Government / Military

JANAP 146 (CIRVIS)

1954

Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication 146 ("Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings," CIRVIS) - the Cold War channel, implemented for the Air Force via AFR 55-88, that explicitly listed UFOs among "vital intelligence sightings" requiring immediate reporting, with unauthorized public disclosure punishable under U.S. espionage statutes. A reporting-and-secrecy channel that ran parallel to, and outlasted, the public Blue Book program.

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Connections (2)

confirmedBolander Memo (1969)

routes national-security UFO reports through it (AFR 55-88 / JANAP 146)

Source: Bolander memo, 20 Oct 1969

confirmedProject Blue Book

a separate national-security UFO-reporting channel that ran parallel to and outlasted it

Source: JANAP 146 (NSA declassified); AFR 55-88

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