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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.

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“Sightings”28 pages

  • p. 1 …At 290200 EST AFOC informed NNCC that an unidentified helicopter, possibly two, had been sighted flying…
  • p. 2 …an Army National Guard helicopter were unsuccessful. Sightings of the unidentified helicopter(s) were limited to…
  • p. 3 …75, one unidentified helicopter was sighted 300 to 500 meters from the weapons storage area at…
  • p. 4 AFB PENSTRATION At approximately 290100 EST Oct 75, one unidentified helicopter was sighted 300 to 500…
  • p. 5 ## DDO UPDATE ## AFB PENETRATION At approximately 290100 EST Oct 75, an unidentified helicopter was sighted at…
  • p. 6 At approximately 290100 EST Oct 75, an unidentified helicopter was sighted at an altitude of 150…
  • p. 7 …back gate of Wurtsmith and was visually sighted in the vicinity of the motor pool. RAPCON…
  • p. 8 …IN/CPREP=J PINNAC 20172 A VISUAL SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT HAS REPORTED LORING CRC…
  • p. 9 …THREE SECURITY POLICE PERSONNEL REPORTED SIGHTING AND HEARING A HELICopter over the DACE PROPER AT APPROXIMATELY…
  • p. 11 …THE UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT, WITH BOTH HELICOPTERS IN SIGHT, BUT VISUAL ACQUISITION HAS NOT MADE. DURING THIS…
  • p. 16 ## HELICOPTER SITED AT LORING (3) At 312317 EST, a visual sighting of an unidentified object was…
  • p. 17 HELICOPTER SIGHTED AT LORING (1) At 312317 EST Oct, a visual sighting of an unidentified object…
  • p. 18 …Low Flying Aircraft/Helicopter Sightings at Wurtsmith AFB, MI. 1. The SAC Command Post notified the…
  • p. 19 …back gate of Wurtsmith and was visually sighted in the vicinity of the motor pool. RAPCON…
  • p. 20 …EACH TIME THE KC-135 LOST VISUAL SIGHTING. KC-135 LANDED WHEN FUEL APPROACHED OI MINIMUS…
  • p. 21 ## DDO UPDATE ## LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTER SIGHTINGS (U) The SAC Senior Controller notified the NMCC at…
  • p. 22 ## UFO SIGHTING (U) From 080253 EST Nov 75 to 080420 EST Nov 75, Malmstrom AFB MT…
  • p. 24 ## UFO SIGHTING (U) Unknown sightings vicinity Malmstrom AFB, MT (See MFR). A follow-up with NORAD…
  • p. 25 …REPORTED UFO SIGHTING. 32 (11) NA 4. (11) 19820 SEP 76 5. (U) TFHRAN IRAN: 20…
  • p. 28 …Nov morning briefing, indicated that when UFO sightings are reported, the NMCC should ask for temperature…
  • p. 29 …SAC site K3 reported sightings between 300' and 1,000' while site L-4 reported sightings…
  • p. 30 …SAC site C-1 still had a visual sighting on objects. 4. NORAD stated that Northern…
  • p. 31 ## DDO UPDATE AS OF 132200 EST NOV 75 ## UFO ANALYSIS (U) In future UFO sightings, the…
  • p. 32 …These requests will be made in conjunction with sightings of unusual phenomenon along the northern US…
  • p. 34 …Unidentified Flying Object Sighting 1. At 310805 received phoncon from AFOC: MG Lane, CG, Armanent and…
  • p. 35 …0130 - Civilians reported a UFO sighting near Mt. Airy, Md. This information was obtained via a…
  • p. 36 …Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) alleged sightings. The first extended from the surface to 1…
  • p. 37 …557 591 474 399 562 6817 ASTRONOMICAL SIGHTINGS Meteors 70 92 79 88 179 168 100…
## STATISTICS FOR 1965

	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
ASTRONOMICAL	10	8	11	4	2	10	27	82	30	27	22	12	245
AIRCRAFT	11	8	14	11	14	7	32	61	20	13	14	5	210
BALLOON	3	2	1	3	0	3	7	8	2	7	0	2	36
INSUFFICIENT DATA	5	4	2	4	4	2	16	24	15	5	3	1	85
OTHER	11	8	7	8	5	6	9	42	7	9	11	3	126
SATELLITE	4	5	5	5	15	5	42	41	24	3	0	3	152
UNIDENTIFIED	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	4	4	0	1	0	16
PENDING	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	2	17
TOTAL	45	35	43	36	41	33	135	262	104	70	55	28	887

## ASTRONOMICAL CASES

	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
Meteors	6	6	8	2	2	4	14	26	13	6	9	5	101
Stars and Planets	3	1	3	2	0	5	10	55	16	20	13	7	135
Other	1a10	1b8	011	04	02	1c10	3d27	1e82	1a30	1f27	022	012	9245
TOTAL

(a) Solar Image (b) Moon (c) Sun (d) Reflected Moonlight, Parhelia, Moon (e) Reflected Moonlight (f) Comet Ikeya-Seki

## OTHER CATEGORY

	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
Hoaxes, Hallucinations, Unreliable Reports and Psychological Causes	5	3	4	1	2	1	2	12	1	3	0	0	34
Missiles and Rockets 1 3	1	1	3	1	10
Reflections 1	1	2	1	1	1 7
Flares and Fireworks 1 1	1 1 4
Mirages and Inversions 2	3 5
Search and Ground Lights	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	9
Clouds and Contrails	1 1	1 3
Chaff 1	1
Birds	1	2 2 3	1	1	1 11
Physical Specimens 1c 1r	1w 3
Radar Analysis 1e 1g 3gmn 1m 6
Photo Analysis 2dl 1d	1j	2kj	5x	1j 12
Satellite Decay	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	8
Miscellaneous	2ab 2bf 1h 4sbbb 1h	3tuv 13
TOTAL	11	8	7	8	5	6	9	42	7	9	11	3	126

(a) Tracer Bullets (b) Misinterpretation of Conventional Objects (c) Metal Ball (d) Developer Smear (e) Anomalous Propagation (f) Kites (g) Electronic Counter Measures (h) Debris in Wind (j) No Image on Film (k) Poor Photo Process (l) Free Falling Object (m) False Targets (n) Weather Returns (p) Emulsion Flaws (r) Plastic Bags (s) Man on Ground (t) Lightning (u) Chemical Trails from Research Rocket (v) Missile Launch Activity (w) Gourd

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