USDA United States ~ Department of Agriculture Mr. John Greenwald, Jr. ear Mr. Greenwald: Washington Office File Code: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250 This lette r i s in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated November 3, 2 016, whi ch was received by th e Washington Office FOIA Service Center. O ffice of Regulatory and Management Services (ORMS) on November 4, 2016, and assigne d tracking 20 17-FS-W0-00542-F. You requested " records, electronic or otherwise, o f all reports of Unidentified Flying O bjects (UFO s) received by the USFS by either the public, or by USFS e mployees/pe rsonnel." We searched fo r records in both the Washington Office Headquarte rs and in each tional Forest; we have aggregated the Region responses, and are issuing one response lfo f the agency. We searched everywhere a reasonably knowledgeable professional could expect to find resp ons ive records and found 18 pages of records. We are re leasing to you nine pages in full and disclosing nine pages in part with information withheld pursuant to Exemptions 6 and 7(C) FOIA Exemptions 6 Exemption 6 requires the Government to w ithho ld all information abo ut individuals in " personnel and medical fil es a nd s imilar files," where disclosure of such information " would constitute a clearly unwarra nted invasion of personal privacy:' We have determined information pertaining to private citizens (names, fa ces in photographs , ema il addresses) must be protected pursuant to Exemption 6 of the FOIA. FOIA Exemption 7(C) Exe mption 7(C) requires th e Gove rnment to withhold records or information compiled for law enforceme nt purposes, but only to the exte nt that the production of s uch law enforcement records or information could reasonably be expect ed to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. We have determin ed that the name of a law e nforcement officer must be protected pursua nt to Exemptions 6 and 7(C) of the FOIA. Fede ral e mployees involved in Jaw enforce me nt, as well as employees in sens itive occupations, do possess, by virtue of the nature of work . s ubstantial privacy inte rests in th eir identities. For l a w enforcement personnel, these privacy inte rests are gen erally protected unde r Exemption 7(C). Caring for the Land and Serving People Pnntod on Recycled Popor .. ., Mr. John Greenwald, Jr. Purs uant to T itl e 7, Code of f ederal Regulations (CFR), Subtitle A, Part 1, Subpart A, Appendix A. there is no charge as the amount falls below the minimum amount required to collect fees. concludes the Forest Services response to your FOIA request. The FOIA provides you the appeal this response. Any appeal must be made in writing, within 90 days from the date ofthis letter, to the Chief, USDA, Forest Service: I) by email to wo_
[email protected]; 2) by regular mail to Mail Stop 1143, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-1143; 3) by fed Ex or UPS to 201 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-1143 and te lephone (202) 205-1542. The te rm "FOIA APPEAL" sho uld be placed in capital letters on the subject line of the e mail or o n the front of the envelope. To facilitate the process ing of your appeal, please include a copy of this letter and/or the FOIA case number assigned to your request. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request please do not hesitate to contact the FOIA Public Liaison at (202) 205-1542. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) National Archives and Records nistration to inquire about the FOil\ mediation services they o ffer. The contact information lor OGIS is as follows: Oflicc of Government Information Services. National Archives and Records Administration. 860 I Adelphi Road-OGJS. College Park. Maryland 20740-600 I. e-mail at ogisru!nara.gov: tclephon~: at (202) 741-5770: toll free at (877) 684-6448: or facsimik at Sincerely, TRAC Y S. PERRY Director. Law Enforcement at a Investigations Electronic enclosure: 18 pages Attachments: Grubb, Kevin- Douglas, Susan P -FS Bighorn UF02.jpg, Bighorn UF03.jpg, Bighorn UF04.jpg, Bighorn UFOl.jpg Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:31 AM To: Grubb, Kevin-FS <
[email protected]> Subject: UFO Dear Keven, Attached are 4 digital photos. Taken 9-12-15 at about 2:30 PM. Looking southeast; from lower lake in valley below Mather Peaks to the head wall above the upper Lost Twin Lakes, a distance of approx. 2.8 miles as the crow flies. The first shot was probably taken about 10 seconds or so before the second shot. The object is not seen in the first shot, but appears in the second. The third shot is just an enlargement of #2, and the forth shot a further enlargement. Very strange, as we saw or heard nothing unusual- we only saw the object later (about a week ago) in shot #2. We are not sure if it appears in other shots, as we didn't study the rest very closely. We'll have to take a closer look sometime. Note: I don't think the pies are in order. #1 looks like it's at the end.l<bJ( J land our dogl<bH l !appear in the photos. We had no idea we were no~t~aT::Io=n~e'"'?_, Like I said over the phone, my first guess was that it's a drone, but I couldn't find any of a drone on the internet that looked like it. You may find our permit in your records. Maybe there are other permits for persons that may have traveled up that way trailhead, but we didn't see anybody until we came out on Sunday. We came in 1Oth and left on the 13th, a day earlier than our permit stated. (We were tired; but should have stayed-the weather and the scenery are beautiful there.) Let me know sometime what you all think. Headquarters 68Qth AC & W Squadron Yaak Air Base. the 680th was first activated in the Spring of 1951. It was the the easternmost site of the 9th Air Division. Primarily, their mission was, "to maintain radar surveillance for the purpose of providing early warning and continuous intelligence of air activity detected to conduct ground controlled interceptions as assigned by the ADDC, and to train continuously for the effective ac~omplishment of these missions." This site was one of m~ny in a huge network encircling the Continental United States and performing the Air Defense mfssion. This station was part Dew. Line~!' The purpose of all of t~is radar Was the early detection of bombers . launched from what was then the Soviet Union. The expectalion ~as that if bomber.s were by the Soviet Union, the most likely route to the United States would be over the North Pole. The Yaak Air Base was open frC?m April of 1952 to July 1, 1960~ and was located near the of S.outh Fork Road 68 and Yaak Highway 508 or better known by locals as the Shame. The Dirty Shame was the only business in that area during the era of the air base. It was not the same QUilding as_'today, but was a larger log structure that sold gasoline had a small grocery store and barber chair, restaurant q a .~a vern. Dirty Shame 1954 Around 1950 a Mr.l(b)(fi) ~ought the land the Dirty Shame resides on fro~:b)(fi) I A year after th1s purchase a crew came 1n and start~.d constructton on t~e:base. It was assumed that Mr.l<bH > I had advance information about the radar base coming: Shortly after construction began, Mr~opened the first bar in the Yaak. It was a small log building that was ~rty and his bar consisted of two saw horses p.lank.s placed on them. It seated about 6:8 people.ar:1d required ~II customers guns and knives. His stock of liquer was very limited and soon dep1eted. There are two stories on how it got its name, the Dirty Shame. One is that a worker came. down from the base after work fora drink and the liquor was all gone .. He said," What a dirty shame." The other is that one of the longtime residents said, "What a dirty have to have a bar up here." Mr.l<bXSJ ~idn't run t_he ~ar for long: He sold. t9<bl( l ltrom Libb , and the built a ni~e building and r~n it most of the time the bl,_a_s_e_w_a_s _ . there. They sold .t from California and a y~ar or so after he bought it, it burned down. The base had moved out by then and business had slowed down, so he obtained a small trailer and called it the Dirty Shame Jr. The current building was byilt from ~ rumored, small structures jammed together," following that fire . Dirty Shame 2004 When the base opene9 in 1951. There were about two to three ~undred servicemen and about twenty-five civilian employees. The primary mission of the site was to-provide rly warning of all air traffic. To do this r~quired men trained as radar operators. To keep the radar operating required men trained in radar maintenance. To communicate the air traffic to Air Force locations where defense decisions could bE! made requ!red radio equipment and land- . lines. Communication equipment required men trained in radio maintenance. Moving the crews from the lower to the upper site and back required a motor pool with drivers and mechanics. All of these people had to eat, which required a mess hall a!ld cooks. Supplies were needed to run all of this, which required trained supply mechanics. Security was an import~nt function and required trained security personnel. r 0 keep track of the entire operation required administration with a commanding officer, first sergeant and administrative technicians. There were many buildings, b~-rraoks, a motor pool, supply, mess hall, NGO club and gymnasit,Jm, all of which required men trained in building maintenance. There were even medics. The call sign of this remote station was Frosty. The Yaak Air.Base was made up of two locations; a lower site just above the Shame, and the upper site where th,e radar was located. Radar crews traveled from the lower site py truck or weapon carriers to the upper site via a switchback road of five miles. Upper site was located at th~ top of Hensley Mountain and it was here that a radome housed search radar ~nd height finder radar. From South Fork Yaak Rd 68, the radome looked like a huge mushroom. The Yaak Radar Station also had its share of myst_ery, on Sept. 1 , 1952, Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m: Two USAF enlisted men, and three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Report visually sighting two. small, varicolored lights becoming black silhouettes at dawn, and flying erratically for one hour. The crew at the radar station saw a, "dark, cigar shaped object," ht where the radar had the UFO inted. What these people saw is a mystery to this d_ay. a.:.::Hb~)(6:.!..) ---.Jian<! ~ handbook g iven to all the new arrivals to the Y_aak Alr ~ase. 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Drawing Contributed by ~ee Dexter WildCAD Incident Card-Richfield Interagency Fire Center: RID 2016-6153 "FA 32 Meteroite" Smoke Check 07127/2016 23:21:00 Reporting Party: 3A704B via public safety Initial Report On Conditions: Meteor created wildfire near Maple Grove Initial Location: Maple Grove Actual Location: Incident Notes: Dispatcher: Dave Tait Status: Closed Sub-Type: False Alarms Fiscal Codes: PDKJL4-1502 Web Comment: Resource Details: Committed at Entry Date/Time From To Details 07/27/ 2016 23:24:38 3A704B DT Responding to a smoke report near Maple Grove. Reporting party is in the Maple Grove Camp Ground and has a visual of a l ire that was caused by_ a meteor hiting_the mountain. Called the on call phone and Jerran contacted the duty We'll wait to hear if the fire is actively I burning before depatching any federal resources at this 07/27/ 2016 23:31:40 3A704D DT Leaving Scipio enroute new smoke report. 07/27/ 2016 23:45:14 3A704D DT In Maple grove are talking with reporting party 0712712016 23:59:56 3A704B DT In the Maple Grove area. No visual on a fire at this time. 07/28/2016 00:14:14 3A704B DT Sell and 3A704D in contact with reportng party. They are nQ on a~lan. 07/28/ 2016 00:25:02 3A704D DT Have a fisual. Trying_!Q_get a better location identified. 07/28/ 2016 00:45:02 Monroe DT Fire is East of Hwy 50. Looks to be on Richfield BLM. Tyler will talk to the BLM DO in the morning. Monroe, 3A704D and 3A704B are leaving and are enroute to their respective homes. 07/28/2016 01 :03:00 3A704D DT Called in with a rough location. Fire was located at a ng of 149 degrees from Maple Grove (39 00.954 x 112 05.374). He is back at Scipio. 07/ 28/ 2016 01:17:25 Monroe DT Back in Richfield 07/ 28/ 2016 01 :27:39 3A704B DT In Kanosh Out of Service 07/ 28/ 2016 08:52:54 Jon MO of J 41 has recieved reports of smoke in the area of this incident from their jumpers on Lower Ebbs. J 41 will fly over on their way to Ogden and give us a report 07/28/2016 08:59:03 JA Jeff B Call and let him know about the fire he is going talk to Tyler and Qet more information Entry Date/Time 17nm 021 o RIF: RICHFIELD 082 FOM: FILLMORE A 110 DTA: DELTA VORT 44nm 186 U14: NEPHI AIRP 57nm 036 U52: BEAVER MUN Initial Report On Conditions To Details ST placed order for helicopter for lA to take a look at the 111 58.195 from Tyler Jeff will also send an Enoine E5326 Pollock Ground Contact MO in area lookino Bergfeld let him know J-41 is in the area unable to locate yet - hold off on the ship until we see if can find anything UTL incident. They flew the area extensively for half an Is look for a lat lon in area can not find Gave cody a bearinq of 149 deorees from maple Gove MO nothing showing at coordinates given, potential in area is JA Enrt RID JA back in RID MO nothing showing ATB Helibase 19nm 082 FOM: FILLMORE A 86 U14: NEPHIAIRP 98nm 157 TVY: TOOELE NOB 135nm 084 ELY: ELY VOR/DM 148nm 254 GJC: GRAND JUNC 021 o RIF: RICHFIELD 082 FOM : FILLMORE A 86 U14: NEPHI AIRP 148nm 254 GJC: GRAND JUNC CORTEZ VOR Fuels: Acres: W Speed: Dir: Slope: Aspect: Complexity: Jurisdiction: Structures: Initial Strategy: N/A Fire Report Information Fire#: 6 153 SubUnit: SubUnit#: Acres: Size Class: Elevation: Land Status: Control: Out: Statistical Cause: Specific Cause: Attachments: Perobertjs Marje I -FS perobertjs Marje I -ES Wednesday, january 11,20171:55:57 PM image001.png Marie Derobertis Regional FOIA/Privacy Act Coordinator Forest Service Southwestern Region mderoberti
[email protected] 333 Broadway Blvd. SE A lbuquerque, NM 871 02 www.fs.fed .us Caring for the land and serving people From: Rockett, Paige D -FS Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 1 :33 PM To: FS-pdl r3 tonto group-and-rangers Cc: FS-pdl r3 all paos Subject: Secret govt installation being built in the Salt River Canyon area on the TNF: call-in report today at front David received a call t his morning at t he front desk f rom a male caller reporting t he cont struction of a secret government installation upstream from the Salt River Canyon past Pinal Creek (upstream from Roosevelt Lake). Aliens and at least one detached head are involved. Caller claims t o have seen construction cranes coming out the side of t he cliffs, miniature stealt h and UFOs, aliens and people working t ogether at the site, aliens eating people. He found a severed head and claims to have pictures of some of this stuff. Caller reported t hat he is 60, not crazy, and doesn't do drugs. He said he had already called t he "office at t he lake," but he didn't know if t hose people were turning t he other cheek or maybe t hose people have been paid off. David had him leave a message wit h Bray. Please let me know if there are any Talking Points to be developed. I'm sure the Phoenix media w ill be all over t his. P.S. David and I aren't doing drugs either. USDA United States ??:Z7i5 Department of Agriculture George Washington & Jefferson National Forests 5162 Valleypointe Parkway Roanoke, VA 24019-3050 File Code: 6270-1 Date: September RE: Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request, FOIA Request 2013-FS-RS-04595-F Dear Mr.._l<b_l< Enclosed is our final response to your FOIA request dated July 12, 2013 that was initially sent to the National Park Service (NPS). Our office received the request forwarded by the NPS on July 16, 2013. Your request was for information related to the following statement "Witnesses saw flaming space junk or satellite crash land in these mountains [Massanutten Range, Virginia] which may have caused the forest of last year: June 24, 2012, at around 1150PM Sunday." Based on the time and location you have given, we have determined that the fire in question is the Point 2 Fire. This fire was initially reported on June 25, 2012 on Massanutten Mountain within National Forest System lands administered by the Lee Ranger District. We have thoroughly reviewed all files associated with this fire and have found the enclosed records responsive to your request. The handwritten notes are of the Lee District Ranger, Katie Donahue. The cause of the fire was determined to be from lightning, due to the remoteness of the area and the lightning strike data that is collected by the Bureau of Land Management. FOIA request has been processed in accordance with the rules an