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[01/08/1997 - 09/11/1997]: 24194018-20060474F-001-018-2023

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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

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LINE2: ZNR UUUUU

LINE3: R 060335Z MAR 97

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OSRI: RUESPF

DTG: 060335Z MAR 97

ORIG: FBIS

TO: AIG 4673

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RHFJJXS/NAVCRIMINVSERVRA RODMAN PM

RHFJPUA/USCOMSOLANT

RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI

RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI

RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI

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RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS

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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

Cases discussed

  • Roswell Incident 1947
    explosion of a UFO in New Mexico in 1947 and the results of an autopsy... kept a secret by the Americans

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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. 48 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.