JANAP 146 makes the reporting of vital intelligence sightings a duty for military and civil crews

JANAP 146, issued under the Joint Chiefs of Staff and entered on file under December 1953, set uniform instructions for reporting vital intelligence sightings to military authorities. The document applies to US and Canadian civil, commercial, government and military aircraft, merchant and fishing vessels, and military installations. It lists unidentified flying objects among the sightings to be reported, alongside aircraft, missiles and unidentified submarines. Reports from airborne and land-based sources were to be headed CIRVIS and sent with urgency precedence to CINCONAD or the RCAF Air Defense Command. The text states that unauthorised disclosure of a report could bring prosecution under Title 18 of the US Code or the Canadian Official Secrets Act. The text available here does not show an issue date.

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Applies to US and Canadian civil and commercial aircrew, government and military aircraft, merchant, government and fishing vessels, and military installations (p. 1-1).
Reports from airborne and land-based sources are identified by CIRVIS as the first word; waterborne reports by MERINT (p. 1-2).
"Unidentified flying objects" are listed among the sightings to be reported, alongside missiles and unidentified submarines (p. 2-1).
Unauthorised transmission or disclosure of a report may be prosecuted under Title 18 of the US Code, Chapter 37, or the Canadian Official Secrets Act of 1939.
Evaluations are to rate each sighting as Positive, Probable, Possible, Improbable or No Threat to the security of the United States or Canada.

Documents

FOIA release JANAP 146 National Security Agency· 13 pp.