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This NICAP compilation gathers National Military Command Center memoranda, DDO updates and OPREP-3 messages from October and November 1975 reporting unidentified helicopters and low-flying aircraft near weapons storage areas at Loring AFB, Maine and Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, plus radar and visual UFO contacts at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. Pursuit attempts by an Army National Guard helicopter and a KC-135 tanker failed. The file also includes a 1976 USDAO Tehran report on an F-4 encounter, 1965 Blue Book statistics and an American Meteor Society fireball form.

  • p. 1 …Loring AFB Maine, in proximity to a weapons storage area. 2. An Army National Guard helo…
  • p. 2 …helicopter landing briefly in proximity to a weapons storage area. Attempts to locate or identify the…
  • p. 3 …75, one unidentified helicopter was sighted 300 to 500 meters from the weapons storage area at…
  • p. 4 …At 290300 EST the helicopter was sighted over the weapons storage area and the Army National…
  • p. 5 …At 290300 EST Oct 75, the unidentified helicopter was sighted over the weapons storage area. In…
  • p. 6 …At 290300 EST Oct 75, the unidentified helicopter was sighted over the weapons storage area. In…
  • p. 7 …gate of Wurtsmith and hovered over the Weapons Storage Area and then moved on. RAPCON had…
  • p. 11 …IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE UNKNOWN HELICOPTER HAS DEMONSTRATED A CLEAR INTENT IN THE WEAPONS…
  • p. 14 …the airspace in the vicinity of the weapons storage area at Loring AFB during their early…
  • p. 19 …gate of Wurtsmith and hovered over the Weapons Storage Area and then moved on. RAPCON had…
  • p. 26 …THE OBJECT BUT AT THAT INSTANT HIS WEAPONS CONTROL PANEL WENT OFF AND HE LOST ALL…
  • p. 27 …THE F-4 CREW HAD REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS AND THE WEAPONS CONTROL PANEL AND WATCHED THE OBJECT…
d. Only U.S. personnel, preferably military, but including FBI, FAA, and Border Patrol representatives if necessary, will be on board the NG helicopter.

7. MG Sniffin will initiate appropriate action to place the Army NG helicopter and crew on "Full Time Training Duty" (FTTD). In essence, the NG helicopter will be federalized.

8. OSD, through Col Bailey, has been advised of the approval and constraints in this situation and has stated OSD has no objections to the action.

9. At 292249 EST the DDO (NMCC) established a conference call with SAC (MG Burkhart), AFOC, AOC, and Commander 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB informing them of the approval to use the Army NG helicopter with the constraints listed in para 6 above. Commander 42nd Bomb Wing stated that there was no utility in using the helicopter if it couldn't cross the border. Air Force representative LTC Dyer was brought into the conference and stated that AF had no objection to the border crossing. At 292300 EST the DDO (NMCC) informed MG Sniffin of the border crossing issue.

10. At 292325 EST MG Sniffin informed the DDO (NMCC) that approval was granted for the NG helicopter to cross the border with the consent of Canadian authorities. The DDO (NMCC) assured MG Sniffin that the Canadians were cooperating and had already given consent to cross the border.

11. At 292334 EST another conference call was convened by the DDO (NMCC) with the above conferees, (para 9) informing them of the authority to cross the border if necessary. There were no further questions and all conferees were satisfied with the procedures established for the employment of the NG helicopter.

C. D. ROBERTS, JR. Brigadier General, USMC Deputy Director for Operations (NMCC)

Distribution:
CJCS(5)	CSA	PA REP
DJS(3)	CNO	WEST HEM DESK
J-30	CSAF	NWSB
J-31	CMC	NMCC BRIEFER
J-32	CH, WWMCCS OPS & EVAL DIV
J-32A	DDO(NMCC)
J-33	ADDO(NMCC)
J-34	CCOC(NMCC)
J-35	DIA REP FOR NMIC

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