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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JUST MEANS THAT THIS IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO FINE TUNE THE OPERATION. Q: AT ANY TIME DID THE SECURITY GUARDS DRAW THEIR GUNS? THE AIDE, FRAZIER, WAS NOT ARMED. FRANKLY, FREEMAN DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DRAW HIS GUN. Q: IS THERE NO PANIC BUTTON UP THERE? DO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY, PHONE FOR HELP? A: IN THIS CASE THEY PHONED. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A PANIC BUTTON. I'LL FIND THAT OUT. I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I'LL FIND THAT OUT. Q: YOU MENTIONED HE RENTED HIS CAR ON FRIDAY AT BWI PAGE 05 RUEKJCS7745 UNCLAS AIRPORT. A: RIGHT. Q: DO WE KNOW IF HE FLEW INTO BWI THAT DAY, OR HE WAS... A: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CHECK. HE IS FROM CALIFORNIA, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE'D BEEN IN THE AREA. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS: DID HE FLY IN HERE WITH THE WEAPON AND THE 130 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, OR DID HE ACQUIRE THEM HERE? IF HE ACQUIRED THEM HERE, HOW DID HE DO IT IF HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD? THOSE ARE STILL QUESTIONS WE'RE LOOKING INTO. AS I SAY, THE FELLOW IS STILL BEING QUESTIONED. Q: WHAT OTHER INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED? A: MANY. THE FBI, FOR ONE, IS INVOLVED. Q: YOU SAY OFFICER, IS THAT HIS RANK? OFFICER FREEMAN? AND THE SPELLING OF MR. FRAZIER'S NAME? AND IS THAT HIS RANK AS WELL? A: HE'S CALLED A SECURITY AIDE. I BELIEVE THAT FRAZIER IS SPELLED THE NORMAL WAY, F-R-A-S-E-R [CORRECTED TO F-R-A-Z-I-E-R], BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. MARVIN IS HIS FIRST NAME. AND THERE ARE TEN OF THOSE. THERE ARE ABOUT TEN AIDES AND 220 OFFICERS WHO ALL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF WEEKS OF TRAINING PAGE 06 RUEKJCS7745 UNCLAS BEFORE THEY BECOME OFFICERS, AND THAT'S FOLLOWED BY ABOUT 12 WEEKS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ONCE THEY GET HERE. Q: AM I ACCURATE IN MY PERCEPTION THAT THERE WAS ONE ARMED OFFICER STANDING BETWEEN THIS FELLOW AND NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, ALL THE STAFF UPSTAIRS, AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING, AND AT ONE POINT THIS GUY HAD THE DROP ON THAT GUARD THAT WAS ARMED, MR. FREEMAN? A: NO. YOU'RE NOT ENTIRELY RIGHT. THERE WAS ONE OFFICER AND ONE AIDE AND THE SECURITY DESK. YOU KNOW THE MACHINE FOR CHECKING PACKAGES IS THERE. BUT YES, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THERE AND THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE ADEQUATE TO APPREHEND THIS FELLOW AND DISARM HIM. Q: BUT THERE WAS NOTHING BETWEEN THAT SECURITY DESK AND NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, RIGHT? Q: DID THE SECURITY DOORS NOT CLOSE? A: HE WAS ALREADY INSIDE. I DON'T BELIEVE THE DOORS CLOSED. THERE IS A PANIC BUTTON AT THE DESK, IN RESPONSE TO AN
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.