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EA: All conferees please stand b¥.

EA: All conferees please stand b¥.

DDO:

NORAD/USSPACECOM.his is the

DDO.

HORAe: HORAn

has no information, sir.

DDO: Roger. Wehave dated information and just

want to update. And, it has to do with basically what we

have

in

the air and also to confirm. that we have no

unknowns other than the three we were discussing in the

viciDity of Alaska.

DDO:

NORAD,

DO;

you get the request?

NORAD:Stand by, sir. :I just had

a

fourth unknown

pop up in Alaska. :It has not been briefed by the Alaska

region to the COllllDalldenter yet. :I can give you

preliminary information only. COMM'sID0273, the position

6331

north;

15236

west; basically central Alaska at a speed

of

154

knots, altitude

6, 000

feet. And again. that's all

the information :I have. :It's not been Ops Worthy here and

we've got no information from Alaska because this has just

. ....::c:.:OIIl8==---:i:::ll:::.t::::..::OJhe system~_~ .

DDO:Roger, appreciate that. Wehave no UDknowns

over the continental United States?

NORAD:That'S affirmative, sir. There are no

unknowns over the continental u.S.

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DDO:Roger. And also, just recap basically what

we have of the DCCAP,NewYork CAPand also what' s

airborne in the vicinity of Air Porce One or circling the

area of the route.

NORAD:Stand by, sir. I'm still waiting for

information on Air Force One moving. Wedon' t have anything

here other than just preliminary reports, sir.

STRATCOII:Break, break; DDO,STRATCOM.

DDO:S'l'RATCOII,DOO.

STRATCOM:Wehave the understanding that the

President is airborne. Air Force One is airborne.

DOO:Roger, sir. And, understand en route back to

Washington, D.C.

STRATCOM:hat's our understanding.

noo:

Roger, sir. Thank you much.

VENUSCONTROL:This is Venus Control confirming

that we did just talk to Air Force One and they are

airborne on their way to Andrews Air Force Base.

_________________________ DDO:-. oge_ :.~_~~is__~s the DDO.Appreciate ~~ur _

confirmation. And NORAD,DDO.I need to confirm. the

continued work on that CAP. Weneed to make sure that

they're &1so providing the CAPprovided over the BELOS from

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NORAD: Roge r .

DDO: Agai n , I s ai d HMX- One. Make s ur e t he CAP i s

al s o over t he he l i copt e r .

NORAD: NORAD c opi e s .

COL MCKOWN: Hel l o. Thi s i s Col

JlcKown.

Ar e you

bei ng hel ped?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO.

HORAD: DOO, t h i s i s HORAD.

DDO: NORAD, DDO.

HORAn: Roger . Say l ocat i on of he l i copt e r s

r eques t i ng CAP s uppor t .

DDO: Say agai n your r eques t .

HORAn: Say l oc at i on of he l i c opt e r s r eques t i ng CAP

suppo r t .

DDO: Roger . ma- One and Hel os ar e t he ones t hat

ar e bas i c al l y l o cat ed i n t he vi c i n i t y of Anacos t i a and

Andr ews Ai r For ce Bas e and P ent agon as f ar as t he r out e

They move t he POTOS. We need t o make s ur e t her e' s a CAP

over t hat ar ea when t hey s t ar t movi ng.

HORAn: Roger , we cur r ent l y have a CAP over t he

Was hi ngt on, D. C . ar ea, s i r .

000: Roger , t hen we' r e i n good s hape. Es pec i a l l y

moni t o r t he P r es i dent ' s He l o s as t hey s t ar t movi ng. We' l l

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be abl e t o t e l l you when t hat ' s happeni ng t hr ough t hi s

conf e r ence .

HORAn: RORAn c opi es .

EA: Al l c onf e r ees pl eas e s t and by.

EA: Al l conf er ees pl eas e s t and

by.

NORAD: Br eak, br eak, NORAD wi t h an i nput .

DDO: Thi s i s DOO,

go

ahead.

NORAD: Yes , s i r . NORAn cur r ent l y t r ack i ng f our

unknown t r acks i n t he Al as ka lORAn Regi o n. Al l t r acks due

t o s peed and al t i t ude appear t o be pr obabl y l o cal bus h

pi l ot s i n pr op ai r cr af t t hat m ght Dot have r ece i ved t he

wor d yet about SCATANA and t he event s oc cur r i ng i n t he

Al as kan NORAD Regi on. We' r e goi ng t o cont i nue · t o moni t or .

However , Al as ka has de f er r ed t ac t i c al ac t i on at t hi s t i me

due t o pos s i bl e

I D' s on al l of t hes e cont ac t s

as pos s i bl e

smal l

c r af t ai r c r af t s . HORAD

compl e t e .

DDO: DDO copy.

EA:

Al l conf e r ees pl eas e

s t a nd

by.

EA.:

Al l

c on f e r e e s

pl e as e

s t a nd

by.

EA.:

Al l

c o nf e r e e s

s t and by.

EA.:

Al l c o nf e r e e s s t and

by.

EA

Al l conf e r ees

s t and by.

EA:

Al l

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DDD: Mar i ne OPs Cent er , DDO. Las t cal l i ng

s t at i on, you' r e com ng i n gar bl ed.

EA,

pl eas e conf i r m t hat

t he Mar i ne OP Cent er i s s t i l l . i n t he conf e r ence.

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

EA: EA, r o ge r .

DDO,

t hi s i s

DDO

1 1 . We had dr opped

of f but we' r e back up on net .

DDO: T hi s isDDO com ng on. Roger .

EA:

Al l conf er ees pl eas e s t and

by .

EA: All conf e r ees pl eas e s t and. by.

DOO:

S i r ,

DDO.

LT . COL . MASI ELLO: Hi , t hi s i s L t . Col . Mas i e l l o

i n t he Chai r . man' s of f i c e . The Chai r man i s on t he gr ound and

he has depar t ed Andr ews . ETA her e i s pr obabl y about 20

m cs .

DDO:

Gr eat . i hanks .

L~

COL . MASI ELLO: Out her e.

NORAD:

Cent e r about an unknown cont ac t lS

naut i c al m 1es sout h of Sagi naw, Mi c hi gan. And, i f s o, ar e

we r es pondi ng wi t h our Chi cago based CAP?

S t and by, s i r .

NORAD:

Roger .

coor di nat es 15 m l es s out h of Sagi naw?

lORAD:

nat '

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DDO:HORAD,his is the DDO.Can you repeat.

NORA»:Yes, sir. Stand by Yes, we're getting

reports from Cleveland Center through the FAA, that we have

an unknown contact

15

miles, that is one, five miles south

of Saginaw, Michigan. Looking for confirmation that we do,

in fact, see that unknown.and confirmation.

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EA: All conferees please stand by

EA: All conferees please stand by

DDO:Air Porce· Ops, DDO.

AIRFORCEOPS: Air Porce Ops.

DDO:Can you confirm that there'S a hundred bed

hospi tal en route to McGuire and Andrews.

AIRFORCEOPS: Can confirm what? Youwere broken.

DDO:That a hundred bed hospital is on its way to

McGuire and Andrews Air Force Bases.

Am FORCEOPS: Okay, one more time. Whois en

route?

DDO: Aone hundred bed hospital.

AIRFORCEOPS: Okay.

CORR:sir, this is CORR,the northeast defense

sector is working the issue. Wedon't have anything now.

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He's standing by.

RORAn:CORRhis is NORAD.Understand you have

no

indications at this time?

CORR: That's right. Nocontact yet, sir.

HORAn:

Roger.

DIX And. DOC, what is the source of information

on this contact?

RAOC:Say again, please.

DDO:Roger. Just trying to find out what the

source was of this contact. What is the soUrce of the

iDformationissued?

RAOC:This came to us through our FAA rep. lie got

the infoxmation from the 1oca1 center.

DDO:FAAare you online? (pause) EAplease

confirm that FAA is still on1ine.

EA.: EA, roger.

EA.: Break, break, EAdouble checking FAA.

DDO: Roger.

Break, break.

DDO: Sir, DDO.

LT.

COL.

MASIELLO:Hi, this is Lt. Col. Masiello.

/

I just got off the phone with the Chairman. Be's going to

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s omebody avai l abl e t hat can l i n k up wi t h hi m when he comes

i n t he bui l di ng t o t ake hi m out t her e i f he want s t o

o

t o

t he s i t e ?

DDO: S t and by. {paus e} We' r e goi ng t o have

s omeone cal l you back on anot her l i ne. X have t he

conf e r ence on t h i s phone.

LT. COL. MASIELLO: Okay.

DDO:

But yeah, we' r e r unni ng s omeone down now.

Do

you expec t hi m t o be about t en m nut es ?

LT . COL . MASIELLO: Fi v e or t en m nut es .

DDO:

Roger .

LT. COL. KASIELLO:

Okay, gr eat . ' ' hanksa l ot .

OUt her e .

0: Br eak, br eak. DDO, Whi t e Bous e i s wOr ki ng OD

br i ngi ng FAA

back

up .

DDO:

Roger , appr ec i at e i t .

EA: DI X>, Whi t e Rous e t r yi ng t o cont ac t FAA.

DDO: DDO,

r o g e r .

CONK: Thi s i s CONR cal l i ng Nor t heas t Ai r Def ens e

Sec t or . Ther e i s no cont ac t wi t h Sagi naw ai r . pl ane. The

Chi c ago CAP i s i n pl ace. We' r e moni t o r i ng t hat . CORR. out .

DDO: CORR, t hi s i s DDO. I need t o conf i ~. X

under s t and t he CAP i s up i n t hat v i c i ni t y and t hey don' t

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moni t o r anyt h i ng or YOU s ee anyt hi ng on t hat unknown?

CORR: That ' s cor r ec t , s i r .

DDO: Roger .

CORR: S t i l l f ol l owi ng up and no cont ac t as of

ye t . Chi c ago CAP i s i n pl ac e .

ODO:

Roger . T hi s i s

DDO.

Keep us i nf o xmed.

CONR: Roger . COD s t andi n. g by.

EA: ~

con. f e r ees pl eas e s t and

by

DDO:

S i r ,

DDO.

LT. COL . MASI EL LO: Hi , i t ' s L t . Col . Mas i e l l o

wi t h t he Chai r man' s of f i ce . He s ai d he' S about f i ve m nut es

out . The f i r s t t hi ng he' S goi ng t o want t o do i s i ns pec t

t he damage t o t he bui l di ng when he get s her e, OK? And, t hen

when he c omes

ODO: okay. Whi c h ent r anc e i s he com ng i n t o?

LT . COL . MASr ELLO: He' S com ng i n t o t he Ri v er

eAt r ance s o i f s amebody' s out t her e - - I don' t know what

t he bes t way t o o i f i t ' s be t t er t o dr i ve over t her e or

t o wal k hi m ar ound. I ' m not s ur e, OK?

J : :

don' t know enough

about t he out s i de of t he bui l di ng, whi c h way woul . d be

f as t er t o get t o i t . The ot her t hi ng i f you coul d pas s on

t o t he Di r ec t or , t hat when he get s back i n her e af t er he ' s

l o oked at t he bui l di ng and s ur veyed t he damage he want s t o

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meet f or a f ew m nut es wi t h t he ( J 2) , t he ( J 3) and t he

Di r ec t or f ol l owi ng - - he ' s goi ng t o want t o meet wi t h t he

Vi ce f i r s t t hi ng but t hen r i ght af t er t hat he want s t o meet

wi t h t he t wo, t he t hr ee and t he Di r ec t or .

Okay, and we don' t know haw long i t ' s going

t o t ake hi m t o wal k ar ound.

LT. COL. KASIELLO: Yeah, i f i t ' s a wal k ar ound,

how l ong i s t hat goi ng t o

be? :I

don' t know but f i gur e

20

or

30 m nut e s.

DDO: Okay. We' l l c al l you r i ght back.

LT. COL. MASIELLO: I f you can pas s t hat al ong.

Out her e .

CENTCOM: DDO, CENTCOH.

DDO: CENTCOH, DDO.

CEN'l'C0I4: Roger , s i r . Ar e you o n t o pol l us f or

t he movement s i n r egar ds t o t he event or do you want t hem

pas s ed down?

DDO: Roger . I was of f t he net f or a s econd. What

ar e you r ef er r i ng t o?

CEHTCOM: You had as ked f or pot ent i a l movement s i n

r egar ds t o t he event t hat has occur r ed.

DDO: Af f i r . mat i ve, t he event •

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DDO: I s i t f ai r l Y l e n~t hy?

CENTCOM: No, s i r , j us t a f ew.

DDO: Roger , pl eas e s end i t .

CEN' l ' COM:

I E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a) I

and we ar e at t empt i ng t o move CI Ne CENT f r om

I ~

Souda

Bay

~ck t o MacDi l l A i r For ce Bas e.

DDO: YOU s ai d at t empt t o move t he CI NC back t o

wher e and ar e you havi ng pr obl ems maki ng t hat happen?

CENTCON: No, s i r . I t ' s be i ng pl anned r i ght now.

He i s i n Souda Bay. Thi s i s a pl anned TDY on hi s way t o t he

AOR and he i s cur r ent l y, l i k e

s ai d i n Souda, and we' r e

wor ki ng on ~et t i ng hi m back t o NacDi l 1.

DDO: Roger . That ' s good i nf o r mat i on. Thanks f o r

t he updat e.

CEN' l ' CON: ·E H' l ' COH·ompl e t e .

WBI ~E HOUSE: DDO, Whi t e Hous e.

DDO: Whi t e Hous e, DDO •

_ __ _ . - __ . ..__ __- .. . ._. _. ,,_._,.'.0.--'---' _

WHI T E BOUSE: ~er ,

have FAA back on t he l i ne.

DDO: Roger . S t and by. under s t and FAA.

WBrJ. E BOUS E: Roge r .

FAA: FAA.

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DDO: FAA, ODO. What we' r e l ook i ng f or was

conf i r mat i on on t he unknown t hat we had i n t he vi c i n i t y of

Sagi naw, Mi chi gan. Ri ght now we have a CAP r epor t i ng t hat

t hey don' t s ee anyt hi ng i n t hi s ar ea. Can you conf i r m?

FAA: Negat i ve. S t and by

EA: Al l conf er ees pl e as e s t and b. Y.

EA: Al l c onf er ees pl e as e s t and b. Y.

MORAD: Br eak, br eak, NORAD wi t h an updat e .

ODO: BORAD, ODO, pr ovi de your uPdat e .

HORAn: Roger , s i r . We' ve got f our unknown t r acks

i n t he Al a s kan HORAD r egi on. Thr ee of t hos e f our t r acks ,

al l t hr ee wi t h t he except i on of t he nor t her nmos t t r ack

r i ght up at t he nor t h end of Al as ka have f aded out of r adar

cover age. Thi s s uppor t s our as s umpt i on t hat t hes e wer e

l ocal bus h pi l o t s and pr opel l er ai r cr af t . They j us t di d not

r ece i v e t he wor d about t he event s i n Al a s ka. ODce we get

any s or t of ver i f i c at i on on t hat we wi l l updat e. However ,

at t hi s t i me t hey have f aded out of r adar cover age wi t h t he

except i on of t he nor t her nmos t r out e .

DDO: Roger . And, i f

I:

under s t and t he nor t her mDOs t

t r ack was a s l o w mover . Was t hat t he 0255?

HORAn: That was 0254, s i r .

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Okay. That's basically a slow mover.

NORAn:Roger.

DOO:Understand and keep us posted.

NORAD:WILCO.

DDO:NORAn,DOO.

NORAD:NORAD,sir.

DDO:Did you determine how long you plan to keep

CAPsover D.C. and NewYork?

NORAD:It's undetermined at this paint, sir.

DDO:

Roger. Whose guidance a.re you working from?

RORAD:

crsc

NORADguidance, sir.

DDO:Roger. If you can find out tha.t's pretty

key. Wehave a lot of heavy hitters moving back in the area

now

and we are going to Deed that CAPup there pretty

quickly.

NORAD:Roger~ Understood, sir.

DDO:And. currently. that request is coming from.

the White House.

~ .. .__EA.i.All ~_~nf~~ees .please s.~~d ~.~ . .. . .

J:A: All conferees please stand by.

EA: All conferees please stand

by.

Can you give me a number of

comm

Center?

EA: All conferees please stand ~.

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EA: All conferees please stand by.

DDO: NORAD, DDO.

NORAD: NORA»,

go

ahead, sir.

DDO:

HORAD,

are you running down that list of

CAP? The White House has been told that it's go.ing to

be

on station until at least noon tomorrow. Can you confirm?

NORAD: Which CAPagain, sir?

DIX>: The

Washington,

D.

c.

CAP.

HORAn:

Stand

by,

sir.

DDO:

Roger. Standing

by.

NAOC: NAOC

tertiary here in the conference.

NORA]):DDO,this is

BORAD.

DDO HORAn,DDO.·

NOKAO:The

CINe

is being questioned about that

right now. I'll let you knowas

SOOD

as we get an answer.

DDO:Roger. We're standing

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EA:

Al l

conf e r ees

pl e as e

s t a nd by.

EA:

Al l conf e r ees pl e as e s t a nd

by.

EA:

Al l

conf e r ees

s t a nd by.

EA Al l

conf e r ees pl eas e s t and by.

EA Al l

conf e r ees

s t a nd

by.

EA:

Thi s i s t he Command

Ce nt e r .

Al l c onf e r ees

s t and by.

EA:

T hi s i s t he Congnand Ce nt e r . Al l c onf e r ees

s t a nd by.

EA:

T hi s

i s

t he Command Cent er .

Al l c onf e r ees

s t a nd by.

EA:

Thi s i s

t he Command Cent er .

Al l c onf e r ees

s t and by.

0: Thi s i s t he Command Cent er . Al l c onf er ees

s t and by.

NORAD:

Br e ak, NORAD/ USSP ACE CON wi t h

an

i nput .

DDO: NORAD/ USSPACE, DDO, s ay your i nput .

NaRAD: I want t o ver i f y t hat

COD

i s on t hi s

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CONR. : con i s up.

NORAD: Roger . J Us t got i n f or mat i on f r om our PAA

r ep t hat Ai r For ce One i s i nbound t o Andr ews Ai r For ce Base

t o l and at 2250 Zul u t i me · I L _ _ I = E = O = = 1 = 3 5 = 2 = 6 : : :: , s = e = c t = i o = D = l = . 4 = a = ) :: : :. . . . . 1 _



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OORR: CORR copies all I ll let the Commander

now now

sir

CONK:

Copy

EA:

l his

is the Command Center All conferees

stand

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HORAn:

Br eak,

NORAD/USSPACE

has an i nput .

DDO: NORAD/ C SSPACE , DDO. St a t e your i nput .

NORAD: S i r , at 2123 CCOM' s I D 0283 i n A, l as k a was

dec l ar ed unknown. Al as ka di ver t ed t wo F - 1Ss f r om CAP wi t h

an i nt er cept t i me of 2126 Zul u. At 2127 Zul u CCOM' s I D

0283, s ame ai r cr af t , was i dent i f i e d as one US Ces s na t ai l

dr agger t ype ai r cr af t . Cur r ent pos i t i on i s 232 degr ees , 164

naut i cal m l es f r om Ki ng Sa1mon. AHa bel i eves t hi s f l i ght

not a t hr eat .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Thanks f or t hat updat e.

HAec : noo, RAOC t e r t i ar y.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. S i r , you have t r af f i c .

HAOC: Doo, t hi s i s t he EAO aboar d t he HAOC

t er t i a r y. We' r e get t i ng quer i ed by ATe about our ar r i v al

back i nt o Andr ews . I f you coul d pas s t o t he FAA t hat our

cal l s i gn ADDI S77 i s i nbound t o Andr ews f or l andi ng and

/

c l e ar t hat wi t h ATe. We need t hat done i mmedi at e l y. OVer .

_ _ _

DDO: Roger . Conf i r . m ADDI S 77 i s t he cal l s i gn?

NAOC: Roger . ADDI S77 i s our cal l s i gn~ We ar e

i nbound t o Andr ews at t hi s t ~.

DDO: Roger . Do you have an ETA?

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RAOC:ETA2200 Zulu.

DDO:Roger. We'll make sure that that's done.

HAOC:RAOCTertiary. Roger. Thank you.

ODO:HORAn,ODO.

NORAD:NORAD,go ahead.

000: Wouldyou monitor ADDJ:S77.That's 1 0

D-Z-S77 is the call sign. Zs scheduled to arrive at Andrews

Air Force Base at 2200. will you be sure that they are

cleared as they move into the area?

MORAD:Roger, sir. What flight platform is this?

000: stand ~ to confir.m type flight level.

ADDZS77,000

ODO,is that the DOC that's ADDJ:S77?

ODO:Roger.

J

believe so. Stand

bY.

RAOC,DDO.

000: EAplease confirm that N1LOCs still on the

net.

EA: Break, break, this is the EA. Stand by, sir.

We're going to verify that NAOCs still on.

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EA.:Break, break, this is the EA. HAOCare you

online? (pause) This is the

cODIIIIalld

Center. NAOCare you on

the line?

ODO:DOC this is the ODO.

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EA: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i s t he EA. We' r e s t i l l

cont i nui ng t o have pr obl ems wi t h NAOC. St and

by

whi l e we

t r y t o add t hem back i n t he conf er ence, s i r .

DDO: Roger , s t andi ng by.

HAOC: Thi s i s NAOC P r i mar y. St and by f or t he

Bat t l e St af f .

EA: Thi s i s t he command Cent er . Al l conf er ees

s t and by.

EA:

Thi s i s t he Command Cent er . Al l conf er ees

s t and by.

EA:

Thi s i s t he command cent er . Al l conf er ees

s t and by.

DDO: HORAn, DDO.

HORAD: HORAn, go ahead, s i r .

DDO: Roger . Do you have any ai r cr af t t hat ar e on

s t r i p al er t i n s uppor t of , t he CAPs t hat ar e up?

HORAn: That ar e on what al e r t , s i r ?

DDO: Roger , s t r i p al er t .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ORAn: you~. ; : ~_qm

I,g

t hr o ugh br o ken,

s i r . X s t i l l

di dn' t make out .

DDO: Roger . The ques t i on agai n i s · do you have any

ai r c r af t on s t r i p al er t i n s uppor t of t he CAPS t hat ar e up?

HORAn: St and by, s i r . I don' t bel i eve s o. I ' l l

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check. (pause) Sir, we have no one on strip alert or suit-

up. We're down at our regular RPI status at our AFAbases.

The only thing we have real active is the CAPs.

DDO:Roger. Thank you for the update. NAOC,noo,

are you back in the conference?

HAOC:DDOwere you calling HAOCprimary?

DDO:Roger. Actually, any HAOCelement. We're

trying to confir.m the type of aircraft that ADDIS77is.

That's A-D-D-I-S77, which is inbound to Andrews Air Force

Base.

HAOC:That is the tertiary HAOCand they are

trying to get into Andrews.

DDO:Roger. Understand it's an E4B?

RAOC:That's E4B.

DDO:Roger. Understand, E4B.

HORAn:Roger. HORADopies. And, that's the same

airframe as a Boeing 747, correct?

HAOC:That is correct, sir •

. ~RADL RQg~~, thank y:ou. . . .

EA: This is the C()JDD BDdenter. All conferees

stand

by.

EA.:This is the COIIIIIIaDdenter. All conferees

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EA: This is the CommandCen.ter. All conferees

stand by.

EA:This is the CommandCenter. All conferees

stand by.

EA: This is the CommandCenter. All conferees

stand by.

EA.:This is the CommandCenter. All conferees

stand by.


stand by.


stand by.

NIGHTHAWKONTROL:PEOC,This is Night Hawk

Control. Are you on the line?


stand by.

Nobody is answering the phone down there. I'll

put you out to the JOC, to the personnel folks. They'll

_____________ probab y_ he p_~~~~~_~~~_~ this _okay~S~~~~~~_~ti~~ _

with me?

DDO:This is the DDO.Whoare you trying to

reach? Last calling station who are you trying to reach?


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s t and by.

EA: Thi s i s t he Command Cent er . Al l conf er ees

s t and by.

END OF TAPE 5)

CER'l'IPICA'l'E

. DEPOSIT:IOHSDVl:CES, INC.,

her eby cer t i f i es t hat

t he at t ached pages r epr es ent an accur at e t r ans c r i pt of t he

el ec t r Qni c s ound r ecor di ng of t he pr oceedi ngs of t he DDO

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l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t r eques t i ng t ake of f or l andi ng

c l ear ance. ' That i s f r om

CINe

NORAD an amendment t o SCA. ' l ' ANA

so t hat t he l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t can compl et e t hei r

m s s i on.

DDO: F AA, pl eas e ac knowl edge.

FAA: DDO, I can' t under s t and. under s t and t hat

ai r cr af t can depar t and l and i f t hey' r e ona cer t ai n ki nd

of m s s i on?

DDO: Roger . What he s t at ed was any l i ght f l i ght

ai r cr af t can t ake of f and l and. An amendment t o SCATANA.

Agai n, t hat i s an amendment t o SCATANA. Acknowl edge.

FAA: What we have i s s ued and t ol d al l FAA

f ac i l i t i es i s t hat al l l i f eguar d, ai r evac and l ocal l aw

enf or cement ai r cr af t ar e al l al l owed t o depar t .

NORAD: And, NORAD copi es . FAA i f we coul d j us t

conf i %Dl wi t h your cent er s agai n t hat t hey do have t hat

i n f or mat i on. We ar e get t i ng s ome r epor t s of l i ght f l i ght

hel i copt er s and ai r c r af t havi ng di f f i c ul t y get t i ng t ake of f

and l andi ng c l ear ances .

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FAA: Okay. We j us t t ol d al l t he cent er s t hat

pr obabl y t hr ee m nut es ago.

HORAn: Okay. Roger , s i r . NORAD copi es . ' l ' hanks .

DDO

I I

DDO, t hi s i s t he DDO a. t

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has i nqui r ed based

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DDO1 - - _ _ 1DDO, DDOat

L - I _ _

DDO:

' ' hi s s

DDO.

c

r . . : i

on our j~ up t o we had a l aps e of c ( ) 1I I I I DJ n i c at i on.as any

di r ec t i on f or movement of f or ces occur r ed at t he t i me s i nce

we l e f t ?

DDO: Roger. Are you referring to more forces

movi ng your way or f or ces movi ng back t hi s way?

E. O. 13526, section 1.4(g) I 1 1 I m r ef er r i ng t o combat f or ces . We have

any f or ces t hat have been di r ec t ed t o move out of any

l oc at i on wor l dwi de?

DDO: Roger . St and by. Roger . ' ' he nf o r mat i on we

have i s t hat no, not hi ng has been done. We have or der ed no

f or ces t o move. Ther e has been some di s cus s i on t o cal l on

some of t he Guar d- t ype el ement s . So. , we have ai r c r af t and

ai r as s et s avai l abl e t o deal wi t h t hi s . But ; t hat has not

been done ei t her .

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DDO:

That is

correct.

I

Okay,

thank you.

I E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

DDO:

R.oger.

I DDO, I

lout.

RIGHTHAWK CONTROL: And Right HawkControl is

out.

HORAn: Break, break, national. This is HORAn.

DDO: HORAn, DDO.

RORAn: Yes, sir. I previously briefed possible

eight Ryder trucks en route to CheyenneMountain. That

threat has been negated. That is no longer a threat. The

HORAD blast doors will be reopening at 1900 Zulu and

remaining open until further notices.

DDO:

Roger. Do you have any details on those

trucks? Wasit an accurate assessment or did we bave to

neutralize the force?

HORAn:

Negative, sir. Wehave no more details at

this time.

DDO: Roger. Understand. Blast doors will open at

1900 Zulu is tha~ correct?

HORAD: That is correct, sir.

DDO:

And, the term you used' to describe those

eight trucks, you said the threat was negated, was that the

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term?

HORAn: Not considered a threat, sir.

DIX>: Not considered a threat. Roger. l hank you.

EA: Al1 conferees please stand b,y.

EA: DDO, EA CATTeamChief.

EA: CA'l''l'eamChief, EA

DDO: Go ahead.

CAT:This is the CAT

EA

listening in.

AnDO:

This is the

ADDO

at the NKCC.

Go

ahead with

your traffic.

LT. COL:Lt. Col.Burns for CA'l'EA.

DDO: Roger, UDderstand you're in the conference.


ADDO:

NORAD,his is ADDO at the

NNce.

Is there

any other air threats out there that you want to identify?

NORAD:

his

is

RORAD,

sir. Negative. What track

wewere tracking is the possible hijack into White Borse

that has since ceased squawking hijack.

And,

Canada is not

considering it a threat. Weare waiting on an on deck

report from White Borse with detai1s about tbataircraft.

DDe:

This is the

DDO.

Thank you much.

ANa:

Break, break,

DDo.

TheNOBADANRis in the

conference now. Lt. GenSchwartz is online.

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DDO: Roger . under s t and NORAD i dent i f y agai n.

ANa : HORAn ' Al as kan Ai r Def ens e Regi on Command

Cent er . L t . Gen. Schwar t z i s onl i ne i f you want t o gi ve hi m

br i ef updat e br i ef i ng and/ or r ecei v e a br i ef i ng £r Qm hi m

s i r .

ANR: Br eak . br eak .

DDO: Thi s i s t he noc. Roger ,

go

ahead br eak er .

ANR:

The Gener al s ai d t hat t he Deput y Commander

i s on t he l i ne moni t or i ng at t hi s t i me.

Roger , t hat. DDO. di d you want

to

pass

anything

on t o HORAl ) Al a s kan Ai r Def ens e Regi on, s i r ?

DDO: Negat i ve. We don' t have anyt hi ng un1es s t hey

have an updat e f or us .

Roger . NORAD

lUU).

Do you have s ame-

CONR: CORR' s up. Roger t hat RORAD Ai r Def ens e

Regi o n Al as ka. Do not r el eas e f r om t hi s conf er ence unl es s

r el eas ed by t he DDO t o t be STRATCOM Command Cent e r .

AIm: Roger , we copy and ar e moni t or i ng.

NORAD: Roger . I f you needed t o be added~ack_ ~ _

f or any r eas on j us t cal l t he s ame, f ol l ow t he s ame

pr ocedur e t o get back i n t he conf er ence.

ANa: That wi l l be al l .

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DDO: MORAD, who ar e you br eaki ng f o r ?

HORAn: Br eaki ng f o r t he

FAA

r epr es ent at i ve on

t hi s conf er ence cal l .

DDO: FAA pl eas e r es pond t o HORAD. ( paus e) FAA,

t hi s i s t he DDO. Ar e you s t i l l i n t hi s conf er ence? ( paus e)

EA, pl eas e conf i r m t hat FAA i s s t i l l i n t he conf er ence.

EA: Roger . ( paus e) DDO, FAA was l os t . We' r e

br i ngi ng t hem back i n.

DDO: Roger .

EA. : Al l conf er ees pl eas e s t and by.

HORAD: HOKAO, AHa ar e you i n t he conf e r ence?

ARR: Di d not under s t and. P l eas e r epeat .

CONR: CONR i s i n t he conf er ence. St and by t o

moni t o r .

AHR: Thi s i s t he Al as kan NORAD Regi on. We cannot

under s t and t he conver s at i on goi ng on. P l eas e r epeat .

DDO: Al as kan Command Cent er , t hi s i s t he DDO. Al l

we' r e doi ng r i ght now i s t o es t abl i s h s ame comma

~c~ODD==~e~c t i ons .e' l l r epeat i f you' r e havi ng t r oubl e

moni t o r i ng t he di s cus si on.

EA: Br eak, br eak,

FAA

i s i n conf er ence.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger .

DDO: PECC, do you have t r af f i c f or t he FAA?

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EA: Break, break. Double-checking PEOC,sir.

D

Break, break, PEDeis in the con£erence.

DDO:Roger. -This is DDO. PEOC,do you have

traffic for FAA?

PEOC:St and by, please.

DDO:PEOC,last calling station, this is the DDO.

Say

aga i n ,

please.

IIroRAD:National,

HORAD

with an input.

DDO:NORAD,

DO

send your update.

mORAD:Roger. The HORAn J-3 has directed that all

NaRADegions stand

down

from cockpit alert at this time.

Resume

normal

air sovereignty al.ert. HORAnomplete.

NAOC:Break, break, NACOprimary is back in the

conference.

PEOC:PEOCback in the conference.

DDO:This is the DDO.Roger. And, PEOCdid you

have traffic for the FAA before you dropped off?

PEOC:Say again about the FAA.

DDO:Roger. Waswondering whether you had traffic

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for the FAAor not.

PEOC:No, we don't. Our guys are contacting them

via those numbers they gave us for the logistical flights

out of Florida.

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DDO: Roger . Gr eat . Thanks . HORAD, t hi s i s t he

DDO. We' v e l o s t a l o t of t he conf er ees . Can you r ebr i ef

your l as t ?

NORAD: Roger , Nat i onal . Thi s i s NORA] ) . The HORAD

J - 3 has di r ec t ed t hat al l NORAD r egi ons s t and down f r om

cockpi t al e r t , r es ume nor mal ai r s t op key al er t at t hi s

t i me. HORAn c ompl et e.

DDO: Roger . Al s o, I need t o conf i %1l l t hat SCA' l ' ANA

s t i l l r emai ns i n ef f ec t ?

NOKAO: That ' s af f i r mat i ve. St i l l i n ef f ec t at

t hi s t i me.

DDO: Roger . And, J UBt t o r ecap, we' r e t r yi ng t o

get a good updat e. A coupl e t hi ngs we' r e l ook i ng at . One,

s t at us of KAL 85. Reed t o know i f i t ' s on t he gr ound, or

no t . Al s o, we' r e s t i l l l ooki ng t o s ee whet her we can get

any eyes on t he l ow f l y i ng ai r c r af t t hat was headi ng

t owar ds Cr awf or d, Texas . And f i nal l y, we' r e goi ng t o get a

conf i r mat i on t hat Ai r For ce One, was , i n f ac t , ai r bor ne.

NORAD: Roger , Rat i onal . On t he f i r s t , i s NDCC

s t i l l i n t he conf er ence?

NDCC: HDCC i s her e.

HORAD: Yes , s i r . . Any wor d f r om t he r egi on as t o

an on deck t i me at Whi t e Hor se f or t he pos s i b l e hi j acked

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aircraft? .

NDCC:DDO,NDCC.

DDO:This is the DDO.You're coming in broken.

Say again.

NDCC: This is HDCC. Wejust had word that one of

the KAL aircraft is on the ground. Wehave no word which

aircraft it is at this time.

DDO:Roger. Understand that

KAL 85

is.

i n

fact,

on the ground?

NDCC: Yes. Oneof the KAL aircraft· is on the·

ground. I'm not sure which number it is.

DDO:This is DDO,roger. And, we also also trying

to

find

out whether if Air Force One is still airborne?

Over.

HORAO:Roger, sir. This is HORAn.Air Force One

is airborne with a four fighter contingent and E- 3 and

tanker support. :It is en route to Offutt Air Force Base at

this time.

\

DDO:Roger. WeJUBt thought they would probably

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

be there

by

now. 'l'ha.nks. Anything else on that low-flyer

that came toward Crawford, Texas?

NORAD:Sir. we pulled that out. All we're

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ver i f y any at t ack or hos t i l e i n t ent t owar ds t he Pr es i dent ' s

r anch. They have no i ndi c at i on of an at t ack t ak i ng pl a ce.

No r adar i ndi c at i on of a cont ac t i n t hat ar ea.

DDO: Roger . Appr ec i at e t hat i nput . ( pause)

EA,

DDO, conf i r m t hat

:['m.

s t i l l i n t he conf er ence. EA.

EA: Br eak, br eak, EA di d not copy.

DDO: Roger . J us t want t o conf i r m t hat I di dn' t

dr op f r om t he conf e r ence.

EA: Di d not copy. Repeat .

DI X>:

I s ay agai n • . : r us twant t o conf i r m t hat I was

not dr opped f r om t he conf e r ence.

EA:

No, s i r , s t i l l i n t he conf er ence.

DI X>:

Thank you.

OUt .

EA: Al l

conf e r ees

pl e ase

s t and

by.

EA:

Al l

conf e r ees

pl e ase

s t and

by.

E.A:

Al l conf e r ees

pl e ase

s t and

by.

DDO:

Al askan

Cgnr mand,

DDO.

ANR: noo, Al askan

command,

on .

DDO: Roger . I ' m j us t t r yi ng· t o f i nd out whet her

you have any i n f or mat i on on KAL 85 and i t s s t at us .

ANR: We have conf i r mat i on, s i r , t hat t he ai r pl ane

i s on t he gr ound at Whi t e Bor se wi t h no conf i r mat i on of

ac t ual hi j ack at t hi s t i me.

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DDO: This is the DDO. Thank

yOU

for that

information. (pause)

EA,

this is DDO. Please poll all

conferees so

we

can get a

good

feel of who we have in the

conference.

EA: Roger. DOC Primary.

NAOC: NAOC.

EA: Repolling HAOC Primary.

HAOC: HAOCprimary.

EA: S'l'RA:TCOM.

STRATCOM:STRA'l'COMs up.

EA: BORAD.

BORAn: HORAn is up.

EA: SPACE Special Activities.

SPACE SPECIAL ACTIVZ'l'IES: Space Special

Activities up.

EA:Air Force OPs.

A:IR FORCE: Air Force OPs is up.

EA: WBCA.

PEOC: PEOCc_Guard for WCA.

EA: Copy. HDCC.

HDCC: NDCC•.

EA: RMJIC/BtJRASIA. Recalling

NMJ]:C.

CE 1TCOII.

STRATCOM: S'l'RATCOIfis on.

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EA:

CENTCOM.

EA:

J oi nt For ces .

USMC: MARI NE CORPS c ommand c ent e r .

EA: Repel l i ng J o i n t ~or ces . Pac i f i c .

PACOM: PACIfiC i s up.

EA.:

Eur ope. Repel l i ng Eur ope. SOU' l ' BCOM.

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

0:1 _

~__~ ~s

up.

EA:

J f OL I NK.

MOLDf K: NOLDl K.

EA.: FEHA.

FEMA: FEHA.

EA: FAA.

Repel l i ng FAA.

DDD,

wi l l cont ac t

all

~onf er ees not i n t he conf er ence. EA compl et e.

DOO: This is t he DDD. ' 'hank you muc h.

AIR FORCE: Break, break, this i s Ai r For ce OPs

Cent er t ol

I

Bol l i ng. How copy?

I I This

i s l

I I. have

you l oud and

c l ear .

AIR FORCl ::Roger

t h a t ,

air. 'l'he

Ai r

Force OP

Cent er s woul d l i k e t o t r ans f er cont r ol of t hi s conf er ence

f or

the

Ai r For ce t o you, s i r .

A P I I

Thi s i s t he

AFCAC. We're

al s o on and

-_.

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we understand you Air Force.

Break, break, Bolling do you copy, sir?

MOL1NK: This is MOLIRK.

CAC:Bolling, this is the Crisis Action Center.

HOLINK:Say again, this is MOLIRK.

CAC:Copy that, sir.

EA: Break, break, Bolling is not in conference.

AIRFORCE:Air Force copy.

EA: All conferees please stand by .

-0: DOO,CENl'COMnd NMJrCare in conference.

DDO:This is the DDO.'l'hank you much.

JFCOK:This is Joint Porces. Break, break.

RORAD:Break, break, this is NORADwith an input.

DDO:NORAD,DDO,provide your input.

HORAD:Roger. NORADas indications --

St:and by.

1 E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

Whodo I have? NORAD,are you on?

NORAD: NORADs on, sir. This is the ADMO.HORAD

standing by.

HORAD:DDO,NORADtanding by for input.

DOO:'l.'hiBis the DDO.Please provide your input.

lORAD:Roger. NORADad indications of another

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possible hijack. It is a

u . s .

Flight 937. Original flight

plan fram Madrid, Spain to Philadelphia. The current hijack

is approximately 3Sminutes outside of U.S. air space.

Northeast air defense sector of HORADas this for action.

Further updates as they becomeavailable.

DDO:This is DDO.Roger. Whatwas the airline

again, please? I have 937.

NORAD:~hat/s a U.S. Air 937.

Doo: Roger. tTnderstand, departing Ma,driden route

to Philadelphia, ETA35 minutes. Is that northeast of the

air space?

l IORAD:Yes, sir, wehave 35 minutes until they

enter U.S. air space and that is off to the northeast.

'l hat s correct.

DDO:Roger. Understand. Keepus posted.

HORAD:WILCO.

DDO:The question, is it squawking at all? Howdo

we -- what indication do we have' that it might be a

hijacked airplane?

MORAD:Weare trying to verify the indications

now, sir. Wedo not have squawk indication at this point.

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NaRAD:

Roger , s i r . We' r e on i t r i ght now. And, an

addi t i onal updat e. Now s howi ng t hat al l ai r c r af t on t he

gr ound at Whi t e Hor se f r om t he KAL event .

DDO: Roger , appr ec i at e t he u~at e .

EA: A1l conf er ees pl eas e s t and by.

NORAn: Nat i onal , HORAD wi t h an updat e .

BA: A1l conf er ees pl eas e s t and by.

DDO:

NORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO. Conf i %1D t ype of

ai r c r af t j us t r eBpoDdi ng~

HORAn: Say agai n, s i r .

DIX>: Say agai n, pl eas e. ·

HORAn: Say agai n your quer y, s i r . Type of

ai r cr af t or what ?

000: That ' s r es pondi ng t o U. S. Ai r f l i g ht 937.

HORAn: Don' t have t hat i ndi cat i on f r o. nor t heas t

yet , s i r . I t wi l l be f or t hcom ng. We do have a r epor t t hat

we don' t have a s quawk yet f or t he hi j ack . We do have

i ndi c at i on t hat i t was CUs t oms and t he FBI t hat c ont a ct e d

-__--

nor t heas t i n or der t o pas s t bat i n f or mat i on on t he pos s i b l e

hi j ac k.

DIX>:

Roger . Agai n, s ay how you i nt er cept ed i t ?

NORAD: ' ' he nf o r mat i on was pas s ed f r om tr. S.

Cus t oms and t he FBI di r ec t l y t o t he nor t heas t ai r def ens e

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s ec t or r egar di ng t he hi j ack.

DDO: Roger , W l l need t o know t wo of t he t i mes

i f you can di g i t up. ETA t o i nt er c ept , Al s o, ETA t o

P hi l adel phi a.

NORAD: Roger . wi l l have t hos e t i mes f or you

s hor t l y , The i n t er cept has not been s c r ambl ed yet , As s oon

as i t i s we' l l have an ET:I f o r you.

DDO: Roger .

EA: Br eak, br eak. FAA i s back i n t he conf er ence.

DDO: Doo, r oger .

EA: Al l conf er ees pl eas e s t and by.

FAA: Yes , NHCC. Thi s i s Scot t Her ber t ,

FAA: Bel l o, t hi s i s Scot t Her ber t wi t h t he FAA.

:I'm s or r y you' r e com ng t hr ough ver y weak. Can you r epeat

pl e ase ?

HORAD:

F

NORA]) r eads you. How copy?

FAA: OK,

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce i s on- l i ne.

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nDO: P EOC, DDO.

PEOC: Roger , s i r . ETA at Of f ut t was 1855 Zul u,

: I t ' s now 1906 Zul u. Any conf i r mat i on of s af e on- dec k? OVer .

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i n f o r ma t i o n.

I

unde. r s t and on- deck t i me t o of f ut t was

1855?

FAA:

It

i s ve~ gar bl ed. Can you cal l

us

back?

EA: Br eak, br eak , EA does not want t o dr op t he

l i ne.

TAPE #4, SI DE 2

1855

PEOC: That ' s a negat i ve. That woul d be ATA

i nt er es t ed i n a s af e on- deck cal l . OVer .

DDO: Roger , s t andby as wel l , NORAD, t hi s i s t he

DDO. Do you have any i nput ?

NORAD: That ' s

a

negat i ve. That woul d be ATA

i nt er es t ed i n a s af e on- deck cal l . OVer .

NORAD: NORAD check i ng, s i r .

STRATCOM: Thi s i s STRATCOM. Conf i r m af f i r mat i ve

on t he deck .

DOC: Roger , s i r , was t hat 1855?

STRATCOM: 1852 Zu l u .

DOO: Roger , s i r , under s t and s af e on deck , 1852Z,

t hank you much s i r .

PEOC: PEOC copi es . Thank you, s i r .

EA: Al l Conf er ees pl eas e s t and by.

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DDO: DDO send i t .

DDO: Looki ng f or conf i rmat i on on whet her t he

ser vi ce OPS Cent er w l l cont i nue t o oper at e f r om cur r ent

l ocat i on or come t o t hi s l ocat i on.

DDOI ~ I ROger , we' l l ge~ back t o you.

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

DDO: Thank you, 0001 1 out .

PEOC: And DDO, PEOC, al so i nt er est ed i n saf e on

deck cal l of cal l si gn Venus Seven at of f ut t , as wel l . ·

VENUS CONTROL: Thi s i s Venus Cont r ol , Venus Seven

has an ETA of 1930z.

PEOC: Thi s i s PEoe. Roger copy 1930Z. OUt .

EA: Al l conf er ees pl ease st and by.

noo . NORAD, t hi s i s t he ODO.

NORAD: NORAD. Go ahead.

ODO: Roger . Any wor d on how l ong i t w l l be

bef or e we get t hose ai r cr af t scr ambl ed t o

af t er US Ai r

Fl i ght 937?

NORAD: Say agai n f or NORAD, pl ease.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I say agai n, do you have a

ai r cr af t get scr ambl ed t o r espond t o US Ai r 937?

NORAD: Negat i ve, si r . Not at t hi s poi nt . We' r e

wai t i ng on Nor theast t o pass t hi s t act i cal act i on. Show ng

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t hem t went y m l es out of Phi l adel phi a, t hat i s us Ai r 937,

wor ki ng on a bet t er posi t i on f or t hem at t hi s poi nt .

DDO: Roger . Conf i r m who' s t went y m l es out of

Phi l adel phi a.

NORAD: That i s US Ai r 937, si r .

DDD: Roger . Under s t and twent y mnutes out of

Phi l adel phi a.

NORAD: Twent y m l es,

s i r .

DDO: Twenty m l es .

DDO: Say agai n, twent y m l es.

NORAD: That i s cor r ect . Twent y m l es.

DDD: Roger , and we st i l l ~on' t have anyt hi ng

scr ambl ed t hat can t ake a l ook?

NORAD:

Si r ,

we

have CAP ai r cr af t i n t hat ar ea.

I ' m j ust cal l i ng t o ver i f y whi ch ai r cr af t t hey' r e goi ng t o

be pr osecut i ng.

DDO: FAA, DDO.

DOC: FAA, DDO.

EA: Break, break, DDO. Doubl e- checki ng AFA.

---- ------------

DDO: Roger , standi ng by.

NORAD: Br eak. Br eak. Thi s i s NORAD w t h i nput .

DDD: Thi s i s t he DOC. Pr ovi de i nput .

NORAD: Yes, si r . At t hi s t i me we' r e r ecei vi ng

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conf l i ct i ng r epor t s as t o posi t i on. Cl ar i f yi ng at t hi s

t i me, t he t went y m l es out of Phi l l y. I nput appear s t o be

anomal ous. St and by f or an updat e.

DDO: DDO standi ng by.

STRATCOM: DDO, STRATCOM Thi s i s Admr al M es.

The Pr esi dent i s i n t he Command Cent er and on t hi s

conf erence. Over .

DDO: Roger , si r . Thank you f or t he updat e.

STRATCOM: DDO, STRATCOM Request you i nf orm

SECDEF and, uh, t he vi ce Pr esi dent . Over .

DDO: Roger , si r ; w l l do.

DDO: EA, Pl ease conf i r m FAA i s i n t he conf er ence.

EA: Br eak. Br eak. Br i ngi ng FAA back i n now, si r .

DDO: Roger.

DDO: FAA, DDO. Ar e you i n t he conf er ence?

EA: Br eak. Br eak. FAA i s back i n conf er ence.

DDO: FAA, DDO. Have you been t r acki ng Fl i ght 937?

FAA: ( I ndi scerni bl e)

DDO: FAA, you' r e com ng i n di st or ted. I say

agai n, ar e you t r acki ng t he i nf or mat i on on US Ai r Fl i ght

937?

FAA: You' r e r eal l y br eaki ng up ver y badl y.

Gar bl ed. I can' t under st and you.

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DDO: Roger , we' l l t r y once agai n. Have you been

t r acki ng t he updat es and i nf or mat i on on US Ai r Fl i ght 9371

FAA: The ai r cr af t , uh, has been di ver t ed i nt o

Pi t t sbur gh.

DDD: Roger . The ai r cr af t has been di ver t ed i nt o

wher e?

FAA: Ai r cr af t di ver t ed i nt o pi t t sbur gh.

DDO: Roger . Say agai n, di ver t ed i nt o wher e,

pl ease?

FAA: pi t t sburgh.

DDD: Roger . Under s tand you' r e sayi ng

pi t t sbur gh .

FAA: OK. Cal l si gn was Uni t ed 47, L. A. i nt o

Sydney. Recor der er r or . Tr yi ng t o send i t e- mai l . Message

f ai l ed. I mean, m ssi on f ai l ed. pi l ot i s i n cont r ol of t he

ai r cr af t . M ssi on di ver t ed. I mean, ( i ndi scer ni bl e) .

Ai r cr af t di ver t ed i nt o Pi t t sbur gh.

DDO: Roger . Agai n, you need t o say phonet i cal l y

wher e i t was di ver t ed because you' r e comng ext r emel y

di st or t ed. I S i t pi t t sbur gh?

FAA: You' r e al so ver y di st or t ed. I cannot

under st and you.

DDO: Roger . Anyone i n thi s conf er ence under st and_

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STRATCOM: DDO, STRATCOM f rom the Presi dent , do

you have a good l ocat i on on t hat pl ane f r om Madr i d? Over .

DDO: Roger We cer t ai nl y do. FAA i s t ryi ng t o

gi ve us an updat e. We bel i eve i t ' s been di ver ted i nt o

Pi t t sbur gh but we' r e havi ng di f f i cul t y under st andi ng hi s

t r ansm ssi on.

DDO: Come by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC. I ' woul d l i ke t o conf i rm he i s

r epor t i ng t hat an e- mai l message was sent f r om t he ai r cr af t

t hat t hey ar e di ver t i ng i nt o pi t t sbur gh, Pennsyl vani a.

Over .

DDO: Roger . Under st and that was an e-mai l

message.

PEOC: That ' s af f i rmat i ve. That ' s what I

under st ood, t hat t he e- mai l message sent f r om t he ai r cr af t ,

uh, t hat t hey wer e di ver t i ng i nt o pi t t sbur gh.

STRATCOM: Roger . Di d t hey gi ve a r eason?

EA: Br eak. Br eak. Whi t e House has now ent er ed t he

conf erence.

DDO: Roger . Under st and. Br eak agai n. I say agai n,

di d t hey gi ve a r eason why t hey wer e bei ng di ver ted t o

pi t t sbur gh?

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DDO: Roger . Thank ~ou f or t hat updat e. NORAD, can

you conf i rm?

NORAD: Negat i ve. NORAD cannot conf i rm at t hi s

t i me. Woul d l i ke t o ver i f y w t h t he or i gi nat or whet her t hi s

i s Pi t t sbur gh or per haps Li sbon as i n Por tugal f or t he

di ver t .

DDO: And al so, NORAD, need t o acknow edge t hat we

have f i ght er s or cer t ai n equi pment wher e we have f i ght er s

on t he si t e.

NORAD: W LCO.

EA: Br eak. SECDEF has been added t o t he

conf erence.

FAA: FAA dr oppi ng of f .

DDO: FAA, ar e you st i l l t her e?

FAA: Droppi ng of f .

cannot underst and what

you' re sayi ng.

DDD: Roger . Stand

by.

We' r e goi ng t o t ry and

cont act you on a separ at e l i ne. Make sur e we get good dat a

on i t .

FAA: Okay.

SECDEF: Hel l o.

DDD: Cal l i ng St at i on, t hi s i s DDO.

SECDEF: Thi s i s Rumsfel d.

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DDO: Roger , si r .

SECDEF: We' r e cal l i ng f or t he Pr esi dent .

STRATCOM: Mr . Secretary, here' s the Presi dent .

He' s at t he STRATCOM Command Cent er .

SECDEF: Oh, good. Thank you.

POTUS: Hi , Don.

SECDEF: Hi , Mr . Pr esi dent . Have you been advi sed

t hat t her e' s a US Ai r f l i ght com ng i n f r om Madr i d, uh,

t hat i s a possi bl e hi j ack f l i ght .

POTUS: I have, si r .

SECDEF: Okay.

Urn

t he f i ght er s ar e bei ng, um

l aunched t o i nt er cept i t and, uh, NORAD i s i nvol ved. I t

l ooks l i ke, t he l ast I hear d, i t ' s maybe t went y m nut es

out , and, uh, f or what ever r easons t he FBI di dn' t i ndi cat e

t hey have r eason t o bel i eve t hat i t m ght be a hi j acked

ai rc raf t . Urn, but t he r eason I cal l ed t o al er t you was j ust

t o ver i f y t hat your aut hor i zat i on f or t he use of f or ce, uh,

woul d appl y as wel l i n t hi s si t uat i on.

POTUS: Uh, i t does, but l et us make sur e t hat

t he f i ght er s and you on t he gr ound get al l t he f act s. Uh

,

i s t he pl ane, I was j ust t ol d t hat t hey t hought t he pl ane

m ght be headi ng t owar d pi t t sbur gh, um i s t hat , was i t

schedul ed to go t o Phi l adel phi a? Anyway, l et ' S j ust make

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sur e, uh, t hat , uh, we get al l t he f act s f rom t he FAA, i f

possi bl e. Ar e you i n t ouch w t h t he FAA?

SECDEF: I ' ve been deal i ng t hr ough, uh, t he CI NC

NORAD, Ed Eber har t , who i s, has hi s own cont act t o t he FAA.

POTUS: I s , uh, Ed on t he phone cal l , I wonder ,

uh, or up on t he conf er ence?

SECDEF: Wel l , t her e' s no conf er ence. I j ust

t al ked t o hi m di r ect l y f r om uh, t he Nat i onal M l i t ar y

Command Cent er her e.

POTUS: Yeah, I know, but I mean- act ual l y, I ' m

doi ng t wo t hi ngs at once. I ' m speaki ng t o you and si t t i ng

i n t he m ddl e of a conf er ence.

SECDEF: I see. Wel l , I ' m not i n t he conf er ence.

POTUS: No, I know t hat ( l aughi ng) . You. ar e i n a

conf er ence, ever ybody. You' r e speaki ng i n f r ont . of about

100 f i ne Amer i cans .

SECDEF: Ter r i f i c

POTUS: So make sur e you cl ean up your l anguage.

SECDEF: ( l aughi ng) I ' l l do i t .

POTUS: An ol d Navy f i ght er pi l ot , t her e' s no

t el l i ng what you' r e goi ng t o say ( l aughi ng) . But obvi ousl y

t he i nf or mat i on seems t o be shi f t i ng somewhat on US Ai r

937, t hat ' s t he name, number of t he f l i ght com ng i n, so,

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but you st i l l have perm ssi on i f t hey t hi nk, l l m i f t hey

t hi nk i t ' s goi ng t o t ar get one of t he u . s . ci t i es.

SECDEF: Okay. Fai r enough. I was t ol d t hat i t was

goi ng t o Phi l adel phi a, but I ' l l st ay i n t ouch w t h Ed

Eber har t and you' r e gonna pr obabl y have as much up- t o- dat e

i nf ormat i on as I am and i f i t get s t o a poi nt and t her e' s

t i me t o, uh, vi si t I w l l cer t ai nl y w l l get r i ght back on

t he hor n w t h you.

POTUS: Yep, and we' r e goi ng t o have our Nat i onal

Secur i t y cal l i n about t en m nut es.

SECDEF: Good deal . Ter r i f i c . I ' l l be i n t he vi deo

r oom

POTUS: Okay, si r .

SECDEF: Thank you, si r .

POTUS: Thank you.

STRATCOM: NORAD, STRATCOM Can you gi ve us an

updat e on US Ai r 937? Over .

NORAD: Br eak, br eak. Thi s i s NORAD. We st i l l do

not have a cl ear i ndi cat i on of t he dest i nat i on, uh, com ng

t hr ough gar bl ed. We pi ck up possi bl y pi t t sbur gh, possi bl y

Li sbon. We' r e wai t i ng on out si de conf i r mat i on of t he act ual

dest i nat i on of t he ai r cr af t .

STRATCOM: Thi s i s STRATCOM Roger . Keep us

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posted. Over .

DDO: Thi s t he DDO. NORAD, do you have t hem on

r adar ?

NORAD: That ' s a negat i ve, si r .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, r oger .

DDO: And EA, pl ease conf i r m t hat FAA i s no l onger

i n t hi s conf er ence.

EA: EA. St and by.

DDO: CONR, Thi s i s t he DDO.

CONR: CONR. Go ahead.

DDO: Roger , si r . Do you have any i nf or mat i on on

US Ai r Fl i ght 937?

CONR: Thi s i s GEN Ar nol d at CONR, Tyndal l Ai r

For ce Base. We, our r ep

her e, I am the sector commander , ·

t al ked t o

US

Air

headquar t er s and t hey r el at ed t o hi m t hat

us

Ai r Fl i ght 937 had t ur ned back t o Madr i d.

DDO: Roger . Under st and you have i ndi cat i ons f r om

US Ai r t hat t he f l i ght was, i n f act , t ur ned back t o Madr i d.

I s t hat cor rect ?

CONR: That ' s t he i nf or mat i on we had. We w l l

f ol l ow up.

DDD: Roger . We w l l wor k it on t hi s end, as wel l .

Do you have a poi nt whi ch t hey supposedl y t ur ned ar ound?

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CONR: No si r .

DDO: Roger . I f you get any i nf or mat i on on t hat ,

we woul d appr eci at e i t .

CONR: Okay. We' re s tandi ng by.

DDO: Roger . Any ot her s i n t hi s conf er ence, i f you

have i nput on t he physi cal l ocat i on of t hi s ai r cr af t ,

pl ease provi de.

DDO: Roger . Under st and not hi ng hear d. I ' m t r yi ng

t o get t he exact l ocat i on of · US Ai r Fl i ght 937. We' r e

cur r ent l y t ryi ng t o get FAA back on t he l i ne and i n t he

conf erence.

EA: Br eak. Br eak. FAA i s not copyi ng.

DDO: EA, what do you have?

EA: Di d not copy l ast st at ement , si r .

DDO: Roger . Under st and you' r e t r yi ng t o get FAA

back on t he l i ne and i nt o t he conf er ence as an event

conf er ence •.

EA: Yes si r . wor ki ng on i t r i ght now.

DDO: Roger .

DOC: NORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO. Can you t al k t o your

NORAD, cor r ect i on, your FAA r ep and f i nd out whet her t hey

cont acted

us

Ai r t o det er m ne wher e t he ai r cr af t t ur ned

ar ound, i f i n f act , i t di d t ur n ar ound, back t o Madr i d?

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NORAD: Yes, si r . Al r eady i n t he pr ocess

DDO: Roger. Thank you much.

EA: DDO, EA. FAA i s back i n t he conf er ence.

DDO: FAA, t hi s i s t he DDO. How do you r ead me

now?

FAA: I r ead you ver y gar bl ed.

DDO: Roger.

FAA: Cat chi ng ever y t hi r d wor d.

DDO: Roger . I f someone coul d r el ay, pl ease ask

FAA t o gi ve us an updat e on US Ai r Fl i ght 937.

PEoe: FAA, PEoe. I r el ay, pl ease pr ovi de updat e

on US Ai r Fl i ght 937.

FAA: Under st and you want an updat e on US Ai r

Fl i ght 937?

PEOC: FAA, PEOC. That ' s af f i rmat i ve. Updat e on US

Ai r Fl i ght 937.

FAA: St and by.

HORAn: Br eak. Br eak. Thi s i s NORAD w t h an i nput .

DDO: HORAD, provi de your i nput .

HORAD: Roger . Thi s i s f r om t he FAA r ep i n NORAD.

He has conf i r med w t h

us

Ai r , t hat t her e was no Fl i ght 937

w t h us Ai r . Fl i ght 911 t ook of f f r om Madr i d and has t ur ned

back and r et ur ned t o Madr i d. I t i s not en r out e t o t he

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Uni t ed St at es. I say agai n, i t i s not en r out e t o t he

Uni t ed St at es . NORAD compl et e.

DDO: Roger , NORAD. Thanks f or conf i rmat i on. I

under st and f r om FAA r ep on i nf or mat i on di r ect l y f r om US

Ai r , t her e was no Fl i ght 937, however t her e was a f l i ght

911 t hat was di ver t ed back t o Madr i d. Do you happen t o know

what par t of t he f l i ght t hat i t i n f act

l

t ur ned ar ound?

NORAD: Not at t hi s t i me, si r . Wel r e i nqui r i ng

f ur t her i nf o, t he onl y i nf o we have, t hat i t has i n f act ,

t urned ar ound.

DDO: Roger . Under st and.

DDO: NORAD, DDO. Can you shed a l i t t l e l i ght on

wher e we got 937 ai r cr af t f r om and i s t her e possi bl y

anot her ai r cr af t out t her e movi ng . i nt hi s di r ect i on?

NORAD: Thi s i s NORAD. We' r e conf i r m ng t hat at

t hi s moment , we' re doubl e- checki ng. Over .

STRATCOM: Br eak. Br eak. DDO, thi s i s STRATCOM

DDO: Si r , t hi s i s t he DDO.

STRATCOM: DDO, STRATCOM Be advi sed the Pres i dent

i s no l onger i n t hi s conf er ence. He has depar ted our

conunand cent er .

DDO: Roger , si r . Thank you ver y much.

DDO: NORAD, Doo •

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NORAD: Go ahead, si r .

DDO: Roger . We need t o f i nd out what t ype of

AWACS cover age we have. Ar e we j ust on t he East Coast or

ar e we on t he West Coast as wel l . Basi cal l y, a r ol l - up of

what we have ai rborne.

NORAD: Roger , si r . St and by_

NORAD: Roger , si r . We have a cur r ent AEW pl an f or

you. The cur r ent pl an i s t o keep an E- 3 up i n t he DC ar ea,

one i n t he Chi cago ar ea, one i n t he Denver ar ea, and one

f or t he p~ot ect i on of Ai r For ce One. We' r e wor ki ng r i ght

now t o set up t hose f our cont i nuous or bi t s. We al so

cur rent l y have an E- 3 up of f t he East Coast , uh, pr ovi di ng

t r acks f or t he East Coast t r acks. And addi t i onal l y, we have

an E- 3 up over t he Al eut i an I sl ands i n Al aska moni t or i ng

t he i ncom ng t raf f i c t her e, and as we get updat es t o

Ai r bor ne E- 3s, we w l l updat e.

DDD: Roger . I have f i ve E- 3' s up, i s t hat

correct?

NORAD: Yes, sir. That i s cor r ect . You have an E- 3

of f t he East Coast . You have an E- 3 over t he Al eut i an

i sl and chai n and you have a pl an f or f our cont i nuous

or bi t s, but at t hi s poi nt we' r e show ng t wo t o t hr ee ar e

ai r bor ne, on cont r ol l i ng t he East Coast , Nor t h East coast ,

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and one cont r ol l i ng t he Al eut i an i sl and chai n.

Addi t i onal l y, we have t hr ee E- 2s r eady f or gener at i on on

t he West Coast , one at LAX, one at San Fr anci sco, and over

Mugu Naval Ai r St at i on, uh

Point Mugu

Naval Ai r St at i on.

ODD: Roger . And do we have any ai r cont act at

t hi s t i me?

NORAD: Negat i ve, si r . No cont act s or t r acki ng

con tac t s at t hi s t i me.

ODO: Roger .

ODO: And t hanks; NORAD. We' r e j ust t r yi ng t o

f i gur e out t he Fl i ght

937

busi ness.

Ub

when we got t he

i ni t i al i nf or mat i on and t he r epor t t hat i t was about t went y

m l es out of Phi l adel phi a, do you know t he sour ces of t hat

i nf ormat i on?

NMCC: NMCC. Anybody her e?

DDD: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger .

ODD: NORAD, DDO.

NORAD: Thi s i s NORAD, si r , i nqui r i ng f or t hat

i nf o. St and by.

DOO: Roger .

NORAD: Si r , t hat i s an unconf i r med i nt el r epor t ,

br i ngi ng acr oss US Ai r 937, t went y m l es out of Phi l l y.

DDO: Roger . Under s t and an unconf i rmed i nt Oel wher e

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NORAD: That ' s af f i rmat i ve, si r .

DDO:

Roger . That ' s good i nf ormat i on. Anyt hi ng

f urt her?


DDO: FAA, DDO

DDO. FAA, DDO.

ODO: EA, conf i r m FAA i s on t he l i ne.

EA: Br eak Br eak. FAA has dr opped.

ODD: Roger .

ODO: I s t her e any way t o pi pe t hem di r ect l y i nt o

one of our own l i nes so I can t al k t o t hem?

NMCC: Thi s i s t he NMCC EA. Negat i ve. They do not

have a r ed sw t ch.

DDD:

Roger . Al r i ght , see i f we can br i ng t hem

back on- l i ne on t hat por t i on.

ODD: NORAD DDO.

NORAD: MORAD Bat t l e Staf f up. Go ahead.

ODO; Roger . We need t o t ap i nt o your FAA sour ce

agai n.

NORAD: Okay. Stand by.

DDD: Roger .

NMCC: DDO, EA.

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NMCC: We' r e goi ng t o at t empt t o add FAA t hr ough

t he Whi t e House i nst ead of t hr ough our sw t ch.

DDO: Roger .

NORAD: NORAD FAA rep comng on r i ght now.

DDO: Roger .

NORAD: ( I ndi scer ni bl e) avai l abl e. Hel l o.

DDO: Roger . Thi s i s t he DDO. We have a Del t a

f l i ght 1989, i t was a Bost on f l i ght , cur r ent l y on t he

gr ound i n Cl evel and. Can you gi ve uS some or shed some

l i ght on t hat par t i cul ar f l i ght ?

FAA Rep: Not r i ght now, I can' t . I ' l l have t o,

uh, get on t he, uh, FAA conf er ence cal l and, ub, get back

t o you, si r .

DDO: Roger . Standi ng by.

FAA: Okay. St and by.

Whi te House: DDO, Whi te House.

· DDO: Whi t e House, t hi s i s t he DDO.

Whi t e House: Okay, t hi s i s t he Whi t e House. I ' ve

added FAA f or you.

DDD: Roger . Thank you ver y much. FAA, ar e you

t her e?

FAA: FAA i s her e.

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you. What we' r e t r yi ng t o do i s f i nd out t he st at us of

Del t a f l i ght 1989. I t was a Bost on f l i ght t hat ' s cur r ent l y

on t he gr ound i n Chi cago. Can you r un t hat One down f or us?

Cor r ect i on, I m sor ry, Cl evel and. Can you r un t hat one down

f or us, pl ease?

FAA: Okay, Del t a 1889, Bost on t o Cl evel and. on

t he gr ound i n Cl evel and.

DDO: Not sur e wher e i t was headi ng.

FAA: Okay.

DDO: I t was out of Bost on, and i t ' s cur r ent l y on

t he gr ound i n Cl evel and. That ' s our i nt el .

FAA: Okay, st and by. I ' l l get somebody.

DDO: Roger .

Roger.

AFOps: Conf er ence. Conf er ence. Thi s i s t he Ai r

For ce Oper at i ons cent er l - - - . J l hol di ngown

shop.

1 _ _ - - - . . . 1

[ ] has aut hor i zat i on now. copy?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger .

AF Ops: Thi s i s t he Ai r For ce Emer gency

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Oper at i ons Cent er at t he Pent agon. Copy?

NORAD: NORAD copi es.

PEOC: PEOC copi es .

WH:

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NORAD: Break. Break. Thi s

is

NORAD w th an i nput .

DDO: Thi s t he

DOO,.

NORAD. Provi de your i nput .

HORAn: Thi s i s f r om the NORAD FAA Rep regardi ng

Del t a Fl i ght 1989, t he Bost on f l i ght t hat i s on deck i n

Cl evel and. The FAA has ver i f i ed t hat t hat f l i ght l ar i ded i n

Cl evel and. I t was put i n i sol at i on by t he FAA and l ocal

aut hor i t i es on t he gr ound have t aken over at t hi s poi nt ,

but t hat ' s al l t he updat e t hey coul d gi ve us.

DDO: Roger . I under st and. I t was put i n i sol at i on

by l ocal aut hor i t i es?

NORAD: That ' s cor r ect . I t was r equest ed t o be put

i n i sol at i on by t he FAA and l ocal aut hor i t i es have t aken

over.

DDO: Roger . J oi nt Forces Command? Do you have any

updat es on t hi s, uh, par t i cul ar f l i ght ?

DDO: J oi nt Forces Command, DDD.

J FCOM: J oi nt Forces .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. we' r e j ust t ryi ng t o f i nd

out i f you have any i nf ormat i on on Del t a Fl i ght 1989,

Bost on f l i ght cur r ent l y on t he gr ound i n Cl evel and.

J FCOM: Fl i ght number 1989, Bost on t o Cl evel and.

I s t hat cor r ect ?

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DDO: Ub, i t ' s a Bost on f l i ght . We' r e not sur e

wher e i t Was headi ng, but i t ' s now on t he gr ound i n

Cl evel and.

J FCOM I ' l l get back w t h you.

DOC: Roger . We w l l st andby.


Hel l o. Thi s i s Tony M l l er . Anyone t her e?

DDO:

Tony M l l er . Thi s i s t he

DDO.

We' r e

t r acki ng.

FAA: Hel l o. Thi s

i s

t he

FAA.

I ' ve got i nf or mat i on

about Del t a 1989.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DOC, FAA. Send your t raf f i c.

FAA: I t ' s

Del t a

1989.

Or i gi nal l y, Boei ng

767,

Bost on t o

LA,

di ver ted and l anded i n Cl evel and, Hopki ns.

That was due t o a bomb t hr eat . Ub, t he ai r cr af t l anded at

1022 AM

l ocal , East er n t~e, and he was t owed t o a secur e

ar ea f or depl ani ng and secur i t y met t he ai r cr af t at t he

ar ea and t hey wer e sweepi ng t he pl ane. That ' s t he l ast

we' ve heard~

DDO: Roger . That ' s good i nf or mat i on. Thanks f or

t hi s updat e. Thank you.

FAA:

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NORAD: Br eak. Br eak. Thi s i s NORAD w t h an i nput .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, NORAD. Go ahead. Pr ovi de

i nput .

NORAD: Yes, si r . NORAD cur r ent l y t r acki ng an

unknown cont act at t he ver y nor t h end of Al aska. Cur r ent l y

t hr ee- f i ve- f i ve degr ees, or 360 m l es f r om Gal ena at t he

( i ndi scer ni bl e) r egi on. At t hi s poi nt , has def er r ed

t act i c al ac t i on due t o t he t ar get ' s l ocat i on, and t he

t rack' s speed and al t i t ude. Tr ack i s cur rent l y onl y goi ng

107 knot s. Does not appear t o be t act i cal . Urn, we w l l

cont i nue t o pr ovi de updat es as we r ecei ve t hem si r .

DDO: Roger , and unders tand we haven' t made any

cont act w t h t hi s ai r cr af t ?

NORAD: That i s cor r ect , si r .

DOO: I S t her e any r eason t o bel i eve t hat t hi s

coul d be a t hr e~t ?

NORAD: Not at t hi s t i me, si r . Due t o t he

l ocat i on, and t he speed of t he t rack, t her e i s no

i ndi cat i on i t i s a host i l e t r ack at t hi s poi nt .

DDO: Roger . Keep us pos ted.

J FCOM: Doo, J oi nt For ces.

DDO: J oi nt For ces, DDO.

J FCOM: I have i nf or mat i on on Fl i ght number 1989.

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I t di ver ted t o Cl evel and due t o a bomb t hr eat . Over .

DDO: Roger . Pl ease provi de.

DDO; J oi nt For ces Command, t hi s i s t he DDO.

Under st and you have addi t i onal i nf ormat i on on t hat

par t i cul ar f l i ght ?

J FCOM: I was i nf or med t he f l i ght was di ver t ed due

t o a bomb t hr eat . That ' s why t hey went t o Cl evel and. Over .

DDO: Roger . Appreci ate the update. Thi s conf i rms

i nf or mat i on we r ecei ved a l i t t l e ear l i er . Thank you much.


DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEDe: PEOC.

DDO: Need you t o r el ay f or us. _Deput y Secret ary of

Def ense was dr opped of f t he SVTS. Coul d you r el ay over t o

t he Whi t e House syst em t o have t hem assi st i n get t i ng hi m

pat ched back i n? He' s at 1 - - - - 1 I E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

PEOC: Got t he ( i ndi scer ni bl e) .

DDO: PEOC, DOC. Can you say agai n?

DDO: PEOC, DDO. Acknow edge.

' W f r DOO- , - wni t e- House

DDO: Roger .

WH: Roger . PEOC advi ses us t hat he' s made di r ect

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Doo:

Roger .

Thank

you much.

EA:

Al l

conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

EA:

Al l

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pl ease

st and

by.

EA:

Al l

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pl ease

stand by.

EA:

Al l

conf erees

pl ease

stand by.

EA:

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EA: Al l conf er ees pl e as e s t and by.

DDO: NORAD,

noo

NOl l O: Go ahead, s i r .

DDO: Roger . J u s t need an updat e, a negat i ve one

wi l l be s uf f i c i ent i f t hat i s , i n f ac t , t he cas e.

NORAD: Ref er r i ng t o t he t r ack i ng unknown i n .

Al as ka t hat i s a negat i ve. We have no updat e at t hi s poi nt .

DDO: Roger . And, I j us t want t o conf i r m we have a

good CAP s t i l l r emai ni ng i n vi c i n i t y of Was hi ngt on, D. C.

and ot her c r i t i c al ar eas ?

- - - . - - NORAD: - That - ' - s - co~r ect ; - , - s i . r . . - We- do - hav: e- ac t i v: e_ - - - _ .

CAPs over Was hi ngt on, D. C. and New Yor k Ci t y as wel l as

ai r cr af t s t andi ng by t o es cor t Ai r For ce One. And, on

anot her s ubj ec t i t does appear t hat t he unknown t r ack i n

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Al a s ka bas t ur ned ar ound. I t ' s now headi ng at

016

away f r om

nor t her n Al as ka.

DDO: Roger . Under s t and t hat was a non- i s s ue.

HORAn: Yes , s i r . I t ' s s t i l l wi t hi n u. s . ai r s pace

but i t has t ur ned ar ound and i t a headi ng now i s 019 out of

. Dor t her n Al as ka.

DDO: Roger . Di d we ever put an esco r t ith t h a t ?

HORAD: Negat i ve, s i r , due t o t he l ocat i on of t he

t r a c k .

DDO: Roger . That ' s cer t ai nl y good news . Roger .

Keep

11S

post ed.

HORAD: \ a LCO.

CONR:

neo,

Gen. Ar nol d wi t h CONR.


COD: OUr nor t heas t er n sec t or had a cal l s i gn PAT

108. I t i ndi c at ed t hat you had aut hor i z ed hi m t o l and at

Andr ews but we do not have conf i r mat i on of t hat and we t ol d

hi m t o l and at PAX Ri ver .

Doo:

Roger . You came i n a l i t t l e br oken. Was t he

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~==~

cal l s i gn PAT 108?

CORR: That ' s cor r ec t .

D I X >: Who i s t he poWer pas s enger ?

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DDO: Roger . And, t hat ' s PAX Ri ver ?

CORR:

That ' s cor r ec t .

DDO: Roger . We' l l s ee i f we can r un t hat dOWD.

I s i t cur r ent l y circling?

CORR: : I ' mnot sur e exac t l y what he' s doi ng but

he' s t r yi ng. Be i s hol di ng, wai t i ng t o ei t her l and at

Andr ews or go t o PAX Ri v er . However , he woul d not i dent i f y

hi mse l f .

DOO: Roger . And, wher e di d i t or i gi nat e f r om?

Wher e di d i t or i gi nat e?

CORR: Okay. Si r , i t ' s com ng i n f r om Shannon,

Airport

i n I r el and.

DDO: Roger .

COD: Hang on a s econd. We may have s omet hi ng on

t h a t .

EA:

Al l conf er ees pl eas e s t and

by.

ARR: DDO, t hi s i s t he Al a s kan Command wi t h an

updat e. We have CAPs es t abl i s hed; t en ai r c r af t ai r bor ne at

t hi s t i me and we have no sus pi c i ous t r acks i n t he sys t em

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DDO: Roger . Appr ec i at e t he updat e. Las t cal l i ng

s t at i on r ef er ence t o

PAT

108 . We have t he Chai r man

s chedul ed t o l and at Andr ews at 1610. : I f t hi s i s , i n f ac t ,

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NO: RAD: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i s NORAn w t h i nput .

DDO: Thi s i s DDO. Pr ovi de your updat e.

NORAD: Yes, si r . Be advi sed

NORAD

i s expect i ng a

f l i ght out of Shannon. However , or i gi nal f l i ght t i me was

f or f l i ght f r om Shannon i nt o Nor f ol k w t h est i mat ed t i me of

ar r i val 0300 Zul u t omor r ow. Thi s par t i cul a, r f l i ght W 50511

i s car r yi ng a NATO commander and i s cl ear ed t o l and i f t hi s

i s, i n f act , t he f l i ght .

I

say agai n t hough he was

or i gi nal l y schedul ed t o f l y i nt o Nor f ol k w t h an est i mat ed

t i me of ar r i ~ of 0300 Zul u.

DDO: Roger . Thi s i s t he DDO. We di d, i n f act ,

cl ear t hat par t i cul ar pr i nci pal t o come i n. Agai n,

under st and t hat PA' l '108 i s , i n f act , st i l l W 50511 and he

i s, i n f act , cl ear ed t o l and.

CORR: Thi s i s CONn. We j ust got t hat wor d and we

t ol d hi m t o l and at Andr ews •.

DDO:

Roger .

HORAn:

And,

HORAD

copi es

l andi ng at

Andr ews.

EA:

Al l

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pl ease

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by.

EA:

Al l

conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

EA:

Al l conf erees pl ease st and by.

EA:

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pl ease

st and

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EA.:

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EA.:

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EA.:

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EA:

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EA:

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EA.:

Al l conf er ees pl ease

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EA: Al l conf erees pl ease st and

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EA.:

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EA: Al l

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s ay agai n al l CI NC and al l s er v i c es , t hi s i s t he DDO. We

need you t o r epor t any movement of your f or ces .

DDO: I s ay agai n. Al l CI Nes and al l s er v i c es . we

need you t o r epor t any movement of your f or ces i n r es pons e

t o what has occur r ed.

P EOC: STRATCOM, P EDe.

STRATCOM: STRATCOM' s on.

PEOC: Roger , s i r . Mr . Vol c an needs t o es t abl i s h

hi s commxni cat i on wi t h Sec r et ar y Car r . I s he i n your

vi c i ni t y, s i r ?

STRATCOM: Thi s i s STRATCOM. They' r e not her e i n

t he command cent er . They s t i l l ar e i n t he bui 1di ng. I c an

r el ay or add t hem t o t he conf er ence i f you des i r e.

PEOC: Roger , s i r , we' r e goi ng t o have Si gnal

at t empt t o make comm ni c at i on vi a a s ecur e l a ndl i ne and

we' l l r un hi m down. Thank you. s i r .

STRATCOM: Roger . Be advi s ed, j us t r ecei ved t hi s

r epor t t he Pr es i dent and company ha~e depar t ed t he bui l di ng

en r out e t o

ir

Por c e One. OVer .

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC. copy a~~. Thank you.

DDO:

rs II y

OPs . DDO. Mar i ne OPs , DDO. EA pl eas e

conf i r m t hat we have al l t he s er vi c es i n t he conf er ence.

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EA: Break, break. EA. Stand by.

EA: Break, break, the Karine Corps is in the

conference, sir.

USMC:Marine Corps on.

DDO:Roger. Break for the Marine Corps.

DDO:Need you to report any movement of your

forces in response to what occurred today.

USMC:

This is the Karine Cor;ps commandcenter,

the CRC. (indiscerniDle) Chan speaking.

DDO:

This is the DDO.

USMC: Sir, we do not copy.

DDO:Roger. Weare in the process of finding out

from the services whether they have

moved

any of their

forces in response to what has occurred today.

USMC:Sir, stand

by,

please.


PEOC:DDO,PEOC.

DDO:PEOC,DDO.

____________________________________J:~.;_9K~_J;~_~p.p_ea~s-hat ~.;'__Fo. 'Ee__~_. '. _g_be . . _

coming back. You've heard that news right?

DDO:Say again in reference to Air Force One.

PEOC:zt appears it will be coming back to D.C.

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PEOC:

No, they are.

DDO:Oh, I'm sorry. You're telling me, okay.

PEOC: Yeah, they are. And, what we want to make

sure is that they have fighter escort on the way back and

that we have continuous coverage either from those aircraft

coming back or from the CAPwhich

r

assume we still have up

until BHXreaches the White House. Is t~t possible?

DDO:Roger. 'l'here' s no doubt but we'll make sure

that happens.

PEOC: Thanks a lot. We'll let you know once we've

got a departure time.

DDO:ROger, stand by. HORAnacknowledge.

HORAn:HORAncopies.

DDO:Roger.



EA: A11 conferees please stand ~.

EA.:All conferees please stand by.

NORAD:Break, break NORAD/USSPACECOMith an

- - - - - - - - - - ~~- -

iDPut.

DDO:NORAD,OSSPACE;DDO.Provide.

Break, break,

N De

pr.unary and NAOCsecondary we

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tanker issue. Over.

Acknowledge NAOCPrimary.

Acknowledge NAOCSecondary.

\

NAOCSECONDARY:NAOC

Second8.%'Yacknowledge.

Contact (indiscernible).

Roger, : have a DSHnumber if you'd like to

contact thera..

NAOCSECONDARY:Copy that address.

DSN

1 I : f you

can coordi:cate with HAOC

primary to

make

sure that we don't get into a conflict

here.

HAOCSECONDARY:opy DSN

1

That's correct.

HAOCSECONDARY:opy. We'll get hold of primary.

Stand

by.

Roger.

Say again NAOCpr~.

HAOCSECORDARY:his is Secondary. will

have

l I lY

folks •••

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HAOCPR:IHARY:This is HAOCprimary, you have

traffic.

Roger, NAOCpr~. We

are

passing information

on to HAOCsecondary. WeDeed you guys to coordinate with

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HcGee- Tys on f o r swi ng t anker oper at i ons s o we don' t have

conf l i c t s . Over .

HAOC PRI MARY: Thi s i s HAOC Pr i mar y. W LCO.

Al l c onf er ees s t and by.

NAOC SECONDARY: Thi s i s NAOC Secondar y how

( i ndi s cer n i bl e) .

Roger ,

DOC

secondar y.

EA: Al l conf er ees s t and by.

NORAD: Br eak, NORAD/ OSSPACE wi t h an i nput .

DDO: NORAD/ OSSPACE, t h i s i s DDO. Pr ovi de your

i nput .

BORAn: s i r , at t hi s t i me we have t hr ee unknowns

i n Al as ka. The f i r s t unknown i s t he one t hat ' s been

pr evi ous l y br i e f ed. CCQM' s I D 0255. Zt ' s t ur ned ar ound and

headi ng back i n l a nd on t he nor t h coas t of Al a s ka, 1' 0

knot s . The s econd ai r c r af t CCOM' s I D 025' i s at pos i t i on

7014 no r t h , 15159 wes t at 111 knot s . CI NC NORAD has

def er r ed t ac t i c al ac t i on, t ac t i c al dec i s i o n. The t hi r d

unknown i n Al as ka, CCOM' s I D 0233, pos i t i on 5802 nor t h,

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15646 wes t t hat ' s 379 kno t s , 31, 000 f eet . And, s i r , t ha t

t r ack has j us t been i dent i f i ed now as an ai r bor ne E- 3. So,

t o s ummar i z e, we have t wo unknowns i n Al as ka; one on t he

nor t h coas t , one on t he s out h coas t . NORAD/ USSPACE Command

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DDO:

Roger . And, under s t and t hat you' ve

di s pat ched ai r cr af t t o det er . m ne whet her t hey' r e f r i endl y.

NORAD:

Si r , t he ai r c r af t on t he nor t h coas t of

At l ant a, cor r ec t i on Al as ka, was def er r ed t act i cal ac t i on.

No f i ght er s ui t abl e l o cat i on. The ai r c r af t on s out h Al a s ka

was

t ac t i cal dec i s i on.

I

bel i e ve becaus e of i t s l ow s peed.

DDD:

Roger . So, your pos i t i on i s t hat DODe of

t hese ar e t hr eat s ?

NORAn: No, s i r .

DDO:

Roger.

J UI ZR:Br eak, br eak. ' l ' hi si s Al as ka NaRAD Regi on.

% 11 add on t o t he l as t comment . Some of t he t ar get s we' r e

seei ng ar e t he l ocal pol i ce f l i er s who have DOt been

not i f i ed yet of our F- CAP pl an. We i nt end t o i nt er cept al l

cont ac t s t hat r emai n unknown.

DDD:

Roger . Ot t der s t and you pl an t o i nt er cept al l

cont ac t s . P l e ase keep us updat ed on t hat .

ANR: That appr oach cer t ai n ar eas of t he s t at e.

000: Roger .

So,

i t wi l l be a sel ec t ed i nt er cept .

AHa:

At t hi s poi nt , gi v en t he s peed and l ocat i on

we, as wel l , as s es s no t hr eat s at t hi s t i me.

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t he Sec r et ar y of Def ens e and FAA. I s uppos e t hat t hat

appr oval has been gr ant ed and i s be i ng s or t ed out as we

s peak. I f you need any he l p on t hem pl e as e l e t me know and

I ' l l need t o wor k t hi s i n.

NORAD: NORAD c opi es . Thank you.

DDO: FAA t hi s i s t he DOO. P l e as e conf i r m t hat

t hat ' s been s moot hed and you do have per m s s i on On t h o s e

Medevac he l i c opt e r s al l owed i nt o New Yor k .

FAA: Say agai n t hi s i s HORAD.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO agai n . FAA, pl e as e c onf i r m

t hat you have wor d t hc i . ti t was appr oved t o al l ow t hos e

e i ght Medevac he l i c opt er s t o ent e r Ne, / Yor k pr oper .

FAA: What was t he ques t i on f o r FAA agai n ? ·

DDO: ' l ' h eques t i on i s j us t need you t o conf i r m

We had e i g ht Medevac he l i c opt er s t hat wer e not be i ng

al l owed t o go i n t o New Yor k Ci t y. We need t o c onf i r . mt hat

pe r mds s i on was gi ven and t hat wor d was pas s ed t hat t hey

can, i n f ac t , f l y i nt o t he Hew Yor k ar ea.

FAA: OK. We do have Nedevac ai r c r af t t hat ar e not

be i ng al l owed t o t ake of f . Under s t and t hat e i ght

he l i c opt e r s can

i n t o New Yor k Ci t y .

DDO: ' l ' hi s s t he DDO; t hat ' S af f i r mat i v e .

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COl m OK. Thi s i s CONR. We can coor di nat e t hr ough

t he FAA and t he nor t heas t er n def ens e s ec t or

t o

al l ow t hat

t o oCC\ 1r i f t hat ' s what you want t o happen.

DDO:

COI m , t hi s i s t he

DOO;

af f i nnat i ve. P l eas e

t ake car e of t hat .

CONR: We wi l l t ake car e of i t . We got i t f or

ac t i on.

DDO: Thank you muc h.

AI R FORCE: NMCC, Ai r For ce. Thi s i s t he Ai r For ce

f or t he NMCC_

DDO:

Ai r For ce,

DDO.

AI R FORCE: Roger . We have a r eques t from , Ai r

Combat Command t o t he Rus s i an gover nment t o s t and dOwn

t he i r exer c i s e i n t he Si ber i an r egi on t o al l evi at e any

conf us i o n wi t h t hat par t i cu~ar def ens e s ec t or .

DDO: Whi c h ar ea ar e W e wor ki ng at ? Whi c h ar ea ar e

you i nt er es t ed i n havi ng t hem s t and down?

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DI X>: Roger . We' v e been t ol d t hat t wo hour s ago

t hey wer e di r ec t ed t o do t hat .

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce copi e s .

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P EOC: DDO, P EOC.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Las t cal l i ng s t at i on,

pl eas e i dent i f y your s e l f agai n.

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC wi t h anot her r eques t .

DOO: Roger . St at e your r eques t .

PEOC: U. S. Sec r et Ser vi c e , Mr . Br i an St af f o r d,

woul d l i k e t o t al k t o Gener al Myer s . I ' v e got a number i f

you' r e r eady t o c opy .

DDO: Roger . Send t hat number , pl eas e .

PEOC:

1 - - - 1

I E. O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

DDO: Roger . Hr . St af f or d and what i s hi s t i t l e

agai n, pl eas e?

PEOC: Thi s i s t he Di r ec t or of t he u . s . Sec re t

Ser vi c e , Mr . Doy l e . I ' m not s ur e i f t hat was Pr es i dent i al

det ai l or not bec aus ~ Hr . St af f or d i s t he Di r ec t or .

DDO: Roger . T hank you, s i r . St and by. Roger . We

pat ched t hat mes s age ear l i e r . We have a di f f e r ent number .

Under s t and t hat number i s I I I E. O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

PEOC: That ' s c or r ec t . That ' s a di f f e r ent number

_. ---- _ ---- . _ - _ . _ ..

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t han what we had pas s ed ear l i e r .

DDO: Roger . We' ve got t hat s ame one. We' l l s end

t hat mes s age i n t o h~ as We s peak.

P EOC: Roger .

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FAA: DDO, FAA.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. ( pause) Last cal l i ng

st at i on t hi s i s t he DDO. Do you have t raf f i c?

FAA: DDO, FAA.

DDO: Last cal l i ng st at i on t hi s i s t he DDO.

FAA: DDO, t hi s i s t he FAA. we ar e goi ng t o

r el ease seven bl ack guar d ai r cr af t out of Peachbor o goi ng

i nt o t he New Yor k met r o ar ea.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger , and t hank you much.

DDO: CONR t hi s i s t he DDO. Can you gi ve me an

updat e on t he CAP t hat ' s over Washi ngt on, D. C. ? ( pause)

CONR t hi s i s t he DDO. Ar e you t her e?

CONR: CORR i s here.

DDO: Roger . J Ust need an updat e on what we have

on our CAP over Washi ngt on, D. C.

COD: St and by.

HORAn: Nat i onal t hi s i s NORAD.


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sout h of Key West has been i dent i f i ed f r i endl y. Say agai n,

has been i dent i f i ed f r i endl y. Onl y r emai ni ng unknowns ar e

t he t wo i n t he vi ci ni t y of Washi ngt on, D. C. St i l l awai t i ng

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CORR: St and by one her e.

DOO: Roger , t hi s i s t he DOO. We' r e st andi ng' by

f or a qui ck updat e. Ther e' s cer t ai nl y a l ot of i nt er est i n

those two.

CONR: We have a t ot al of seven ai r pl anes over

Washi ngton, D. C. r i g' ht nOw. Four F- 16s and t hr ee F- 1Ss over

Washi ngt on, D. C. Two F- 1Ss over New Yor k Ci t y at t he

moment .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Do you have

anything

f ur t her ? Under st and f our F- 16s, t hr ee F- 15s over

Washi ngt on, D. C. and t wo F- 1Ss over New Yor k. I s t hat

correct?

CONR: That i s cor r ect .

DDO: Anythi ng f ur t her?

CORR: No. we have numer ous ai r pl anes ai r bor ne but

t hose ar e t he ones pr ot ect i ng t hose maj or met r opol i t an

areas.

DDO: Roger . That ' s what we needed.

FAA: DDO, FAA.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Last cal l i ng st at i on

i dent i f y your sel f .

FAA: FAA.

DDO: Roger , FAA.

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Roger

I

want to knowwho they specifically

a re Canyou give me anything?

._FAA=-Stand.by. just .a

second._

PEOC: DDO. PEOC

DDO:

PEOC

DOO.

PEOC:Yes sir Is there already a coordinated

effort to move search and rescue assets into HewYork? Is

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i t coor di nat ed or i s i t com ng by f r om i ndi vi dual uni t s.

DDO: FEMA are you here?

DDO:

FEMA

t hi s i s t he ODO. Ar e you t her e?

FEMA: FEMA' s on.

DDO: Roger . The quest i on i s, i s t her e

a

coor di nat ed ef f or t f or sear ch and r escue at New Yor k Ci t y?

FEMA: Yes, si r , t her e i s. We hay. at l east f our

t ask f or ces t hat have f or . med up al r eady t hat w l l be

l eavi ng shor t l y by grOund. MY unders tandi ng was the

r endezvous poi nt up t her e was goi ng t o be St ewar t Ai r Base,

New Yor k.

PEOC: OK, PEOC copi es. Does t hat i ncl ude t he

m l i t ar y hel i copt er asset s t hat we' l l need t o use?

FEMA: Si r , we di d not r ecei ve any i nf or mat i on

about t he m l i t ar y hel i copt er asset s. Our advi ce was j ust

keep ever ythi ng on the ground.

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC. J ust be advi sedLI 1 i s

r et ur ni ng; has del i ver ed t he passenger t ol l and

i s on i t s way back now.

~ DDO: Roger . Under st and passenger f r amLI _

,.. ;

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i s, . i n f act , i n pl ace. Thank you much.

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NORAD: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i s HORAD w t h an

updat e.

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DDO: HORAD, DDO; provi de your update.

NORAD: Copy. HORAD recei ved r epor t s of two

ai r cr af t over t he At l ant i c. No speci f i c l ocat i on;

i dent i f i ed as Cont i nent al 57 and Ai r Can 65 w t h di s t ress

squawks. NORAD i s i nvest i gat i ng at t hi s t i me.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Thank. you much. Keep us

post ed.

NORAD: W : LCO.

FAA: DOO, FAA.

DOO: FAA, DDO.

I E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a)

DDO: Thi s 1s t he DDO, r oger . X have t hat . We' l l

subm t t hat r equest . We have qui t e a f ew com ng i n.

FAA: Yeah, wel l we' ve had qui t e a f ew mor e.

DDO: Roger . St and by bef or e you send t hat . I ' ve

got t o see whet her t her e' s a bet ter way t o get al l t hese

col l ect ed so we can shoot t hem al l at ODe t i me. Br eak.

CONR, . DDO. . . - - - - - - - _. . - .

CONR: St and by f or Gen. Ar nol d.

CONR: Gen. Arnol d' s up.

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CORR:Speaking.

DDO:Yes, sir, do

yOU

have traffic?

CORR:Weshowed traffic declare an IFE coming

into the united States and returned back to Paris. Wehave

Air Canada flight 65 declared an IFE over the Atlantic.

FAA:This is the FAArep to NORADrying to get

in contact with the FAArep there.

HORAn:Calling FAArep. Can you verify where

Uthere' is?

FAA: My name is Reggie Settle, the FAArep at

HORADt this time.

HORAn:Roger, sir. And, who are you trying to

reach?

PAA:Anyone that's an FAArep on the conference

call at this time in Washington.

NORAn:Copy.

CORR:This is Gen. Arnold again. The Air Canada

flight 6'5was passed to us by the FAA, an IFE over the

.-.Atlantic •.Wedon-'t.know. its.destination._ancLwenee(Ltha,t.-

information from the FAA.Weknow the unknown type aircraft

from southern California looks like he'S headed east

towards Colorado. And, we had two airplanes reported

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i nf or . mat i on on them

DDO:

Gen. Ar nol d t hi s i s t he

DDO.

We have that ,

si r . I s t her e anyt hi ng f ur t her ?

CORR: That ' s al l I have r i ght now.

DDO: Roger , si r . Br eak, eONR, DDO.

CORR: Thi s i s CONR- - Gen. Arnol d.

DDO: Roger , si r . We have t wo hel i copt er s

st andi ng

by

sent t o t he Pent agon t o get el ement s up t o

______ ~ we need t o l aunch t he second one. We al r eady have

one her e t hat ' s al r eady out bound. We need anot her one i n t o

t ake f our peopl e up.

CORR: They' r e comng i n f r om?

DDO:

Si r , we wer e t ol d t hat t hey wer e st at i oned

at Anacost i a.

NI GHT HAWK CONTROL: Br eak, br eak. Thi s i s Ni ght

Hawk Cont r ol . We do have ai r cr af t st andi ng by. Woul d you

l i ke t hem t o l aunch at t hi s t i me?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger , send one i n t o t he

. same hel i pad . .at . Ri ver _Ter r ace.

NI GHT HAWK eomROL: Roger . The t ai l number comng

i n w l l be t ai l number 34. I t i s get t i ng r eady t o l aunch

and shoul d be ai r bor ne i n f i ve m nut es.

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cal l i ng s t at i on again ODD. I dent i f y your c al l s i gn - - your

c al l s i gn.

NI GHT HAWK CON l ' ROL :Cal l s i gn t a i l number wi l l be

34. I s ay agai n cal l s i gn 34.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, out .

CONK: And, CONa, i s t hat one hel i copt er or t wo?

NI GHT HAWK CONTROL : That wi l l be one he l i c opt e r .

I t wi l l be a Mar i ne Cor ps CBS3. OVer .

CONR: Okay, got i t .

NI GHT HAWK: The f l i ght pat h wi l l be f r om

Anacos t i a j us t eas t of Was hi ngt on Hat i o~ t o t he Pent agon.

DDO: NORAD, DDO •

HORAn: Thi s i s : HORAn go ahead.

DDO: Roger . Ear l i e r we t al ked about t he f i ght er s '

t hat ar e es cor t i ng Ai r P or c e One . Can you conf i r m t hat t hey

woul d be r eady when t hey t ake of f f or t he s econd l eg of t he

f l i ght . The Vi c e pr es i dent want s t o hear over t hi s

conf e r enc e and f r om you t hat we have f i ght er s s t andi ng by

when t hey t ake of f f r om Bar ks dal e or Of f ut t .

MORAD: Roger . That i s af f i r mat i v e . The t wo

or i g i nal f i ght er s t hat wer e i n es cor t had l anded at

Bar ks dal e and ar e get t i ng f ue l and i n t he t ur n. Ther e ar e

f our f i ght e r s s t andi ng by as we l l f or t he s econd l eg of t he

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DDO: Roger . J ust l et me summar i ze. Under s tand

t her e ar e t wo f i ght er s on t he gr ound r i ght t her e w t h t hem

and t hen t her e ar e f our t hat ar e st andi ng ~ t o be i nbound

when t hey t ake of f i s t hat cor rect ?

HORAn: ' ' hat ' saf f i r mat i ve t o t he best of my

know edge. Let me ver i f y t hat t hose f our ar e, i n f act , op

r eady, i mmedi at e, and r eady t o t ake of f . St and

by

j ust a

m nut e.

DDO: Roger . But , we do have t hose t wo t hat ar e

r ef uel i ng t hat w l l be r eady t o t ake of f whenever Ai r For ce

ODe t akes of f ?

HORAn: That ' s af f i rmat i ve. They l anded about

t hr ee m nut es ago and ar e i n t he t ur n t aki ng f uel .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Thank you. we· r e st andi ng

by

on t he second f our .

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: Ha~ .th(t ~en any coor d~t i oD w t h FEHA

or t hr ough t he NMCCf or guar d r eser ve asset s t o assi s t w t h

t he New Yor k ef f or t ?

CONR: Thi s i s Gen. Ar nol d at CONR. We have

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avai l abl e t o s uppor t t he af t e r mat h.

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

DDO: F'EMA, HORAD, FAA,

t hi s i s t he DOO. We' r e

ge t t i ng f l ooded by r eques t s f o r c l e ar ance e l e vat ed f r om

bot h guar d and ot her f or c es t o s uppor t t he ef f or t i n New

Yor k. What we need i s FEMA t o coor di nat e di r ec t l y wi t h

HORAn and FAA. We' r e get t i ng i nundat ed r i ght now wi t h al l

t hos e . And, her e' s t he number f or FEHA Ops . The number i s

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1

Ac knowl e dge . OVe r .

l ORAD: I l ORAD/ USSPACECOM acknowl edged .

DDO:

FAA,

l ORAD, F EMA, need ac knowl edgment s on

goi ng di r ec t l y wi t h FEMA f or coor d i nat i on.

NORAD: NORAD/ OSSPACECOM· c opi e s .

FEMA: Br eak , br eak , t hi s i s FEHA, s i r . A bet t er

cont ac t number f or FEMA oper at i ons ver sus t hat one you j u s t

gave out .

DDO: Roge r , send i t .

FEMA: I n t he event we have commer c i a l t e l ephone

l i ne pr obl e ms we can us e DSN

I

or

c=J .

Al l c opy.

DDO: Thi s i s t he Doo. I have DSN

1 - - _

How do you c onver t t hat DSN t o a c i v i l i an number ?

FEMA:

c onver t i ng t hat t o a c i v i l i an number woul d

be 1 _

DDO: Agai n, t hat conver t ed t o c i v i l i an number

I E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

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PEMA:That's correct, sir.

DDO:Roger. NORAD,FAA, FEMA-- of course, I have

FEMA-- please confirm and acknowledge new number for

coordinating with FEMACps.

NORAD:NORADopies new number.

FAA: This is the FAA. Can you g-ive me that number

again?

DIX>:This is the DDO.The number is DSN

1 - - _

Dr, if you want to go commercial,

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posted,I _

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

FAA: FAAconfixms. And, this is for FEMA?

DDO:' 'his is for FEMAOps, correct.

HORAn:FAA, NORAD.

DDO:FAA, please respond to NORAD.

FAA: This is the FAA. Go ahead.

NORAn:Yes, sir, I have a Mr. Reggie Settle, FAA

rep from NORADhere requesting a calIon an unsecure line.

Are you ready to copy number?

PAA: DIX>can you translate that for me?

DDO:Roger. There's a Mr. Settle that wants a

cal.I on a commercial. line. Be did not get that number.

please send the commercial number.

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HORA ):Roger. Commercial number 1 _

NORADomplete.

DDO:That number is 1 _

NORAD:Affirmative.

FAA.:FAAconfirms that and they want us to call

them?

NORAD:That's correct, sir. AHr. Reggie Settle.

FAA.:All right, we'll give

h~

a call then.

HORAD:Roger.

IllGBT HAWKCONTROL: Break, break, DDO,Night Hawk

Control.

DDO:

This

is the DDO.

NIGHTHAWKCONTROL:Helicopter inbound; should be

landing in two mics. OVer.

DDO: Roger. We'll be out there shortly. Thank

you.

FAA:000, FAA.

DDO: FAA, DDO.

FAA:Hey, :r got another request for an inbound

aircraft if you've got t~e to take it.

DDO: Yeah, I'm going to work with that. We're

txying to keep it coo.rdinated internally. Go ahead; send

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FAA: I t ' s a Gen. Kernaan, NATO Commander , t7 • S •

Army.

DDO: Hi s cal l si gn.

FAA: VV50511. Reques t to come i n f rom Shannon,

I r el and l andi ng at Nor f ol k, Chamber s Fi el d; ETA 0300 Zul u.

DDO: Roger . Underst and Gen. Kernaan.

FAA: That ' s cor r ect .

DDO: That ' s f our - s t ar K- e- r - n- a- n?

FAA: K- e- r - n- a- a- n.

DDO: Roger , we' l l ~r k t hat one.

FAA: Okay.

MOG:

DDO, t hi s i s AFOG.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DOO•.

AP'OG: Roger , si r . Thi s i s AFOG. J ust t o l et you

know t her e' S a t hr ee shi p of Hueys who' l l be movi ng Ai r

For ce PAX f r om Ri ver Ter r ace t o Bol l i ng. When t hey' r e

compl et ed t hey' l l r et ur n w t h your l

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DDO: Roger , wasn' t awar e you wer e wor ki ng t hat

m ssi on but I got i t . What ' s t he ETA f or t hat second f l i ght

pl an?

AFoo: They' r e between Bol l i ng and Pent agon r i ght

now and t hen t hey' r e about a 15 m nut e r ound t r i p.

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DDO:Roger. o in 30 minutes they should be

ready for

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AFOC: Thirty or less, yes.

DDO:Roger..

AFOC:And, :I'11 get back o U;ine to' let you know

once they're coming bac~.

DDO: Thank

you much.

DDO: NORAD, nIX).

NORAD: This is HORAn go ahead, sir.

DDO:Roger. Again, we're trying to get same of

this coordination done with you. :Is there an operational

number that we can have folks call

you

wh&llthey're trying

to sort out some of these clearances and requests?

HORAn:

Roger. Stand by. Let me get you a good

number.

DDO: Roger.

EA.:

Al.l conferees stand

by.

EA:

All conferees stand

by.

EA:

All conferees stand

by.

AIR FORCE: NMCC, Air Force.

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DDO: Roger . Send t r af f i c .

AI R FORCE: Cur r ent l y l o cat ed at Bol l i ng Ai r For ce

Base.

DDO: Koger . 'l'huk

you much.

DDO: FAA

t hi s i s DDO.

FAA: FAA. Go ahead.

DDO: Roger . Was i t your r eques t f or

Gen

Ker naan

t o come i n?

FAA: Yes . They cal l ed us and as ked us what

pr ocedur es t hey needed t o get i n t o t he u . s . i nt o Nor f o l k .

DDO: Roger . The Vi c e and t he Di r ec t or i s her e and

t hey s ai d t hat i s per m t t ed. You need t o make ar ~angement s

t o al l ow t hat t o happen.

FAA: OK. J us t l e t us know ' What k i nd of

ar r angement s you need and we' l l ens ur e we get ever yt hi ng

becaus e we ' l l have t o pr obabl y c al l Eur ope . Eur ope may not

l e t t hem of f t he gr ound.

DDO: Roger . Agai n , we ' r e not s ay i ng t hey can' t

phys i c al l y get t hem

ill

hut we ar e t e l l i ng you i f t hat i n

f ac t t hey get i nt o t he ai r ~ce we wi l l pe r m t t hem t o

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FAA: Okay.

DDO: I ' m Dot sur e t hat w l l hel p you.

FAA: No, i t doesn' t hel p me much but I ' l l f or war d

i t on t o our count er par ts i n Eur ope t hat t hi s ca~~ si gn on

t hi s ai r cr af t w l l be abl e- t o depar t . And, i f he does get

of f t hat he w l l be perm t t ed t o l and.

DDO: Roger .

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I dent i f y your sel f agai n,

pl ease.

PEOC: Yeah, i t ' s PBOC. Can you j ust cOl l f i 1l l

~ocat i on of the SECDEF pl ease?

DDO: Roger . Be' s r i ght her e i n t he SVTS. Let me

conf i r m Roger , he' s st i l l her e i n t he bui l di ng, cur rent l y

i n hi s of f i ce.

PEOC: Roger . Thanks.

DDO: HORAn, DDO. I j ust want t o cl ose t hi s one

out . Those t wo l ow f l yi ng ai r cr af t t hat wer e i dent i f i ed an

hour ago comng that we t hought may have been he~ copt er s

based on al t i t ude and speed. Under st and we' ve l ost what ever

cont act we had w t h t hem

NORm That i s af f i r mat i ve, si r . We have no mor e

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r adar cont act on t hem Di d not hear f r om CORR i f t hey had a

f i nal i dent i f i cat i on.

DDO: Roger . But , I t ake i t i t ' s saf e t o assume

t hey wer e not a t hr eat ; t hat not hi ng has been hear d.

HORAD: Thi s i s RORAD. St and by pl ease. ( pause)

And, DDO thi s i s HORAD. Go ahead, pl ease.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. What do you have f or us?

HORAD: Si r , agai n, I say we have no posi t i ve

i dent i f i cat i on on t hose t wo t r acks. We do not have r adar

cont act on t hem

DDO: , Roger . Ai r For ce, ~hat we' r e l ooki ng f or was

t wo t r acks t hat we had com ng i nbound. But , t he f l yi ng

hei ght and speed of i ndi cat es hel i copt er s. We' ve l ost

' cont act w t h t hem but we j ust want ed t o see i f anybody had

any i nf ormat i on on t hem

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce copi es.

NORAD: CORR, t hi s i s HORAn.

CORR: St and by f or Gen Ar nol d. Gen Ar nol d i s on.

HORAD: Yes si r . Lt Paul her e at Cheyenne

MOunt ai n. Si r , do we have anyt hi ng f ur t her on t he t r ack of

i nt er est out of San Di ego headed east ?

CORR: I don' t have anyt hi ng. St and by.

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still

do

not have contact with that airplane.

NORAD:Roger, sir. And, can you identify the CAP

point please?

CORR: don't have call signs. Wehave two

airplanes out of Buckley and two from.Albuquerque that are

being scrambled as we s~ak.

HORAe:Copy, sir.

CONK:Wehave :no situation awareness on that

airpl.ane so we are capping.

NORAD:r copy, sir.

Thank

you.

CORR:Do the FAAhave contact? I don't know if

you got word. It's CONK,Gen. Arnold. ABCNews,

UDfortunately just annoUDCec.that Air Force One is in

Barksdale.

NIGHTHAWKCONTROL:Break, break.

noo,

Hight Hawk

Control.

DDO:This is the DDO.

NIGB'l'HAWKcONTROL:Roger. Wehave room for 20

more PAXon the helo sitting at the LZ. Are there more PAX

cODling?

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NI GH' 'HAWK CONT ROL : Roger . St and by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC •

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Go ahead and l aunch t hat

he l i c opt e r .

HI GHT HAWK CONTROL : Doo, Ni ght Hawk Cont r o l .

Roger .

DDO: HORAn, t hi s i s t he DDO.

BORAD: Thi s i s NORAD.

DDO: Roger . We wer e l ook i ng f or t hat cont ac t

number you wer e r es ear chi ng t hat f or us .

RORAD: Roger . Don' t have a good number f or you at

t hi s t i me. We' r e r unni ng our l i a i s on t hr ough our FAA r ep.

DDO: Roger . We' l l c ont i nue t o s t and by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

CONK: Thi s i s Gen Ar nol d at CONR. Updat e on

Pr es i dent i al s uppor t . ·

DDO: ' l ' h i si s t he DDO. P l e as e s end i t .

COD: We have t wo ai r pl anes ai r bor ne f r om

El l i ngt o n

ir

Nat i onal Guar d Bas e, F - 16s . ~ addi t i onal

ai r cr af t ai r bor ne s hor t l y . Tanker s uppor t f r om McConne l l

Ai r For ce Bas e, Kans as . And, we ar e s c r ambl i ng an AWACS

ai r cr af t out of T i nker . We' l l c ont i nue t o pr ovi de s uppor t

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will escort him to whatever destination he intends to go

to.

DDO:Roger. Sir, thanks for that update.

PEOC: DDO,PEOC.

ODD:

PEOC,

DDO.

PEOC: Bave you gotten

any

kind of confirmation

on

the aircraft type that hit the Pentagon?

DDO:

We're not getting

any

identification on

those right now. This is

DDO.

Wehave four aircraft that we

confirmed that are down. Wedon't know which ones went

where.

NIGH' '

HAWKCONTROL:

DDO,

Night Hawk Control.

DDO:Night HawkControl, DDO.

NIGHT

H A W K

CONTROL:Roger.

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DDO:

Roqer . 1 E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a)(g)

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CON'l'ROL:Roger.

DDO:Roger. Appreciate it.

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NIGB'l' HAWK CON rROL:DO, this is Night Hawk

Control.

DDO: 'l'his is DDO.

N:IGH'rRAWKCONTROL:Roger. Just be advised we do

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have additional aircraft should you require them. OVer.

DDO:Roger. Appreciate it. Understand they are at

Anacostia.

NIGHTHAWK

ONTROL:

Roger.

DDO:Roger. And

l

you're also updating

me

on when

the relocate helicopters willi I E .O . 1 3 5 2 6 , s e c t i o n 1 . 4 a I

NIGHTHAWK

ON rROL:

'l'hat should be a di.fferent

asset, but if you require UB, we do have assets, sir.

DDO:Negative. Stand

by

in case we need it.

NIGHTHAWKONTROL: Roger. Standing by.

Al'OG: DDO,AFOO.

DOO:Stand by.

Dro: This is the DDO.Go.

TAPE#3, SIDE1.

AFOG:DDO,MOO. Your two-ship is en route to

Bolling to Pentagon.

DDO:Roger, identify your call sign again,

.ple~s~.

. A l OG : This is AFOG.

DDO:Roger, and understand those are designated

for the relocate?

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DDO: Roger . Gi ve me a cal l once you' r e on

stat i on.

AFOG: Okay. I ' m goi ng t o be of f t he l i ne her e.

They' r e goi ng t o be t her e i n about f our or f i ve m nutes.

DDO: R?9' er . Under st and, f our or f i ve m nut es.

AFOG: Roger .

DDO: Last cal l i ng st at i on, i dent i f y your sel f .

You' r e com ng i n br oken.

HAOC SECONDARY: Thi s i s RAOC Secondar y j ust

maki ng sure t hat

we re

st i l l i n t he conf er ence.

DDO: Roger ,

under st and. NAOC

Secondary we

have

you.

EA:

Al l conf erees

st and

by.

EA:

Al l conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

EA:

Al l conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

EA:

Al l conf erees

pl ease

st and. by.

EA:

. ~. l

conf erees

p ~~. s. e

st and

l:Jy~

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EA: Al l conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

EA: Al l conf erees pl ease st and

by.

EA: Al l

conf erees

pl ease

st and

by.

HORAD:

Br eak.

Br eak.

' 1' hi s

s

NORAD

w t h

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DDO:

HORAn pr ovi de your updat e .

HORAl ) : DDO, be advi s ed I j u s t r ece i v ed a c al l

f r am ai r t r af f i c cont r ol F t . Wor t h. They' r e r epor t i ng a

hi gh- s peed cont ac t eas t of Waco. CUr r ent l y , hi gh s peed

be l ow t he i r r adar cover age headi ng i n t he vi c i n i t y of t he

r es t r i c t ed ar ea that's been i dent i f i e d as t he Pr es i dent ' s

r anch. HORAn, cOl l l l P l e t e .DDO, do you c opy?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. under s t and hi gh s peed

cont ac t be l ow t he r adar , v i c i n i t y of F t .

worth

headi ng

t owar ds what we be l i eve t he Pr es i dent ' s r anc h. I s t hat

c o r r e c t ?

. HORAl ) : T hat ' s af f i r mat i ve , s i r .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Do we have an i nt er c ept i n

pos i t i o n t o deal wi t h, t o addr es s t hat ?

HORAn: Thi s i s NORAD. We ar e quer yi ng at t hi s t i me due

t o SPeed and t he vi c i n i t y, i nt er c ept or may not be an

o pt i o n.

. . DI)() :.~~r ...

HORAD: St and by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC, do we have any k i nd of t ype

ai r c r af t ?

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aircraft? Dowe have any identification on it?

NORA»:That's a negative. The only ID we have is

a high speed below radar as rePorted by Dallas-Ft. Worth

air traffic control.

DDO: This is the DOC. Keep us posted.

NORAD:WILCO.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

DDO:

This

1.s

the

DDO.

PEOC:

I s

there any chance they can define .high

speed for US; maybe that'll help.

DDO:

Roger, stand

by.

Can we get a definition of

what:hiQh speed is?

DDO: HORAD,DDO. Can YOU assist?

DDO: NORAD,DDO.

NORA»:NORAD.Go ahead.

DDO: Roger. We're just looking for any aMi tional

information. There is a request for just how fast high

speed was or any other information you can get. CD target or

.p_a.rt:ic.ular aircraft .lUld_l1owar <?'It.is it from the ranch?

NORA»:Roger.

1:

can get that information. Stand

by.

DDO: This is the DDO we're standing by.

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NOnD: Thi s i s NORAD. Go ahead DDO.

DDO: Roger . Bas ed on t hi s l a s t i n f o% D8. t i on, t h e

ques t i on i t makes me ' as k i s t her e an ac t i ve CAP over Ai r

For ce One r i ght now?

NORAD: Thi s i s

HORAn.

S t and by. Let me ver i f y

t hat Ai r For ee One has , i n f ac t , gone ai r bor ne wi t h t hat .

DDO: Roger . Even i f t hey haven' t gone ai r bor ne

i t ' s i mpor t ant t o know whet her t her e' s an ac t i v e CAP over

i t .

HORAD: Roger , under s t and. We do have t wo on t he

gr ound and t wo en r out e f r om El l i ngt on and X wi l l chec k on

t he s t at us of t hos e .

DDO: Roger . Do need t o encour age t he ai r c r af t t o

get ai r bor ne as s oon as pos s i b l e .

HORAD: unde r s t o od.

PEOC: 000, PEOC •

DDO: P EOC, DDO.

PEOC: OK. Ser vi ce has t aken ac t i o ns t owar ds t he

r anch. We j us t need t o get c l ar i t y on what t he t ar get i s

• • w • • • M... . • . ,..... ._. _ . . .•.. . .•~. . ... ,.. . _.. __ .• . . ..

and any mor e i n f o r mat i o n t hat we ' c an get i n or der t o pas s

t hat t o t he s er v i ce and al l t hos e f ol ks t ~t ar e at t he

r a nc h now.

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NORAn:

And,

HORAn

copy, stand

by.

I've got more

information coming in right now_

HORAn: Break, break, this is NORAD. Further

information on that track headed towards the ranch area.

Theyhave lost radar contact at current, excuse me, at last

knownheading and speed. Will be over the ranch area right

about this time, almost immediately. We're currently on the

phone with wa~o control to see if they have any contact but

if it remains under radar wewon't see it.

DDO:

This is the

DDO.

Understand.

PEOC,

acknowledge.

PEQC: PEOC copies, thanks.

A:IRFORCE:

HORAn

this is Air Force. Could you say

where ranch is?

NORAD:

This is

HORAD. I

don't have that at

my

disposal. :I can see if :I can find out for you.

A:IRPORCE:JUst a general location of where it

is, sir.

NQ:R J > :

Rog_e;:.~~.~. by•.

DDO: This is DDO. Air Force, the ranch is in

Crawford, Texas.

A:IRFORCE:Crawford, Texas, copy.

EA.: All conferees please stand by.

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DDO: Roger , I l . . - - ~ DDO, r a di o check. 1 _

DOO,

c omms che c k.

EA.:

Br eak, br eak • 1 . . . . . . . - _ _ l i S not i n t he

conf e r ence . I ' m br i ngi ng t hem back i n now, s i r .

~ I hear s you l oud and c l e ar .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~I has you l oud and c l ear .

DDO: The l as t cal l i ng s t at i on s ay agai n,

r e f e r e nc e

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1 1

we have you l oud and

c~ear .

DDO:

Thi s i s t he

DDO,

r oger . Gener a l Bos t i c k ,

noo.

DDO:

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DDO.

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S tand

by

s i r . He s t epped

away

f or a

second.

DDO: Roger . A mes s age, we need t o make s ur e you

us e your

V l'C

capabi l i t y i s up and r unni ng. Gi ve us an

updat e once

you have i t up.

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Bos t i c k.

DOO: Roger .

AXR FORCE: DDO, Ai r For ce.

DIX>: Ai r For ce, DDO.

AIR FORCE:

Roger .

Confirm lo~ation of

Se c

oaf.

DDO: Sec Def i s s t i l l i n t he Pent agon.

AXR FORCE: Roger .

* I Br i g Gen W n f i e l d, Br i g Gen Bos t i c k , at

*

AI R FORCE: Gener al s Bos t i c k and W nf i e l d, r oger .

PEOC: Di d you get t he mas s age r ef e r ence ge t t i ng

t he VTC up and al s o l e t t i ng us know once you' r e capabl e of

t r ans f e r

of

aut hor i t y.

* I Roger . We ' r e up on COMMS r i ght now.

PEOC: Roger , under s t and. Do you have ETA when you

ar e CAPABLE of t r ans f e r r i ng cont r ol of c onf e r ence?

* I Say agai n l as t t r ansm s s i on.

P EOC: Roger . J us t i n t er es t ed i n knowi ng whe n you

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E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g) I I I Ri ght , under st and. I was t al k i ng wi t h

Sec r et ar y Wol f owi t z and Sec r et ar y Whi t e , t he A r . my

Sec r et ar y, and t r y i ng t o dec i de at t hi s end wher e t he bes t

pl ace t o r un oper at i ons out of . The DEPSECDEF i s t r y i ng t o

ge t i n t ouch wi t h t he SECDE . Sec r e t a r y Whi t e per s onal l y

f e l t he woul d r at her r un hi s oper at i ons out of oper at i ons

cent er t her e i n t he Pent agon.

And,

t he DEPSECDEF , X

be l i eve , i s goi ng t o as k t he

SECDEF

f or hi s r ead gi ven

cur r ent s t at us at t he Pent agon, whet he r i t ' s bet t er t o

oper at e out of t her e or her e . But , we ' l l be s e t r egar dl e s s

wi t hi n 10- 15 m nut es .

DDO: Roger . X under s t and. ' ' hedec i s i on wi l l be

made t hat we can cont i nue t o mai nt ai n cont r ol her e i n

addi t i o n t o t he Ar my?

E.O. 13526, section 1.4(g) I

I I Ri ght . The des i r e of Sec r et ar y Whi t e i 8

t o bac k . He t hought he woul d gi v e a dat e t o come out

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get a number of i n j ur i es on t he Ar my s i de . DEPSECDEF i s

com or t abl e e i t her way. He j us t want ed t o t al k i t oVer wi t h

t he SECDEP . They' r e t r y i ng t o l i n k t hos e t wo up r i ght now.

DDO: Thi s i s DDO. Under s t and.

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Okay. I s houl d be back t o you s hor t l y t o

l et you know we' r e up and r eady t o t ake cont r ol i f t hat ' s

what t he Chai r man des i r es .

DDO: Thi s i s DDO, r oger . We' l l be s t andi ng by.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l I B

t he Di r ec t or of t he J oi nt St af f

avai l abl e? Gen Kel l ogg i s t r yi ng t o l i nk up wi t h hi m

DDO: Say agai n your l as t ques t i o n.

' - - 11s t he Di r ec t or of t he J oi nt St af f

avai l abl e? He had sent Gen. Kel l ogg i n her e as t he s eni or

uni f or m member and Kel l o gg want ed t o t al k.

DOO: Roger . He s t epped out f or a m nut e. Whe n

he ' s back on I ' l l gi ve you a cal l .

_ _ _ __ _ - - - - J I Oka

y

,hank you.

EA: Al l conf e r ees pl e as e s t and

by.

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DDO: Rog- e r• .And al s o, hi s t eam i s s t andi ng

by

appar ent l y i f you al l need hel p.

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DDO: Roger . ' ' heywer e t ol d t hat we can r el a y

s houl d t hey need document a t i on.

oger , s i r , we' l l r e l ay.

DDO,

Br i gadi er Gener al Bos t i ck.

DDO: Gen. Bos t i c k, al s o bef or e you

go

t he

Di r ec t or j us t wal ked back i n and he want ed me t o put hi m on

or we can have hi m cal l di r ec t l y i nt o

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and we' l l pat ch

i t t hr ough t o Gan. Ke l l ogg.

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cal l . We' l l do a di r ec t l i ne cont ac t .

DDO: Roger .

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ODO: Thi s i s t he DDO.

~ _ _ - - - J Ioger , s i r . Do we have a

good

number f or

Adm r al Fr ye?

DDO: St a nd by. Thi s i s t he DDO.D

_ _ _ - - - - J Ihat woul d be Ds et on t he s ecur e

___4._d~--_~~~_._________ _ ____ ______ _ __ _ _ __

DDO: That ' s RED swi t ch i f

YOU' ve

got t hat

c apabi l i t y.

_ _ _ - - - J Ioger , s i r . Thank you.


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DDO:HORAn,DOO.Dowe have any update on that

unknown that was heading in the vicinity of Crawford,

TexaS?

DDO:HORAn,DDO

HORAD:

Yeah,

this is NORAD,DDO.

:I

copy. HORAn

has no further information on those tracks. The last

infor.mation we received was that Ft. worth and Wacowere

generating fighter support.

DDO:Roger. Understand Ft. Worth and Wacowi1l.

generate fighter support.

NORAD:

Stand

by.

DDOsay again.

DOO:Roger.

I

was just repeating that to confi%1ll

that :I had correctly understand Ft. Worth and Wacoare in

fact generating fighters to check out the unknown in the

vicinity of CraW£ord.

NORAn: That's affirmative. Sir. As soon as :I have

an update on their location, I'll update.

DDO:This is DDO.We're standing by.

troRAD: CORR,NORAD.

CORR:COD. Stand

by

for Gen. Arnold.

NORAD:Copy.

COHR:Stand by one for Gen. Arnold.

CORR:Gen. Arnold, CONK.

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HORAD: Thi s i s t he Ai r Of f i c er at Cheyenne

Mount a i n . :r t r i ed t o get a ver i f i cat i on, s i r , on t he chat

l i ne f r om your ADDO. We ' r e r ece i v i ng r epor t s t hat t he

or i gi nal r epor t of an ai r c r af t out of San Di ego en r out e t o

Denver ar ea was f al s e . Can we ver i f y t hat wi t h you, s i r ?

CONR: Yeah, hang on a s ec ond. We W der s t and t hat

to be the case, that there was an intel support as opposed

t o a FAA r eques t . So, we' r e not t r ack i ng t hem and t he FAA-

i s not t r ack i ng i t . So, as f ar as we know i t does n' t ex i s t .

But , we' r e s t i l l mai nt ai n i ng t he t r ac k over t he

Col or ado/ Of f ut t ar ea and we ' r e wor k i ng wi t h an AWACS

ai r c r af t t o mai nt ai n cover age. ~n addi t i on, we ' r e

mai nt ai ni ng a CAP over t he Pr es i dent or we' r e i n t he

pr oc es s of es t abl i s hi ng t hat CAP wi t h f our f i ght er s ,

t a nk er s and AWACS.

NORAD: NORAD copi es her e , t hank you.

CONR: Ok ay .

EA.: All c onf e r ees pl eas e s t and by.

~~ .: .. ~~ .P~ ~ ..

NORAe : KORAl ) .

DDO: HORAD, we have a Ror ean ai r l i ne r s quawki ng

hi j ack c ode headi ng t owar d Anchor age , Al as ka. Can you

conf i r m?

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NORAD:Stand by. There is a Korean airliner --

stand hy. Stand by for,.your update'. Break, hreak. National,

this 1s NORADwith an update.

DDO:This is the DDO,please provide update.

NORAD:Roger, sir. In reference to the Alaskan

track possible hijack, we currently have two aircraft in

trail. Additionally, we have additional aircraft out of

Almadenand two more out of Galina that

had

been scrambled

for support of that aircraft and we'll patch through with

details as we get them.

DDe>:Roger. Canyou conf i%1ll.whether the squawking

the hijack code?

NORAD:That is correct, sir. They are squawking

hijack.

DDO:Roger.

PEOC:And, DDOhis is PEOC.Is that inbound or

outbound to Alaska?

000: That is inbound to Fairbanks, Alaska with

the original .termi~;. .~~_C ~__~~_,_~~~~~~..__.. .. ._. .___.. .. ._

PEOC:Roger.

STRATCOM:reak, break, DDO.This is S'l'RATCOH

connand center.' Wehave a request from Air Force Onevia

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DDO:

Roger. Weware told that that was inbound.

Please stand

by.

COKRplease confirm that we have AWACS

support for Air Force One?

CONR:CONR.Stand by one.

AIR FORCE:DDO this is Air Force -

DDO:

Air Force -,

DDO.

Al:RFORCE:Roger. We confirmed AWACSupport

already tasked, coming out of Tinker.

DDO: Roger, sir. Do you when it will be on

station?

AIR FORCE:Stand by we'll check.

con;

And, CONRconfirms the same. We're checkiDg

right now Tinker on that

E- 3

for Air Force One.

DDO: This is the

DDO,

roger. We're standing

by.

NORAD:And,

NORAD

copies.

Do we

have an estimated

time of take off for Air Force One?

CORR:This is Gen. Arnold at CONR.

DIX>:

Sir,

go

ahead; 000.

CONR:We're

goiZlg

to come up on this loop on

another phone and I'm going to have Col. Duckett monitor

that phone but we have to

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DDO: Roger, sir.

CONK: We ll fall back into the net in about 30

seconds.

DOO: Roger,

. s i r .

HORAD:

Break, break. This is

NORAD

with an

update.

0 0 0 : H O RAn DD O;

send your update.

HORAD:

Roger. This is

NORAD

with an update. We

just received some intel that eight Ryder vans may be en

route to the

Cheyenne Mountain

complex. he installation

commander has directed that we close up blast doors. Say

again, Cheyenne Mountain is closing blast doors respoXl.se

t o pos s i bl e

threat of eight Ryder trucks en route from

dowut9WU to the Cheyenne Mountain complex. NORAD complete.

DDO: This is the DOO, roger.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

Anymore update on the

below

radar fast moving target towards the ranch Texas?

HORAD: This is NORAD. Negative on updates at this

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DDO:

Last cal.l. ngstation,

DDO;

you have traffic.

DIX>: BOHAl), DIX).

HORAn:

This

IfORAI),

ahead.

DDO: Roger. We have reports that aircraft were

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s c r ambl e d t o deal wi t h t he l ow f l y i ng ai r cr af t headi ng

t owar ds Cr awf or d, Texas . DO we have anyt hi ng i n t hat ar ea

t hat can t el l us what ' s goi ng on? Do we have vi s ual on t he

r anch or anyt hi ng?

RORAD: We' r e wor ki ng t hat cont ac t r i ght now, s i r .

We don' t have conf i r . mat i on of an ac t ual s c r ambl e . The onl y

wor d we got was t hey wer e wor ki ng on t ac t i c al ac t i on. We

ar e- quer y i ng r i ght now t o s ee

i f

t hey t ook any t ac t i c al

ac t i on on t hat event .

DDO:

Roger . P l e as e keep us i n f or med as s oon as

you get s omet hi ng.

RORAD: taLCO.

EA: Al l conf er ees pl e as e s t and

by.


b,y.

DDO: ' l ' bi si s t he DDO.

E.O.13526,section 1.4(g) I 1

1 Br i g. Gen. Bos t i c k her e. 1 ' her e' s a SV r C

t hat ' s goi ng t o be conduc t ed t hat i nc l udes PECC, St at e, t he

FBX, DOHS, HHCC, X' . s ur e , and X' . s ur e ot her s . DEPSECDEF

want s t o be i nc l uded i n t hat but bas ed on t he doubl e

enc r ypt i on t hat we don' t have capabi l i t y at t hi s l ocat i on.

Can' t ent er i t . I don' t bel i eve we need t hat doubl e

enc r ypt i on. So, X need t o f i nd out i f t her e i s a way t o put

t hat coaf er ance at a l e vel of enc r ypt i on t hat we can handl e

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f r om out her e .

DDO: Roger . We' l l

get

s ame s mar t peopl e on t hat

now.

________10K,

and, our f ol k s ar e wor k i ng i t as

.O. 13526, section 1.4(g)

wel l . Z t hi nk DZA has put t he conf er enc e t oget her . But , our

f ol k s ar e wor k i ng i t her e and we ' l l s t ay i n t ouch wi t h you

on t hi s .

DDO: Roger , s ay agai n your l as t .

- - - 1

1:

bel i eve DI A i s r unni ng t hi s par t i c ul ar

SVTC. Z don' t know f or s ur e . Z j us t know s ome of t he

pl a yer s and t he DEPSECDEF s ai d t hat he needed t o be i n t hat

and t al k i ng t o t he Comma f ol ks her e bas ed on t he doubl e

enc r ypt i on we can' t get i n t o t hat par t i c ul a r SVTC. So,

we ' l l wor k i t f r om t hi s end. As Z under s t and i t i f

w e

d rop

t he enc r ypt i on on t he conf e r ence and t hen br i ng i t bac k up

t o a l eve l t hat we ' r e c apabl e of 1 1 t hen we ' l l be

okay.

DDO: Roger . What ' s t he t i me l i n e on t he

conf e r ence? What ar e we wor ki ng on?

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Thi s i s DDOi L_ _ - - - - ,_ . . . . . J 1 'I'm goi ng t o have t o

get back t o you on t hat .

DDO: Roger , we' l l s t ar t wor ki ng but we nead t o

know how much t i me we have.

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Roger we'll get back to you.

DDO:PEOC,DDO.

DDO:PEOC,DDO.

PEOC:This is PEOC.Lt Col Thompsonspeaking.

DDO:Roger. Are you a~l collating the SV'rC that's

going to be a little later?

PEOC:Hold ODe SOTSutton. What can ~ do?

DDO:Roger. 'l'here' s a

SV'l'C

going to be convened

sometime, 1:didn't get the time, later

On

this afternoon.

And,

I

-l~he Deputy Secretary is, in fact, there and

we're being told they need double encryption to be able to

get in there. Wedon't have those codes apparently. And,

we're trying to figure out whether you all control it and

maybeyou could bring the conference level where it meets

our current encryption capability.

PEOC:Okay, wel~, we don't really control it.

The Sit Roomcontrols the actual SVTC.

DDO:Roger. Say again whocontrols.

DDO:Roger, we'll work through them.

PEOC:Thanks.

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~ Roger . Thi s i s appar ent l y on- goi ng and

bel i eve NHCC i n t hat ar ea out si de your nor mal wor k ar ea i s

wor ki ng t he SVTC and i ncl uded i n t hi s par t i cul ar SVTC t hat

t he DEPSECOEF i s t r yi ng t o get i n on ;:

ODO: Roger , we got i t , you' r e r i ght . I t ' s st i l l

goi ng on. Let us t r y t o wor k some magi c- - no guar ant ees.

t he NMCC,

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IO K , and on t hi s end we' r e oper at i onal i n

~ I we' r ewor ki ng t he

CAT

t eam and we' l l be

abl e t o gi ve you a st at us on t hei r oper at i onal status.

Regar di ng ~ t eam bef or e I l ef t ~ gave t hem di r ect i ons t o

those that l i ve i n ar eas wher e t hey can move i n t hi s

di r ect i on. They al r eady l ef t and ar e en r out e. SOl shoul d

have about hal f t he t eam en r out e. But , we' r e current l y

oper at i onal w t h t he f ol ks t hat I have her e.

DDO: R~er , t hat ' s gr eat news. Al so, we j ust

passed t he i nf ormat i on r ef er ence t o ( i ndi scer ni bl e) want i ng

t o move back. I ' l l j ust t ake t hat ( i ndi scer ni bl e> i f

t her e' s no obj ect i on. I know he woul d go t hr ough t he Sec

FYI.

_ _ _ _ I

Okay, thank you.

DDO: Roger .

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lJOR.AD: This is NORAD.Go ahead.

DDO:Roger. The White House wants to know whether

you're secure •

.NORAD:This

is NORAO. That ' s

affirmative at this

time.

DDO:This is DDO,thank you. And, RORAD,DDO

again.

NORAD:

Go

ahead, sir.

DDO:Can you confirm that we baVe that CAPup

over Air Porce One? Over.

HORAn:

I .

attempting to confirm that now, sir,

and :I'm now trying to get a take-off time for Air Porce One

and send a fighter escort.

DDO: I'm sure you're doing it off-line. Are you

having any luck?

NORAD:Not yet, sir.

000: Roger. We'll try to work it off-line from

this end as well.

NORAD:Roger. (long pause)

TAPE#3, SIDE 2.

DDO:PEOC, DDO.

PEOe: DDO,PEDe. Go ahead.

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DDO: We' r e get t i n~ i nqui r i es f r om member s of

Congr es s . They want t o know whet her we ' ve execut ed a

cont i nui t y of gover nment . Can you he l p out wi t h t hat ?

HORAD: St a nd by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC •

DDO: DOO.

PEOC: St and by. We ' r e t r y i ng t o f i gur e out i f we

can c l e ar t hat i n f or mat i on. The f ac t i s we have . We j us t

don' t know i f t hat i n f or mat i on i s c l e ar ed f or al l : I I I 8l Dber s

of Congr es s or not .

DDO: Roger , under s t and.

P EOC: St a nd. by.

DDO: And RAOC, we ar e s t i l l wai t i ng f or

i n£or mat i on on whet her t he CAP i s up over Ai r For ce One.

OORAn: Thi s i s HORAn. Ai r For ce One i s not

ai r bor ne at t hi s t i me. We do have t hat CAP i n pl ac e and we

do have t wo ai r c r af t on t he gr ound and hi s E- 3 i s en r out e.

DDO: Roger , under s t and. Ther e ar e phys i c al l y

ai r c r af t i n t he ai r f or t he CAP and t he t wo t hat we al s o

t al k ed about t hat ar e r ef ue l i ng ar e , i n f ac t , on t he

gr ound.

I s

t hat c or r ec t ?

HORAn: ~hat i s c or r ec t .

DDO: Roger , t hank you much. HORAD, DDO.

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NORAD: Go

ahead, s i r .

DDO: Ref e r enc e t o t hat

XAL

Kor ean ai r l i ner , need

t o f i nd out whet her i t was di v er t ed al s o, det er m ne whet her

t he ai r c r af t i nt e r c ept or s ar e , i n f ac t , on i t s t ai l .

NORAD:

Roger , s i r . I c an conf i r m t hat we do have

f i ght e r s i n t r ai l . We do have f i ght e r s i n t r ai l . ~

under s t andi ng i s t hat we have not been abl e t o make r adar

c ont ac t t o t hi s poi nt . We ' r e s t i l l at t empt i ng t o get

c ont ac t wi t h t he ai r c r af t .

DDO: Roger , under s t and f i ght er s ar e i n t r ai l but

we don' t have cont ac t wi t h t he ai r c r af t .

HORAD: That ' s af f i r mat i ve , s i r , t o t he bes t of my

DDO: Roger . I f you get di f f e r ent i n f or mat i on

pl eas e pas s t hat .

HORAD: W L CO.


by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

DOO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: I n t al k i ng t o our f ol k s her e , we have

exer c i s ed t hat c ont i nui t y of gover . ament as you know but

t hat ' s not i n f or mat i on we nec es s ar i l y want t o pas s t o al l

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involved in that are already aware that we've exercised it.

DDO:Roger, understand. That's the answer we

Deeded.

PEOC:Thanks.

DOO:Roger. One other thing PEOC,Major General

Linhart whowe believe is a Sergeant of Arms, is there a

Dumberthat he can call to talk to you all? (pause) PEOC,

do you acknowledge the last question?

ODO:PEOC,ODO.

DDO:PEOC DDO.

ANR: General Schwartz at MR.

DDO:Sir, this is the DDOdo you have traffic?

EA

this is the DDOplease confirm that PEOCis still in

the conference.

EA: Roger.

PEOC:DDO,PEOC.

DDO:Roger. Wejust wanted to pass that number to

you.

The

Sergeant of

A:rms -

Maj

GEm

Linhart - Congress

PEOC:Okay, give me that number.

DDO:

< - - - - _

PEOC:

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that has to do with

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DDO: Roger , t hat ' s i n r ef er ence t o t hat .

PEOC: Okay we' l l c z U1 on hi m

PEOC: DDO, I ' ve got s ome l ogi s t i c al i nf o r mat i o n

f o r you.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, i dent i f y your se l f pl e as e.

Send l ogi s t i cal i nf o r mat i on.

PEOC: Okay, FAA, i f you' r e up al s o, t hi s i s al s o

f o r you.

DDD: Roger . Agai n, i dent i f y your se l f .

PEOC: This is t he PEOC.

DDO: Roger , PEOC. Send t r af f i c .

PBOC: We have t he Sec r et Ser vi c e vehi c l e s i n

J a cks onvi l l e . We have Sec r et Ser vi c e vehi c l e s i n s ar as ot a

t hat we' r e goi ng t o move t o Of f ut t . We al s o have a

BMX

as s et i n Sar as ot a and we wi l l move t o Of f ut t . We have a 141

i n J acks onvi l l e t hat wi l l t ake of f i n one hour t o move

t hos e t hr ee car s f r om J acks onvi l l e t o Of f ut t . We have a C-

17 at MacDi l l t hat wi l l t ake of f i n one hour t o

t o

Sar as ot a t o pi c k up_ ~he r emai ni ng car s t o t ake t o Of f ut t .

Any s pec i f i c per m ss i ons or di r ec t i ons we need f r om t he FAA

on t hi s ?

DDD: NORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO. Do you moni t o r aJ.1

t he l ogi s t i cal s uppor t t hat ' S bei ng pr ovi ded f or Of f ut t ?

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NORAD: Thi s i s MORAD. That ' s af f i r mat i ve , s i r .

PEOC: Roger , out .

ODO: PEOC, t hank you much.

PEOC:

Do

we need any

ki nd

of per m s s i on f r om

FAA

ODO: FAA pl eas e r e spond.

FAA: Yes, you do. St and by and Ill get a number

P EOC: Ok ay.

ODO, ODO at I L . . - _

ODO:

1 _ _ 1

ODO.

I I Yeah, . e ' ve got

J-34

onboar d.

DDO: Roge r . unde r s t a nd.

J-34

i s onboar d .

AIR FORCE: DDO, Ai r For c e.

DDO: ' ' hi s s t he DDO.

AI R FORCE: Roger . I ' ve got a cal l f r om t he FAA

about an ai r evac f l i ght at Al . bany, New Yor k be i ng he- l d u p

appa r ent l y by m l i t ar y s ecur i t y .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~D~DO~: ~R~Qg~~~ORAn i s addr es si ng al l of t hat . ~ _

di r ec t l y t hr ough t he FAA. I f we need t o i n t er vene pl e as e

let

us know.

AI R FORCE: Roger .

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DDO:Break, this is the DDO.Dr. Rice and also

the Vice President is looking for another update on that

tAL.Again, Korean airliner,

we

need a quick update on

that.

NORAD:Roger. This is NORAD.Wehave no further

information at this t~e. Still unable on radio contact

with fighters

i n

trail.

DDO:Roger. We're getting somemixed reports that

the aircraft was in fact, responding to a hail and we also

hear in this conference that we couldn't make contact with

them. Could you clarify?

NORAD:Can

you

say that again please?

DDO:Roger. We're getting conflicting information

from another source that we were told that the aircraft was

responding to calls. On this conference we stated that they

were not responding to ca.1Is. Can you identify or can you

upda.te?

NORAD:I cannot clarify at this time. Dowe still

_______ ._. have_~ _pn the _~Qn~_ren~_?__ ._______ _ __ .__ . .. ._. .

DDO:Roger. Say it again do we have whom?

NORAD:Roger, Alaska lORAnRegion.

DDO:CONRs up.

NORAD:Roger, sir. Looking for Alaska. Okay.

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Wel l , we' l l wor k of f l i ne wi t h Al as ka, s i r .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. We ' l l be s t andi ng by

becaus e peopl e ar e pr et t y anx i ous about get t i ng t hat dat a.

P l eas e get i t t o us as s oon as you have i t .

HORAn: Onder s t ood, s i r . I ' m i n t he s amebaat .

PEoe:

DDO, P EOC.

DDO: P EOC, DDO.

PEOC: Was PAA goi ng t o pas s us a number · t o wor k

di r ec t l y t he l ogi s t i c al f l i ght s out of F l or i da t he Sec r e t

Ser vi c e as s et s t o Of f ut t ?

DDO: Roger . I t s houl d be wor ked of f l i ne. Let me

know i f t hat ' s not happeni ng.

PEOC: Okay. We l l , t hey wer e goi ng t o pas s us a

number t o wor k t hat of f l i n e.

DDO: Roger , pl eas e pas s t hat .

NORAD: NORAn wi t h an i nput .

FAA: DDO, PAA.

DDO: l ORAD. St and by FAA. Sor r y. Shoot . NORAD

l e t ' s hear your i nput s.

~

._- _._- --- --

~ .

HORAD: Yes , do we have any updat es on t he t ake. , .

of f t i me f or Ai r For ce One? Ther e ar e CAPs bur ni ng on t he

r unway and we' d l i k e t o know i f i t ' s i mm nent or awhi l e .

DDO: Roger , s t and by. We' l l t r y t o get i t

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NORAD:Copy that.

CONR:This is CONKwith a question.

DDO: ONRthis is DDO. Send your traffic.

CONR:Did we declare SCAT.AHA?id NORADdeclare

SCATAHA?

NORAD:This is NORAD.That's. affirmative, sir.

SCA'l'AllAhas been declared.

CONK:Okay, just there was some confusion here. I

thought it was.

DDO: HORAD,DDO. For clarification did you say

you declared SCATANA?

NORAD:That is correct. CINCNORADdeclared

SCATANA.

DDO:Roger. And, he did that coordination with

the S.creta~ of Defense?

NORAD:That's affirmative, sir.

DDO:Roger. That's good information. NORAD,DDO

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NORAD:Stand by one, sir.


by.

NAOC:DDO, this is HAOCSecondary.

DDO:NAOCSecondary this is DDO.

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NAOC: Si r , we ' ve not copi ed what HORAn dec l ar ed.

Coul d you r epeat , pl eas e?

DDD: You' r e r eal l y com ng i n br oken. Say i t agai ~

a l i t t l e s l ower .

RAOC: MAOC Secondar y di d not copy what DDO - -

cor r ec t i on, what NORAD dec l ar ed. Coul d you r epeat pl eas e?

DDO: Roger . SCATANA. They dec l ar ed SCATAHA. We' r e

t r yi ng and t hat ' s t he ac r onym - SCATARA. z t was dec l a r ed

and we' r e t r yi ng t o get t he t i me t hat i t was execut ed.

NORAn: Roger . ' l ' hi s s NaRAD, s t and

by

f o r t i me.

HORAn: OX. Thi s i s NORAD. At t he t i me of 1546

Zul u CI Ne NORAD dec l ar ed SCATANA wi t h t he except i on of

NAVAi DS. That was cal l ed i n t o ques t i on l a t er on by t he 000.

wi l l wor k on get t i ng a t i me t hat i t was ver i f i ed wi t h t he

SECDEF.

DDO: Roger , under s t and wi t h t he except i on of

NAVAI DS. S~Y agai n t hat r e f e r ence SECDEP .

HORAn: The DOO had ment i oned t hat SECDEI 'was

reques t . : l nga c onf er e nc e. _ bet w~en CZHC NORAD, t he SECD~ ~ _

t he Vi c e Chai r man of t he J o i n t Chi e f s r egar di ng dec l a r at i on

of SCATAn and as s oon as

can

wi l l get a t i me when t hat

ver i f i ed wi t h t he SECDEP.

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NORAD: Thi s i s HORAn.

DDO: Thi s i s DDO.

HORAn: We have SCA' l ' ANAexecut e d at 1747 Zul u.

DDO: Roger , wai t a s econd. F i r s t you s ai d i t was

execut ed at 1546 Zul u.

NORAD: Okay, l e t me el a r i f y. I t was or der ed at

1546 Zul u at whi ch t i me i t was cal l ed i nt o ques t i on ~ t he

DDO becaus e t he Sec Def was r eques t i ng t he ver i f i c at i on vi a

conf e r ence wi t h hi ms e l f , C~NC HORAn and t he vi c e Chai r man

of t he J o i nt Chi e f s . They have ver i f i ed t hat and SCA' l ' AHA

has been execut ed. I s ay agai n , execut ed at 1747 Zul u .

DDO: And, r oger , under st and. And s t i l l wi t h t he

except i on of RAVAI DS.

HORAD: That ' s af f i r mat i v e wi t h t he exc ept i on of

J U, VAI DS. And, we have a cor r ec t i on t o t hat . The ac t ual .

execut i on t i me i s 1547 Zul . u.

DDO: Roger , under s t and. Execut i oJ ; l 1547 Zul u was

_ _ _ _ . _ . _ . o rde r . ed_ _~i s _ tha t _ _c o r r e c_ t? . . ._. _

HORAn: That ' s af f i r mat i ve .

DDO: Roger . We ar e r eal l y l . o ok i ng f or t hat KAI .

updat e .

HORAn: As ar e we, s i r . We ' r e t r y i ng t o mai nt ai n

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comma wi t h Al a s ka of f l i ne and get i n f or mat i on. I t ' s j u s t

not f or t hcom ng at t hi s t i me.

DDO: Roger . Can we pat ch hi m i n t o t hi s

c onf e r en c e?

NORAD: Yes , t hat woul d be gr eat i f we can do

t hat . We had t hem i n t he conf er enc e be f or e and t hey had

dr opped.

DDO: Roger , gi ve a qui ck number pl eas e .

HORAD: Roger . STRATCOM: EA, ar e you on1i ne?

ST RAT COM: ST RAT COM, onl i ne .

NORAD: Roger . Si r , be l i eve i t was your EA t h a t

had added on t o t he conf er ence . Do you s t i l l have t hat

numbe r and. can we· s t i l l add t hem i n?

STRATCOM: Thi s i s STRATCOM. I'm not c er t ai n what

you' r e r ef e r r i ng t o. My execut i ve as si s t ant ?

NORAD: That ' s cor r ec t . The EA t hat br o ught up t he ·

conf e r enc e at t he out l y i ng Al as ka HORAn r egi on i nt o t he

conf e r enc e at one poi nt . What we' r e r eques t i ng i s t hat t hey

- - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - br i ng- - t h em - i n- agai n. - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~-

STRATCOM: Roger , X' l l ge t t hem t o

do it.

Who do

you want i n t he conf e r enc e?

NORAn: The Al as kan HORAD r egi on oper at i ons , s i r .

STRA' l ' COM:Roger .

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NORAD: Br eak, br eak. Thi s i s NORAD. I bel i eve we

made t he r equest f or Gen. Schwar t z t o be i n t he conf er ence.

DDO: Roger .

DOO: That ' s not a pr obl em We can br i ng hi m i n.

NORAD: Roger .

FAA: roo, FAA.

DDO: Thi s i s

Doo.

Send your t r af f i c?

STRATCOM: NORAD, DDO, thi s i s STRATCOM They

shoul d be i n on t he conf er ence now.

DDO: Roger . Roger agai n, t hey r ef er r i ng t o whom?

We' ve got a coupl e of peopl e t r yi ng t o come i n.

STRATCOM: ( I ndi scerni bl e) Al aska.

DDO: Roger , say agai n whom pl ease.

PEOC: DOO, PEOC.

DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: The l at est updat e we have f r om Secr et

Ser vi ce, we got t hi s f r om FAA, i s t hat Kor ean ai r f l i ght 85

en r out e t o Anchor age, Al aska i s bei ng di ver t ed t o Whi t e

Hor se, Canada. I s t hat what you have?

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DDO: - We- - di dn- ' - t - have- comms- ; - - Onderst and- - Kor ean- - - - - -

ai r l i ner 85 i s bei ng di ver t ed t o Canada?

PEOC: To Whi t e Hor se, Canada. Can you ver i f y t hat

t hr ough FAA. I ' l l l i nk onl i ne and al so we need t o st i l l get

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t hat number f or t he FAA f or t hose l ogi s t i cal f l i ght s out of

Fl or i da.

DDO: Roger . FAA st and by t o pr ovi de. We can' t

conf i r m t hat . HORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO can you conf i r m t he

di ver t of KAL 85?

HORAD: Roger , t hi s i s HORAD. We' r e at t empt i ng t o

conf i rm that .

DDO: Roger .

FAA: DDO, FAA.

DDO: FAA, DOO.

FAA: I have t he number s t hat t heY' r e r equest i ng

when you' r e r eady t o copy?

DOO: Roger send your number s.

FAA: Ar ea code ( 703) 787- 8179 or 8351 or 9307 or

8320.

DDO: Okay, under s t and. ( 703) 787-8179, 8351, or

9307.

FAA: And, 8320.

DDO: Roger .

_ __ . . . _ . _ . . FAA. : Thank_. you. ___ . - . - - - - - - - -

MARI NE CORPS: DOO, t hi s i s t he Mar i ne Cor p.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Say your t r af f i c.

MARI NE CORPS: Can you cl ar i f y. SCATANA or def i ne

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SCATANA?

DDO:You said clarify. You mean explanation or

just the fact the time that it was executed?

KAlUNECORPS:The former. Can you clarify, define

it?

DDO:Roger, stand by. ' 'his is the DDO. SCATANA

means that HORADlosed all the air space with exceptioD of

RAVAIDS.

MAIlINECORPS:Roger, so copied.

DDO:And, BOllAD,as we look at the information on

the Korean airliner

85

we still Deed to

know

whether there

is something in the direction of Crawford, Texas,

speci~ically, the President's ranch.

HORAn:Roger, I understand, sir.

DDO:Roger. Lots of anxious people. Let us

know

when you have something.

FAA: DDO,FAA.

DDO: FAA, DDO.

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u.:a4erstand that NORADhas been -- I'm

sorry, that SCATAHAas been implemented at ~74 Zulu?

DDO:Negative. Wehave

1547.

They made a

correction to it.

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DDO: Roger . That r s t he i r c l a r i f i c at i o n. The or der

was i n i t i at ed at

1546

and i t was execut ed at

1547

Zul u wi t h

t he except i on of HAVAI DS.

FAA: W t h t he except i on of NAVAI DS?

DDO: That ' s cor r ec t .

FAA: Okay.

DDO: HORAn, DDO.

HORAn:

Go ahead, s i r .

DDO: Roger . We ' ve gi v en you qui t e a f ew m s s i ons .

Let me j us t pr i or i t i ze . The number one pr i or i t y i s l e t us

know what ' s goi ng on wi t h ltAL 85.

HORAn: Roger , s i r .

: r

j u s t r ec ei v ed an updat e on

KAL 85. They wer e i ns t r uc t ed t o di v er t t o Whi t e Hor se ,

Canada. They dec l a r ed t he i r i n t ent i on t o t r ans f e r t o

Yakut at whi c h I have a l a t i t ude and l ongi t ude f or . They ar e

not f ol l owi ng t hei r di r ec t i ons f or di v er t . They ar e headi ng

t o Yakut at ai r bas e .

DDO: Roger . Hel p me out wi t h di r ec t i ons . I s t hat

away f r ~

~

t he cont i nent al Uni t ed St at es or ?

NORAD: I t ' s i n Al a s ka, s i r .

DDO: Say agai n , i t ' s en r out e?

NORAD: I n Al as ka, s i r .

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NORAn: I wi l l c heck on t hat , s i r . Don' t have an

ETA at t hi s poi nt .

DDO: Roger . And, under s t and s t i l l headi ng t owar ds

Anc hor a ge , Al as ka.

HORAn: He was headi ng t owar ds Yakut at , Al as ka.

DDO: Yakut at , s pel l i t pl e as e.

HORAn: Ac t ual l y , s i r ,

I

don' t even know how t o

t

s pel l t hat .

DDO: I s t hat an i s l and or i s t hat t he mai nl and.

Do you know?

HORAD: I bel i e ve i t ' s wi t hi n - - j us t a s econd,

s i r , I ' ve got i t r i ght her e . I s ay Y- a- k- u- t - a- t .

DDO: Roger . I had anot her c onver s at i on goi ng.

Spel l i t agai n , pl e as e .

HORAD: Roger . Y- a - k - u - t - a- t .

DDO: Roger , and, i s he s t i l l s quawki ng t he hi j ac k

code?

HORAn: That ' s af f i r mat i ve, s i r .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D_ DO. _ =_ R_ o_ g=- erAnd, under s t and we have di r ec t c omma

wi t h t hat ai r c r af t .

HORAD: The f i ght er s i n t r ai l do have cont ac t ,

yes , s i r . They have pas s ed t he r eques t ed di v er t t o Whi t e

Hor se , Canada and t he ai r cr af t has announced i t s i nt ent i on

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to Yakutat instead.

DDO:Roger, we're going to get back with you.

AJ:RFORCE:DDO,Air Force. DDO,Air Force. DCC,

Air Force.

DDO:Dowe have an ETAon that aircraft heading

out to Yakutat?

HORAD:This is

MORAD.

Negative at this point.

DDO:Roger. Keep us posted with with it when you

get the update.

NORAn:Roger. National, this is NORAD. 'm being

told the

ETA

is

30

to

40

minutes into Yakutat.

NATIONAL:Roger.

PEOC:DDO,this is PEOC.

DDO:PEOC,DDO.

PEOC:Okay. Understand 30 to 40 minutes and that

aircraft i s being escorted is that correct?

DDO:That is correct. : t's being trailed ~ a

couple of birds, that's correct.

~EQC..;_Than1LY-~._

AJ:RPORCE:DDO,Air Porce.

DDO:Air Force, DDO.

AIR FORCE:The First Helicopter Squadron at

Andrews they have three times, 8 passenger helicopters

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DDO:Roger. Understanding you're at Anacostia?

A~RFORCE:Negative. They are at Andrews.

DDO:Roger, understand.. Sorry, I meant Andrews

Roger. Thank you much.

EA:

A11

conferees please stand by.

DDA: Gen. Schwartz, this is the DDA. Sir, are you

in the conference?

PEOC: DDO,PEOC.

DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: We're getting conflicting information, I

guess, on the airplane, the KAL. We've heard White Horse.

We've heard Anchorage and one other location. Do you knOw

what the ground truth is?

DDO:Roger, we think

we

do but stand by. We'll

ask again. And also, HORAD,DO - what we want to knowhave

we

asked specifically why they're squawking hijack?

HORAn:

Sir,

I

am trying to get that information

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DDO:Roger. Please have the team work that in.

Specifically, ask that question if it has not been asked.

HORAn: Roger.

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DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC, go ahead.

000: Roqer . Di d you get what you need f r om HORAn?

PEOC: Fr om

HORAn,

no, not yet .

000:

Roger , St and by agai n. What we t hi nk we have

gr ound t r ut h i s t hi s. The - ai r cr af t i s i n t r ai l by t wo

f i ght er s. They wer e hai l ed and t ol d t o di ver t t o Whi t e

Hor se, Canada. What we have now i s t hat t hey have r esponded

t hey woul d not do t hat but t hey woul d cont i nue t o not t o

Anchor age but t o Yakut at , Al aska. That ' s Y- a- k- u- t - a- t .

PEOC: Okay.

DDO:

Roger . And, t he same quest i on you' r e

asking

t he Vi ce Pr esi dent j ust asked

S

wel l . HORAD, DDO, agai n,

can you shed a l i t t l e mor e l i ght ?

HORAn: Roger , si r . I ' m get t i ng conf l i ct i ng

r epor t s at t hi s t i me. What we do know f or a f act i s t hat

t he ai r cr af t i s en r out e t o Yakut at . For t hose who need t he

geogr aphi c, Yakut at i s j ust sout h of t he west er n most par t

of Canada on t he t ai l of Al aska t hat di ps under neat h

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Canada. They ar e en r out e t o t hat · l ocat i on. They do have

t wo f i ght er s i n t rai l and we ar e at tempt i ng t o ver i f y t hat

t hey ar e, i n f act , st i l l squawki ng hi j ack and any ot her

i nt ent i ons t hat t hey may have passed over t he r adi o.

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DDO: Roger , t hat ' s

good

i nf o r mat i o n.

CORR: Gener al Ar nol d at

CONR.

We' r e goi ng t o came

down of f t hi s swi t ch and came back up on anot her .

EA:

Al l conf e r ees pl e as e s t and

by.

EA: Al.l

conf e r ees pl . eas e s t and

by.

FAA:

DDO,

PAA•.

DDO,

PAA.

DDO,

FAA

EA:

Al l c onf e r ees

wi l l

pl e as e s t and ~.

FAA:

DDO,

FAA..

RORAD, FAA.

NORAD: Thi s i s HORAn.

Go

ahead.

FAA:

have i nf or mat i o n on t hi s Kor ean

8085

l andi ng at Whi t e Hor se .

DDO: Thi s i s t he

DOD

we' r e l ook i ng f or , s end i t .

FAA: Be has dec l . ar e d an e me r genc y,

mini

mum f ue l .

Be i s s quawki ng hi j ac k. Bi s

ETA

at Whi t e HOr s e i s

1830

Zul u.

NORAD: F AA, HORAD.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DOD. Roger , under s t o od.

Reconf i r . m he i s , i n f ac t , headi ng t o Whi t e Bor s e and not

_ _ _ _ _ _ . . _ . . . . Yakut a t ~_ . ~l _ ~~~_ . _ ~. _ ~_ ~~_~? . ~ ect ?_ . . _ . ._ _ . ._._ _ . _._ . . _

FAA: Thi s i s t he· FAA. The i nf or mat i o n we have

t hr ough canadi an A~C i s he i s goi ng i nt o Whi t e Bor se.

DDO: Roger . One ot her ques t i on. Bas Canadi an

A'l'C

as ked hi m t o conf i r m hi s s quawk?

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FAA: He i s s quawki ng hi j ac k .

DDO: Roger , Under s t and. And, NAOC, ar e we get t i ng

any i nf o r mat i on f r om t hos e f i ght er s t hat ar e es cor t i ng?

HORAD: DOO, you l ook i ng f or DOBAO?

DDO: Yeah, I l os t i t .

RORAD: Roger . No, we don' t have any ac t ual

cont ac t . We' r e t r y i ng t o get ver i f i c at i on f r om Al a s ka on

t hat i nf or mat i on.

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC.

DDO: P EOC, DDO.

PEOC: Do we have an ETA i n t o Whi t e Hor se bas ed on

hi s cur r ent s peed and r out e of f l i ght .

DDO: s t and

by.

FAA can you addr es s ? FAA, t hi s i s

t he DDO. Agai n, wer e you abl e t o get an ETA t o Whi t e Bor se?

FAA: They f o r war ded t he i nf or mat i o n t o t he FAA.

ETA at Whi t e Hor se accor di ng t o our s our ces i s

183

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DDO: Roger . Under s t and t he f i ght er s wi l l t ake

t hem al l t he way i nt o Whi t e Bor se?

FAA: Thi s i s t he FAA. I have no knowl edge of any

f i ght er s wi t h hi m

DDO: Roger . HORAn, can you conf i r m t hat t hey can

es cor t t h8m al l t he way down t o gr ound.

HORAn: Thi s i s HORAD. That ' s af f i r med.

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DDO:Roger.

PEOC:DDO,PEOC.Dowe have security on the

ground at White Horse to take the appropriate actions once

he arrives?

DDO:I'm not sure. Stand by. (pause) Roger, this

is DDO.Canada are you in this conference? (pause) NDCC,

this is DOO.Are you in this conference?

NDCC:NDCCs on.

000: Can you address whether we will have

security at White Horse in the event that KAL 85 lands?

NDCC:I'll get back to you if you'll stand by.

DDO: Roger.

DDO:

NDCC,DOO. (pause) NDCC,DDO.(pause)

IiJavy.

Navy, DDO.

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EA: DDO,EA. Stand by.

000:

Roger. (pause). 1 - 1 1 DOO.

L-- I t o DDO

Roger, update.

getting organized now. Once we get the full team onboard we

can put them on the watch. But, currently we've got the

make shift team that we put together still capable of

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DIX>:

Roger. Understand. This is the

DDO.

Send

your traffic.

FAA: DDO, PAA.

DIX>: Last calling station, DDO.

FAA:This is the PAA.Weare speaking with the

shift manager at EdmontonAir Traffic Control Center and he

advises that the Korean Air 850 -- correetion, 085 is not

squawking hijack now. They are not treating it as a threat.

DDO: Roger. And, those are the Canadians,

understand; reporting that?

FAA:That's at Edmonton, yeah, the shift manager

at EdmontonAir Traffic Control Center.

DDO:

Roger. And, just reconfirm again. They are

in fact directing them to White Horse and they are

responding in kind..

FAA:They are. Yes, that is correct. He is

landing at White Horse and the Canadians are no t treating

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DIX>:

Roger. Understand. That's good information.

PEOC:. Andfrom PEOC, the same question. Are they

going to have security at the airport to take care of that?

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but t hey advi s ed us t hat t hey ar e not t r eat i ng i t as a

t hr eat at t hi s t i me.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC•

noo,

P EOC, 000.

P EOC: Under st and t hat of f ut t i s f ul l y awar e of

b o t h ir For c e one and Venus 7 ar r i v al i n t o Of f ut t ?

DDO:

St and

by.

STRATCOH: DDO, t hi s i s

STRA'l'COM.

We' r e awar e .

Over .

Doo:

Roger , P EOC. Does t hat he l p or do we cal l

di r e ct l y?

EA: DDO, EA GEM Schwar t z back i n t he conf e r enc e.

DDO: Roger , t hank I you much. GEM Schwar t z , t hi s i s

DOO. As we wer e t r y i ng t o s or t out KAL we wer e t r yi ng t o

f i nd out whet her you coul d hel p us t her e . But , we t hi nk we

have good i n f or mat i on now on t hat ai r c r af t and i t s

de s t i nat i on.

AD: Okay, her e' s what happened. Schwar t z i s On.

~he bi r d i s now des c endi ng i n t o Whi t e Hor se . We had t o

r edi r ec t i t t o Whi t e Hor s e af t er i t was c l e ar t hat Yakut at

was not an adequat e pl a c e f or t hem t o put down.

Doo:

Roger , s i r . Was i t t he i r c hoi c e t o

go

t o

Yakut at or wer e we s t i l l c ont r ol l i ng at t hat poi nt ?

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ANR: That was our di r e c t i on, gi v en t hat we wer e

put t i ng qui t e a number of f o l k s i n t o Whi t e Hor se . We want ed

t o s egr egat e t he hi j ac ked ai r pl anee. But gi v en t he

r el a t i ve l y f ew ai r f i e l ds i n t hi s ne i ghbor hood, and t he f ac t

t hat t he NAVAI DS ar e down at Yakut at , as i t t ur ns out we ' l l

t ake t hem i nt o Whi t e Hor s e and we' l l pee l of f s ome of t he

s ubs equent t r af f i c i nt o Fai r banks .

000: Si r , we appr ec i at e t hat i nf o r mat i o n.

AI m And, t he onl y ot her pi ece of dat a f or you i s

t hat we cont i nue t o s hadow t he ai r c r af t wi t h f i ght er

ai r cr af t and t hey wi l l be under cont r ol of t he Canadi an

HORAD r e gi on.

DDO: Roger , s i r .

ANR: NMCC, ANR her e . XAL 085 i s 80 m l es out .

HDCC: Roger , s i r . Under s t andi ng

80

m l e s out .

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC, under s t and no l onger

s quawki ng hi j ac k . Have we ver i f i ed t hat be Was s quawki ng

hi j ac k t o begi n wi t h? .

DI X>: That ' s an exce l l ent ques t i on. GEN Schwar t z ,

c an you conf i r . mwhet her t hey wer e ever s quawki ng hi j ac k or

whet her we wer e ge t t i ng bad

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ANa:

Her e ' s how i t unf ol ded. I ni t i al l y , t he

hi j ack came t hr ough t he dat a l i nk , not an over t s quawk.

Subs equent l y , ATC as ked t he ai r cr af t t o s quawk 15 and t hey

di d s o. And, i f anyone on t he l i ne i s a r at ed pi l ot you

under s t and t he s i gni f i c ance of t hat .

DDO: Roger , s i r . Under s t and.

STRATCOM: DDO, t hi s i s STRATCOM. Ar e you i n

cont ac t wi t h SECDEF? Over .

DDO: Si r , we wer e . He' s i n t he bui l d i ng. So, we

can get a handl e on hi m i f we need t o.

STRATCOM: DDO, t h i s i s S' l ' RATCOM.Roger , r j us t

want ed t he i n f or mat i on i n cas e when Ai r Por ce ODe i s on t he

gr ound t her e' s any des i r e t o communi c at e wi t h hi m

DDO: Roger , s i r . Do you need t o t al k t o hi m?

STRATCOM: No, not at t hi s t i me . Over .

DDO: Roger , s i r .

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC. We' l l be s et t i ng up a V' l ' C

wi t h Of f ut t onc e he' s on t he gr ound.

DDO: Roger . Under s t a nd

VOl e

wi 1. l be s et up. We ' r e

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s t andi ng by f or t hat .

DDO: HORAD, DDO. J us t f or an updat e. Do we have

Ai r Por c e ODe ai r bor ne or ar e t hey s t i l l on t he gr ound?

NORAD: St and by one , s i r . Le t

JIl&

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BORAnALASKA:Break, break, HORAD.Alaskan Air

Defense Region CommandCenter are you in the conference?

ANR:ANais in the conference.

NORAD:

And Bational, this is HORAn.

DDO:HORAn,DDO.

HORAD:Okay. The time

1737

Zulu Air Force One was

airborne. He does have

a

four fighter contingent as well as

B 3 and

tanker support.

DDO:Roger. Understand, E-3 and tanker support

and four fighters. 'l'hank

you

much.

DDO: FE HA,

this is the

DDO.

PEHA: This is FEHA Operations. Can r help you,

sir?

DDO:DO you have any requests for assistance from

local government at this point?

PEMA: Stand ~, sir. That's

a

negative. Hot at

this time, sir.

000: ROger, thank you much.

PENA,

DOD.

FEIIA: This

is

FDA.

Go ahead.

DDO:ROger. We've just

haa

to come back to you

for clarification. Weassume you're responding to the

crisis area. Rave you got any requests from areas outside

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of des i gnat ed c r i s i s ar eas ?

FEMA:

No, s i r . We haven' t had any r eques t s

out s i de of des i gnat ed c r i s i s ar eas . We have been doi ng a

l ot of wor k wi t h t he t as k f or c es i n ur ban s ear ch and r es cue

f or t he New Yor k Ci t y ar ea.

DDO: Roger . T hat ' s good i nf o r mat i on. 'l'hauk you

muc h.

HORAD:

Br eak , br eak nat i onal . Thi s i s

HORAn

wi t h

an i nput .

DDO: NORAD, DDO. Send your i nput .

MORAD: Yes , s i r . under s t and we ' r e havi ng s ome

pr obl em wi t h l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t get t i ng c l e ar ance t o

t ake of f . For al l s t at i ons CI NC MORAD has j us t gi v en

appr oval f or any l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t meet i ng t ake of f and

l andi ng appr oval , t hat i s any l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t have

cmc

appr oval t o aaend

SCA'l'ANA

s uc h t hat t hey can t ake of f

and l and t o per f or m t he i r m s s i on.

DDO; Roge r . FAA, do you ac knowl edge?

FAA: Thi s i s t he FAA. Say i t agai n , - pl e as e .

HORAD: Roger . Thi s i s HORAn. CJ:HC HORAn has j u s t

gi ven appr oval t o amend

SCATANA

i n t he f o l l owi ng way.

Any

l i ght f l i ght ai r cr af t r eques t i ng t ake of f or l andi ng

c l ear ance wi l l be al l owed t o t ake of f and l and. ' ' hati s any

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2003

SUBJECT: 9-11 AIR THREAT CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPTION

• The original transcription was incomplete. The pages between the red and

green flags (pp 169 - 192) reflect the previously non-transcribed portion.

• The entire transcription was redone by USD(I) staff in conjunction with

Joint Staff because there were many inaccuracies in the original.

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EA: Thi s i s t he Command Cent er wi t h a s ec r et

s i gni f i cant event conf e r ence. P l eas e s t and by.

EA:

his is

t he Command Cent er wi t h a s ec r et

s i gni f i cant event conf e r ence. pl eas e s t and

by.


s i gni f i cant event conf e r ence. pl eas e s t and by.


s i gni f i c ant event conf er ence.

Doo,

your conf er ence i s

convened.

000: Thi s i s CAPT

LEI DI G

nro at t he NMCC wi t h

t he s i gni f i c ant event conf er ence. Thi s conf er ence i s

convened i n r es pon. s e t o t he t wo ai r c r af t t hat c r a. s hed i n t o

t he Wor l d T r ade Cent er . r wi l l pr ovi de an updat e as t o what

r know at t he Nat i onal Mi l i t ar y Command Cent er and t hen as k

f o r updat es f r om conf e r ees .

DDO: At t hi s poi nt t her e have been t wo ai r c r af t

t hat ha~e col l i ded i n t o t he Wor l d Tr ade Cent er . Ther e' s

al s o been one conf i r med hi j acki ng of an Amer i c an Ai r l i nes

f l i ght 11. I t ' s j us t bei ng conf i r med t hat t hat ai r c r af t i s

s t i l l ai r bor ne and headi ng t o D. C. Ther e have been s ome

ai r c r af t s c r ambl e d out of Ot i s i n r es pons e, but have not

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i nt e r c ept ed. FAA, pr ovi de an updat e? ( Paus e) i s FAA i n t he

conf er ence? J oi nt For c es Command, pr ovi de

an

updat e.

J OI NT FORCES: Thi s i s J oi nt For ces Command. We

have our CRC ac t i vat ed and MSCA per sonnel on s t at i on and

ar e J OC.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger . Ar e t her e ot her

CI NCs t hat coul d pr ovi de an updat e or any addi t i onal

i nf or mat i on at t hi s t i me?

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce i s up.

DDO: Go ahead Ai r For ce.

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce has j us t s et up a c r i s i s

ac t i on t eam at t he Pent agon.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. i c oncur ; convene an ai r

t h r eat c onf er e nc e.

NORAn: DDO, t hi s i s NORAD.

DDO: NORAD, go ahead.

HORAn: Ok ay . NaRAD pr oceedi ng wi t h an ai r t hr eat

conf er ence. I n f or mat i on as pas s ed t hus f ar i s t he mos t

cur r ent t hat we have. I n addi t i on, we do have t he t wo Ot i s

f i ght er s ai r bor ne and awai t i ng t as k i ng. Addi t i onal l y , we

have a s i ngl e t anker ai r bor ne out of Bangor . For t hos e who

ar e abl e i t ' s CCOMS I D 0164. I n addi t i on, we have a s econd

t anker t hat has been s c r ambl ed out of McGui r e. No es t i mat ed

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ai r bor ne t i me at t hi s poi nt . And, concur t hat hi j acked

ai r cr af t i s st i l l ai r bor ne headi ng t owar ds Washi ngt on, D. C.

And, HORAD r ecommends t hat we r econvene t hi s conf erence

when f ur t her i nf or mat i on i s avai l abl e.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I say agai n, t ransi t i on t o

an ai r t hr eat conf er ence. Thi s concl udes t he si gni f i cant

event conf er ence.

EA: Roger . Thi s i s t he Command Cent er w t h a t op

secr et Sl OP ai r t hr eat conf er ence. Pl ease st and by.

EA: Thi s i s t he Comnvmd Cent er . Thi s concl udes

t he conf er ence. Al l conf er ees may dr op.

EA: Thi s i s t he Command Cent er w t h a secr et ai r

t hr eat conf er ence. Pl ease st and by.


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EA: Thi s i s t he Command Cent er wi t h a s ec r et ai r

t hr eat conf e r ence. P l eas e s t and

by.


t hr eat conf e r ence. P l eas e s t and by.


t hr eat conf e r ence. P l eas e s t and by.

CJ CS: Thi s i s t he Ac t i ng Chai r man' s Of f i c e, J o i nt

Chi e f s of St af f ; we' r e wai t i ng.

EA: Roger . Thi s i s t he C<) 1DI MndCent er wi t h a

s ec r et ai r t hr eat conf er ence. P l eas e s t and

by.

DDO.


t hr eat conf e r ence. P l eas e r es pond when pol l ed. Vi ce

Chai r man. Re- pol l i ng t he Vi ce Chai r man.

VJ CS: ' ' hi s s t he Vi ce Chai r J Dan' s Of f i c e.

EA: The pr i nc i pal s ar e i n t he conf er ence. DOO,

your conf e r ence i s convened.

DDO: Thi s i s CAPT Lei d i g , DDO at t he NMCC. An ai r

at t ack agai n s t Nor t h Amer i c a may be i n pr ogr es s . The Vi c e

Chai r man i s i n t hi s conf er ence. The ai r t hr eat conf er ence

i s s et up. NORAD, what i s t he s i t uat i on?

NORAD: Thank you Nat i onal . Thi s i s NORAD. HORAD

ha s - - s ay agai n Nat i onal .

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DDO: HORAD, what i s t he si t uat i on?

HORAn: Copy, Nat i onal . Thi s i s NORAn. We have

r adar and vi sual i ndi cat i on of a possi bl e t hr eat t o CONUS.

Unknown count r y of or i gi n. We have a possi bl e hi j ack

si t uat i on. We ar e r ecei vi ng conf l i ct i ng r epor t s r egar di ng

t he hi j ack. Lat est i nf or mat i on says t hat we have a possi bl y

hi j acked ai r cr af t t aki ng of f out of J FK cur rent l y en r out e

t o Washi ngt on, D. C. We do have t wo ai r cr af t ai r bor ne

scr ambl ed out of Ot i s, t wo f i ght er s awai t i ng t aski ng. No

assessment has been gi ven f or t hi s event at t hi s poi nt . No

assessment f or t he over al l ai r si t uat i on has been gi ven at

t hi s poi nt . CI NC HORAD i s not decl ar i ng ai r def ense

emer gency at t hi s poi nt . And, HORAn r ecommends t hat t hi s

conf er ence be r econvened _ hen f ur t her i nf or mat i on and

unconf l i ct ed r epor t s ar e avai l abl e. HORAn compl et e.

DDO: ' l ' hi s s t he DDO pr ovi di ng an updat e.

Ther e' s a r epor t t hat an ai r cr af t has cr ashed i nt o t he Mal l

si de of t he Pent agon. J oi nt For ces Command, pr ovi de an

update.

J OI NT FORCES: Thi s i s J oi nt For ces Command. We

have our Cr i si s Act i on ' l ' eamct i vat ed and we' r e moni t or i ng

t he si t uat i on. We' r e wai t i ng on DOMS and any f ur t her

assi st ance t hat m ght be r equi r ed. Over .

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DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I i nt end t o mai nt ai n t he

conf e r ence up as i nf or mat i on becomes avai l abl e.

EA

br i ng

i n t he Sec r et ar y of Def ens e.

NMCC EA: EA, r oger .

Al l c onf er ees , be advi s ed t her e' s a hot m c i n

t h e c onf er e nc e.

DDO ar e you t her e?

DDO: Yes , s i r .

DDO

CAP T L ei di g,

go

onl i ne.

VCJ CS: Thi s i s t he Vi c e Chai r man' s Exec . Do we

conf i r m t hat ai r c r af t c r as hed i nt o t he bui l di ng?

DDO: Yes , s i r . On l i v e TV you can now s ee smoke

em t t i ng f r om t he Pent agon. Yes , s i r . I t ' s conf i r med.

EA: DDO s t i l l wai t i ng on Sec Def ?

DDO: Yes , t hi s i s t he DDO s t i l l . I under st and,

wai t i ng on t he Sec Def .

NI GB l 'HAWK CONTROL : PEOC ar e you onl i ne?

PEOC: PECC, NMCC.

HI:GBT HAWK CONTROL : PEOC, t hi s i s Ni ght Hawk

Cont r ol . You have i n s t r uc t i ons f or us ?

PEOC: I ns t r uc t i ons f or Hi ght Hawk Cont r ol . S t and

by.

Be pr epar ed t o r ecei v e t he P r es i dent at Andr ews Ai r

For ce Bas e. He has not yet depar t ed F l or i da but . he i a

pl anni ng t o depar t F l or i da and head back t o D. C.

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NI GHT HAWK CONTROL: What about t he Vi ce

Pr esi dent ?

PEOC: The Vi ce Pr esi dent i s cur r ent l y pl anni ng t o

evacuat e t o t he Naval Obser vat or y and we w l l pr ovi de

i nst ruct i ons on t hat i f t her e i s a change t o t hat pl an.

NI GHT HAWK CONTROL: Do you want to stop tur ni ng?

OVer .

PEOC: Stand by.

HAOC: Nat i onal , t hi s i s NAOC secondar y. OVer .

NORAn: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i SNORAD w t h an

updat e.

RAOC: Nat i onal , t hi s i s HAOC secondar y. We ar e

get t i ng an emer gency t akeof f f r om Andr ews. Ar e t her e any

updat es? OVer .

EA: DDO, EA.

VJ CS: Thi s i s vi ce Chai r man, EA.

DDO: Go ahead vi ce Chai r man' s EA.

EA: No, ~ t hought you wer e cal l i ng me. I ' m j ust

st andi ng by. By t he way, r ' ve passed al l t he i nf or mat i on

t hat you j ust sai d t o Gen. Shel t on' s ai r cr af t . Z' v. e had

comma w t h hi m consi st ent l y but he j ust dr opped.

DDO: Roger , under st and.

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC. I s Ni ght Hawk Cont r ol s t i l l

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NIGHT

HAWK

CONTROL:

Yes.

PEOC: Al l r i ght , Hi ght Hawk Cont r ol

be

adv i sed

you need t o j us t ahead and mai nt ai n your al er t pos t ur e.

We wi l l updat e you i f we need you t o ac t ual l y evacuat e.

Over .

NIGH'l' HAWK CONTROL: Roger .

HORAD: Br eak, br eak, Nat i onal . Thi s i s HORAD wi t . h

an updat e.

DDO: NORAD pr ovi de an upda t . e.

NORAD: Thi s i s HORAn. We have i ndi cat i ons f r om

t he cont i nent al NORAn r egi on t her e' s a pos s i bl e f our t h

hi j a cki ng i n pr ogr es s , Del t a f l i ght 89. Or i g i nal f l i ght

pl an f r om Bos t on t o Las Vegas . No f ur t her i nf or mat i on

avai l abl e at t hi s t i me. HORAD compl et e.

DDO: HORAn, s ay agai n your updat e.

NORAn: Roger . Nat i onal , t hi s i s HORAC. NORAD has

i ndi cat i ons f r om t he cont i nent al HORAD r egi on of a pos s i bl e

f our t h hi j ack , Del t a f l i ght 89. F l i ght pl an Bos t on t o Las

Vegas . No f ur t her updat es avai l abl e at t hi s t i me. HORAn

compl et e. ( Paus e) And, Nat i onal di d you copy?

DDO: Nat i onal copi es .

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DOO: Thi s i s t he DDO~ The Di r ect or of t he J oi nt

St af f i s i n t he NMCC and t hat ' s bei ng di s cussed at t hi s

tilDe •

VCJ S EA: Okay. I ' ve t empor ar i l y l ost t r ack of Gan

Myer s so I need as much t i me t o t r ack hi m down and X' ~~ l et

you know when X' ve got a posi t i ve hol d on hi m

DDO: Thi s i s t he Doo. Roger .

EA:

DDO,

EA.

DDO: EAI go ahead.

EA: OSD Cabl es i s st i l l t r yi ng t o f i nd t he

secr et ar y. Do you want t o add t he UDder Secr et ar y or

Assi st ant ?

DDO: We shoul d add t he Onder Secr et ar y.

HORAD: Break. break t hi s i s HORAn Command Cent er

w t h 'a r equest .

DDO: HORAn,

go

ahead.

NORAD: Pl ease conf i r m t he FAA i s on t hi s

conf er ence and i f not , pat ch t hem i n so we can get ear l i er

not i f i cat i on of any ot her hi j acked ai r cr af t .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, r oger . EA i s FAA on t he

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EA: DOO, EA; st and by. ( Pause) DDO, EA. FAA i s

not i n t he conf er ence.

ODO: EA, i ncl ude t he FAA i n t he conf er ence.

EA: EA, r oger .

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC. I s t her e any i ndi cat i on of

anot her hi j acked ai r cr af t at t hi s t i me? Over .

DDO: St at i on i dent i f y your sel f and make t he

request agai n.

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC. Request t o know i f t her e ar e

cur r ent l y any hi j acked ai r cr af t st i l l out ? OVer .

DDD: Thi s i s t he DOO. NORAn pr ovi de your updat e

w t h mor e possi bl e hi j acked ai r cr af t .

DDI : DDO, t hi s i s t he DDI . We j ust got a har d

l i ne cal l f r om HORAn sai d t hat t hey had dr opped out of t he

conf er ence and want ed t o know i f we wer e st i l l up. DDl out .

DDD: Thi s i s t he ODO, r oger . For t he i nf or mat i on

of al l conf er ees, HORAn r epor t ed j ust a f ew m nut es ago

t hat t her e was a possi bl e Del t a f l i ght 89 f r om Bost on t o

Las Vegas t hat had been possi bl y hi j acked. That woul d be

t he f our t h possi bl e hi j acki ng i n t hi s event .

VJ CS EA: EA, pl ease r epeat one mor e t i me.

DDO: Thi s i s t he ODO. Possi bl e Del t a f l i ght 89

f r om Bost on t o Las Vegas has been possi bl y hi j acked as

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r e po r t ed by NORAn about f i ve m nut es ago.

NORAn: And, br eak, br eak, Nat i o nal . Thi s i s NORA )

wi t h a f ur t her updat e.

DDO: P r ovi de an updat e .

NOlUlD: Roger , Nat i onal . . Thi s i s HORAn. We have

FAA r epor t s t hat t hey ar e i n cont ac t wi t h Del . t a f l i ght 89.

I t i s not cur r ent l y f ol l owi ng i t s pl . anned f l i ght r out e. I n

addi t i on, CI NC NORAD has di r ec t ed t hat al l ai r s over ei gnt y

ai r c r af t t o bat t l e s t at i ons and f ul l y ar med. That has

been or der ed at t hi s t i me. NORAn wi l . l not i f y upon

at t ai nment . HORAn c ompl et e.

DOO: HORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO. Say agai n t he

por t i o n of your r epor t wi t h r egar ds t o bat t l e s t at i ons .

HORAD: Say agai n, Nat i onal .

DDO: NORAD, s ay agai n your r epor t .

HORAn: Roger , Nat i onal . Thi s i s HORAn. The FAA

has cont ac t wi t h Del t a f l i ght 89. I t i s c ur r ent l y not

f ol l owi ng i t s pl a nned f l i ght r out e. I n addi t i on, CI Ne NORAn

has di r ec t ed t hat al l ai r s over ei gnt y ai r c r af t under »ORAD

- c on t r o l t o bat t l e s t at i ons wi t h f ul l ar mament s . That has

been or der ed. HORAD wi l l advi s e upon at t a i nment .

AI R FORCE: ' ' h i si s t he Ai r For ce wi t h ques t i ons .

HORAD: Go ahead.



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AI R FORCE: The l o cat i on of Del t a f l i ght 89 and

headi ng, s i r .

HORAD: Thi s i s NORAD. St and by. ( Paus e) Br eak ,

br eak . Thi s i s HORAD wi t h an updat e.

DDO: HORAn pr ovi de your updat e .

NORAD: Sugges t t he DDO cons i der t hat t he ai r c r af t

s out h of Cl evel and headi ng wes t may have as i t s obj e c t i v e

t he Sear s Tower i n Chi c ago. I n f or mat i on on t he l ocat i on of

t he ai r cr af t i s l i m t ed. But i t s eems pr udent t hat we m ght

t ake meas ur es t o evacuat e t hat f ac i l i t y.


HORAn: Br eak , br eak . Thi s i s t he NORAn Command

Cent er wi t h a r eques t . ( Paus e) Br eak , br eak , t hi s i s t he

NORAD Command Cent e r wi t h a , r eques t .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Say agai n your r epor t .

HORAn: Thi s i s HORAn wi t h a r eques t . pl eas e

conf i r m t hat t he FAA i s on t hi s conf er ence and i n addi t i on

t o hal t i ng al l c i v i l f l i ght ac t i v i t y . r eques t t he FAA

s ys t emat i cal l y pol l al l ai r bor ne ai r cr af t by r adi o t o

- _ . ,

det er m ne whet her a hi j ack i s under way.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO, r oger . We ar e at t empt i ng t o

get t he FAA i n t he conf er ence.

NORAn: Can you al s o f or war d t hat r eques t t o pol l



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POPSB~

al l ai r bor ne t r af f i c t o det er m ne t hei r s t at us ?

.DI X>: Thi s i s t he

DDO,

r oger . Under s t and. : I s

l E M A

in t he conf er ence? ( Paus e) Thi s i s t he DDO. : I s FEMA i n t he

conf e r ence?

NMCC

EA:

DDO,

FEHA

has dr opped. We' l l br i ng i t

back up.

AI R FORCE: Conf er ence, conf e r ence, t hi s i s Ai r

Fo r ce .

DDO: Ai r For ce, go ahead.

IR FORCE:

Yes ,

sir

The Whi t e House i s

r e~es t i ng Fi ght er cover age f o r pr ot ec t i on over head Whi t e

Hous e. Copy.

DDCH

T hi s

is

t he

DDO.

Say agai n your r eques t .

AIR FORCE: We j us t got a phone cal l r eques t i ng

F i ght er cover age over t he Whi t e House f or pr ot ec t i on. How

copy?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDD. Copy al l .

NORAD: NORAD wi l l pr oces s t hat r eques t , and we' l l

gi v e you an ETA when t hey wi l l be on s t at i on.

..

_....-

000: NORAn, r oger .

Dec EA: Thi s i s t he

mlCC.

: I s

IPEMA

i n t he

conf e r ence?

Doo:

Thi s i s t he DDO. We' r e at t empt i ng t o get t he



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FAA and FEMA i n t he conf er ence s t i l l .

NMCC EA: FEMA, t hi s i s t he NMCC. Ar e you i n t he

c onf er e nc e? DDO, .FEMA's i n t he conf e r ence.

EA: DDO, EA.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. NORAD pr ovi de an updat e.

NORAD:

CINe

NORAD has no updat e at t hi s t i me.

We' l l pr ovi de an ETA when f i ght er s wi l l

be

on CAP over t he

Whi t e Hous e. The f ul l r epor t of t he hi j ack i s t he l as t

r epor t we have.

EA: DDO, EA. FEMA' s i n t he conf er ence.

FEMA: FEMA' s i n t hi s conf er ence.

DDO: FEMA, t hi s i s t he DOO. The vi c e Chai r man

r ecommends evacuat i ng Chi cago Tower based on t he f l i ght

pl an of one of t he pos s i b l e hi j acked ai r cr af t .

FEMA:

Copy. Recommend evacuat i on of Chi cago

Tower , pos s i bl e hi j acked ai r cr af t .

WHSR: Thi s i s Lt . Ramcher . I s t he DDO onl i ne?

DDO: DDO' s onl i ne.

WHSR: St a nd

by

s i r .

PEOC: Si r , Col I r wi n wi t h PEOC. Bow ar e you

doi ng?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Go ahead PEOC.

WHSR: Yes , s i r . J us t t al ked t o t he NSC, Mr .

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Hadl ey up t her e. We have a coupl ~ r equest s. We' r e goi ng t o

~

~ go ahead and execut e cont i nui t y of gover nment . We woul d

-

l i ke t o get somebody up, at ei t her 1 Camp Davi d.

i magi ne you' r e al r eady wor ki ng

I I

But , mor e

i mpor t ant l y, what t hey' r e r equest i ng i s f r om Ai r For ce One,

f r om t he Pr esi dent and M l Ai de, t hey' r e goi ng t o be cal l i ng

us back w t h coor di nat es wher e t heY' r e goi ng t o be

or bi t i ng. They' d l i ke t o have a f i ght er escor t and f r am t he

NSC SIT

r oom t hey woul d l i ke t o see i f t her e' s any

possi bi l i t y of get t i ng any ki nd

of

f i ght er CAP over t he

D. C. ar ea.

,-... DOO: Si r , NORAD has ' al r eady t aken f or act i on t he

r equest t o pr ovi de f i ght er CAP over t he Washi ngt on, D. C.

area.

:t

under st and your i nt ent i on i s t o execut e t he

cont i nui t y of government . r w l l t el l you t ~t we' r e

al r eady maki ng pr epar at i ons t o st and up I~ _

WKSR: Thank you, si r . We' l l pass t hat back t o t he

NSC.

The M l Ai de ought t o

be

cal l i ng us back w t h

coor di nat es her e shor t l y. Do you want hi m t o

di r ect l y t o

you gUys?

DDO:

Thi s i s t he

DDO.

You can come t o t hi s

conf er ence and we' l l make sur e

t

get s t o t he r i ght act i on

of f i cer .

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WBSH:Okay, sir. We'll be back here shortly.

HORAD:Break, break, National. This is NORADwith

an update.

ADOO:Stand by. This is the ADDO.

HORAD:Copy.

DDO:

Go

ahead with your update.

HORAD:Say again, National.

DDO:NORADrovide an update.

NORAD:Copy, National. This is HORADwith an

update. At this time

CINC

HORAnhas declared concern .

I

say again, CI NC NoRAD has declared an assessment of

concern . HORADomplete.

NORAD:National did you copy?

NORAD:National, this is NORAn.Did you copy

update?


Go

ahead.

NORAD:Roger. This is NORA» with an update. At

this t~ CZNC NORADas declared an assessment of

·concern for the air events does hold. Z say again, an

assessment of concern- does hold for the air events.

NORADomplete.

HORAn: Break, break. NORAD with a request.

DDO:NORAD, ahead with your request.

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NORAn: NDRAD. P l eas e conf i r m t he FAA i s on and

t he FAA i s s ys t emat i c al l y pol l i ng al l ai r bor ne ai r c r af t t o

det er m ne t hei r cur r ent s t at us

and

r epor t i ng t he l ocat i ons

of t hos e ai r c r af t t hat do not r es pond.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I under s t and your r eques t .

We' r e t r yi ng t o cont ac t t he FAA on a di f f er ent l i ne and

make t hat r eques t t o t hem

and

we' r e al s o t ~i ng t o get t hem

i n t he conf e r ence.

DDO

ou t .

NORAD: NORAD compl e t e .

DI OC: DIX>, t hi s i s Col I r wi n. t he PEOC.

DDO:

PEOC go

ahead.

PEOC: Under s t and we' ve got an i nbound 25 m nut es

out . We have as s et s out at Andr ews . Has anybody cont ac t ed

t hose?

DDO: PEDe s ay agai n your r eques t . :I'm not s ur e we

have t he s ame i nf o r mat i on you do.

PEOC: From. t he J OC we j us t hear d t hat we have an

i nbound t hat ' s 25 m nut es out and my ques t i on i s . t he

f i ght er as s et s out at Andr ews have we gi ven t hem t he wor d?

~

DDO: Ai r For c e Command Cent er pr ovi de an updat e.

000: EA,

i s t he Ai r For ce Command Cent er s t i l l i n

t he c onf er e nc e?

EA:

EA, s t and

by.



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AXRFORCE:Air Force is online.

DDO:Air Force, the PEOCreported that there's an

illbound 25 minutes out and that fighter aircra.ft at Andrews

have been notified.

AIR FORCE:

Is

that confirmed that theY're coming

to D.C.? Copy.

DOO:That's the word that we got from the JOCbut

we haven't got a confirmation yet.

AIR FORCE:If you can, type aircraft?

DOO:Weunderstand

767

from.United, but

I

can't

confirm that. &ORADan you provide information on a

possible inbound to D.C. 2S minutes out?

NORAD:This is HORAD.No further info~tion at

this time. Stand

by.

AJ:RFORCE:Break, break. You were broken. This is

Air Porce. Say again.

NORAD:Roger. 'l'his is HORAD.No further

info%1Dation at this time. Stand by•.

_ _ __ ~ _ = _ J ; > ~ , . _ _

l A S _

A~_~~ .. __... .. . ... . .. _

000: FEKA

gO

ahead. PEMAgo ahead. (pause)

AJ:RFORCE:NORAD,his is Air Force.

HORAD:HORAD.

AIR FORCE:Yes, sir. YOUwere broken previousl,y.

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Conf i r . mt hat t her e' s an ai r cr af t , pos s i bl e hi j ac k headi ng

t o Was hi ngt on, D. C. Say ET I C , s i r .

P EOC: Thi s i s PEOC. What we had hear d f r om t he

J OC i s 25 m nut es but we don' t have conf i r . mat i on.

AI R FORCE: Copy.

NORAD: And, HORAD has

DO

i nf o r mat i on on t hat

t r ack at t hi s t i me.

AI R FORCE: Conf i r m t hat pos s i bl e hi j ac ked

ai r cr af t has f i ght er es cor t .

HORAD: NORAD has no i ndi c at i o n of a hi j ac k

headi ng t o Was hi ngt on, D. C. at t hi s t i me.

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce, c opy.

PEOC: And, DDO t hi s i s t he PEOC. Can you gi v e us

an updat e on f i ght er CAP of t he Was hi ngt on, D. C. ar ea? Has

NATO al r eady execut ed t hat - - or HORAD?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. St and by. Ai r For ce can you

pr ovi de an updat e on f i ght er CAP f or t he D. C. ar ea?

AI R FORCE: St and by f or Ai r For ce.

_ _. . . . _ . . . _ ._AI ~_ ~R~_ ~_ :_ _~~~e~~c~L_ ~?n f e r ~c~' _ _ . _ ~~_ ~~ _ _ ~_ ~i : r : . . . ._

For ce. We don' t have t hat i n f or mat i on at t hi s t i me. Can

HORAD pr o vi de? How c opy?

DDO: Say agai n t he 1as t r eques t f or HORAn t o

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AIR FORCE:Yes, sir. Can HORADrovide

information on fighter coverage over the Washington area?

HORAD:This is HORAD.Wehave no further

information at this point. Stand by we're scrambling

assets. HORADomplete.

Al:RFORCE:HORAD,this is Air Force. Say status

on escort for Air Porce One.

mORAD:This is HORAD.Stand by•

.AI:RFORCE:Copy.

PBOC:DDO,PEOC.

DIX>:PEOC ahead.

PEOC:Word : got from the JOC is we got a united

flight

93

out of pittsburgh about

20

minutes out. FAAhas

Dot made contact with it yet, though they've tried. So,

that's

an unknown

at this time.

DIX>:This is the DDO,roger.

AIR

FORCE:Say destination of United

93

or

location and heading? This is Air Force.

__ n • • •• ._nn ••

PEO..C.:_9_3__

i s_~9m:L:Q,g_ut _o:L_P~1;tsburgh f rom_~~a~w .. ._

understand. It's 20 minutes out. That's why

1 :

was asking

about the assets out of Andrews if they have been launched.

AIR FORCE:So they are 20 minutes out of D.C.

copy?

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PEOC: Cor r e ct .

DDO: Ai r For ce, t hi s i s t he DDO. I s ay agai n my

pr evi ous r eques t . Have any ai r cr af t been s c r ambl ed i n

r es pons e t o t hi s Uni t ed 93 and what i s t he s t at us of

f i ght er CAP over D. C. ?

AJ : R FORCE: St a nd by. We' 11 conf i r m t hat .

NORAD: Br eak, br eak . Thi s i s NORAD wi t h an

updat e.

DDO: NaRAD pr ovi de an updat e .

NORAD: Roger . We cur r ent l y have t wo ai r c r af t

ai r bor ne out of At l ant i c Ci t y; addi t i o nal s c r ambl e pendi ng

and s t and by f or i nf o. on ET I t o Was hi ngt on, D. C. HORAn

compl et e.

DDO: Say agai n as s et s .

NORAD: Cur r ent l y t wo conf i r med ai r c r af t ai r bQr ne

out of At l ant i c Ci t y . Addi t i onal as s et s bei ng s c r ambl e d at

t hi s t i me. St and by f o r updat e on ET I . NORAD compl et e.


_ _ _ _ _ _ _. P E~~~DO, _ _~EOC. I s FAA i n on t hi s conf er ence? . . _

DpQ: Thi s i s t he DOO. The FAA i s not i n t hi s

c onf er ence. We have been unabl e t o get t hem i n. We have

t hem on a s epar at e l i n e he~e i n t he NMCC.

PEOC: Can you j us t c l ar i f y wi t h t hem i n f or . mat i o n

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on United flight 93?

DDO: This is the DDO. We re doing that at this

time.

PEOC: DDO, stand by for more information on that

inbound.

DDO: This is the DDO. Go ahead.

PEOC: We ve got confirmation of an airplane 60

miles out. We think it s Flight United 93. Apparently,

we re hearing weapons freeze right now. Do you know .hat

the status of the Atlantic City assets are right now?

DDO: HORAD, provide an update on th~ Atlantic

City aircraft.

NORA»: Roger. We have confirmation that the

Atlantic City aircraft are airborne. We are querying for

their destination at this point. NORAn complete.

DDO: Rave the assets out of Andrews been

launched?

NORAD: NORAD. No information on assets out of

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DDO: xs there any r eas on we can t launch the

assets out at Andrews?

PEOC: Doo, this is PEOC. The Vice President has

just confirmed fighters are cleared to engage the aircraft

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i nbound i f we can ver i f y t hat i t i s , i n f ac t , t he hi j acked

ai r cr af t . Can you conf i r m wi t h FAA?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I ' m check i ng wi t h t he PAA

at t hi s t i me.

PEOC: DDO, t hi s i s PEOC. We' d l i k e NAOC ai r bor ne,

p l ease .

PEOC: DDO, PEOC •

DDO: Thi s i s t be DDO. Go ahead.

PEOC: Yeah, Col . I r wi n once agai n . We' ve j u s t

been i n cont ac t wi t h Ai r For ce One, m l ai de. We have a

r eques t and di r ec t i on. We' d l i ke AWACS ai r bor ne over

Loui s i ana. We' d l i k e f i ght er es cor t -

DDO: FAA r epor t of ai r cr af t down i n Penns yl vani a .

NAOC: STRATCOM, t hi s i s NAOC s econdar y. We ar e i n

t h i s c onf er e nc e.

S ' l ' RA l ' COH:AOC, t hi s i s STRATCOM, r oger . Do you

have communi cat i ons wi t h pr i mar y ? Over .

NAOC: Br eak, br eak. We j us t pul l ed up t he pr i mar y

i n t o t he conf er ence. Thi s i s COMMO. He shoul d be i n t he

conf e r ence now, s i r .

STRATCOM: DDO, t hi s i s STRATCOM. Bel i eve you have

RAOC pr i mar y and s econdar y i n t he conf er ence. Bot h ar e

ai r bor ne. OVer .

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AI R FORCE: Conf er ence, conf er ence, t hi s i s Ai r

For ce wi t h ques t i on. Conf i r . m t hat ai r c r af t t hat c r as hed was

60 m l es away f r om J ones t own, penns yl vani a.

DDO: Okay, under st and 60 m l e s s out h or nor t h?

AI R FORCE: Sout h, s i r .

DDO: J ones t own, penns yl vani a, cor r ec t .

AI R FORCE: So, i t i s conf i r med t hat i t was 60

m l es s out h of Penn~l vani a, s i r ?

STRATCOM: You knOw, :I c an' t unc 1er s t a nd a wor d

you' r e s ayi ng.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Ar e you as k i ng whet her i t

was 60 m l es s out h of J o nes t own, Pennsyl vani a?

AI R FORCE: Yes , s i r , t hat i s cor r ec t .

DDO: S t and by.

NIICC: FAA, t hi s i s t he NMee ar e you i n t he

conf e rence?

FAA: ' l ' heFAA i s her e.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. vi c e Chai r man woul d l i k e t o

know who' s cont r ol l i ng t he ai r c r af t over Washi n~on, D. C. ?

FAA: Repeat t he ques t i on.

DDO:

Who i s cont r ol l i ng t he ai r c r af t cur r ent l y

f l yi ng over washi ngt on, D. C . ?

FAA: The Was hi ngt on ar ea. t r af f i c cont r ol cent er

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i s c ont r ol l i ng t he ai r c r af t over t her e i f t her e ar e any.

The FAA has i mpl ement ed a nat i onwi de gr ound s t op goi ng t o

t he Washi ngt on met r o ar ea and t he New Yor k met r o ar ea.

They have i s s ued - - t hey' ve t r i ed t o gi ve ever ybody hel p t o

l and at di f f er ent ai r por t s ot her t han t hos e t wo

met r opol i t an ar eas . I f t her e ar e any ai r c r af t t hat ar e

ai r bor ne over t he Washi ngt on ar ea t hey ar e bei ng cont r ol l ed

by Washi ngt on Cent er . And, we under s t and t hat t her e ar e

s ome m l i t ar y f i ght er s t hat have been l aunched t o pat r ol

t he was hi ngt on ar ea.

DDO: That ' s cor r ec t . We have r epor t s of t wo

ai r cr af t cur r ent l y over Washi ngt on. We' r e t al k i ng f i ght er

c r af t s cur r ent l y over t he Washi ngt on ar ea.

PEOC: DDO, t hi s i s PEOC.

DDO: P ECC, YOU have t r af f i c .

PEOC: DDO, PEOC. ' l ' hevi ce Pr es i dent has c l ear ed

f i ght er ai r cr af t engage any ai r cr af t i nbound t o Washi ngt on,

D. C. ar ea wi t hout aut hor i t y .

DDD: Roger , . 1 , U1de. r s t a n d. I t can engage any

ai r cr af t wi t hout aut hor i t y.

STRATCOM: DDO, t hi s i s STRATCOM. RAOC pr i mar y and

s econdar y s houl d be i n t he conf er ence now and bot h ar e

ai r bor ne. Over .

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PEOC:And, DDOhis is PEOC.Understand.

Unconfirmed we have an aircraft ten miles out from

Washington,

D.C.

right now. FAAcan you confil:m?

FAA:That I do not know. I'm back in secure area

in the commandcenter.

~/d

have to go out on the floor to

find out who is out there at this time. It would probably.

be - - as far

AS

I know, Washington Center is controlling

all aircraft in the Washington area at this time.

AIRFORCE

OPS: DDO,

this is Air Force

Ops

center

here, General P'ogelsong. Wouldyou like to run

by

whoyou

have there to determine whether we should be providing

escort on Air Force One?Advise us the desirability of us

putting up so.e fighter escort for Air Force One.

PEOC:That's confizmed. Weput that request in

via the President and also

Dr

Rice is in the PEOCnow. We

would like to get an update on aircraft that's supposedly

ten miles out, probably c10ser nowfrom Washington.

DDO:

What type aircraft are you referring to?

PEOC:Wedon't have a confirmation yet, airliner

apparently, from the JOC.

DDO:

If you're referring to flight

93,

FAA

reported that we have an unidentified aircraft that crashed

about

60

miles south of Jonestown, Pennsylvania. Wethink

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t hat ' s 93, however , we' r e t r yi ng t o conf i r m now.

PEOC: Yes , s i r , we' r e awar e of t hat one. The onl y

ques t i on we have on t hat f r om t he vi c e P r es i dent i s : i s

t hat a r es ul t of f i ght er engagement ?

DDO: We coul d not conf i r . mnor deny t hat .

DDO: HORAn, t hi s i s t he DDO can you conf i %m or

deny how t hat ai r cr af t went down?

DDO: HORAn, t hi s i s t he DDO. Ar e you s t i l l i n t he

conf e r ence?

NORAD: HORAD i s i n t he conf er ence. HORAn has no

i n f or mat i on on an engagement of a c i v i l i a n ai r c r af t ~

f i ght er s .

DDO: FAA, do you have any i nf or mat i on on how t hat

ai r cr af t went down? xt went down i n t he vi c i ni t y of

J onest own.

FAA: At t hi s t i me, no, we do not . We' r e s endi ng

s omebody out t o t he f l oor and we' l l s ee i f we can' t f i nd

out her e i n j us t a momeDt .

DDO: Roger . we' l l be s t andi ng

by.

( Pause) Ai r

For ce t hi s i s t he DDO. We

r e t r y i ng t o det er m ne who has

t ac t i cal c ont r ol of t he- f i ght er ai r cr af t f l y i ng over

Was hi ngt o n, D. C.

DDO: Ai r For ce ar e you t her e? .

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AI R FORCE: St and by one, s i r . Ai r For ce i s

s t andi ng by.

DDO: Roger . Agai n, t he ques t i on i s who has

t ac t i cal cont r ol of t he f i ght er s t hat ar e cur r ent l y f l y i ng

over Was hi ngt on, D. C. ?

DDO: NORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO. The ques t i ons ar e

al s o di r ec t ed at you.

HORAn:

Thi s i s HORAD. St and

by.

AI R FORCE: Conf er ence, conf er ence, t hi s i s Ai r

For c e. We as sumed t hat HORAn had cont r ol of t he f i ght er s

over h ead Was hi ngt on. Conf i r m?

HORAD: Br eak , br eak. ' ' hi si s NORAD.

DDO: HORAD, go ahead.

HORAn: I n r ef e r ence t o your ques t i on, conf i r med

CONR has cont r ol of t he f i ght er s over head Washi ngt on,

D. C .

at t hi s t i me.

DDO: Roger . You' r e com ng i n br oken. Say agai n

who has cont r ol of t he f i ght er s?

HORAn: Roger . ' ' hi si s HORAn. CONR has cont r ol of

t he f i ght er s over head Washi ngt on, D. C . at t hi s t i me. HORAD

compl et e .

DDO: Roger . Under s t end CONR. That i s an ac r onym

pl eas e spel l phonet i c al l y.

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NaKAO: Roger . C- O- N- R. That i s t he cont i nent al

Uni t ed St a t es NORAD r egi on. The r egi on cODI I I I anderas

t ac~i cal cont r ol of f i ght er s over head Washi ngt on, D. C. at

t h i s t i me. NORAn compl et e .

AI R FORCE: Conf er ence, t hi s i s Ai r For ce.

Do

we

have

any

i nf or mat i on on t hat unknown ai r cr af t t en m l es

away f r om D. C. ?

NORAn: Thi s i s MORAD. No f ur t her i nf or . mat i on at

t hi s t i me~ NORAn c~l e t e .

PEOC: Thi s i s t he PEOC. Unof f i c i a l wor d

we

go t

f r om t he J OC i s t hat ai r pl ane i s now down.

AI R FORCE: And, t he l a ndi ng s i t e, s i r ?

Pl lOC :

Don' t know yet .

PEOC: And, DDO, t hi s i s PEOC. Can you l e t us know

when we have f i ght er c r af t t hat have i n t er cept ed Ai r For ce

One?

S' l ' RATCOMCONTROLLER: Br eak, br eak, t h i s i s

STRATCOM Cont r ol l er . DOD has di r ec t ed f o r ce pr ot ec t i on

condi t i on Del t a ~di at e l y.

DDO: ' l ' h i s s t he DDO. Las t ques t i on as ked was

whet her f i ght er s have i nt er cept ed Ai r Por ce One. What was

t he answer f or t hat l as t ques t i o n? ( paus e) HORAn, DDO.

HORAn: Thi s i s HORAD ahead.

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DDO: You' r e com ng i n br oken agai n. Need an

answer t o t he ques t i on have t he f i ght er ai r c r af t

i n t er cept ed Ai r For ce One t o pr ovi de es cor t ?

RORAD: Thi s i s HORAD. We have no i ndi c at i on at

t hi s t i me. St and by.

DDO: Roger .

NORAD: DDO,

t hi s

is NORAD.

DDO:

' l ' h i s

s

t he

PDO.

HORAn: Reques t c l ar i f i c at i on f or f or ce pr ot ec t i on

condi t i on Del t a. I s t hat al l U. S . as s et s wor l dwi de?

DDO: S t and by. Thi s i s t he DDO. That ' s cor r ec t .

DOD di r ec t ed f or ce pr ot ec t i on l evel Del t a wor l dwi de.

HORAn: Copy. wor l dwi de.

CONR: ' ' hi si s CONR. We j us t got · a cal l f r om

Cl evel and cent er t hat t he ai r cr af t t hat went down i n

pennsyl v ani a was t hey bel i eve t o be a m l i t ar y ai r cr af t ,

cal l s i gn

GOFER06.

DDO: Say agai n, you came i n br oken. What t ype of

ai r cr af t was i t t hat c r ashed i n t he vi c i ni t y of

pennsy l van i a?

CORR: They di d not

knoW

t he t ype but t hey bel i eve

i t was a

GOFER06

and we' l l t r y t o conf i : r m

DDO: Are

you sayi ng

GOFER06

or

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CONR: That ' s cor r ect .

DDO: Gol f ?

CONR: Gol f .

ODD: Okay, t hat ' s i t s cal l si gn, i s t hat cor r ect ?

CONR: That ' s t he cal l si gn. That ' s cor r ect .

ODD: Roger . And, under st and we don' t know - - we

don' t have a cl ue on GOFER06 i s, whet her i t ' s commer ci al or

pr i vat e?

CORR: We bel i eve i t t o be a m l i t ar y.

DDO: M l i t ar y. Roger .

PEOC: DDO, PEOC.

DOC: Thi s i s t he 000. PEOC, DDO, send your

t r af f i c.

PEOC: Yes, si r . Can you gi ve us t he l at est updat e

on escor t f or Ai r For ce One?

DDD Roger . We wer e t r yi ng t o get t hat as wel l .

PEoe: Be awar e we have r ecei ved t hr eat s.

DDO: Onde~st and yOU have r ecei ved thr eats ?

PEOC: That ' s cor r ect . But , we can' t conf i r m wher e

t hey came f r om I t was a t el econ.

DDO: Roger . We' l l t r y t o f i gur e out Wher e t hose

ai r cr af t ar e.

CONR: ' l ' hi s s COI m agai n. Ref er ence t o OOFER06 - -

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i t appear s t o be t hat t he GOFER06 i s a m l i t ar y ai r cr af t

and he was t he one t hat r epor t ed t he c r as h nor t heas t of

Camp Davi d . And, i t appear s t o be an ai r l i ner accor di ng t o

t he m l i t ar y ai r c r af t .

DDO: Roger . under s t and GOFER01 r epor t ed t hat i t

was an ai r l i ner t hat went down.

CONK: Tha~' s cor r ec t . I t ' s a GOFER06. He r epor t ed

t hat i t appear ed t o be an ai r l i ner t hat went down nor t heas t

of Camp Davi d.

DDO: Nor t heas t of Camp Davi d?

COD: ' ' hatappear s t o be - - yeah,

bel i ev e

t hat ' s cor r ec t .

DDO: Okay, we got i t . Okay, her e' s t he deal .

CONK: have t he l at l ongs f or t he c r as h s i t e i f

you' r e i nt er es t ed •

. AI R FORCE OP : Thi s i s t he Ai r For ce OPs Cent er ,

go ahead.

CORR: The l a t l o ngs f or t he c r as h s i t e nor t heas t

of Camp Davi d ar e 3951 nor t h, 7846 wes t . ( paus e) For your

i n f or mat i on t hi s GOPER06 t hat s i ght ed t he ai r c r af t hi s

des t i nat i on i s Youngs t own and he wi l l be t her e i n

appr oxi mat e l y, 30 m nut es .

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CONR: Youngst own.

AJ : RFORCE OP: Youngstown. And, that ' s

Pennsyl vani a?

CONR: That ' s cor r ect .

PEOC: DDO, t hi s i s PEOC. Under st and t hose

coor di nat es ar e f or Uni t ed f l i ght 93 that went down?

DDO: We' r e not sur e of t he i dent i f i cat i on of t he

ai r l i ner . However , we know i t was, i n f act , a ci vi l i an

ai r cr af t . Say agai n coor di nat es.

CONR: St and by. ( pause) St and by f or t he

coor di nat es. Be j ust wal ked out w t h t he coor di nat es on a

pi ece of paper . St and

by

j ust a second and I ' l l get t hem

DDO: HORAD, t hi s i s t he DDO.

NaHAn: NORAD, go ahead.

DDO: The Vi ce Chai r man has di r ect ed t hat you

f aci l i t at e t he chai r . man' s r et ur n t o U. S. ai r space and back

t o t hi s ar ea. Acknow edge.

NORAD:

.)l()RAD,

copy.

PEOC: Doo, PEOC. I s t he vi ce Chai r man on?

DDO: Vi ce Chai X' J U%i s i n f r ont of my desk, yes.

PEOC: Okay, stand

by.

DAPNSA: Di ck Myer s t hi s i s St eve Badl ey cal l i ng

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DDO: Last cal l i ng st at i on say agai n, pl ease.

DAPNSA: Cal l i ng f or Di ck Myer s t hi s i s St eve

Hadl ey. Di ck do you r ead me? Over .

DAPNSA: I s t hi s l i ne st i l l connect ed? OVer .

DOC: Thi s i s t he DDO. We' r e st i l l i n conf er ence.

DAPNSA: I need t o get wor d t o Di ck Hyer s t hat our

r epor t s ar e t her e' s an i nbound ai r cr af t f l yi ng l ow f i ve

m l es out . The Vi ce Pr esi dent ' s gui dance was we need t o

t ake i t out .

DDO: Roger . HORAD, pl ease conf i r m Vi ce Pr esi dent

has di r ect ed t hat t hat ai r cr af t t hat ' s f i ve m l es out i s t o

be taken out . Acknow edge.

DAPNSA: That i s what t he Vi ce Pr esi dent has sai d.

DOC: Roger .

NORAD: pl ease keep t hi s l i ne open. I ' m goi ng t o

conf i : r m

DOC: Roger .

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC once agai n. I s FAA t r acki ng

t hat i nbound?

DOC: St and by. FAA ar e you t r acki ng t hat i nbound?

FAA: Say agai n f or t he FAA.

DAPNSA: Thi s i s St eve Hadl ey agai n. I ' ve j ust

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conf i r med f r om t he Vi ce Pr esi dent i f t he i nbound ai r cr af t

l ooks t hr eat eni ng hi s i nst r uct i on was t o t ake i t out .

DDO: Roger . I f i t l ooks t hr eat eni ng t he Vi ce

Pr esi dent has di r ect ed t hat we t ake i t out .

DAPRSA: That ' s cor r ect .

DDO: Roger , si r .

DAPNSA: Any addi t i onal i nf or mat i on you can get

about t hat ai r cr af t , obvi ousl y, i s usef ul bef or e you get t o

t he poi nt wher e you have t o make a t ake out deci s i on. Do

you copy?

DDO: Last cal l i ng st at i on, r el aYi ng t he message

f r om t he Vi ce Pr esi dent . pl ease i dent i f y your sel f .

DAPRSA: That was Mr . Hadl ey, NSC.

DDO: Mr . Hadl ey. Roger , t hank you much.

DAPRSA: I s Gen. Myer s on conf er ence?

DDO: Si r , he' s st andi ng r i ght her e.

DAPNSA: Can you put h~ on conf er ence.

DDO: Roger , si r .

SECDEF: St eve, Gen. Myer s and X ar e her e. Thi s i s

Don Rumsf el d.

DAPNSA: Mr . Secr et ar y, good. X t al ked br i ef l y

w t h t he Vi ce Pr esi dent and hi s gui dance was i f t her e was

an ai r cr af t i nbound t hat cl ose and i t l ooked t hr eat eni ng

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hi s gui dance was t o t ake i t out . Do you copy?

VCJ CS ( Gen MYer s ) : We copy, St eve.

DAPNSA: Do you want t o s peak di r ec t l y t o t he Vi c e

Pr es i dent about i t ? OVer .

VCJ CS: Sec r et ar y RW l S f el d woul d l i ke t o s peak t o

t he Vi ce Pr es i dent .

DAPNSA: Let me see i f :I can br i ng hi m t o t he

phone. Bol d one.

FAA: Thi s i s t he FAA. : r have t he coor di nat es of

t he f l i ght i n Pennsyl vani a i f you' r e r eady t o copy.

PEDe: DDO, PEOC. Under st and s t at us of f i ght er CAP

i s j us t s t i l l t wo as s et s ? And, s t and

by

f or t he Vi ce

P r e s i dent .

VPOTUS: Hel l o.

SECDEF: Hr . Vi c e Pr es i dent , t hi s i s Don Rums f el d

and Gen. Myer s i n t he m CC.

VPOTUS: You guys ar e i n t he NHCC?

SECDEF: We ar e.

VPOTUS: I ' ve been i n t ouch wi t h t he Pr es i dent . I

know he' s been t r yi ng t o r each you as wel l . Have you had a

chance t o t al k t o hi m yet ?

SECDEF: I di d but i t was ver y ear l y. I t was r i ght

af t er t he ai r pl ane hi t t he pent agon.

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VPOTUS: Okay. He' s going t o r el ocat e t o anot her

s i t e . They haven' t f ound i t yet . We r ecei v ed an anonymous

- cal l over her e t hat Angel , i . e. , Ai r For ce ODe was t he next

t ar get and I as s ume he t hought s t eps had been t aken t o

pr ovi de pr ot ec t i on f or Ai r For ce One.

SECDEF: That ' s t r ue. That ' s been or der ed.

VPOTUs : Al l r i ght ~ Then our f or ces ar e on a

hei ght ened s t at e of al er t wor l dwi de?

ROHSFELD: ~hey ar e. They' r e on t hr eat con Del t a.

VPOTUS: Now, t her e' s been at l eas t t hr ee

i ns t ances her e wher e we' v e had r epor t s of ai r c r af t

appr oachi ng washi ngt on. I n a coupl e of t hos e cas es t hey

wer e conf i r med as hi j acked ai r c r af t . And, pur suant t o t he

Pr es i dent ' s i ns t r uc t i ons I gave aut hor i z at i on f or t hem t o

be t aken out . ( paus e) Bel l o .

SECDE l : Yes , 1: under s t and. And, who di d you gi ve

t hat di r ec t i on t o?

VPOTUS: 1: t was pas s ed f r om her e t hr ough t he OP

Cent er at t he Whi t e Bous e , f r om t he PEOC.

SECDEF: Okay. Let me as k t he ques t i on her e, has

t hat di r ec t i ve been t r ansm t t ed t o t he ai r cr af t ?

VPO' l ' t J S:Yes , t has.

SECDEF : So, we' ve got a coupl e of ai r c r af t up

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t her e t hat have t hos e i ns t r uc t i ons at t he pr es ent t ±me?

VPO' l ' US: That i s cor r ec t . And, i t ' s my

under s t andi ng t hey' v e al r eady t aken a coupl e of t he

ai r c r af t out .

SECDE ' : We can' t conf i r m t hat . We' r e t ol d t hat

one ai r c r af t i s down but we do not have a pi l ot r epor t t hat

t hey di d i t .

VPOTOS: Okay. Wel l , as s oon as you get mor e

i nf o r mat i on l et me know because we' r e get t i ng f r agment s

her e as wel l , t oo.

BECDEl : The r epor t i s t hat one i s down nor t h of

Camp Davi d but - -

VPOTUS: .Don, can

YOU

hol d f or a m nut e, t he

Pr es i dent i s t r y i ng t o r each me? s t and by.

SEeDEr : You bet , ~' l l hol d.

FAA: Thi s i s t he FAA. We j us t t al ked t o

J acks onvi l l e Cent er . The ai r cr af t t hat i s appar ent l y c l os e

t o Ai r For ce ODe i s a pr i mar y t ar get . J acks onvi l l e cent er

i s not wor ki ng t hat ai r c r af t . Be i s not under ATC cont r ol .

NORAD: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i s HORAn wi t h an

updat e. ( pause) Nat i onal , t hi s i s NORAD wi t h an updat e.

DDO: NORAl ) , pl eas e pr ovi de.

HORAD: Copy. We have conf i r mat i on cur r ent l y of

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t wo f i ght er s , a s i ngl e · E- 3 as wel l as a t anker cur r ent l y

i nbound. Es t i mat e t i me t en m nut es over head at CAP poi n t

nor t h of Langl e y Fi e l d f or pr ot ec t i on of t he Washi ngt on,

D. C. ar ea. NORAD compl et e.

DDO: Roger , t hank you.

LTCOL J EROME O' BRI EN: J ohn, J er ome.

L TCOL J OHN BRUNDERMAN: Who i s i t ?

. J E ROME : J e r ome.

J OBl 1: J e r ome, put an EA member on, pl eas e.

JEROME: Roger t hat .

J OBl 1: Let ' s get r eady t o CAC up a 222. We haven' t

been or der ed t o do i t yet but l et ' S j us t be r eady. I f i t

r equi r es SAS you ar e aut hor i z ed t o go i n t he box and

pr epos i t i on i t .

EA:

A

222

t o do what ?

J OBH:

To change t he DEFOOR.

I ' m

j us t s ayi ng l e t ' s

j us t be pr epar ed.

EA: Okay. We' l l pr ep one.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Sec r et ar y of Def ens e has

di r ec t ed t hat we t o wor l dwi de DEFCON 3 and be pr epar ed

t o

t o 2. pl eAs e acknowl edge.

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce Oper at i on Cent er

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VPOTUS: Rel l o Don, Di ck her e.

GEN BA~NS: Hr . Vi ce Pr esi dent t hi s i s Gener al

Hawki ns. St and by one.

VPOTUS: Okay.

SECDEF: Hel l o. t hi s i s Rumsf el d.

VPOTOS: Yeah, Cheney her e, Don. The Pr esi dent

woul d l i ke t o hear f r am you and needl ess t o say he' s st i l l

t r yi ng t o deci de wher e t o l ocat e.

RUMSFELD: I beg your par don?

VPOTUS: I say, t he Pr esi dent woul d l i ke t o t al k

t o you and woul d appr eci at e a cal l . J ust br i ef hLm on t he

st at us of u. s . f or ces. He may want t o consul t w t h you al so

about l ocat i on, wher e he can t o. And, any i nf or mat i on

t hat you can t el l h~ about t he i nt er cept i on of t he

ai r cr af t t hat wer e com ng t o Washi ngt on al so woul d be

hel pf ul .

SECDEF: Okay. Appar ent l y, you' r e on a conf er ence,

a vi deo conf er ence t hat does not come i nt o t he NMCC.

VPOTUS: I can' t bel i eve t hat .

SECDEF: Wel l . now we know. We t hi nk - - we' r e

r ecommendi ng goi ng t o Def Con 3.

VPOTUS: Al l r i ght . I ' l l have t o r un t hat by hi m

and l et hi m make t he cal l . But . I t hi nk t hat

s a good i dea.

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SECDEF: And, what I ' l l do i s pul l t oget her s ome

not es her e and be r eady t o t al k t o hi m and gi ve hi m a cal l

s hor t l y.

VPO' l ' US: Al l r i ght .

SECDE ' : Ar e you goi ng t o be on t he cal l t oo

maybe?

VPOTUS: I dOD' t need t o be. The communi cat i ona- - I

woul dn' t make a pr edi c t i on at t hi s poi nt .

SECDEF: Wher e ar e you?

VPOTUS: I ' m i n t he PEOC over i n t he eas t wi ng.

S ECDE ' : Ok ay .

VPO' l ' OS: And, I ' ve got Condi wi t h me and St eve

Badl ey, J ohn Bowman and company. We' r e gear ed up her e,

r eady t o go t o do what ever we need t o do.

SECDEF: Okay. And, I ' m ask: i ng Paul Wol f owi t z t o

go t o an al t er nat e s i t e.

VPOTOS: Al l r i ght .

SECDEF: Okay. I ' l l be back at you. Thanks •

. VPOTUS: Yes , s i r .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO back i n t he conf er ence.

Agai n, hol d of f on DEFCON 3. X s ay agai n, we need t o go t o

t he PO' r OS bef or e we ac t ual l y execut e. Al l s t at i ons , X say

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Acknow edge pl ease.

AI R FORCE: ' Ai r For ce Ops Cent er acknow edges .

HORAn: NORAD copi es.

NI GHTHAWK: Ni ght Hawk Cont r ol acknow edges .

HORAn: NORAD USSPACECOM acknow edges.

FAA: The FAA acknow edges .

PEMA: FEMA Operat i ons Cent er acknow edges.

DDO: Al . l conf er ees, t hi s i s t heDOO. We have an

updat e on t he deCl ar at i on of DEFCON 3. Agai n, we ar e

over r i di ng t he l ast gi ven. DEFCON 3 has been decl ar ed. We

, ar e now di r ect i ng wor l dw de DEFCON 3. That ' s bei ng dl r ect ed

h¥ t he Vi ce Chai r man. I say agai n, i t ' s bei ng di r ect ed by

t he vi ce Chai r man. Ti me, 10: 46 EDT. Al l st at i ons

acknow edge DEFCON 3 wor l dw de, ef f ect i ve 10: 46 EDT.

Acknow edge.

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce Ops Cent er acknow edges.

MARI NE: Mar i ne Cor ps Op Cent er acknow edges .

HORAD: HORAD USA acknow edges.

STRATCOM: u.s. STRATCOH acknow edge.

PEOC: PZOC acknow edges.

NI GHT HAWK: Ni ght Hawk Cont r ol acknow edges .

USCI NCPAC: USCI NCPAC acknow edges.

NM I C: NHJ I C, aye aye, si r .

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NMCC: Def Con 3 at 14: 14.

DDO: Roger , t hat ' s 14: 46 Zul u. A1s o, be advi s ed

we ar e dr af t i ng t he EAM and i t wi l l f ol l ow s hor t l y.

NORAn: Br eak, br eak. Thi s i s NORAn wi t h aD

updat e.

DDO: RORAn pr ovi de your updat e.

NOKAO: Copy. We have ver i f i c at i on at t hi s t i me

t hat we have s cr ambl ed t wo f i ght er s out of E l l i ngt on F i e l d

t o es cor t Ai r For ce One.

I

s ay agai n, t wo f i ght er s out of

E l l i ngt on Fi e l d i n Texas t o es cor t Ai r Por ce One. S t and by

f or an es t i mat ed t i me of i n t er cept . HORAn compl et e.

DDO: Roger . And, HORAD, under s t and cur r ent l y

t her e i s no one bas i c al l y cover i ng Ai r For ce One?

NORAD: We cannot ver i f y at t hi s . t i me Rat i onal .

We' r e s t i l l t r y i ng t o get ver i f i cat i on f r om FAA or CORR.

HORAD compl et e.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC •

DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: Fr om t he Mi l Ai de. Venus 7 has been or der ed

t o di ver t t o Bar ks dal e Ai r For ce Bas e. Ref uel . St and by.

DDO: Roger . Say agai n, who' s di ver t i ng? ·

PEOC: Venus 7.

DDO:

Roger . Under s t and Venus 7 di ver t ed t o?

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PEOC: Bar ksdal e Ai r For ce Base.

DDO: Roger . ( pause) Al l st at i ons, t hi s i s t he

DDO. EAM has been r el eased 1452 Zul u. Al l . stat i ons

acknow edge.

ARMY: Army. Mar i ne Corps acknow edge.

NORAD: HORAD l 1SSPACECON.

PEOC: Thi s i s PEOC, say agai n.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I say agai n, t he EAH was

r el eased 1452 Zul u. We' r e j ust get t i ng acknow edgment s .

PEOC: PEOC acknow edges.

STRATCOK: STRATCOM acknow edges.

HI GHT HAWK: Ni ght Hawk Cont rol acknow edges.

DORAn: NORAD USSPACECOM acknow edges.

AI R FORCE: Ai r For ce, acknow edges.

HAOC: NAOC acknow edges.

FAA: Thi s i s t he FAA. What was t he l ead at 1452?

FAA: DDO, FAA.

DDO: FAA, DDO.

FAA: What was t he l ead at

1452?

DDO: Roger . I t ' s aD. emer gency acti on message

di r ect i ng wor l dw de DEFCOH 3.

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PEOC: DDO, P EOC.

DDO: PEOC, DDO.

PEOC: Wer e we ever abl e ' t o conf i r m t he' f i nal

s t at us of Uni t ed f l i ght 93? Was t hat t he ai r pl ane t hat went

down at 3951 nor t h? And, do we know i f t hat was a r es ul t of

f i ght er engagement ?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. We coul d not conf i r m t hat

i t ' s f l i ght 93, Uni t ed f l i ght , and we cannot conf i r m t he

nat ur e of i t s dec l i ne and c r as h.

DDO: HORAD, DDO. Do we have any r epor t s of

i nt er c ept by f i ght er s of c i v i l i an ai r c r af t ?

HORAD: Thi s i s HORAD. That ' s a negat i ve at t hi s

t i me. We have no pi l ot r epOr t s of any i nt er cept on c i v i l i an

ai r c r af t . I do have addi t i onal updat es .

DDO: Roger , pr ovi de your upd. a t es .

HORAn: Okay. At t hi s t i me we have t wo f i ght er s

s c r ambl i ng out of E l l i ngt on t o es cor t Ai r For ce one.

E l l i ngt on Fi e l d i n Texas has al s o or der ed t he gener at i on of

f our addi t i onal ai r cr af t as backup f or Ai r Por ee one

es cor t . I n addi t i on. we have t wo P- 16s s c r ambl i ng out of

Andr ews Ai r For ce Bas e. No ai r bor ne CAP at t hi s t i me.

S t and by f or updat es . HORAD compl et e .

DIX>: Thi s i s t he DDO. Roger .

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PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC. under st and t wo out of

El l i ngt on. Two out of Andr ews and t hat w l l make t he t ot al

CAP over Washi ngt on f our r i ght now or w l l t hat make i t

s i x?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. count , st and by- - my count

i s a t ot al of ei ght once we get t hem al l . We have t wo out

of Andr ews

f our addi t i onal ai r cr af t com ng i n and. t hen t wo

out of El l i ngt on.

PEOC: Okay. The t wo out of El l i ngt on ar e f or Ai r

For ce One and t hen t he si x ar e f or

D. C.

DDO: That ' s af f i r mat i ve. That ' s t he way we· have

t he r epor t . HORAD, DDO, i f t hat ' s wr ong pl ease acknow edge.

HORAn: NORAD, st and by.

FAA: DDO, PAA.

000: Stand

by.

HORAn: HORAD, t hat i s a cor r ect number .

PEOC: Okay. Once agai n, t wo out of El l i ngt on f or

Ai r Por ce One. Two pr epar i ng t o depar t out of Andr ews and

f our t hat ar e cur r ent l y ai r bor ne f or D. C.

NORAD: Thi s i s HORAD. That ' s a negat i ve. We have

a r epor t of t wo f i ght er s ai r bor ne over D. C. , f our

addi t i onal bei ng gener at ed out of Andr ews. I n addi t i on.

same si t uat i on at El l i ngt on Fi el d. Two gener at ed f or

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For ce one, f our addi t i onal j ust or der ed t o be gener at ed as

wel l as backup f or Ai r For ce one. HORAD compl et e.

PEOC: PEOC acknow edges. Under s t and we' ve got AR

capabi l i t y as wel l .

HORAD: Say agai n.

PEOC: Under st and we have ai r r ef uel i ng capabi l i t y

ai r bor ne as wel l ?

HORAn: That ' s af f i r . mat i ve f or Washi ngt on, D. C. We

have conf i r mat i on of a t anker on CAP nor t h of Langl ey f or

t he f i ght er s near D. C.

DDO: And, t hi s i s t he DDO. Do we have an AWACS i n

t he ar ea cont r ol l i ng?

HORAD: Pl ease repeat .

DDO: I Bay agai n. Do we have an AWACS i n t he ar ea

cont rol l i ng?

NORAD: That i s af f i r mat i ve. We have a si ngl e E- 3

on l ocat i on over D. C.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Thank you.

HORAn: And, HORAn, j ust one mor e updat e t o t hi s .

DDO: provi de updat e.

BORAn: NORAn

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DDO: FAA, DDO.

FAA: We have a S50049 i n J acks onvi l l e t hat i s

r eques t i ng c l e ar ance. Do you want t hat ai r c r af t ai r bor ne?

DDO: St and by.

VENUS CONTROL : That ai r cr af t i s Venus 7.

FAA: I f i t ' s Venus 7 i t ' s c l ear ed t o Bar ks dal e .

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. I conc : ur if i t ' s Venus 7 i t

i s , i n f ac t , c l ear ed.

FAA: Under s t and i f i t ' s Venus 7 he i s c l ear ed t o

go ai r bor ne i s t hat r i ght ?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO; af f i r mat i ve.

PEOC: And, DDO, PEOC. Do we have an es t i mat ed

i nt er cept t i me f or t he E l l i ngt on f i ght er s?

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. NORAn can you as s i s t ,

es t i mat ed i nt er cept t i me?

NORAn: Thi s i s HORAD. Negat i ve. We have no

es t i mat ed i nt er cept t i me at t hi s t i me. HORAn compl et e.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Can we conf i r m cur r ent

l ocat i on of Ai r For ce One?

HORAD: That ' s af f i r mat i ve. St and by

DDO: And, we' l l updat e t he vi c e P r es i dent . The

t wo out of El l i ngt on have al r eady l aunched however .

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DDO: Thi s i s t he NMCC.

NORAD: Roger . Cur r ent l ocat i on of Ai r For ce One

r eady t o copy l at and l ong?

DDO: Roger . Go ahead and gi ve me i t . Thi s i s a

secur e conf er ence.

HORAn: Say agai n.

000: Go ahead and gi ve me i n addi t i on t o your

coor di nat es exact ci t y l ocat i on.

HORAn: Roger , s tand

by

f or t hat . Lat l ong, 3117

nor t h, 08859 west cur r ent l y headi ng 290 speed of 446 •

. Locat i on i s sout heast er n Uni t ed St at es ' ,Stand by f or

geogr aphi c.

FAA: 000 FAA

ODO: FAA, ODO.

FAA: The S50049 depar t ed w t hout aut hor i zat i on.

He i s enr out e t o Andr ews. We do not know i f i t i s Venus 7

or not .

ODO: Roger . Gi ve me t he ~ai l number agai n.

FAA: 950049. Appar ent l y, i t has a Lt . Col . Smth

onboar d.

VENUS CONTROL: Thi s i s Venus Cont r ol . That i s t he

t ai l number f or Venus 7 and Col . Sm th i s t he pi l ot .

DDO: Roger . Thanks f or t hat cl ar i f i cat i on.

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Under st and i t i s , i n f act , Venus 7.

FAA: i s i t i nbound t o Andr ews or i nbound t o

Bar ksdal e? ( pause) That woul d be enr out e t o Bar ksdal e.

ODD: Roger . conf i r m Under st and i t ' s goi ng t o

Barksdal e.

FAA: Corr ect .

ODO: Roger , t hank you much. Al so, i t ' s i mpor t ant

t o f i nd out whet her we have any unknown t r acks i nbound or

i n t he vi ci ni t y of t he washi ngt on, D. C. ar ea.

Ai R FORCE: Thi s i s Ai r For ce. Conf i r m t hi s i s a

new i nbound unknown t r ack, si r ?

ODO: Af f i r mat i ve. Any ai r cr af t on any t r ack

i nbound t o Washi ngt on, D. C. t hat i s uni dent i f i ed.

NORAn: Br eak, br eak, t hi s i s NORAn. NORAn i s

cur r ent l y t racki ng one t rack of f t he east coast not a

t hr eat t o Washi ngt on, D. C. at t hi s t i me. Ot i s f i ght er s ar e

enr out e t o i nt er cept •

. Ai R FORCE: Thi s i s Ai r For ce.

DDO: Ai r For ce, t hi s i s t he DDO. Who ar e you

addr essi ng?

AI R FORCE: The of f i ce t hat i dent i f i ed t he unknown

t rack, si r .

HORAn: Roger . Thi s i s NORAD.

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AI R FORCE: NORAD, t hi s i s Ai r For ce. Say l ocat i on

of unknown t r ack.

NORAD: Roger , stand

by.

Cur r ent l ocat i on 4103

nor t h, 06728 west of f t he coast of Massachuset t s,

nor t heas ter n Uni ted States.

FAA: Doo, FAA.

DDO: FAA, t hi s. i s t he DDO.

FAA: Do you have an ai r cr af t ci r cl i ng over

Washi ngt on, D. C. at f l i ght l evel 230?

DDO: NORAn, DDO. Agai n, FAA i s i nt er est ed i n

know~g whet her we have an ai r cr af t ci r cl i ng vi ci ni t y of

At l ant a?

HORAD: Roger . I can conf i r m we do have ai r cr af t

i n t he vi ci ni t y. St and by f or . f l i ght l evel .

HORAD: Thi s i s HORAn. X do have conf i r mat i on

f l i ght l evel 22 f or f i ght er ai r cr af t over D. C. and

vi ci ni ty.

FAA: Conf i r mat i on f i ght er ai r cr af t ?

NORA»: Thi s i s HORAn. That ' s af f i r mat i ve.

conf i r mat i on at f l i ght l evel 22.

DDO: Roger . Under st and f l i ght l evel 22 i s , i n

f act , i s account ed f or ?

NORAD: That ' s af f i rmat i ve.

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DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. Thank you.

PAA: DOC, t hi s i s t he FAA. Conf i r . myou do have

one out t her e at f l i ght l evel 230.

ODO: Roger . We acknowl edged f l i ght l evel 22.

And,

under s t and now you' r e as k i ng f l i ght l evel 230?

HORAn: Negat i v e, negat i v e, negat i v e. Thi s i s

HORAD. F l i ght l evel 220 i s conf i r med.

FAA: Under s t and 220.

NORAD: That ' s af f i r mat i ve.

FAA: Roger .

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AI R FORCE: HORAD, t hi s i s Ai r For ce.

HORAn: Go ahead, Ai r For ce.

Am FORCE: Yes , s i r . Say pos i t i on of unknown

t r ac k of f eas t coas t .

HORAD: St and by. Ai r For ce, HORAD. Cur r ent i y

s howi ng unknown at 4103 nor t h, 06728 wes t , nor t heas t coos t

of t he uni t ed St at es .

AI R FORCE: Si r , how many Ddl es of f t he coas t ?

NORAD: S t and by.

PEOC: DDO, PEOC •

DDO:

PEOC,

DDO.

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PEOC: As soon as you f i nd out what t he i nt er cept

t i me i s on t he El l i ngt on f i ght er s can you l et us know? ADd

al so, f r om Dr . Ri ce f or NATO, j ust make sur e t hat we

mai nt ai n a good l og of di sposi t i on of asset s, when t hey

wer e al er ted, when t hey t ook of f , t hat sor t of t hi ng?

000: Thi s i s t he DDO, W : LCO.

RORAD: HORAn copi es. And, Ai r For ce t hi s i s

HORAD. Cur r ent l y show ng unknown at

290

f or appr oxi mat el y

120

m l es f r om Cape Cod.

DDO: Say agai n, 120 m l es f r om whi ch ar ea?

NORAD: Cur r ent l y show ng

070

f or

120

m l es f r om

Cape Cod, Massachuset t s.

DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO. J ust need t o conf i r m t hat

t wo F- 16s ar e st i l l on CAP i n t he vi ci ni t y of Washi ngt on,

D. C. ?

HORAn: Thi s i s HORAn; t hat i s af f i r mat i ve.

DOO: RORAD t hi s i s t he DDO. s t her e a pl an t o o

put eyes on t hat i dent i f i ed t r ack i n t he vi ci ni t y of

Massachuset t s?

RORAn: That ' s af f i r mat i ve, si r . The scr ambl ed

OTI S f i ght er s ar e en r out e and I ' m wor ki ng on anETI at

t hi s t i me.

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FAA: DDO, FAA. (pause) This is the FAA.Do you

guys have a scramble code for your fighter aircraft?

HORAn:This is HORAD;stand

by

FAA.

AIR FORCE:This is Air Force.

DDO:HORAn,DIX>.

HORAn:Go ahead.

DDO: Need to confirm the ROEbeing used on

unidentified track in the vicinity of Massachusetts.

HORAn:Roger, stand by.

FAA:Air Force, FAA. Do you have a scramble code

for your fighters?

AIR.FORCE:No sir.· That would came fram HORAn.

FAA:Okay. NORAD,do you have a scramble code for'

your fighters?

HORAn:FAAthis is RORAD.Don't understand your

term scramble code. Are you looking for mode 3I

S

or call

signs?

FAA: Say that again.

NORAD:Donot understand your terminology

scramble code. Are you looking for a mode 3 or a ca1.1 sign?

FAA:Okay, do you have a code for your scrambled.

aircraft?

NORAn:I don't understand your te:rm, sir. Are you

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l ooki ng f or t he mode 3 or t he cal l s i gn? ,

FAA: No,

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need t he code; a beacon, code. Do you

have a beacon code f or your s c r ambl ed ai r c r af t t hat t ends

t o s epar at e t hem f r om ot her ai r c r af t ?

NORAD: Roger , under s t and s i r . We do not have mode

3 at t hi s t i me. I wi l l quer y f or t hat . St and, by.

FAA: Okay.

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