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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.
“The Pentagon”18 pages
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PREC: PRIORITY CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED LINE1: PTTUZYUW RUEKJCS7744 2172231-UUUU--RHEHAAA RHEHWSR. LINE2: ZNR UUUUU LINE3: P 052225Z AUG 97 FORWARD TO PAO LINE4: FM SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//ASD PA/DDI// OSRI: RUEKJCS DTG: 052225Z AUG 97 ORIG: SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//ASD PA/DDI// TO: AIG 8775 INFO: ///// SUBJ: DOD NEWS BRIEFING - CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997 AT TEXT: UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 SUBJ: DOD NEWS BRIEFING - CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997 AT 1:15 P.M. (EDT) BY MR. KENNETH H. BACON, ASD (PA) AT THE PENTAGON MR. BACON: GOOD AFTERNOON. SORRY I'M LATE FOR THE EARLY BRIEFING. I'VE BEEN GETTING BRIEFED BY CHIEF JESTER ON THE SECURITY INCIDENT HERE THIS MORNING, AND I'D BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. BUT BEFORE I START, LET ME MAKE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. ON FRIDAY THE 8TH AT 11:00, ALAN LIOTTA, WHO IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING PERSONNEL OFFICE, WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE LATEST RETURN OF REMAINS FROM NORTH KOREA. HE WILL GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED, TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP IN OUR DEALINGS WITH NORTH KOREA OVER THIS CRUCIAL ISSUE OF GETTING REMAINS BACK, AND ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE LATEST EVENTS AS WELL AS WHAT WE EXPECT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. PAGE 02 RUEKJCS7744 UNCLAS SECOND, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME 14 ARMY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PEOPLE HERE FROM THE ADVANCED NCO COURSE. THEY ARE STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS FROM FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE NAVY. ADMIRAL PEASE IS HERE WITH SOME OFFICERS WHO WILL GIVE YOU A REPORT ON SOME NEW RESEARCH. I WILL INTRODUCE THEM AT THE END OF THE BRIEFING AS THEY TAKE OVER AFTER ME. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. Q: ON THE MATTER THIS MORNING, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED? ALSO, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE OFFICER WHO WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE GUN AWAY FROM HIM? A: LET ME TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. AT ABOUT 8:12 THIS MORNING, AN INDIVIDUAL TRIED TO GET INTO THE MALL ENTRANCE WITHOUT A PASS. THE OFFICER ASKED HIM TO STEP TO THE SIDE. VERY BRIEFLY HE PULLED A GUN, THE OFFICER DISARMED
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.