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"UFO" DOCUMENTS REVIEWED AND RELEASED 7 FEB 2000
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28-March-2000 - Although we have waited long periods of time for FOIA
responses before, we were surprised to receive a packet of documents
from the State Department in response to a FOIA request dated August 30,
1994.
The packet included 22 communications between various Embassies and the Secretary of State in Washington DC, which range in date between November 1973 and January 1994. Some of these deal with space hardware such as satellites and rocket boosters which were observed burning up in as they re-entered Earth's atmosphere , or fragments of which were discovered on the ground. One telex from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa, dated in November 1973 dealing with an "object" which had been found bearing "Cyrillic characters." The subject of this one telex is "Project Moondust." Whether or not some or all of these documents have been released before is unknown to us, but all of these items bear a review authority notice dated 7 Feb 2000. I have selected several of the more interesting reports to present below. By "more interesting," I mean those which did not include positive indication of the source of the object(s) reported. Among those reports excluded are several that have to do with the Grenadan initiative to create an agency within the United Nations to address the subject of UFOs. - Jim Klotz CUFON SYSOP ================================================================ Text presentation notes: A single row of double lines (=====) indicate a break between pages of the same document
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United States Department of State MAR 15 2000 Mr. Dale Goudie RE: Freedom of Information Act Request No.9404243 Dear Mr. Goudie Pursuant to your request, this office initiated a search of the Central Foreign Policy Records (the principal records system of the Department of State). That search has been completed, and has resulted in the retrieval of 22 documents responsive to your request. The Division of Classification Review has reviewed these documents. The results of that review are set forth in the accompanying letter (with enclosures) of Director Margaret P. Grafeld. Accordingly, the Information Response Branch has now completed the processing of your request. The Freedom of Information Act permits Federal agencies to recover the direct costs of searching for and duplicating records that have been requested for non-commercial use. However, no fee may be charged either for the first two hours of search time or for the first one hundred pages of duplication or, in any event, if the costs of routine collection and processing of the fee are likely to equal or exceed the amount of the fee. Inasmuch as two or fewer hours of search time have been expended and one hundred or fewer pages have been duplicated, your request has been processed without charge to you If you have any questions with respect to the processing of your request, you may write to the Office of Information Resources Management Programs and Services, Department of State, A/RPS/IPS/CR/IR, SA-2, Room 6001, Washington, D.C. 20522-6001, or telephone: (202) 261-8314. Please be sure to refer to your request number in all correspondence about this case. Sincerely, /s/ Enclosures: As stated ================================================================
United States Department of State MAR 15 2000 Case Control No. 199404243 Mr. Dale Goudie Dear Mr. Goudie: I refer to your letter of August 30, 1994, requesting the release of certain Department of State material under the Freedom of Information Act (Title 5 USC Section 552). A search of files under the Department's control has resulted in the retrieval of 22 documents which appear relevant to your request. We have determined that all may be released. Sincerely, /s/ Enclosures: ================================================================
UNCLASSIFIED { E56 }RELEASED IN FULL PAGE 0l ISLAMA
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FOLLOWING SENT ACTION ISLAMABAD 2/4/81 BEING REPEATED FOR YOUR INFO. QUOTE: PESHAWAR 0047 E.O. 12065: RDS-4 2/4/01 (ARCWRD, D.B.)
OR-M 1. (C) ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I AM CONVINCED THAT THERE IS SUBSTANCE IN THE MANY TRAVELLERS' REPORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN THAT THE RED ARMY IS USING A TYPE OF VERY POWERFUL, HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT THERE. THE LIGHT MAY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH PERIMETER DEFENSE AND/OR ROAD SECURITY. 3. WE HAVE HEARD AND REPORTED ACCOUNTS OF THIS PHENOMENON SINCE SEPTEMBER, PRIMARILY FROM FRENCH JOURNALISTS AND ADVENTURERS. THESE HAVE DESCRIBED STRANGE LIGHTS ILLUMINATING LARGE PORTIONS - TYPICALLY AS MUCH AS OR MORE THAN ONE QUARTER - OF THE AFGHAN SKY. THE LOCATIONS OF THE SIGHTINGS REPORTED TO US HAVE BEEN GHAZNI (AUGUST, 1980), GARDEZ,
PAGE 02 ISLAMA 01515 051212Z NURISTAN (SEPT., 1980) AND KHOST (JAN., 1981). 4. ACCOUNTS HAVE IN COMMON THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LIGHTS, THE DISTANCES FROM WHICH THEY ARE DISCERNIBLE, AND THE SIZE OF THE AREAS THEY APPEAR TO ILLUMINATE (MORE - PERHAPS MUCH MORE - THAN 5 MILES IN DIAMERTER). ACCOUNTS DIFFER IN THAT SOME SPEAK OF NARROW BEAMS WHICH ARE COMPARED WITH LASER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE n/a Page: 1 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 2 OR SEARCH LIGHTS, AS A PART OF THE PHENOMENON. MOST, THOUGH, SPEAK OF MORE DIFFUSED ILLUMINATION. ACCOUNTS DIFFER AS TO WHETHER LIGHTS SLOWLY WAX AND WANE, OR REACH MAXIMUM INTENSITY AND TURN OFF INSTANTLY. 5. I HAD BEEN SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE STORIES, WHICH HAVE A UFO CAST, UNTIL NBC PRODUCER JOE DE COLA RETURNED FROM PAKTIA LAST MONTH. I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW DE COLA WELL AND CONSIDER HIM AN ACCURATE, CAREFUL OBSERVOR. WHILE HE WAS PASSING NEAR KHOST (MATUN) ABOUT JAN.1, DE COLA AND HIS CREW "SAW THE LIGHT". AT THE TIME, THEY WERE ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF THE KHOST GARRISON. WHEN THEY BECAME AWARE OF IT, THE LIGHT SEEMED TO BE AT FULL INTENSITY. 6. THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT IT WAS BORNE BY A HELICOPTER WHICH WAS SEARCHING FOR THEM. IT DID NOT MOVE, HOWEVER, NOR WAS ANY AIRCRAFT (OR OTHER) MOTOR NOISE DISCERNABLE. THEY LEFT THE AREA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BUT WERE SURE THAT THE LIGHT REMAINED VISIBLE AND STATIONARY FOR AT LEASE 20 MINUTES. 7. DE COLA'S IMPRESSION WAS THAT THE LIGHT WAS GENERATED
FROM AN AIRBORNE SOURCE AT AN ALTITUDE OF SOME HUNDREDS OF FEET. BECAUSE
IT DID NOT MOVE, AND THERE WAS NO MOTOR NOISE, HE THINKS IT MAY HAVE
BEEN SUSPENDED FROM A BALLOOON. LIKE OTHER WITNESSES, HE REPORTS
BEING UNNERVED BY THE INTENSITY AND MAGNITUDE OF THE LIGHT AND WONDERS
IF IT IS INTENDED PRIMARILY
TO FRIGHTEN POTENTIAL ATTACKERS. 8. I ASKED DE COLA IF THE LIGHT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM SOMETHING LIKE THE HAND-HELD MAGNESIUM PARACHUTE FLARES SUCH AS ARE USED BY THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS QUITE SURE NOT, AS THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT AND THE DURATION WAS MUCH TOO LONG. AS FOR MORTAR-LAUNCHED FLARES, THERE WAS NO EXPLOSION AND AGAIN NO DRIFT. 9. ANOTHER MORE SPECIFIC STORY CAME FEB. 3 FROM FRENCHMAN DOMINIQUE VARGAS BASED ON A SIGHTING NEAR ASADABAD, KUNAR, IN SEPTEMBER. VARGAS, A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SEEMS TO HAVE SOME SCIENCE AS WELL AS MILITARY BACKGROUND, CLAIMS THE LIGHT HE SAW WAS "COLDER AND WHITER" THAN THAT FROM A TUNGSTEN SOURCE "WHICH WOULD BURN AT 3,500 DEGREES KELVIN". AT FIRST SIGHTING, THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED A MINIMUM DIAMETER OF 5 TO 10 KILOMETERS, IN WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A PERFECT AND CLEARLY OUTLINED HEMISPHERICAL SHAPE. THE PERIOD OF ILLUMINATION WAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WITH THE PERIOD OF GREATEST INTENSITY BEGINNING INSTANTLY AND LASTING TWO OR THREE MINUTES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SIZE OF THE ILLUMINATED HEMISPHERE EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY, WHILE THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT WITHIN IT n/a Page: 2 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 3 DIMINISHED GRADUALLY TO NOTHING. VARGAS THOUGHT THE LIGHT SOURCE WAS NOT AIRBORNE, AS THIS WOULD HAVE PRODUCED A MORE THAN HEMISPHERICAL SHAPE. AS WITH DE COLA, VARGAS HEARD NO NOISES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHT. 10. INTERESTINGLY, A NIGHT LIGHT PHENOMENON OVER ISLAMABAD'S MARGALA HILLS WAS SEEN BY DIPLOMATS AND OTHERS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND REPORTED IN THE PRESS. WE THINK THIS WAS PROBABLY OF THE MOVING LIGHT, CLASSIC UFO SCHOOL, AND NOT RELATED TO THE AFGHAN SIGHTINGS. ARCHARD UNQUOTE. KING
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---------------------------102479 290900Z /11 UNCLAS KUWAIT 0486 CINCEUR ALSO FOR POLAD E.O. 12065: N/A 1. A SERIES OF "UFO"SIGHTINGS ON NOVEMBER 9
CAUSED THE GOK TO APPOINT AN INVESTIGATORY COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS FROM THE
KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (KISR). THE COMMITTEE'S
REPORT WHICH WAS RELEASED JANUARY 20 DESCRIBED EIGHT SIGHTINGS FROM
NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 14. A NUMBER OF THE EARLY SIGHTINGS TOOK PLACE NEAR
A KUWAIT OIL COMPANY GATHERING CENTER NORTH OF KUWAIT CITY. RELEASE OF
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT WAS SOMETHING OF A MEDIA EVENT AS IT COINCIDED
WITH JAN 21 FRONT PAGE STORIES OF YET ANOTHER "UFO" SIGHTING
OVER KUWAIT CITY, WHICH INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
PAGE 02 KUWAIT 00486 290820Z 2. THE KISR COMMITTEE REJECTED THE NOTION THAT THE "UFO'S' WERE ESPIONAGE DEVICES BUT REMAINED EQUIVOCAL ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN. THE KISR COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE, RATIB ABU ID, TOLD EMBOFF THAT THE SCIENTISTS DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PHENOMENA TO SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THEY WEREN'T "SPACESHIPS," THE REPORT WENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE n/a UNCLASSIFIED Page: 1 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 2 ON TO RECOMMEND THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKE ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES TO PROTECT KUWAIT'S AIR SPACE AND TERRITORY AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY'S OIL RESOURCES. 3. SOME LOCAL WAGS HAVE MADE LIGHT OF THE FIRST UFO SIGHTINGS WHICH CAME NEAR THE END OF THE LONG AND TRADITIONALLY EXUBERANT HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS OF ID-AL-ADHA. HOWEVER WE HAVE LEARNED RECENTLY OF AN EVENT COINCIDENT WITH ONE OF THE UFO SIGHTINGS WHICH HAS CONFOUNDED SOME OF OUR MOST LEVEL-HEADED KUWAITI FRIENDS, AND MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT PERSUADED THE GOK TO MAKE A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION OF THE MATTER. A SENIOR KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC) OFFICIAL TOLD US THE THE "UFO" WHICH FIRST APPEARED OVER THE NORTHERN OIL FIELDS SEEMINGLY DID STRANGE THINGS TO KOC'S AUTOMATIC PUMPING EQUIPMENT. THIS EQUIPMENT IS DESIGNED TO SHUT ITSELF DOWN WHEN THERE IS SOME FAILURE WHICH MAY SERIOUSLY DAMAGE THE PETROLEUM GATHERING AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND IT CAN ONLY BERESTARTED MANUALLY. AT THE TIME OF THE "UFO'S" APPEARANCE THE PUMPING SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SHUT ITSELF DOWN AND WHEN THE "UFO" VANISHED THE SYSTEM STARTED ITSELF UP AGAIN. THIS EVENT WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE KISR COMMITTEE REPORT. 4. EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT INCLINED TO BELIEVE IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 KUWAIT 00486 290820z VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE DO TEND TO THINK SOMETHING STRANGE HAS BEEN
GOING ON IN KUWAITI AIRSPACE. THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION, FOR
EXAMPLE, ABOUT HELICOPTERS OR HOVERCRAFT BRINGING REFUGEES OR MONEY OUT
OF BELEAGUERED IRAN. AT THE LEAST, THE PHENOMENA HAVE STIMULATED A NEW
DEGREE OF INTEREST AMONG TOP KUWAITI OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTRY'S AIR
DEFENSE SYSTEM, WHICH DID NOT REACT IN ANY WAY TO THE "EVENTS"
IN THE KOC NORTH FIELD BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSED DOWN FOR THE NIGHT (SEPTEL). UNCLASSIFIED NNN n/a Page: 2 UNCLASSIFIED ================================================================ CONFIDENTIAL
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CINCEUR ALSO FOR POLAD E.O. 12065: GDS 7/8/86 {DICKMAN, F.M.)
OR-M REF: 79 KUWAIT 0486 1. (C) ACCORDING TO A RELIABLE SOURCE, KUWAIT MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR IS INVESTIGATING REPORT BY SENIOR KUWAIT AIRWAYS PILOT OF AN
UNUSUAL "LIGHT PHENOMENON" ON JUNE 20, 1980. THE PILOT,
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR H. SHAMLAN, SAID THAT "DURING DESCENT THROUGH
APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FT AND BEFORE REACHING WAFRA VOR, WHILE OPERATING
FLIGHT NUMBER KU542 FROM CAIRO TO KUWAIT, THE CREW AND I SIGHTED A HUGE
BALL OF BRIGHT LIGHT SHAPED LIKE A HEMISPHERE (HALF A MOON SHAPE)
ESTIMATED DIAMTER TO BE AROUND TEN MILES, WITH THE FLAT BASE OF THE
SPHERE APPROXIMATELY
PAGE 02 KUWAIT 03223 090450Z THE SAME LEVEL AS THE AIRCRAFT, I.E. 15,000 FT. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE n/a UNCLASSIFIED Page: 1 ================================================================
" THE CREW OF FLIGHT KU 708, WHO WERE 90 MILES AWAY FROM KUWAIT, REPORTED SIGHTING THE SAME PHENOMENON. MY SIGHTING AND THE KU 708 SIGHTING WERE REPORTED TO KUWAIT CENTRE, WHO COULD NOT PICK UP ANY TRACE OF IT ON THEIR RADAR NEITHER COULD WE PICK IT UP ON OUR WEATHER RADAR." 2. (C) THOUGH A TIME FOR THE SIGHTING WAS NOT GIVEN, IT MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO 2100 HOURS LOCAL TIME, ASSUMING BOTH FLIGHTS WERE ON TIME. KU542 WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE ARRIVED AT KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM CAIRO AT 2110 HOURS, WHILE KU708 WAS DUE IN FROM KHARTOUM AT 2055 HOURS. 3. (U) ABOVE REPORT IS REMINISCENT OF REFTEL'S REPORT OF JANUARY 1979 AND NOVEMBER 1978 ON UFO SIGHTINGS IN KUWAIT'S SKIES. ACCORDING TO SENIOR KOC OFFICIAL, UFO WHICH APPEARED OVER NORTHERN OIL FIELDS IN NOVEMBER 1978 DID STRANGE THINGS TO KOC'S PUMPING SYSTEM. SOME WAGS ARE BLAMING CURRENT KUWAIT ELECTRIC POWER FAILURES (SEE KUWAIT 3220) ON UFOS. 4. (C) ADCM, WHO KNOWS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR SHAMLAN,
ASSESSES HIM AS LEVEL-HEADED, COMPETENT INDIVIDUAL, WHO ALMOST CERTAINLY
REPORTED ACCURATELY UPON WHAT HE OBSERVED THIS PAST JUNE. KUWAIT
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR HAS BEEN GIVEN TASK OF INVESTIGATING REPORT. ITS
INTERVIEWS
PAGE 03 KUWAIT 03223 090450Z WITH INHABITANTS OF WAFRA AREA (ALSO AN OIL COLLECTION CENTER) HAVE
NOT YET PRODUCED ANYONE WHO ADMITS SEEING THE PHENOMENON.
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR 1. (C) ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE LATE NIGHT APPEARANCE OF
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ON BARBADOS RADAR SCREENS PROVOKED A SERIOUS
DEFENSE AND SECURITY ALERT. OBJECTS REMAINED VISABLE ON RADAR FOR MORE
THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF, FINALLY DISAPPEARING OUT OF RANGE TO THE NORTH.
PRIME MINISTER CALLED CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WERE NO
U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS GOING ON IN THE AREA. THIS WAS CONFIRMED TO
EMBASSY BY NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER. SO FAR, THERE IS NO
CONSENSUS OR AN EXPLANATION FOR THE PHENOMENON. LEADING HYPOTHESES ARE
ATMOSPHERICS AND TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION. BUT CONSIDERABLE SUSPICION
REMAINS THAT SOMETHING VERY WORRISOME OCCURRED. BARBADIAN RECOLLECTIONS
OF REPUTED "MERCENARY" INVASIONS IN 1976 AND 1980 HAVE BEEN
PIQUED. PRESENCE OF SOVIET FLEET IN THE
PAGE 02 BRIDGE 02728 0l OF 02 141037Z CARIBBEAN HAS ALSO FED SPECULATION. END SUMMARY. 3. ACCORDING TO GOB OFFICIALS, ON 12 APRIL AT APPROXIMATELY 0210 HOURS, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR LOCATED AT GRANTLEY ADAMS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BARBADOS SHOWED A SERIES OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ON ITS SCREEN. REPORTEDLY, THE OBJECTS SHOWN WERE CONFIGURED IN FOUR UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE n/a UNCLASSIFIED Page: 1 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 2 LOOSE BUT DISTINCT FORMATIONS, AND WERE INITIALLY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES SOUTHEAST, AND TRACKING TOWARD THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 100 KNOTS PER HOUR. THE ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PRIME MINISTER, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE BARBADOS DEFENSE FORCE (BDF), AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BARBADOS WERE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED BY THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL. AT 0214 THE ENTIRE BDF (TO INCLUDE RESERVE UNITS AND CADET CORPS) WERE PLACED ON RED ALERT. AT 0215, PRIME MINISTER ADAMS ALERTED THE CHARGE, U.S. EMBASSY. AGAIN, ACCORDING TO ATC PERSONNEL, AT 0220, THE FORMATION (THEN BELIEVED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES OUT) SPLIT, WITH TWO OBJECTS TRACKING TO THE WEST COAST AND TWO TO THE EAST COAST OF BARBADOS. THE MAIN BODY REMAINED DIVIDED INTO THREE LOOSE FORMATIONS. THE OBJECTS CLOSED TO WITHIN FOUR MILES OF BARBADOS AND THEN MOVED IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY 0330, THE BDF SCRAMBLED ITS CESSNA 402 AIRCRAFT IN THE ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE OBJECTS. ADDITIONALLY, THEY LAUNCHED 125-FOOT FAST PATROL BOAT "TRIDENT," TO CHECK SHIPPING IN THE AREA. BOTH TURNED UP NEGATIVE RESULTS. AT 0400, THE RADAR STILL TRACKED NINE OBJECTS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BARBADOS. AT 0410, THE OBJECTS DISAPPEARED HEADING TOWARD MARTINIQUE. 4. PRIME MINISTER ADAMS WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY
U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA OR IF WE COULD OTHER-
PAGE 03 BRIDGE 02728 0l OF 02 141037Z WISE EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON. HE WONDERED IF THE UFOS COULD BE RELATED TO THE CURRENT SOVIET NAVAL PRESENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. CHARGE COULD OFFER NO EXPLANATION BUT VOLUNTEERED TO CONFIRM THAT NO U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE VICINITY AND OFFERED TO SEND EMBASSY LIAISON OFFICER TO BARBADOS DEFENSE FORCE SITUATION ROOM. BOTH THE MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER (CDR DUNN) AND DEFENSE ATTACHE (LTC REIMAN) HAD BEEN ALERTED BY THE BDF. BY TELEPHONE, DAO CHECKED WITH NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER IN WASHINGTON, WHICH INDICATED THAT NONE OF THE U.S. COMMANDS WERE CONDUCTING EXERCISES IN THE AREA. MOREOVER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT A SOVIET NAVAL EXERCISE WAS TAKING PLACE, BUT IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AREA. 5. DEFENSE ATTACHE LTC REIMAN ARRIVED AT THE BDF SITUATION ROOM AT APPROXIMATELY 0300 HOURS AND WAS THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION. REIMAN SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS BASED UPON HIS THREE HOUR LIAISON DUTY IN THE SITUATION ROOM: - THE BDF WAS ON FULL ALERT WITH LOADED WEAPONS AND n/a Page: 2 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 3 IN FULL BATTLE UNIFORMS. EACH OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM (RSS) ISLANDS HAD BEEN ALERTED THE FRENCH ON MARTINIQUE HAD BEEN ALERTED/ASKED IF THEY HAD AN EXERCISE IN PROGRESS. FRENCH ANSWER WAS NEGATIVE. ENTIRE SENIOR BDF STAFF, TO INCLUDE RESERVE OFFICERS, WERE IN THE SITUATION ROOM. POLICE HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO GUARD BEACHES WHERE POSSIBLE SEABORNE LANDING COULD OCCUR. ONE BDF COAST GUARD VESSEL (GEORGE FERGUSSON) DEPLOYED TO PROTECT DEEP WATER HARBOR. CONTINUOUS RADIO CONTACT WAS MAINTAINED WITH TRIDENT AND CESSNA 402. BDF TRI-
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C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (TEXT PARA) E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR LANDER AND ISLANDER AIRCRAFT AT AIRPORT WERE READY TO BE DEPLOYED, USING CIVILIAN CONTRACT PILOTS. WEATHER WAS UNUSUALLY CLEAR AND STABLE. AT 0700 HOURS, THE BDF WENT OFF FULL ALERT. 6. LTC REIMAN'S CONTACT WITH MAJOR ROBIN KEANEY, A RETIRED ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICER WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE, AND NOW OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE BDF'S AERO SERVICES AT GRANTLEY ADAMS, REVEALED THAT BOTH HE AND THE RADAR OPERATOR (ALSO EXPERIENCED) SAW TAILS UP TO FIVE MILES LONG ON THEIR RADAR SCREEN. TWO COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT THAT CROSSED OVER BARBADOS DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME SHOWED SIMILAR TAILS ON THE SAME SCREEN. MAJOR KEANEY IS ADAMANT IN HIS CONVICTIONS THAT WHAT n/a Page: 3 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 4 HE SAW ON THE RADAR WAS CONSISTENT WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATING
RADAR OBSERVATIONS. BARBADIANS ARE ALSO
PAGE 02 BRIDGE 02728 02 OF 02 161450Z CONCERNED BY THE PRESENCE OF A RUSSIAN CRUISE SHIP IN THE AREA. PARENTHETICALLY, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT A SMALL FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE JOAN D'ARC IS ALSO OPERATING' IN THE REGION. 7. EMBASSY COMMENT: AT THIS TIME THERE APPEARS TO BE NO GENERALLY ACCEPTED EXPLANATION FOR THIS PHENOMENON. SEVERAL PLAUSIBLE REASONS ARE OFFERED: IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WEATHER INVERSION OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY. AN INITIAL READING IS THAT THERE WAS IN FACT A WEATHER INVERSION ON BARBADOS EARLY THIS MORNING (APRIL 12) BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. 8. ALTERNATIVELY, THE RADAR SYSTEM (OR OPERATORS) COULD HAVE BEEN MALFUNCTIONING. CONSENSUS AMONG BARBADIANS (INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER AND CHIEF OF STAFF) DOES NOT ACCEPT ATMOSPHERIC OR SYSTEM FAILURE HYPOTHESIS. BUT NEITHER DO THEY HAVE ANOTHER EXPLANATION. ONE ASPECT OF THIS INCIDENT IS VERY CLEAR: THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS TAKES UNAUTHORIZED INTRUSIONS VERY SERIOUSLY. THE IMMEDIATE HIGH-LEVEL INVOLVEMENT AND THE RED ALERT STATUS OF BOTH DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES IS INDICATIVE. 9. A LOCAL BUGABOO ABOUT MERCENARY INVASIONS IS EASILY
RAISED AND MAY ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE CONCERN. REPORTEDLY,
SELF-STYLED "BLACK MERCENARY" AND GUN RUNNER SIDNEY BURNETT
ALLEYNE (BARBADIAN CITIZEN) TWICE HAS TRIED TO INVADE AND TAKE OVER
BARBADOS. IN 1976 HE WAS ARRESTED ON MARTINIQUE ON A VESSEL LOADED WITH
ARMS HEADED FOR BARBADOS IN AN ATTEMPT - IT IS SAID - TO TAKE OVER THE
ISLAND. AGAIN IN 1980, LONDON POLICE BROKE UP AN ATTEMPT BY ALLEYNE TO
RECRUIT A MERCENARY INVASION FORCE. FROM THIS DISTANCE IN TIME AND
PLACE IT IS DIFFICULT TO
PAGE 03 BRIDGE 02728 02 OF 02 161450Z SUBSTANTIATE THE THREAT FROM ALLEYNE. CLEARLY, HOWEVER, THE GOB TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY. 10. ANOTHER INCIDENT MAY BE OF INTEREST AND CONTRIBUTORY TO THE GOB REACTION. ON THE NIGHT OF 22 JULY 1977 BARBADOS RADAR PICKED UP AN AIRCRAFT WITH AN ERRATIC n/a Page: 4 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 5 FLIGHT PATTERN. TOWER ASKED A LOCAL COMMERCIAL FLIGHT (LIAT) IN THE
AIR NEARBY TO INVESTIGATE. LIAT PILOT IDENTIFIED UNMARKED AIRCRAFT WHICH
REFUSED TO ENGAGE IN RADIO CONTACT, SWITCHED OFF LIGHTS AND TOOK EVASIVE
ACTION. LIAT PILOT ALSO OBSERVED THREE SHIPS BELOW, ONE VERY LONG ONE HE
REPORTED AS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. NEXT DAY, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. NAVY
FACILITY ON BARBADOS (SINCE CLOSED) INFORMED GOB THAT SHIPS WERE TWO
SOVIET DESTROYERS BEING REFUELED AT SEA AS THEY EXITED THE CARIBBEAN AND
THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AN AMERICAN SPYPLANE.
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DUSHAN 00259 310310Z 2. AS IT WAS DARK WHEN THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED, THE CREW WERE UNABLE TO DISCERN ITS SHAPE. THEY DESCRIBED THE LIGHT IT EMITTED AS HAVING A "BOW WAVE" RESEMBLING A HIGH-SPEED PHOTO OF A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE n/a Page: 1 ================================================================ UNCLASSIFIED Page: 2 BULLET IN FLIGHT, IN WHICH A VERY SMALL OBJECT GIVES OFF A MUCH LARGER TRAILING WAVE OF HEAT/LIGHT. SOME FORTY-FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL SIGHTING, AS THE SUN WAS RISING, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW UNDER THE CONTRAILS WHICH THE OBJECT HAD LEFT BEHIND. THE PLANE WAS MAKING OVER 500 KNOTS. RHODES ESTIMATED THE ALTITUDE OF THE CONTRAILS AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 FEET, NOTING THAT THERE IS TOO LITTLE AIR/MOISTURE AT THAT EXTREME ALTITUDE TO ENABLE THE CREATION OF CONTRAILS BY THE PROPULSION MECHANISMS OF ORDINARY AIRCRAFT WHICH MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH THAT HEIGHT. THE PATHS OF THE CONTRAILS REFLECTED THE MANEUVERS OF THE OBJECT, I.E., CIRCLES, CORKSCREWS, ETC. 3. TO OUR SUGGESTION THAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A METEOR ENTERING AND SKIPPING OFF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, RHODES AND HIS CREW WERE ADAMANT THAT THEY HAD SEEN THOUSANDS OF "FALLING STARS" UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE
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DUSHAN 00259 310310Z 4. COMMENT: WE HAVE NO OPINION AND REPORT THE ABOVE FOR WHAT IT MAY BE WORTH. ESCUDERO UNCLASSIFIED NNNN n/a Page: 2 ================================================================= |
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