By Paul Dean, 4 May 2017
(UFOs – Documenting The Evidence, Melbourne, Australia)
Quote from the article:
“The US Department of Defence (DoD), and components of
the Armed Forces, routinely produce ‘doctrinal’ material to aid in the
efficient and lawful running of the US military. Such doctrine falls
into several categories, including, but not limited to, ‘Regulations,’ ‘Instructions,’
‘Manuals,’ ‘Directives’ and ‘Guidelines.’ Historically, the US military
handled the reporting and investigation of ‘UFOs,’ or ‘unidentified flying
objects,’ through such published doctrine, much of which has been declassified
and released to the public. When the United States Air Force (USAF) terminated
its long running UFO study program, Project Blue Book, on the 17th of December,
1969, it was commonly accepted that no government agency, including within the
military, would further accept or investigate UFO reports. Thus, one would
expect that no formal publications dealing with UFOs would be promulgated
beyond 1970. We know, of course, that this is not true. Numerous examples of
classified military doctrine that deal with UFOs have come to light, as I have
highlighted in previous blog posts.
On the 10th of April, 2001, the Assistant Secretary of
Defence for Public Affairs (ASD-PA) promulgated a DoD Instruction titled ‘DoD Instruction 5040.6, Life-Cycle
Management of DoD Visual Information (VI).’ Amended on the 21st of October,
2002, and totalling twenty-seven pages, it details the ‘life-cycle’ of DoD ‘visual
information’ (VI), which includes ‘…still photographs, digital still images,
motion pictures, analog and digital video recordings….’ The Instruction
references, and works in conjunction with, a DoD Manual titled ‘DoD Manual 5040.6-M-1, Decision Logic Table
Instructions For Recording And Handling Visual Information Material’ (DoD
Manual 5040.6-M-1). This Manual was also published by ASD-PA on the 21st of
October, 2002.
Curiously, one of the topics listed is UFO’s and other
unidentifiable aerial phenomena.
Section 21 of Chapter 5, on Page 53, of the Manual is
titled ‘UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) AND OTHER AERIAL PHENOMENA IMAGERY.’
Beneath this bold heading, it is stated:
‘The
following table concerns imagery that records UFOs and other aerial phenomena
not obviously identifiable as conventional aircraft or missiles. The table also
lists the priority assigned to each category of imagery and provides relevant
handling instructions.’
The table is titled ‘UFO and Other Aerial Phenomena
Imagery’ and contains just two columns. The left-hand side column is headed ‘Subject
Description,’ and the right-hand column is headed ‘Instructions.’ Listed, in
the left-hand column are two categories of aerial oddities that can be
photographed or filmed. They are:
‘Aerial
flying objects not obviously identifiable as conventional aircraft,’
and
‘Aerial
phenomena (including moving lights and similar phenomena).’ ”
Wikipedia article: “United States Department of
Defense”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense
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