Documents / FOIA release
JANAP 146 is a joint US and Canadian communications publication, released here by the National Security Agency, that sets out uniform instructions for reporting vital intelligence sightings to military authorities. It covers CIRVIS reports from aircraft and land observers and MERINT reports from vessels. Unidentified flying objects appear among the reportable items, along with missiles, hostile aircraft and submarines. The document also covers message precedence, report contents, routing to CINCONAD and RCAF Air Defense Command, security penalties for unauthorized disclosure, evaluation categories and charges.
“Sightings”8 pages
102 ~. (Continued) •' (7) Government and civilian agencies in outl:ying districts which may initiate repo:rlts on receipt of information ~ from land-based observers. 103 MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION a. Reports made from airborne and landbased sources will be identified by CIR.VIS as the first word of the text. (Refer Chapter II) b. Reports made by waterborne sources will be identified by MERINT as the first word of the text. (Refer Chapters III and IV) 1-2 UNCLASSTJ<'IED -2- Enclosure "A" . . ' ' . . . ·:. -~ - -. '" - --- -....
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FOIA release, from the nsa collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 13 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.