Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1136 03 1136-03-p003

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Frequently, such objects as missiles, balloons, birds, kites, searchlights, aircraft navigation and anticollision beacons, jet engine exhaust, condensation trails, astronomical bodies, and meteorological phenomena are mistakenly reported as UFOs. The Air Force groups its evaluations of UFO reports under three general headings: (1) IDENTI- FIED, (2) INSUFFICIENT DATA, and (3) UNIDENTIFIED. IDENTIFIED reports are those for which sufficient specific information has been accumulated and evaluated...