UFOB - The Black Vault

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REl..EA E OF neTS
AFR 21)(}..2 i!r qui'be eXjJllcit !1bout what fac ta ;nay or may not be
relensed t o the public about UPOB' s by t he agenoies ooncerlled lIith
them. 'lhese categories are set forth .belo\f:
1. Releaseoble '
a. S\.mrl1aries of evaluated dat.a i nfonning the public on the subj ect
of UFOB' II will be rel 911sed by Headquarters USAF only.
b. 46C2d AISS personnel rnny inform nel'ls media r epresentatives on
UFOB'S, in response t o l ooal inquiries, 1Ihen the object 1e po81tively
id,lntified as a f amiliar object. Vlhen the object 1s not Blq)lainable,
only the fact t,hat ATIC will AIlalyze t he data is worthy of r elease.
2. Non-l'6leaseable
. a. 'lhe follO'l'dng data should not he rsvealed:
(1) names of princi pals
(2) intercept and invostigation procedures
(3) ol assi fied radar data
At the 8811le t i me, ore mus t remember t hat it is m181ntormat 1on in
the minds of the public on t he IJUbject of UFOB's that the Air Forde
is trying to prevent. If a member of the public wants to rel ease
infonllat ion about a UFOE which he has seen or reported, there 1 11
nothing that can be done about it. Every effor t will be made, On our
part , to dissociate the opinioua and statements of t he publio fr01ll
the offici al releases malle by members of' the Air Force, in aooordance
with the or1teria set forth above.
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