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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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U!JCI·ASS IF IED •' foreign territory (see paragraph 210), the post-landing report will cont8tin all the information available concerning the sighting. . ~·~·- Examnle: EMERGENCY US GOVT TO: CINCONAD, ENT AFB, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. CIRVIS. REFER 281350Z, 2814352 and 2814462 SEPTEViBER 1955 CONCERNING 6 JET BOiviBERS TRAVELING DUE WEST OF BERHUDA TOWARD EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. AIBCRAFT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS USAF B-1+7 BY CREW AND PASSENGERS. VISIBILITY UNLlliITED. IDENTIFICATION VERIFIED AT 281t1-572. SIGHED MOORE PAA CLIPPER 45V. 206 ADDRESSING a. Aircraft. It is paramount t:riat all CIRVIS r-eports reach the appropriate military corrur.ands as quic::ly as possible. The reports, therefore, shall be transmitted as soon as possible after the sighting. Ground procedures have been established to handle CIBVIS repo.t'ts by either military or civil facilities, so the same procedures as those now established and in use by pilots for air traffic control shall be followed. When contact by civil or military pilots cannot be established with any ground communica- tions station, efforts shall be made to relay the CIBVIS reports .., via other aircraft with which c01:ununication is possible. (1) Post-landing reports should be addressed to CINCONAD, Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado, or RCAF Air Defense Command Headqu~rters, St. Hubert, Quebec, if. the sighting occurred within or ad iacent to the Noj'th AmericaIL.QQ11tinent. Whichever of these headquarters receives the report will immediately notify the other and also all other addressees of the original report(s). If the sighting(s) occurred in other areas, the post-landing report should be made to the nearest US or Canadian military or diplomatic representative in that area who will forward the report as prescribed in subparagraph 206b(l)(a). '·
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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.