What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) reveal?

UFO reporting in Canada was governed by JANAP 146(D), CIRVIS/MERINT, agreed to and implemented by both the US and Canadian governments. Reports were routed directly to Air Defence Command Headquarters at St Hubert, or via RCMP, military establishments, or Department of Transport stations, with ADC instigating further investigation and collating data…

Which agency produced Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) is a primary-source record from Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council. Its original classification was UNCLASSIFIED on release.

When is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) dated?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) is dated 1960. It was disclosed 2010-01-01.

What programs and topics appear in Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) references JANAP 146(D) CIRVIS/MERINT, AFR 200-2, green fireballs, Alberta, NICAP correspondence and Air Defence Command St Hubert.

What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) say, in its own words?

"Provision is made for the reporting of unidentified flying objects under the provisions of JANAP 146(D) - Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (CIRVIS/MERINT)." (source p. 9).

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Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)

Pages 5701–6000 of Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release, containing 1960 RCAF correspondence with NICAP investigators and internal Air Staff guidance on Canada's UFO reporting regime under JANAP 146(D).

Brief

This 300-page slice of Library and Archives Canada's 8,759-page UFO FOIA release reproduces Royal Canadian Air Force Air Staff correspondence from 1960 explaining that UFO reports in Canada flow through JANAP 146(D), the joint US-Canadian CIRVIS/MERINT reporting instruction, and are collated at Air Defence Command Headquarters, St Hubert. An attached inquiry from NICAP investigator Ken Hassen of Vancouver asks Edmonton's RCAF station commander about green fireball sightings over Alberta and presses on whether Canadian personnel are bound by JANAP 146(D) and AFR 200-2 to withhold UFO information. RCAF Group Captain L.C. Dilworth, replying for the Chief of the Air Staff, states that information would only be withheld when considered in the national interest and that there is no known intention to withhold non-defence information from the public. The packet also includes a NICAP form letter signed by Major Donald E. Keyhoe summarizing the organization's investigative posture and its push against what it called official UFO secrecy.

Metadata

Agency: Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
Release: 2010-01-01
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 300 pages
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED on release
Programs: JANAP 146(D) CIRVIS/MERINT, AFR 200-2
Tags: green fireballs, Alberta, JANAP 146(D), CIRVIS/MERINT, NICAP correspondence, Air Defence Command St Hubert, 1960, Canada

Key points

UFO reporting in Canada was governed by JANAP 146(D), CIRVIS/MERINT, agreed to and implemented by both the US and Canadian governments.p.7
Reports were routed directly to Air Defence Command Headquarters at St Hubert, or via RCMP, military establishments, or Department of Transport stations, with ADC instigating further investigation and collating data jointly with US reports.p.7
RCAF Group Captain L.C. Dilworth, writing for the Chief of the Air Staff in 1960, asserted that information would only be withheld when considered in the national interest and that there was no known intention to withhold non-defence information from the public.p.7
NICAP investigator Ken Hassen of Vancouver wrote to the RCAF Edmonton station commander asking about green fireball sightings over Alberta and whether personnel were bound by JANAP 146(D) and AFR 200-2 to stay silent.p.15
NICAP form correspondence signed by Major Donald E. Keyhoe describes the organization's intake of UFO sighting reports and its position that a majority of NICAP's Board of Governors deemed official UFO secrecy dangerous.p.17
A handwritten minute on the Air Staff file routed the NICAP query through DAFS before drafting a reply, with the matter tracked under file HQ 940-5.p.8
Air Staff guidance noted that worthwhile or possibly valid reports were investigated thoroughly and that appropriate intelligence and operational elements of the Services were kept informed.p.7
NICAP's 1960 letter listed active investigative items including infrared tracking of UFOs and improved radar tracking able to follow single objects or formations far out in space.p.17

Verbatim

Provision is made for the reporting of unidentified flying objects under the provisions of JANAP 146(D) - Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (CIRVIS/MERINT).
p.9
This instruction has been agreed to and implemented by both the US and Canadian Governments.
p.9
Under the terms of this agreement, UFO's are reported either directly to Air Defence Command Headquarters, St Hubert, or to that headquarters through another communication network such as RCMP, military establishments or Department of Transport stations.
p.9
However, information would only be withheld when it would be considered in the national interest.
p.9
There is certainly no known intention on behalf of the organisation to withhold information from the public that has no connection with defence nor to provide misleading information.
p.9
any worthwhile or possibly valid reports are investigated thoroughly and the appropriate intelligence and operational elements of the Services are kept informed.
p.9

Most interesting

The Canadian file routes a NICAP press of an RCAF base commander to Air Staff in Ottawa, then back through DAFS before a one-page reply is even drafted, showing how a single citizen letter triggered an internal policy clearance.
Group Captain L.C. Dilworth's 1960 reply commits on the record that Canada's UFO reporting regime is JANAP 146(D) jointly with the US, and that ADC St Hubert collates Canadian sightings with US data.
NICAP's Vancouver investigator specifically cites AFR 200-2 and JANAP 146(D) by number when challenging an RCAF base, an early example of FOIA-style pressure on Canadian UFO records.
The file is part of Library and Archives Canada's RG 24, vol. 17984, file HQ 940-5, the consolidated DND UFO docket.

Cross-references

PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 29 (Pages 8401–8759)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 01 (Pages 1–300)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 05 (Pages 1201–1500)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council

Common questions

What is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)?: Pages 5701–6000 of Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release, containing 1960 RCAF correspondence with NICAP investigators and internal Air Staff guidance on Canada's UFO reporting regime under JANAP 146(D).
What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) reveal?: UFO reporting in Canada was governed by JANAP 146(D), CIRVIS/MERINT, agreed to and implemented by both the US and Canadian governments. Reports were routed directly to Air Defence Command Headquarters at St Hubert, or via RCMP, military establishments, or Department of Transport stations, with ADC instigating further investigation and collating data…
Which agency produced Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) is a primary-source record from Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council. Its original classification was UNCLASSIFIED on release.
When is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) dated?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) is dated 1960. It was disclosed 2010-01-01.
What programs and topics appear in Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) references JANAP 146(D) CIRVIS/MERINT, AFR 200-2, green fireballs, Alberta, NICAP correspondence and Air Defence Command St Hubert.
What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000) say, in its own words?: "Provision is made for the reporting of unidentified flying objects under the provisions of JANAP 146(D) - Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (CIRVIS/MERINT)." (source p. 9).

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