
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## Cable PREC: ROUTINE CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED LINE1: RAAUZYUW RUESPFA7776 0650335-UUUU--RHEHOND. LINE2: ZNR UUUUU LINE3: R 060335Z MAR 97 LINE4: FM FBIS (b)(3) OSRI: RUESPF DTG: 060335Z MAR 97 ORIG: FBIS TO: AIG 4673 RHDIAAA/AFOSI REGION 2 RTAC LANGLEY AFB VA RHFJJXL/MARFORSOUTH LN ELEM PM//G-2// RHFJJXS/NAVCRIMINVSERVRA RODMAN PM RHFJPUA/USCOMSOLANT RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RHLBAAF/CDR470THMIBDE COROZAL PM//IAPP-D// RHLBAAQ/USCINCSO SCJ2 QUARRY HEIGHTS PM RUCKMEA/II MEF MARFOR UNITAS//S-2// RUDHNIS/DIRNAVCRIMINVSERV WASHINGTON DC RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//FOR ARA/AND// RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS RUEHIA/USIA WASHINGTON DC//R// RUEHIA/USIA WASHINGTON DC//R/MR// RUWGTCH/JIATF WEST RUWMEGA/CDR 1ST BDE 228TH AVN BN FT KOBBE RUWMEGA/CDR 1-228 AVN REG FT KOBBE PM//R2// ACCT FBPA-EWDK INFO: //// SUBJ: Colombian Helicopter Lands in Venezuela, Causes Confusion TEXT: UNCLAS 6T WARNING: TOPIC: MILITARY, INTERNATIONAL SERIAL: (b)(30603033597 COUNTRY: VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA SUBJ: Colombian Helicopter Lands in Venezuela, Causes Confusion SOURCE: Caracas El Nacional (Internet version) in Spanish 4 Mar 97 TEXT: [Report by Eleonora Delgado] [FBIS Translated Text] San Cristobal (SPECIAL) -- A large police and military mobilization took place over the weekend in Rubio, Junin Municipality, Tachira State, after a helicopter, presumably
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. 48 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.