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Office of the Secretary of Defense · 40 pages · text by OCR

This assortment of records released by the Office of the Secretary of Defense collects 1975 National Military Command Center memoranda and message traffic. They cover unidentified helicopters and low-flying aircraft seen over weapons storage areas at Loring AFB, Maine, and Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, along with radar and visual UFO contacts at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. The file also contains a 1976 defense attaché report on F-4 intercepts of a UFO over Tehran and Air Force UFO statistics for 1965.

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“Loring”11 pages

  • p. 1 …A similar incident was reported at Loring the evening of 28 October 1975. C. D. ROBERTS…
  • p. 2 PB PENETRATION At approximately 290200 EST Oct 75, AFOC relayed a report from Loring AFB, ME…
  • p. 3 …The helicopter was at an altitude of 150 feet and penetrated Loring AFB. An attempt to…
  • p. 4 …The helicopter was at an altitude of 150 feet and penetrated Loring AFB. An attempt to…
  • p. 5 …42 BW CP LORING AFB 2911402 OCT 75; PHONCON DDO/INTERESTED ACTIVITIES)
  • p. 6 …42 BW CP LORING AFB 291140Z OCT 75; PHONCON NMCC/AFOC)
  • p. 8 …LORING AIR FORCE BASE MAINE AT 20172 A VISUAL SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT HAS REPORTED…
  • p. 14 …Army National Guard Helicopter Support for Loring AFB 1. At 292035 EST Oct 75, LTC Dyer…
  • p. 15 …AFOC, AOC, and Commander 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB informing them of the approval to use…
  • p. 16 AS OF 010200 EST NOV 75 ## WEST NEM ## HELICOPTER SITED AT LORING At 312317 EST, a…
  • p. 17 HELICOPTER SIGHTED AT LORING At 312317 EST Oct, a visual sighting of an unidentified object was…
HELICOPTER SIGHTED AT LORING

At 312317 EST Oct, a visual sighting of an unidentified object was reported 4 nautical miles northwest of Loring AFB, Maine. The alert helo at Loring was launched to identify the object but was unable to make contact. The alert helo was launched again at 010146 EST Nov in response to a slow moving target picked up by RAPCON. This sortie was also unable to make contact with the object. (SOURCE: 42D BW 010825Z NOV 75)

(U) A copy of messages received regarding unidentified aircraft flying in the vicinity of air bases will be forwarded to the Military Assistant to the SECDEF. (SOURCE: MILASST TO SECDEF).

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