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Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

A formally declassified 1996 Spanish Air Force file containing the Normativa OVNI, the regulatory backbone of the 1992-1999 Ministerio de Defensa UFO declassification programme.

Brief

The file packages the Ejército del Aire's UFO regulations under cover of a 3 November 1996 intelligence-officer memorandum from the Mando Operativo Aéreo (MOA) at Torrejón, proposing reclassification of the underlying procedural documents from CONFIDENCIAL to DESCLASIFICADO. The cover memo cites correspondence from CJMOA to JEMA dated 25 February 1993, 23 March 1993, and 13 April 1992, and a JEMA sanction dated 28 April 1992 that authorized CJMOA to analyze and propose declassification of files at least ten years old. Anexo A enumerates the historical Spanish military UFO directives from 1968 through 1985: a 5 December 1968 Ministerio del Aire press note, EMAIRE Oficio 9122-T of 17 December 1968 centralizing OVNI information, JEMA Circular 9266-C-T of 26 December 1968 setting investigation procedure, a 10 January 1974 handwritten update by Teniente General Mariano Cuadra Medina, and a March 1979 JUJEM ruling keeping OVNI matters classified. The reproduced 1968 circular establishes a standing Informador officer, an interrogation checklist (observation conditions, meteorology, sound, mobility), and a chain that elevates each file through the Regional Authority to JEMA classified as CONFIDENCIAL.

Metadata

Agency: Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
Release: 1996-11-08
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 51 pages
Classification: DESCLASIFICADO (previously CONFIDENCIAL)
Programs: Normativa OVNI del Ejército del Aire, Programa de Desclasificación OVNI del Ministerio de Defensa, Circular JEMA 9266-C-T (1968), Oficio EMAIRE 9122-T (1968), Circular JEMA 3483-C-T (1968)
Tags: Spain, Ejército del Aire, Normativa OVNI, declassification programme, 1968, 1974, 1979, 1992, 1996, JEMA, MOA, CJMOA, JUJEM, investigation procedure, radar, Red Radar de Alerta

Key points

The intelligence officer of the MOA, writing from Torrejón on 3 November 1996, proposed the classification "DESCLASIFICADO" for the Normativa OVNI package, finding no aspects that recommended maintaining classified status.p.3
CJMOA's 25 February 1993 letter to JEMA requested that procedural documents at least ten years old be treated as "SIN CLASIFICAR".p.2
JEMA's response of 23 March 1993 (Escrito SESPA No 410) approved the declassification of all historical Normativa OVNI documents at least ten years old, giving them the same treatment as already-declassified OVNI sighting files.p.2
On 28 April 1992 JEMA sanctioned CJMOA's earlier 13 April 1992 proposal, authorizing CJMOA to analyze and prepare declassification proposals and centralizing management and archiving of the files in the Sección de Inteligencia of the MOA Estado Mayor.p.2
Anexo A indexes the Spanish military UFO regulatory chain: a 5 December 1968 Ministerio del Aire press note asking the public to report sightings to the nearest Air Authority; EMAIRE Oficio 9122-T of 17 December 1968 centralizing all OVNI information in the 3rd Section; JEMA Circular 9266-C-T of 26 December 1968 establishing investigation procedure; and a 31 December 1968 circular (No 3483-C-T) disseminating the rules to Sector Chiefs.p.4
The 1968 JEMA circular requires that for every sighting an Informador officer be appointed and that diligencias be elevated to the Regional Authority, who interprets them and forwards them to JEMA classified as CONFIDENCIAL.p.4
On 10 January 1974, Minister of the Air Teniente General Mariano Cuadra Medina issued handwritten instructions updating the 1968 circular, listing the questions interrogators must put to witnesses (exact description, sounds, light color and intensity, trajectory, speed, position relative to Rosa de los Vientos or Azimut).p.13

Verbatim

la JUJEM, en su reunión del 3 de marzo acordó que los asuntos relacionados con OVNis continGen, de acuerdo con la legislación vigente, considerados como materia clasificada
p.5

Most interesting

The MOA intelligence officer's 1996 declassification stamp is the formal hinge that converted Spain's three-decade UFO investigation rulebook from CONFIDENCIAL to publicly accessible.
The 1968 EMAIRE procedure quietly normalized UFO reporting inside Spanish air defense by routing every sighting through a named Informador officer and up to JEMA, the same channel used for ordinary air-incident reporting.
The 1968 press note asks the public to bring sightings to "the nearest Air Authority" or local authorities, and explicitly states that the Ministry of the Air operates a Red Radar de Alerta capable of detecting any echo-producing object in Spanish airspace.
The 1974 Cuadra Medina interrogation checklist instructs investigators, if no positive reason supports the UFO hypothesis, to inform the witness "for their tranquility" that what they saw was not a UFO.
The 1979 JUJEM ruling, by reaffirming OVNI matters as classified material, set the legal posture that the 1992-1996 declassification programme later unwound document by document.

Cross-references

PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en EVA-4 Rosas, Gerona (13 September 1991)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en EVA-5 Aitana, Alicante (24 April 1986)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente Manises, Avistamientos Valencia–Motril–Madrid II (November 1979)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
PDFExpediente, Avistamiento en Canarias (24 November 1974)Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa

Common questions

What is Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)?: A formally declassified 1996 Spanish Air Force file containing the Normativa OVNI, the regulatory backbone of the 1992-1999 Ministerio de Defensa UFO declassification programme.
What does Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996) reveal?: The intelligence officer of the MOA, writing from Torrejón on 3 November 1996, proposed the classification "DESCLASIFICADO" for the Normativa OVNI package, finding no aspects that recommended maintaining classified status. CJMOA's 25 February 1993 letter to JEMA requested that procedural documents at least ten years old be treated as "SIN CLASIFICAR".…
Which agency produced Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)?: Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996) is a primary-source record from Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa. Its original classification was DESCLASIFICADO (previously CONFIDENCIAL).
When is Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996) dated?: Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996) is dated 1996-11-08. It was declassified 1996-11-03.
What programs and topics appear in Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)?: Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996) references Normativa OVNI del Ejército del Aire, Programa de Desclasificación OVNI del Ministerio de Defensa, Circular JEMA 9266-C-T (1968), Oficio EMAIRE 9122-T (1968), Circular JEMA 3483-C-T (1968) and Spain.

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AVI STAM I EN TO D E FEN ÓM EN OS EXTRAÑ OS ( EXPED I EN TES OVN I ) EXPED I EN TE N ÚM ERO: N ORM ATI VA OVN I D EL EA N or m a t iva m ilit a r sobr e e l fe n óm e no OVN I LUGAR: N / A FECH A: N / A BI BLI OTECA CEN TRAL D EL EJÉRCI TO D EL AI RE ( BCEA) CUARTEL GENERAL DEL EJÉRCI TO DEL AI RE ROMERO ROBLEDO 8 PLANTA PRI MERA PTA. 155 28071 – MADRI D Se cr e t a r ía : TEL.: 91 5032456 FAX.: 91.5032248 CORREO ELECTRÓNI CO : bce a @e a .m d e .e s

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MANDO OPERATIVO AÉREO ESTADO MAYOR SECCIÓN DE INTELIGENCIA IIAVISTAMIENTO DE FENÓMENOS EXTRAÑOS 11 : DESCLAS I F I CACI ÓN .: REFERENCIAS.: NORMATIVA OVNI DEL EA . A/ NORMATIVA DEL EA ENTRADA ru. 0 ••• .¡.. · ......... ....... .... .... E.¡p ｎ ｏ ｾ ｍ ａ Ｍ ｔ ｗ ａ ＠ OVN 1 E A- SOBRE AVISTAMIENTOS OVNI: ESCRITO 204-C DE CJMOA DIRIGIDO AL JEMA CON FECHA 25 DE FEBRERO DE 1993. B/ NORMATIVA DEL EA SOBRE AVISTAMIENTOS DE OVNIS : ESCRITO SESPA N°410 DE JEMA, DIRIGIDO A CJMOA CON FECHA 23 DE MARZO DE 1993. C/ PROPUESTA DE DESCLASIF ICACIÓN DE EXPEDIENTES RELATIVOS A "AVISTAMIENTOS DE FENOMENOS EXTRAÑOS EN EL ESPACIO AEREO NACIONAL" DE CJMOA DIRIGIDO A JEMA. EL 13 DE ABRIL DE 199 2 D/ ANTERIOR DOCUMENTO DEVUELTO POR JEMA A CJMOA 1 EL 28 DE ABRil¿ DE 1992, DE.BIDAMENTE SANCIONADO Mediante el escrito de ref A/ 1 CJMOA solicita de JEMA que aquellos documentos que articulan el proceso histórico de la normativa OVNI del EA. 1 y que tengan diez o mas años de antiguedad, podrían se r considerados "SIN CLASIFICAR 11 • El escrito de Ref B/ 1 JEMA aprueba la desclasificac i ón de t odos aquellos documentos que articulan el proceso histórico de la normativa OVNI del EA que tengan diez o mas años de antíguedad, a los que se dará el mismo tratamiento que a los expedientes s obre a vistamiento s de OVNIS 1 S ya desclasificados . CJMOA dirige a JEMA una Nota Informativa, documento de Ref C/ , proponiendo el posible proceso de desclasificación , estableciendo u n proceso de anáilsis de .cada uno de ellos, con informe final al JEMA 1 quién decidiría ?i procede o n o su desclasificación, centralizando la gestión y archivo de los expedientes en la Sección de Inteligencia de l Estado Mayor del MOA. Con fecha 28 de abril de 1 992, documento de Ref D/ 1 el JEMA sanciona la propuesta anterior facultando a CJMOA a l análisis y elaboración de propuesta de desclasificación de los expedientes. -1-

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AVI STAM I EN TO D E FEN ÓM EN OS EXTRAÑ OS ( EXPED I EN TES OVN I ) EXPED I EN TE N ÚM ERO: N ORM ATI VA OVN I D EL EA N or m a t iva m ilit a r sobr e e l fe n óm e no OVN I LUGAR: N / A FECH A: N / A BI BLI OTECA CEN TRAL D EL EJÉRCI TO D EL AI RE ( BCEA) CUARTEL GENERAL DEL EJÉRCI TO DEL AI RE ROMERO ROBLEDO 8 PLANTA PRI MERA PTA. 155 28071 – MADRI D Se cr e t a r ía : TEL.: 91 5032456 FAX.: 91.5032248 CORREO ELECTRÓNI CO : bce a @e a .m d e .e s

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DISCLOSURE / FILE

Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

A formally declassified 1996 Spanish Air Force file containing the Normativa OVNI, the regulatory backbone of the 1992-1999 Ministerio de Defensa UFO declassification programme.

DISCLOSURE / FILE

Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

A formally declassified 1996 Spanish Air Force file containing the Normativa OVNI, the regulatory backbone of the 1992-1999 Ministerio de Defensa UFO declassification programme.

Brief

Metadata

Agency: Ejército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensa
Release: 1996-11-08
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 51 pages
Classification: DESCLASIFICADO (previously CONFIDENCIAL)
Programs: Normativa OVNI del Ejército del Aire, Programa de Desclasificación OVNI del Ministerio de Defensa, Circular JEMA 9266-C-T (1968), Oficio EMAIRE 9122-T (1968), Circular JEMA 3483-C-T (1968)
Tags: Spain, Ejército del Aire, Normativa OVNI, declassification programme, 1968, 1974, 1979, 1992, 1996, JEMA, MOA, CJMOA, JUJEM, investigation procedure, radar, Red Radar de Alerta

Key points

The intelligence officer of the MOA, writing from Torrejón on 3 November 1996, proposed the classification "DESCLASIFICADO" for the Normativa OVNI package, finding no aspects that recommended maintaining classified status.p.3
CJMOA's 25 February 1993 letter to JEMA requested that procedural documents at least ten years old be treated as "SIN CLASIFICAR".p.2
JEMA's response of 23 March 1993 (Escrito SESPA No 410) approved the declassification of all historical Normativa OVNI documents at least ten years old, giving them the same treatment as already-declassified OVNI sighting files.p.2
On 28 April 1992 JEMA sanctioned CJMOA's earlier 13 April 1992 proposal, authorizing CJMOA to analyze and prepare declassification proposals and centralizing management and archiving of the files in the Sección de Inteligencia of the MOA Estado Mayor.p.2
Anexo A indexes the Spanish military UFO regulatory chain: a 5 December 1968 Ministerio del Aire press note asking the public to report sightings to the nearest Air Authority; EMAIRE Oficio 9122-T of 17 December 1968 centralizing all OVNI information in the 3rd Section; JEMA Circular 9266-C-T of 26 December 1968 establishing investigation procedure; and a 31 December 1968 circular (No 3483-C-T) disseminating the rules to Sector Chiefs.p.4
The 1968 JEMA circular requires that for every sighting an Informador officer be appointed and that diligencias be elevated to the Regional Authority, who interprets them and forwards them to JEMA classified as CONFIDENCIAL.p.4
On 10 January 1974, Minister of the Air Teniente General Mariano Cuadra Medina issued handwritten instructions updating the 1968 circular, listing the questions interrogators must put to witnesses (exact description, sounds, light color and intensity, trajectory, speed, position relative to Rosa de los Vientos or Azimut).p.13

Verbatim

la JUJEM, en su reunión del 3 de marzo acordó que los asuntos relacionados con OVNis continGen, de acuerdo con la legislación vigente, considerados como materia clasificada
p.5

Most interesting

The MOA intelligence officer's 1996 declassification stamp is the formal hinge that converted Spain's three-decade UFO investigation rulebook from CONFIDENCIAL to publicly accessible.
The 1968 EMAIRE procedure quietly normalized UFO reporting inside Spanish air defense by routing every sighting through a named Informador officer and up to JEMA, the same channel used for ordinary air-incident reporting.
The 1968 press note asks the public to bring sightings to "the nearest Air Authority" or local authorities, and explicitly states that the Ministry of the Air operates a Red Radar de Alerta capable of detecting any echo-producing object in Spanish airspace.
The 1974 Cuadra Medina interrogation checklist instructs investigators, if no positive reason supports the UFO hypothesis, to inform the witness "for their tranquility" that what they saw was not a UFO.
The 1979 JUJEM ruling, by reaffirming OVNI matters as classified material, set the legal posture that the 1992-1996 declassification programme later unwound document by document.

Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

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Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)

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Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)