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This is a 26 May 1967 supplement to AFR 80-17, the Air Force regulation on Unidentified Flying Objects, issued by the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area at Tinker Air Force Base and signed by Major General Melvin F. McNickle. It makes the Service Engineering Division responsible for investigating UFO sightings in the Tinker area and sets out reporting and public information procedures. Attached staffing forms include a 1970 review that marked the supplement for rescission after AFR 80-17 itself was rescinded.
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OKLAHOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL AREA Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 73145 26 May 1967 # Research and Development # UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) AFR 80-17,19 September 1966, is supplemented as follows to establish responsibilities for screening, investigating and reporting of UFO sightings within the Tinker Air Force Base area. 3. The Service Engineering Division (OCNE) will be responsible for the UFO program at OCAMA. 3c.1 Investigative and reporting responsibilities: (1) OCNE will: (a) Investigate all UFO sightings reported within the Tinker Air Force Base area. (b) Refer reports of UFO sightings occurring outside the Tinker Air Force Base area to the commander of the Air Force base nearest the scene of the reported sighting. (2) The Base Operations and Training Division (OCBO) will furnish all available information of UFO sightings by persons in airborne military or civilian aircraft within the Tinker Air Force Base area. (3) All organizations in the Tinker Air Force Base area will telephone reports of UFO sightings to the UFO project officer: BERNARD HESTER Chief, Administrative Services (a) During normal duty hours, Ext 3276. 2170 (b) During nonduty hours, OCAMA Command Post, Ext 2171. The Command Post will then contact the UFO project officer. Minimum information required is name, address and telephone number of persons reporting the sightings. Prompt reporting is required for timely investigation of UFO sightings. 5c. OCNE will notify the Office of Information (OCK) of each UFO sighting. OCK will be responsible for release of information for the base commander in accordance with paragraph 5c, AFR 80-17. 6. OCNE will prepare and submit reports as required. MELVIN F. McNICKLE Major General, USAF Commander
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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. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.