While searching for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) UFO files, a researcher using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), recently received the FAA’s procedures for taking UFO reports.
John Greenewald runs TheBlackVault.com, a website where he posts the millions of pages of government files he has received via FOIA requests. He began seeking these files when he was still a high school student in 1996.
n April, Greenewald sent a FOIA request asking for their UFO files.
Specifically, Greenewald wrote: “I respectfully request a copy of records, electronic or otherwise, of ALL FAA manuals, regulations and publications – that deal with, or mention, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and/or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and/or Unexplained Phenomena, and/or any other derivative that may be used the your agency. This would include, but not be limited to, all manuals, publications and/or instructions that pertain to pilots (commercial or otherwise), Air Traffic Controllers, or employees of the FAA.”
A few days later, on April 18, Greenewald got a reply. He received a portion of a document called the Aeronautical Information Manual: Official Guide to Basic Flight Information and ATC Procedures. Apparently, it is the latest version of these instructions, and it took effect on December 10, 2015.
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