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               2. NIO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS OF
               UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 24,
               INCLUDING FAST-MOVING OBJECTS WITH LIGHTS, CONTRAILS,
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               AND NOISE. THE REPORT IN WHICH NIO PLACES SOME CREDENCE
               ORIGINATED WITH AN AIR NIUGINI PILOT WHO HAD JUST TAKEN
               OFF FROM WEWAK ENROUTE PORT MORESBY. PILOT SAID HIS
               RADAR PICKED UP AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUT H TO NORTH AT HIGH
               ALTITUDE AND HIGH SPEED WHEN HE WAS OVER ANGORAM (VIC 4
               DEG S, 144 DEG E). SEVERAL VISUAL SIGHTINGS OF
               CONTRAILS WERE ALSO REPORTED FROM VARIOUS POINTS AROUND
               PNG, OF ONE AIRCRAFT MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH AT 1900 LOCAL
               AND OF SIX-EIGHT AIRCRAFT TRAVELING SOUTH TO NORTH AT
               2200 LOCAL.

               3. BASED ON OUR RECORDS AND TELCON WITH 43SW, WE HAVE
               TOLD NIO WE KNEW OF NO B-52 OVERFLIGHTS AND NO U.S.
               AIRCRAFT IN PNG AIRSPACE ON JANUARY 24.

               4. ALTHOUGH INFORMATION PROVIDED US ON THESE SIGHTINGS
               IS VERY SKETCHY AND SOURCES WERE UNSURE OF THE
               DIRECTIONS IN WHICH AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING, WE WOULD MOST
               APPRECIATE CONFIRMATION OF PARA 3 ABOVE AND ANY LIGHT
               YOU MIGHT THROW ON THESE REPORTS.
               GARDNER




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