By Paul Dean, 12 February 2016
(UFOs – Documenting The Evidence, Melbourne,
Australia)
Quote from the article:
“The deleted material in question is none-other than
the good old ‘CIRVIS’ instructions, or, ‘Communications Instructions for Vital
Intelligence Sightings.’ These are the very same procedural reporting
guidelines that have been promulgated within the United States military since
the 1950’s. CIRVIS reporting procedures demand the timely reporting of ‘Unidentified
Flying Objects’ by military and civilian pilots, as well as other members of
the United States armed forces. In fact, the first procedural doctrine that
CIRVIS reporting procedures appeared in was JANAP 146(A), or, ‘Joint Army Navy
Air Force Protocol 146(A).’ Ordered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) back in
1954, JANAP 146 continued to be promulgated and amended until 1975. By then,
the publication was up to the ‘E’ version, or JANAP 146(E), and it continued to
contain the infamous CIRVIS chapter with ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’ listed
right there alongside, but distinct from, ‘Unidentified Aircraft,’ ‘Missiles,’
etc.
Sometime in the 1980’s or 1990’s, certain aspects of
JANAP 146(E) doctrine were replaced by a new set of guidelines titled ‘Air
Force Manual 10-206 Operational Reporting.’ The earliest version I have on file
was disseminated by the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) on the 7th of March,
2000. CIRVIS procedures are laid out in Chapter 5, pages 39 to 41, and, just in
case there is any doubt, point 5.7.3. specifically states ‘Report the following
specific sightings.’ Point 5.7.3.3. states just three words: ‘Unidentified
flying objects.’ A newer version of the publication was disseminated on the
15th of October, 2008 and was upgraded to an Instruction, rather than a Manual.
The title was, thus, ‘Air Force Instruction 10-206 Operational Reporting’ and
CIRVIS reporting continued to be laid out as clearly as ever. Then, in 2011,
CIRVIS – and let’s not forget what it stands for: ‘Communications Instructions
for Vital Intelligence Sightings’ – vanished. A new version of ‘Air Force
Instruction 10-206 Operational Reporting,’ dated 6th September, 2011,
superseded the 2008 edition, but was massively reduced in scope and size,
including the removal of CIRVIS procedures, and thus, a channel for reporting
UFO’s.”
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