Expediente: Normativa OVNI del EA

This document is a comprehensive compilation of the Spanish Air Force's (Ejército del Aire) historical regulations and administrative procedures regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs/OVNIs). It serves as a record of the declassification process for files dating back to 1968. The archive includes various circulars, notes, and correspondence detailing how military personnel were instructed to handle reports of unidentified flying objects.

The core of the regulations, established in 1968 and updated in 1974, mandated that any report of a UFO sighting be investigated by a designated officer. This officer was tasked with conducting an exhaustive interrogation of the witness, focusing on specific details such as observation conditions, meteorological data, sounds, movement, and the witness's mental state. The goal was to determine if the sighting could be explained by conventional activities, such as military or civil aviation, meteorological balloons, or astronomical phenomena. If no positive explanation was found, the report was to be forwarded to the Regional Air Authority and eventually to the Air Force General Staff (JEMA).

The document also highlights the Spanish government's stance on the subject, noting that in 1979, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JUJEM) determined that UFO-related matters should continue to be considered 'classified material' under existing legislation. However, by the mid-1980s, following parliamentary inquiries by Senator Juan Francisco Serrano Pino, the military began a process of declassifying older files. The document includes the official response to the Senate, which confirmed that the Air Force remained responsible for the control of national airspace and that procedures for investigating potential UFO sightings remained in effect, even as the files themselves were opened to the public. The compilation concludes with various letters sent to Civil Governors across Spain in 1977, instructing them on how to handle press inquiries regarding UFO sightings to avoid sensationalism and ensure that the public was directed to the appropriate military authorities.