Documents / FOIA release
JANAP 146 is a joint US and Canadian communications publication, released here by the National Security Agency, that sets out uniform instructions for reporting vital intelligence sightings to military authorities. It covers CIRVIS reports from aircraft and land observers and MERINT reports from vessels. Unidentified flying objects appear among the reportable items, along with missiles, hostile aircraft and submarines. The document also covers message precedence, report contents, routing to CINCONAD and RCAF Air Defense Command, security penalties for unauthorized disclosure, evaluation categories and charges.
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.~ prosecution under Title 18 of the US Code, Chapter 37, or the Canad~an Official Secrets Act of 1939, as amended. -=·-~-- SECTION DI - EVALUATION REPORTS 209 ACTION BY ACTIVITIES a. All investigative measures and evaluation processes in- stituted by addressees and by originating authorities, where applicable, will be handled in accordance with existing procedures and reported in accordance with these instructio?s, insuring that appropriate commands as listed in paragraph 206 are kept fully informed of investicative results and evaluations. These evalua- tions shall be expressed in terms indicating the reported •ighting as being Positive, Probable, Possible, Dnprobable or !Jo Threat insofar as being a threat to the se~urity_..Qf.. the United States of America or Canada or their forcef.1, or an explanation of the subject reported when :Vw.1own, b. The first two words of the te:,:t of an evaluation report shall be "CIRVIS EVALUATION" followed by the do.te-time group and/or other identificatj_on of the crnvrs report( s) being evaluated. SECTION V - SPECIAL COiTSIDEHATIOES 210 RAD IO TRJ\NSM rss ION RESTRICT IONS ... CIRVIS reports will not be transmitted bjr radio while over foreign territory, other than Greenland 01· Iceland, but will be transmitted as soon as practicable upon leaving foreign terri- torial boundaries. Foreign territory includes all territory ex- cept international water areas and territory under the jurisdic- tion of the United States of America and Canada. SECTION VI - COfl,iERCIAL CHARGES 211 .QtlA!l.GES. a. All charges incurred in handling CIRVIS reports through U.S. facilities will be charged to the Department of the Air 2-10
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FOIA release, from the nsa collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 13 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.