Joint CIRVIS Reporting Protocols for Vital Sightings (Canada–U.S.)

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Canada and the United States must report vital sightings that could threaten security—such as unidentified aircraft, missiles, submarines, surface vessels, or unusual activity—and include a precise set of details (observer identity, object description, course and maneuvers, timing in UTC, location, weather, equipment used, any interception actions, and any evidence like photos), with immediate reporting if seen in the air and post-landing reporting if not, and Jim Klotz, Chris Lambright, and Dale Goudie are noted as associated with sharing these rules.

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Joint CIRVIS Reporting Protocols for Vital Sightings (Canada–U.S.)

Joint unclassified guidance from Canada and the United States establishes CIRVIS reporting requirements for sightings of potential security threats involving civil and military aircraft, government and merchant vessels, select other vessels, installations, and agencies, mandating immediate airborne reports or post-landing/alternative submissions, with unidentifiable objects requiring a detailed description (identity, shape, size, color, number, formation, features, exhaust, sound), course and flight path data (first attention, azimuth/elevation, initial and disappearance, duration, maneuvers), observation method and any aids used, aircraft details if seen from an aircraft (type, ID, altitude, heading, speed, home station), time/date in Zulu, precise location or references, weather/aloft conditions, interception actions, possible accounting for nearby air traffic or balloon releases, and any physical evidence or photographs, plus the position and preliminary analysis of the preparing officer, with notable dissemination-associated names including Jim Klotz, Chris Lambright, and Dale Goudie.