"OPREP-3 - A Classified US Military Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents?" By Paul Dean

The following is an excerpt from the thoughtful, thoroughly-researched and well-documented blog of Mr. Paul Dean (Enjoy!):

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By Paul Dean.

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Thursday, 2 June 2016

"OPREP-3" - A Classified US Military Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents? Part 1

  

While going through the officially declassified and release that relate to the spooky 1975 US/Canadian border Northern Tier “over flights”, as well as other 1970’s–era UFO cases, I noticed a specific term repeatedly appearing in the documents that piqued my interest. The term was “OPREP–3”, and it was sometimes followed by other terms like “PINNACLE”, “BEELINE” or “NAVY BLUE”. Upon further study of statements of American military doctrine – both old and new – it became quickly apparent that these terms refer to a specific type of “operational reporting” system used by the US Armed Force. “OPREP” means “Operational Report”, and “3” refers to a category meaning “Serious Event/Serious Incident”. There are dozens of available publications that detail the OPREP–3 process. One such publication, promulgated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), is an Instruction dated 1st of December, 1993, titled “Joint Reporting Structure Event and Incident Reports”. Page 1 establishes:

“The OPREP–3 reporting system… …is used by military units at any level of command to report significant events and incidents to the highest levels of command.”...

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