{
 "slug": "dos-uap-d1",
 "title": "DOS-UAP-D1-Cable-1-Papua-New-Guinea-January-1985",
 "agency": "DoW",
 "year": "1985",
 "page_count": 3,
 "source_page": "https://wearenotalone.space/document/dos-uap-d1/",
 "original_file": "https://wearenotalone.space/Season 01/Release_1/DOS-UAP-D1-Cable-1-Papua-New-Guinea-January-1985.pdf",
 "license": "U.S. Government work — public domain. Text is machine OCR from the original scan; the page image is authoritative.",
 "pages": [
  {
   "n": 1,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dos-uap-d1/p01.jpg",
   "text": "UNCLASSIFIED\nCSP-2025-00040\nB-00002707027\n\"UNCLASSIFIED\"\n3/2/2026\nUNCLASSIFIED\nMRN:\n85 PORT MORESBY 199\nDate/DTG:\nJan 28, 1985 / 280000Z Jan 85\nFrom:\nAMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY\nAction:\nUSCINCLANT ROUTINE\nE.0 .:\nUnknown\nTAGS:\nMARR, PP\nReference:\nn/a\nSubject:\nPAPUA NEW GUINEA INQUIRY RE OVERFLIGHTS\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nPAGE 01\nPORT M 00199 280704Z\nACTION PM-11\nINFO OCT-00 COPY-01 ADS-00 INR-10 SS-00\nCIAE-00 DODE-00\nNSAE-00 EAP-00 /022 W\n---------------026406 280708Z /12\n0 280653Z JAN 85\nFM AMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY\nTO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE\nINFO 43SW ANDERSON AFB GU IMMEDIATE\nSECSTATE WASHDC 1694\nAMEMBASSY CANBERRA\nAMEMBASSYJAKARTA\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE PORT MORESBY 00199\nUSCINCPAC FOR J3 AND POLAD\n43 SW FOR DONO\nSTATE FOR EAP/PIA AND PM/RSA\nE.O. 12356: N/A\nTAGS: MARR, PP\nSUBJECT: PAPUA NEW GUINEA INQUIRY RE OVERFLIGHTS\n1. EMBASSY JANUARY 28 RECEIVED INFORMAL INQUIRY FROM\nPNG NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (NIO) CONCERNING\nREPORTED SIGHTINGS OF HIGH-ALTITUDE, HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT\nOVER PNG DURING EVENING JANUARY 24. MATTER CAME TO\nNIO'S ATTENTION WHEN ITS OFFICER IN WEWAK REPORTED LOCAL\nRESIDENTS HAD BEEN FRIGHTENED BY OVERFLIGHTS, WHICH LED\nTO THE PROVINCIAL PREMIER'S CALLING OF A PUBLIC MEETING\nON THE SUBJECT ATTENDED BY THE PRIME MINISTER WHO WAS\nWEEKENDING IN HIS ELECTORAL DISTRICT.\nReleased in Full\nIJohn Powers, Acting-Director\nUS Department of State\n~/25/2026\nUNCLASSIFIED\nPagel of 3"
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   "n": 2,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dos-uap-d1/p02.jpg",
   "text": "UNCLASSIFIED\nCSP-2025-00040\nB-00002707027\n\"UNCLASSIFIED\"\n3/2/2026\n2. NIO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS OF\nUNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 24,\nINCLUDING FAST-MOVING OBJECTS WITH LIGHTS, CONTRAILS,\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nPAGE 02\nPORT M 00199 2807042\nAND NOISE. THE REPORT IN WHICH NIO PLACES SOME CREDENCE\nORIGINATED WITH AN AIR NIUGINI PILOT WHO HAD JUST TAKEN\nOFF FROM WEWAK ENROUTE PORT MORESBY. PILOT SAID HIS\nRADAR PICKED UP AIRCRAFT FL YING SOUTH TO NORTH AT HIGH\nALTITUDE AND HIGH SPEED WHEN HE WAS OVER ANGORAM (VIC 4\nDEG S, 144 DEG E). SEVERAL VISUAL SIGHTINGS OF\nCONTRAILS WERE ALSO REPORTED FROM VARIOUS POINTS AROUND\nPNG, OF ONE AIRCRAFT MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH AT 1900 LOCAL\nAND OF SIX-EIGHT AIRCRAFT TRAVELING SOUTH TO NORTH AT\n2200 LOCAL.\n3. BASED ON OUR RECORDS AND TELCON WITH 43SW, WE HAVE\nTOLD NIO WE KNEW OF NO B-52 OVERFLIGHTS AND NO U.S.\nAIRCRAFT IN PNG AIRSPACE ON JANUARY 24.\n4. AL THOUGH INFORMATION PROVIDED US ON THESE SIGHTINGS\nIS VERY SKETCHY AND SOURCES WERE UNSURE OF THE\nDIRECTIONS IN WHICH AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING, WE WOULD MOST\nAPPRECIATE CONFIRMATION OF PARA 3 ABOVE AND ANY LIGHT\nYOU MIGHT THROW ON THESE REPORTS.\nGARDNER\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nNNN\nUNCLASSIFIED\nPage 2 of 3"
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   "n": 3,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dos-uap-d1/p03.jpg",
   "text": "UNCLASSIFIED\nCSP-2025-00040\nB-00002707027\n\"UNCLASSIFIED\"\n3/2/2026\nDissemination Rule:\nArchive Copy\nUNCLASSIFIED\nUNCLASSIFIED\nPage 3 of 3"
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