Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

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20JUL 1955
AFOIN-1A-P
SUBJECT: Draft of Proposed Combined CIRVIS
TO:
Commander-in-Chief
Continental Air Defense Command
ATTN: Director of Intelligence
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1. Inclosed are two copies of the draft for that part
of the proposed combined CIRVIS which the working group has
considered. Insofar as possible, the wishes of CONAD have
been followed with the drafts left by Commander Thudium
and other correspondence serving as guides.
2. Note that US military communications stations in
Canada, Alaska and Greenland will address CIRVIS reports to
the Canadian circuit as well as the US addressee list when
they receive a report of sighting within or adjacent to the
North American continent. This is to insure that the Canadian
authorities get the report quickly to allow quicker investi-
gative action than might be possible if the report were passed
to them later.
3. Another item worth noting is 207a(1) which places
the responsibility on one organization of making sure all
addressees are notified. This will prevent several activities
sending messages to one whose name might have been mistakenly
left off the list. It is believed that CONAD is the appropri-
ate US activity to do this.
4. The remainder of the CIRVIS should be reviewed this
week and the completed draft ready for final coordination and
submission to the joint staff for approval within another week
or ten days. CONAD comments are desired on both this and the
final draft.
BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
MAURICE A.
Colonel,
USAP
1 Incl
D/Intelligence
9.
Draft CIRVIS (in dup)
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