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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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VNCLA.3SIFIED •' (Aircraft) EMERGENCY - CIRVIS REPORT ~ AIR FORCE TWO FIVE NINE THREE SIGHTED FORMATION OF SIX JET BOMBERS - CONFIG- ~~ URATION IS SWEPT WING WITH EIGHT JET ENGilIBS - TWO HUNDRED HILES EAST OF BEfiliiUDA ON THIRTEEN MAY AT ONE THREE FIVE ZERO ZEBRA - ALTITUDE THREE FIVE THOUSAND - HEADING TWO SEVEN ZERO DEGREES - NO HARKINGS OBSERVED - OVER (Aeronautical Station) KINDLEY - ROGER - Ol:"T Example of a radioteler:rc:.nh transmission: (Aircraft) XXX :XXX :XXX AFA3 DE A4320 (Aeronautical Station) Al+820 DE AFA3 K (Aircraft) Y - CIRVIS REPORT. A4-820 SIG-B'I'ED ••••••••••••••• ETC. (Aeronau7:1.cal Station) A4-820 DE AFA3 R AR 205 ADDITIONAL CIRVIS REPORTS a. Additional reports shouid be made if more information be- comes available concerning a previously sighted object. These reports should contain a reference to the original report suffi- cient to identify them with the original sighting. Exn~ple o~ a radioteleuhone transmission: rAircraft) PAN PAN PAN - KINDLEY THIS IS AIR FORCE TWO FIVE NINE THREE - CIRVIS REPORT - OVER (Aeronautical Station) AIR FORCE TWO FIVE NINE THREE - THIS IS KINDLEY GO AHEAD (Aircra"'.ft) EMERGENCY - THE SIX JET BOMBERS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AT ONE THREE FIVE ZERO ZEBRA BY AIR FORCE TWO FIVE NINE THREE ARE NOW ONE THREE ZERO MILES WEST OF BERMUDA AT ONE FOUR THREE FIVE ZEBRA - HEADING TWO SEVEN ZERO DEGREES - OVER 2-4-
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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.