1 - The Black Vault

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AF/CX 80/70
PS/US of S(RAF) ~rough DUS(Airl7
Copies to: AUS(O)(Air)
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D of Ops(S)(RAF)
DST1
DR Met 0
DPR(R..\F)
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SUGGESTED NEW PROCEDURES
1. \fuen the USAF announced in December 1969 the termination of project
Blue Book (which was a special us unit set up to investigate reports of
UFOe) the ?-iOD postion concerning UFO investigations was reviewed.
vas decided early in 1970 that our policies and procedures for deaJ1ng
with these reports should continue unchanged.
The authority of the
then US of S(RAF) was recorded in the papers associated With Parliamentary
Enquiry AF/PS 26/70, which were cirouiated to copy addressees
under l.oQse minute AF/X58/64 dated 24th March 1970 (not to AUS(O)(Air).
2. In accordance W1 th this procedure UFO reports are currentl.y circulated,
either by S4(A1r) or AFOR, to STCOC, Ops(GE)2(RAF), STCIC and
D155. When it is concluded that there is no defence implication it is
our current practice .to mekJ an assessment o:t the identity of the
object from available in:tormation; if the report is not llkeJ..y to have
originated :trom an aircraft movement advice may be sought :from Met 09
if a meteorological
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.balloon might have been involved, or from the RoyaJ.
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Observatory i:t a star or planet might have been the source. 'de do not
pursue our enquiries to a point where a positive identification is.,
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established, nor do we re-examine our conclusions if the observer disagrees
w1 th them.
\ie do not investigate anonymous reports, nor,
normally, reports forwarded by UFO associations on behalf of third
parties.
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