Documents / Official release
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.
“The Pentagon”18 pages
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PAGE 02 RUEKJCS8442 UNCLAS STRATEGY SHOULD BE FOR THE NEXT 10,15,20 YEARS. AND A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN GOING INTO GETTING THAT STRATEGY PORTION WORKED OUT. THERE ARE DRAFTS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, BUT NOTHING IS FINAL YET. THERE'S STILL WORK BEING DONE ON THE STRATEGY PART, AND THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. IN PARALLEL TO THAT, THERE ARE SEVEN GROUPS, AS YOU KNOW, WORKING ON VARIOUS TOPICS. ALL OF THIS STUFF IS BEING INTEGRATED, GROUPS HAVE BEEN--ARE--LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THE PENTAGON CAN BE RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT SOME THINGS CAN BE DONE FOR LESS MONEY. SOME THINGS MAY HAVE TO BE DONE MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND MAY COST MORE MONEY. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CHOICES THAT WILL BE MADE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SIX WEEKS. Q: THE STRATEGY PORTIONS... IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT A WEEK OR SO FROM NOW EITHER THE TWO MRC STRATEGY WILL BE LOCKED IN PLACE OR SOMETHING WILL REPLACE IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY OVERALL STRATEGY? A: WELL, IT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT. IT'S BROADER THAN JUST WHETHER WE STICK WITH THE TWO MRC STRATEGY. IT REALLY IS ## PAGE 03 RUEKJCS8442 UNCLAS THE STRATEGY THAT WILL DEFINE THE WAY WE ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD. AND THE WAY WE THINK WE CAN BEST SHAPE EVENTS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO OUR NATIONAL WELL-BEING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WHAT TYPES OF FORCES DO WE NEED TO DO THAT, HOW BEST DO WE DO IT, WHAT SORT OF FORWARD DEPLOYMENTS DO WE NEED? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BY THAT. WE, I BELIEVE, WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE STRATEGY SECTION OF THE QDR BEFORE THE WHOLE STUDY IS COMPLETED. OUR HOPE IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT SOME TIME IN EARLY MAY BEFORE THE FINAL DOCUMENT IS DONE. AFTER THE STRATEGY PART IS COMPLETE, THEN A NUMBER OF CHOICES WILL HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT THAT STRATEGY. THAT WORK WILL BE DONE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. Q: A JAPANESE TELEVISION NETWORK HAS REPORTED THAT ACCORDING TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS, THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN NORTH KOREA. ONE OF THE REPORTS SAYING THAT SOME OF OUR TROOPS HAVE MOVED TO (INAUDIBLE). AND... A: SORRY? Q: ...HAVE MOVED TO THE BORDER REGION OF CHINA; AND THE OTHER ONE BEING SOME UNUSUAL TANK MOVEMENTS IN PYONGYANG. CAN ## PAGE 04 RUEKJCS8442 UNCLAS YOU CONFIRM THESE REPORTS? A: THERE HAVE BEEN... THE WINTER IS USUALLY THE MOST INTENSE TRAINING PERIOD FOR THE NORTH KOREAN MILITARY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT TRAINING EXERCISES RECENTLY, SOME OF WHICH WERE REPORTED BY THE SENATE DELEGATION THAT'S JUST COME OUT OF NORTH KOREA.
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.