Tuesday, 23 July 2019

UFO Article (Blog):
“Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and
the National Reconnaissance Office”


By Keith Basterfield, 21 July 2019
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Background

The To The Stars Academy (TTSA) recently announced that Chris Herndon was joining their Advisory Board. Herndon initially worked as a Department of Navy civilian, supporting a variety of agencies, including the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO.)

This made me ask myself, what did I know about the NRO? Like many other long-time researchers, the NRO had popped up on my radar from time to time. So I decided, that in this blog post, I would take a look at what I could find out about any relationship between the NRO and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP.)”


Wikipedia article: “National Reconnaissance Office”:


Quote fron the Wikipedia article:
“The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense. NRO is considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the ‘big five’ U.S. intelligence agencies.[2] The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia,[3] 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

It designs, builds, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA.[4]

The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense[5] and serves in an additional capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO’s federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.[6] A 1996 bipartisan commission report described the NRO as having by far the largest budget of any intelligence agency, and ‘virtually no federal workforce’, accomplishing most of its work through ‘tens of thousands’ of defense contractor personnel.[7]”

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UFO Article (Blog):
“Is the US Office of Naval Intelligence
now part of the AATIP effort?”


By Keith Basterfield, 9 July 2019
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
Danny Silva

In a blog post dated 6 July 2019, US researcher Danny Silva noted, that in episode 6 of the ‘Unidentified’ TV series, former Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) manager, Luis Elizondo stated:

‘AATIP is no longer run by a single office. There's now several offices that are engaged in this effort...and it is being run with official blessing.’

When Elizondo resigned from the Department of Defense, in October 2017 he signed his resignation letter ‘Luis D Elizondo, Director, National Program Special Management Staff, OUSD(I).’ So, we know that AATIP then lay within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. What other offices might now be involved in the AATIP? Do we have any clues? I think we do.”


Wikipedia article: “Office of Naval Intelligence”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy’s modernization efforts,[4][5] ONI is the oldest member of the United States Intelligence Community and serves as the nation’s premier source of maritime intelligence. Since the First World War, its mission has broadened to include real-time reporting on the developments and activities of foreign navies; protecting maritime resources and interests; monitoring and countering transnational maritime threats; providing technical, operational, and tactical support to the U.S. Navy and its partners; and surveying the global maritime environment. ONI employs over 3,000 military and civilian personnel worldwide and is headquartered at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, Maryland.”

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UFO Article (Blog):
“After U.S. Congressional UAP briefings -
What comes next?”


By Keith Basterfield, 5 July 2019
(UFOs – scientific research, Campbelltown,
New South Wales, Australia)

Quote from the article:
“In a blog post dated 28 August 2018, I pondered which US Congressional Committees, might have an interest in receiving briefings/holding hearings, on the subject of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena? My best estimate, at that time, was the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC.) This Committee currently has 28 members on it. One of that Committee's sub-committees is the Emerging Threats and Capabilities (ETC) sub-committee. Luis Elizondo, former Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) manager, constantly mentions the word ‘threat’ in his talks. There are seven Senators who sit on both the SASC and the ETC sub-committee.”

http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2019/07/after-us-congressional-uap-briefings.html


The western front of the United States Capitol. The Neoclassical style building is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. The Capitol was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. (text by Wikipedia)(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

Sunday, 21 July 2019

UFO News Article:
“U.S. Fighter Jets Are About To Get Infrared
Sensors That Could Be Huge For UFO Reporting”


9 July 2019
(The Drive, U.S.A.)

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force will soon “field very capable infrared search and track systems (IRSTs),” Tyler Rogoway writes.


Wikipedia article: “Infrared search and track”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation (see Infrared signature) such as jet aircraft and helicopters.[1]

IRST is a generalized case of forward looking infrared (FLIR), i.e. from forward-looking to all-round situation awareness. Such systems are passive (thermographic camera), meaning they do not give out any radiation of their own, unlike radar. This gives them the advantage that they are difficult to detect.

However, because the atmosphere attenuates infrared to some extent (although not as much as visible light) and because adverse weather can attenuate it also (again, not as badly as visible systems), the range compared to a radar is limited. Within range, angular resolution is better than radar due to the shorter wavelength.

Early systems

The first use of an IRST system appears to be the F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart interceptors. The F-106 had an early IRST mounting replaced in 1963 with a production retractable mount.[2] The IRST was also incorporated into the Vought F-8 Crusader (F-8E variant) which allowed passive tracking of heat emissions and was similar to the later Texas Instruments AAA-4 installed on early F-4 Phantoms.”









Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets use a modern IRST system (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

UFO Article & Radio Interview:
“Sean Cahill, Navy UFO Encounter
and Guadalupe Island Investigation”


By Alejandro Rojas, 16 July 2019
(OpenMinds.tv/Open Minds UFO Radio, Tempe, Arizona)

Sean Cahill was the Chief Master-at-Arms aboard the USS Princeton during the November 2004 USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 UFO encounters, Rojas reports.

These UFO incidents occurred about a hundred miles south
west of San Diego, California. The main UFO incident occurred
on 14 November 2004 (Fravor and Slaight).

To my knowledge, eight U.S. Navy personnel, Sean Cahill, Kevin M. Day, David Fravor, P. J. Hughes, Omar Lara, Jim Slaight, Jason Turner and Gary Voorhis, have talked about the UFO incidents on the Internet.

Sean Cahill was the Chief Master-at-Arms aboard the USS Princeton.

Kevin M. Day was a radar operator aboard the USS Princeton.

David Fravor, who chased the UFO (resembled a white Tic Tac), was flying his F/A-18F Super Hornet jet fighter.

At the time of the UFO incident, Fravor was the commanding officer of the VFA-41 Black Aces, a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron.

P. J. Hughes was an aviation technician aboard the USS Nimitz.

Omar Lara was a Flight Decker in Air Ops aboard the USS Nimitz.

Lieutenant Commander (later Commander) Jim Slaight was the pilot of the second F/A-18F Super Hornet jet fighter.

Jason Turner was a Petty Officer Third Class (in Supply) aboard the USS Princeton.

Gary Voorhis was a Fire Controlman Petty Officer Third Class aboard the USS Princeton.

A large number of UFOs were recorded on radar on and off for several days during the November 2004 U.S. Navy exercise, according to USS Princeton radar operator Kevin M. Day.

Gary Voorhis experienced that the unknown objects “zoomed around at ridiculous speeds and angles and trajectories,” and that “it (the UFOs) was moving faster than our radar could register.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAWNDSiiffw
(Source: OpenMinds.tv (YouTube channel))
(Published: 17 July 2019)

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Freeze-frame of the Tic Tac UFO (filmed from a U.S. Navy

F/A-18F Super Hornet jet fighter on 14 November 2004)
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) (wikimedia.org)
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USS Princeton (CG-59) (wikimedia.org)
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F/A-18F Super Hornet (wikimedia.org)
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Friday, 19 July 2019

UFO Website (Blog):
NARCAP’s Blog


(National Aviation Reporting Center On Anomalous Phenomena, U.S.A.)

Quote from the NARCAP website:
“The National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, NARCAP, is a fully accredited 501c3 Nonprofit dedicated to the documentation and analysis of aviation safety-related encounters with Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAP. NARCAP is an established authority on UAP and aviation-related UAP research.”

https://www.narcap.org/blog/advisoryforpilots









NARCAP’s old logo
(narcap.org/dandare.files.wordpress.com image)

UFO Memorandum and
Audio Recording Transcript:
The 1980 Rendlesham Forest, UK, UFO Incidents:
“Halt Memo and Tape”


(NICAP.org)

NICAP.org also presents a 13 January 1981 U.S. government (U.S. Air Force) UFO document (“Unexplained Lights”) that pertains to the case.

The Rendlesham Forest, UK, UFO incidents occurred on
26 December (reported as 27 December by Charles I. Halt)
and 28 December 1980 (both early hours), according to an
article (rendlesham-forest-mod-article) by Nick Pope called
Rendlesham Forest - MoD Article.”

The twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge were
joint Royal Air Force-U.S. Air Force bases at the time of the UFO incidents.

http://www.nicap.org/docs/810113_Halt_Memo.pdf

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Colonel Charles I. Halt, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
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Wednesday, 17 July 2019

UFO Report:
“The 1981 UFO Chronology”


Created: 15 December 2007
Updated: 8 December 2016
(NICAP.org)

Quote from the UFO report:
“This is currently a 14-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1981. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original 1981 chronology from UFOE II), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), and Jean Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID]). You will note the many foreign reports that we are now being able to access. Our special thanks to Dan Wilson for getting those to us. As more come in, this page will be updated. Previous chronologies (1947 to 1969) involved the expertise of two other team members: William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns).

Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator

Jan 13, 1981, The Halt Memo”


NICAP.org UFO case directory (SIGHTINGS FROM AIRCRAFT):
“L-1011 Encounters Disc
July 4, 1981
South Central Michigan

The whole UFO case report:
Fran Ridge:
July 4, 1981; Over Lake Michigan
Major airline L-1011 jumbo jet en route from San Francisco to New York City encountered silvery disc-shaped object (Volume II, The UFO Evidence,  Section III).”


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Map of Michigan (lib.utexas.edu)
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UFO News Video Interview:
“Pentagon Admits Secret Program AATIP
Investigated UFOs | The Basement Office |
New York Post”


Published: 22 May 2019
(New York Post, New York City, New York)

Source: New York Post (YouTube channel)

“The Basement Office” host Steven Greenstreet presents Pentagon spokesman Christopher Sherwood’s statement before interviewing John Greenewald, Jr., founder of The Black Vault.

This is not a “The Basement Office” episode. The UFO news video series talk show premiered on 29 May 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Ty_S1qs20

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The Pentagon (2008), ArlingtonVirginia
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Google Searches:
Focus On “The Basement Office”


“The Basement Office” is a New York Post (New York City, New York) UFO news video series talk show.

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Monday, 15 July 2019

UFO News Article:
“Fap desmiente avistamiento de ovnis”
(“Fap denies UFO sighting”)


19 June 2019
(El Tiempo, Piura, Peru)

The Peruvian Air Force corrects an 18 June 2019 CNN Español news article. The Air Force denies that the two unknown objects which manoeuvred near Jorge Chávez International Airport on 
27 February 2019 had been confirmed as being UFOs, El Tiempo reports.

Quote from the Peruvian Air Force’s Twitter statement on the case (translated by Google Translate):
“… what it (the Peruvian Air Force) asserted is the existence of reports that were presented to the Centre of Aerospace Interests (CINAE) so that the Department of Investigation of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (DIFAA) can perform the corresponding analysis and investigation.”

The Twitter statement is presented by El Tiempo.

This appears to be a very solid UFO case – if one takes into account all the evidences. The evidences that have surfaced are testimonies by the crews of two commercial airplanes (on the ground), a video of the unidentified flying objects and, on top of that – radar registration of them. As of yet the case has not been solved.

https://eltiempo.pe/fap-desmiente-avistamiento-de-ovnis/

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Two images show the 2 UFOs

(MATERGIA REALISMO FANTÁSTICO con Rafa Mercado…
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Jorge Chávez International AirportLimaPeru
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Satellite photo of Lima, Peru (tageo.com)
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