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TER AS ARR fh er Approved pproved For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070022-1 . wo ne re ak 4 ‘ 1 poi-s snorting ++ ‘ yf g pilot i -auete more Unah ‘ 4 Nom bas and Ban 950 Hin, and veh an errr wor! . . iderint tho sights 2 mts a me VhEas ’ Purtncr, tho possibility exsst. » i : original » reportyt , May iglous prevsesion, but f iad visual signtings of POs, such as that boing cneckad out ©: . an this ingtance, are not a New pherwnrs00, partacusarly 6t 1069 report lists seven UFO Sightings at Nakhon Pnasoe RTAFS f9F 98 Novomber 1968 to 1 Junuary 1969 ‘alone.2 Attempts by vase recon ‘ aircraft to further identify the objects were unguscessful. : Yot these unresolved reports, tho 7/13tn Air Force Director of Inveliigence ’ 7 _ f offered several comments and possible explanationss i ae On 28 Novenber 2968, the That Dordes patrol Police (BP?) began an t Leon involving four to 9ix BPP vd Royal Thai Ary (TA) helicopysrsy in! Ae er sone of the sightings norusest of the tase. nile Thal i fiiots iad historically bece seo ieee to fly at night, a recent Sa) Boe H 5 ; Pha gade night flying almost 42 easy oe Saytimo operations, and pilots o: | ag the BPP and RTA had been known to accomplish might fights. Gentroa: zed | : ‘these agencies’ autonomous counter-insurgency operations is wear, | i eres control of foe wer, and Thai unite frequently Weiea flights plans with the Air Defense wyeiliance System only efter the fact, if at all. >. kitematively, the UFOs sighted might have beon aircraft on clan he flights by US agencies, a8 Mach flights #re often completed witnout Sutaiis being released to traffic soatrol offices. ‘Though it is possible; what the illeit flights were friendly, for purposes of privategaia, pleasure; “muggling, there was no evidence nt’ the time to aubstantiate that sbility. : c. uring November and carly pecembor, radar gear in Thailand, particulanly uni Controlled Approach (GCA) scopes, have historically nunbers of returns Peon natural oF cultural phenonens, &-Z+* tempercture caversions, balloons from fairs and religious celebrations, migratory birds, | and kites. In November 1967, Headquarters 7/13th Air Force conducted an cxperinent at Udorn RTAFB, whore GCA scopes were reporting zore LAA fifteen | Gnidentified returns. In & span ‘of ten minutes, huaan observers phy etcally vegnted scores of Balloons, vhroe flocks of migratory birdc, severe: xites, plus at least four local helicopters. Theso sight flights, could not be correlated with GCA and other electronic returns. i ‘ i 4 H i G. In analysing the threat of helicopters penetrating Thuiland or supporting j : i gpg TI PART TSE TONE insurgent forces, & prelininary study of the technical factors involved Getcrmined that landing helicopters Yn resote jungle clourings at night tw , ‘teriel was highly dangerous, particularly without 1 : Ing aids. Additionally, the pearty Conn! © nist or neutral countries from which the helicopters might cose do not 1 | presently possess adequate numbers of lov/slow aircraft to support their own | r it i H 1 airlift personnel or ma Soshisticated navigational and Land! Pleid forces, officials or unite by air, vithout considering sry high Fisk; ‘ae oxtre-territorial missions. . ! \ e. in 1967, unidentified aircraft activity, purportedly in support of ins: Communist. insurgent: ide Thailand, seemed to preoccupy Thai officials \ {until US, reson provided Havk antivaireralt reeetiees Then, ina speech + of ecceptance and thanks, sea orel PIRAPHAT, Deputy Prine Kin, "ters aid the; | ca icorwer threat from outside Thailand, had ended or come under controls : ; } ‘ ee , ni SECRET 4 as Lee een TNO FOREIGN DISTT . “ppreisase : — Approved pI For Release 2002/08/21 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070022-1 = = = st