DoD Visual Information Records: Evolution from UFO Imagery to a Broad Phenomena Classification

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UFO imagery was once explicitly categorized in DoD's visual information record-keeping, but later updates removed that label and reclassified such images under a broad "phenomena" category, leaving ambiguity about past UFO classifications and prompting ongoing inquiries.

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Background In October of 2002, the Department of Defense introduced DoD 5040.6-M-1, Decision Logic Table Instructions for Recording and Handling Visual Information Material. Within this manual, it provided guidelines for both the recording of visual information (VI) in the field by camera operators and the accessioning of such VI as VI records into a records