John Greenewald, Jr. Dear Mr. Greenewald: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL SURFACE FORCE PACIAC FLEET 2841 RENDOVA ROAD SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92155-5490 September 9, 2016 This letter is in reference to your Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) 5 U.S.C. 552 request submitted to Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Headquarters (NCIS). Your request and documents were referred to this office on July 25, 2016, and assigned control number 2016-29. You requested a "copy of records, electronic or otherwise, of all concluding documents for each investigation in the KNET database concerning unidentified flying objects (UFO), also include all concluding documents for each investigation of unidentified submersible objects (USO); include any variation of unidentified objects not mentioned here." A review of the referred documents has been completed and has been determined that Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet is the release authority. Our review of the referred documents reveals that it contains personal identifiers (such as names and social security numbers) of third parties, the release .of which would constitute an unwarranted of personal privacy. Further, during our review of the referred documents, we discovered a responsive classified document consisting of one page, and determined it was not possible to segregate exempt information from nonexempt information and are withholding this document in its entirety in accordance with 32 C.P.R. 701.8(1). Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of FOIA, 5 552 (b)(l) and (b)(6), your request must be partially denied in order to withhold this information. With any adverse determination, you have the right to seek dispute resolution from the Department of the Navy FOIA Public Liaison by contacting Mr. Christopher Julka at
[email protected] or (703) 697-0031. Additionally, in the interest of openness and transparency, you may visit http://open.defense.gov/transparency/declassification.aspx to review the declassification process. All responsive records are provided to you as attachments to this letter. This office considers this FOIA request completed and closed. If you have any questions, you may contact Juan Lopez, Command FOIA Coordinator, at (619) 437-2206 or
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DRUG OPREP-3 l6JUN2012.txt FM USS PRINCETON TO CNO WASHINGTON DC COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA COMPACFL T PEARL HARBOR HI CdMrniRDFLT COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMCARSTRKGRU ELEVEN INFO COMNAVREG SW SAN DIEGO CA CHINFO WASHINGTON DC CNIC WASHINGTON DC ONI WASHINGTON DC HQ USNORTHCOM CCGDELEVEN ALAMEDA CA COMCOGARD SECTOR SAN DIEGO CA USS NIMITZ COMCARAIRWING ELEVEN COMHELMARSTRIKEWINGPAC SAN DIEGO CA HELMARSTRIKERON SEVEN FIVE NORTH ISLAND CA HELSEAC~BATRON SIX USS PRINCETON PASS TO FOL OFFICE CODES: CNO WASHINGTON DC//N31/N4/N02/N09// COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA//N3/N5/BWC/N41// COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI//MOC// CHINFO WASHINGTON DC//00// HQ USNORTHCOM//J3// MSGID/OPREP-3,USMTF,2012/USS PRINCETON/004// FLAGWORD/NAVY BLUE/-// TIMELOC/162055ZJUN12/31l5Nll7502/INIT// GENTEXT/INCIDENT IDENTIFICATION AND DETAILS/ 1. INCIDENT: RECOVERY OF SUSPECTED DRUG CARGO 2. DATE OF INCIDENT: 16JUN20l2 3. TIME OF INCIDENT: 162050Z- l70245Z {13SOT- l945T) LOCATION OF INCIDENT: IVO SOCAL OPAREA P- 3 (3115N 11750W) 5. INCIDENT: AT 13SST, WHILE PREPARING FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS, NIM CONTACTED PRN OVER BTB REPORTING TWO FAST BOATS BRG 129T AT 6.6KTS IVO 3132N 11149W. PRN UNDERWAY WITH NIM CONDUCTING PRE-RIMPAC INTEROPERABILITY TRAINING. PRN BEGAN PURSUIT OF VESSEL AT MAX SPEED AND REQUESTED NIM SEND HELO TO INVESTIGATE. INDIAN 613 DIRECTED BY NIM TO RESPOND TO SMALL CRAFT, BELIEVED TO BE PANGAS. INDIAN 613 LOCATED ~X WHITE, 25FT PRIVATE VESSELS, EACH WITH A SINGLE OUTBOARD MOTOR IVO 3115.58N 11750.60W, HEADING SE AT 20KTS. NEITHER VESSEL HAD IDENTIFIABLE COUNTRY FLAG OR MARKING. INDIAN 613 APPROACHED VESSELS, CPA OF SOOMETERS. WHILE APPROACHING, AIRCREW IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 4X PERSONS ON EACH VESSEL THROWING NUMEROUS BLACK BALES OVERBOARD. AFTER IDENTIFYING NIMSG, FAST BOATS ALTERED COURSE TO l94T AND INCREASED SPO TO MORE THAN 30KTS. AT 1410T, PRN ABANDONED PURSUIT OF SMALL CRAFT; LAST RANGE lONM AND OPENING. PRN ALTERED COURSE TO 025T TO RETRIEVE PACKAGES IN WATER. AT 1414T, PRN LOCATED APPROX 26 PACKAGES IN WATER BRG 020R-060R. AT l419T PRN LOST RADAR RETURNS FROM SMALL CRAFT. LAST KNOWN POSIT 3102N 11749W. PRN LAUNCHED FIRST RHIB AT 1434T TO RECOVER CONTRABAND. FIRST 3 PACKAGES RECOVERED BY RHIB AT APPROX 1457T. CONTRABAND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAGS. APPROX 100LBS AND 3'X 2'X 2'. BOAT OFFICER REPORTED POSSIBLE GPS TRACKING DEVICE IN WATER (NOT RECOVERED). Enclosure ( A ) DRUG OPREP-3 16JUN2012.txt SECOND RHIB LAUNCHED AT 1510T. FRU.. 1510T TO 194ST, PRN RHIBS CO.'IIDUCTED RECOVERY EFFORTS OF C~TRABANO. AT l650T, PRN LAUNCHED l.ONEWOLF 722 TO ASSIST IN LOCATING EXTENT OF CONTRABAND FIELD. LONEWOLF 722 RECOVERED AT 1930T. PRN EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS CONDUCTED DRUG lD TEST OF ONE BALE. CONTRABAND IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA. FINAL COUNT WAS 186 BALES. EACH BALE ESTIMATED TO WEIGH 80LBS FOR A TOTAL OF APPROX lS, 000LBS. PRN PROCEEDING TO OFFLOAD CONTRABAND TO COGARO DISTRICT 11. 6. FINAL REPORT THIS INCIDENT. ABLE TO CONTINUE PRESENT MISSION. MISHAP REPORT NOT REQUIRED. PRESS INTEREST