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t he Conunand Center with a s e c r e t

conference . Please s t and by.

the Conunand Center with a s e c r e t

conference. Please s tand by .

the Conunand Center with a s e c r e t

conference. Please s tand by.

the Command Center with a s e c r e t

conference . DDO your conference i s

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NMCC with t he s i g n i f i c a n t event conference. Th is

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conference i s convened i n response t o t he two a i r c r a f t t ha t

crashed i n t o t he World Trade Center. I w i l l prov ide an

update as t o what I know a t the National Mil i t a ry Comrnand

Center and then ask f o r updates frorn conferees .

At t h i s po in t t he r e have been two a i r c r a f t t ha t

have c o l l i d e d i n to the World Trade Center. There s a l s o

been one confirmed h i j a c k in g o f an American A i r l i n e s f l i g h t

11. I t . s j u s t being confirmed t ha t t h a t a i r c r a f t i s s t i l l

a i rborne and heading t o D. C. There have been sorne a i r c r a f t

scrambled out o f O t i s i n response, but have not

i n t e r cep t ed . FAA provide an update? I s FAA i n t he

conference? J o i n t Forces Command prov ide an upda te .

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1 JOINT FORCES: This i s Jo in t Forces Command. We

2 have our CRC ac t i va t ed and MSCA personne l on s t t i o n and

3 are ind i s ce rn i b l e ) .

4 DDO: This i s the DDO. Roger. Are t he r e o the r

S CINCa t h t could provide an update o r any add i t i ona l

6 in format ion t t h i s time?

7 AIR FORCE: Air Force i s up.

8 DDO: Go ahead Air Force .

9 AIR FORCE: Air Force has j u s t s e t up a c r i s i s

10 ac t i on tearn t the Pentagon.

11 DDO: This i s the DDO. I concur; convene an i r

12 t h r e t conference.

13 NORAD: DDO t h i s i s NORAD.

14 DDO: NORAD go ahead .

15 NORAD: Okay. NORAD proceeding with an i r

16 t h r e t conference. Informat ion as passed t hus f r i s the

17 most cu r r en t t ha t we have. In addi t ion , we do have t he two

18 Otis f i g h t e r s a i rborne and awai t ing ind iscern ib le ) .

19 Addi t iona l ly, we have a s ing l e t anker a i rbo rn e out o f

20 Bangor. For those who are ab le i t s CCOMS ID 0164 . In

21 add i t i on , we have a second t anker t h t has been scrambled

22 out o f McGuire. No es t imated a i rborne t ime t t h i s po in t .

23 And concur t h t hi jacked i r c r f t i s s t i l l a i rborne

24 heading towards Washington, D.C. And NORAD recommends

25 t h a t we reconvene t h i s conference when f u r t h e r informat ion

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2 DDO: Thi s i s t he DDO I s a y a g a i n t r a n s i t i o n

3 t o an a i r t h r e a t confe rence Thi s conc ludes t h e

4 s i g n i f i c a n t even t confe rence .

S Roger. This i s t h e Command C e n t e r w i t h a t o p

6 s e c r e t SIOP a i r t h r e a t confe rence . P l e a s e s t a n d by.

7 This i s t he Comrnand Cente r. This conc ludes t h e

8 confe rence A l l c o n f e r e e s may drop .

9 T h i s i s t h e Command C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r

10 t h r e a t confe rence . P l e a s e s t a n d by.

11 This i s t h e Command C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r


13 T h i s i s t h e Command C e n t e r ~ i t a s e c r e t a i r

14 t h r e a t confe rence . P lease s t a n d by.

15 This i s t he Command C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r






21 T h i s i s t h e Comrnand Cente r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r

22 t h r e a t c o n f e r e n c e P l e a s e s t a n d by

23 T h i s i s t h e Command Cente r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r


T h i s i s t h e Comrnand C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t a i r

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t h r e a t c o n f e r e n c e . P l e a s e s t a n d by.

T h i s i s t h e Act ing Cha i rman s O f f i c e , J o i n t

C h i e f s o f S t a f f ; w e r e w a i t i n g .

Roger. T h i s i s t h e Comrnand C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t

a i r t h r e a t confe rence . P l e a s e s t a n d by.

DDO.

T h i s i s t h e Command C e n t e r w i t h a s e c r e t i r

t h r e a t c o n f e r e n c e . P l e a s e r e spond when p o l l e d . Vice

Chai rman. R e - p o l l i n g t h e Vice Chai rman.

Thi s i s t h e Vice Cha i rman s O f f i c e .

The p r i n c i p a l s a r e n t h e c o n f e r e n c e . DDO your

c o n f e r e n c e i s convened .

DDO a t t h e NMCC . An

i r a t t a c k a g a i n s t Nor th Amer ica may b e i n p r o g r e s a . The

Vice Chairman i s n t h i s c o n f e r e n c e . The i r t h r e a t

c o n f e r e n c e i s s e t up. NORAD what i s t h e s i t u a t i o n ?

NORAD: Thank you N a t i o n a l . T h i s i s NORAD.

NORAD h a s - - s a y a g a i n N a t i o n a l .

DDO: NORAD what i s t h e s i t u a t i o n ?

NORAD: Copy, N a t i o n a l . T h i s i s NORAD . We have

r a d a r and v i s u a l i n d i c a t i o n o f a p o s s i b l e t h r e a t t o CONOS.

Unknown c o u n t r y o f o r i g i n . We have a p o s s i b l e h i j a c k

s i t u a t i o n . We a r e r e c e i v i n g c o n f l i c t i n g r e p o r t a r e g a r d i n g

t h e h i j a c k . L a t e s t i n f o r m a t i o n s a y s t h a t we have a

p o s s i b l y h i j a c k e d a i r c r a f t t a k i n g o f f o u t o f JFK c u r r e n t l y

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enroute to Washington, O.C. We do have two a i r c r a f t

a i rborne scrambled out o f Otis , two f i g h t e r s awai t ing

t ask ing . No assessment has been given fo r t h i s even t a t

t h i s po in t . No assessment fo r the ove ra l l a i r s i t u a t i o n

has been given a t t h i s p o i n t . CINC NORAD i s not dec l a r ing

a i r defense emergency a t t h i s po in t . And NORAD recommends

t h a t t h i s conference be reconvened when fu r the r informat ion

and uncon f l i c t ed r epo r t a are ava i l ab l e . NORAD complete.

000: This i s the ooo prov id ing an update .

The re s a r epo r t t ha t an a i r c r a f t has crashed i n t o t h e Mall

s ide o f t he Pentagon. Jo in t Forces Command prov ide an

update .

JOINT FORCES: This i s J o i n t Forces Cornrnand . We

have o u r C r i s i s A c t i on Tearn ac t i va t ed and we r e monitor ing

t h e s i t u a t i o n . We re wait i ng on ( ind iscern ib le ) and any

fu r the r a s s i s t ance t h a t might be requ i red . over.

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23 000 a r e you the re?

24 lb) 6 ) 1ODO: Yes, s i r . DDO ~ t go o n l ine .25 EXEC: This i s the Vice Chairman s Exec . Do we

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conf i r rn t h a t a i c r a f t c r a s h e d i n t o t h e b u i l d i n g ?

2 DDO Yes s i r . On l i v e TV you c a n now s e e smoke

3 e m i t t i n g from t h e Pentagon. Yes s i r . I t s conf i r rned .

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VICE CHAIRMAN: T h i s i s Vice Chairman, EA

DDO: Go ahead Vice Cha i rman s EA

EA: No, I t hough t you were c a l l i n g me. I ' m j u s t

s t a n d i n g by. By t he way, I ' v e p a s s e d a l l t h e i n fo r rna t ion

t h a t you j u s t s a i d t o Gen. S h e l t o n ' s a i r c r a f t . ' v e had

coms w i t h him c o n s i s t e n t l y about t h e i s s u e s dropped.

NORAD : Break , b r e a k , t h i s i s NORAD w i t h a n

u p d a t e .

DDO: NORAD prov ide a n Upda te .

NORAD: Thi s i s NORAD. We have i n d i c a t i o n s from

24 t h e c o n t i n e n t a l NORAD r e g i o n t h e r e ' s a p o s s i b l e h i j a c k i n g

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Bos ton t o Las Vegas . No f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e a t

t h i s t ime . NORAD comple te .

DDO: NORAD s a y a g a i n your upda te .

NORAD: Roger . N a t i o n a l t h i s i s NORAD. NORAD

has i n d i c a t i o n s from t h e c o n t i n e n t a l NORAD r e g i o n o f a

p o s s i b l e ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) h i j a c k D e l t a f l i g h t 89. F l i g h t

p l a n Bos ton t o Las Vegas . No f u r t h e r upda tes a v a i l a b l e a t

t h i s t i m e . NORAD comple t e . And Nat iona l d i d you copy?

DDO: Nat iona l c o p i e s .

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VICE CHAIRMAN EA: Okay. I v e t e m p o r a r i l y l o s t

t r a c k o f Gen Myers so I need a s much t ime t o t r a c k him down

and I l l l e t you know when I v e g o t a p o s i t i v e h o l d on him.

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DDO: This i s t h e DDO . Roger.

EA: DDO EA.

DDO: EA go ahead.

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NORAD: Break break t h i s i s NORAD Command

Center with a reques t .

DDO: NORAD, go ahead .

NORAD : Please confirm the FAA i s on t h i s

conference and i f not pa tch them i n so we can ge t e r l i e r

n o t i f i c t i o n o f any o the r hi jacked i r c r f t

DDO: This i s the DDO, roger. EA i s FAA on the

conference?

EA : DDO, EA ; s tand by DDO, EA. FAA i s not i n

the conference.

DDO : EA, inc lude the FAA i n the conference.

EA: EA, roger.

DDO: This i s the DDO. NORAD prov ide your update

with more poss ib l e hi jacked i r c r f t

DDI: DDO, t h i s i s the DDI. We j u s t got a hard

l i n e c l l from the NORAD sa id t h t they had dropped out o f

the conference and wanted to know i f we were s t i l l up. DDI

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DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO r o g e r . F o r t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n o f a l l c o n f e r e e s NORAD r e p o r t e d j u s t a few

minu te s ago t h a t t h e r e was a D e l t a f l i g h t 89 from Boston t o

Las Vegas t h a t had been p o s s i b l y h i j a c k e d . Tha t would be

t h e f o u r t h p o s s i b l e h i j a c k i n g i n t h i s e v e n t .

Vejes EA : EA p l e a s e r e p e a t one more t i m e .

DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO. D e l t a f l i g h t 89 f rom

Bos ton t o Las Vegas has been p o s s i b l y h i j a c k e d a s r e p o r t e d

by NORAD abou t f i v e minu te s ago.

NORAD: And b r e a k b r e a k N a t i o n a l . T h i s i s

NORAD w i t h a f u r t h e r upda te .

DDO: Prov ide an upda te .

DDO: NORAD t h i s i s t h e DDO. Say a g a i n t h e

p o r t i o n o f y o u r r e p o r t w i t h r e g a r d s t o b a t t l e s t a t i o n s .

NORAD: S ay a g a i n N a t i o n a l .

DDO: NORAD s a y a g a i n your r e p o r t .

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AIR FORCE: This i s t h e A i r Force with q u e s t i o n s .

NORAD : Go ahead .

AIR FORCE: The loca t ion o f Del ta f l i g h t 89 and

heading, s i r .

NORAD : This i s NORAD . Stand by . Break, break ,

t h i s i s NORAD with an update .

DDO: NORAD prov ide your update .

NORAD: Suggest the DDO c o n s i d e r t h a t t he

a i r c r a f t sou th o f Cleveland heading west rnay have as i t s

ob jec t i ve the Sears Tower i n Chicago. Inforrnat ion on t he

loca t i on of the a i r c r a f t i s l i rnited. Ind iscern ib le )

pruden t t h a t we rnight t ak e rneasures t o evacuate t h a t

f a c i l i t y .

DDO: This i s the DDO roger.

NORAD: Break break, t h i s i s t he NORAD Comrnand

Center wi th a reques t . Break, break, t h i s i s t he NORAD

Cornrnand Cente r wi th a reques t .

DDO: This i s the DDO . Say aga in your r epo r t .

NORAD : This i s NORAD with a reques t . Please

confirrn t h a t the FAA i s on t h i s conference and i n add i t i on

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s y s t e m a t i c a l l y p o l l a l l a i r b o r n e a i r c r a f t by r a d i o t o

de te rmine whe the r a h i j a c k i s underway.

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DDO: This i s t h e DDO r o g e r . We a r e a t t e m p t i n g

t o g e t t h e FAA i n t h e confe rence

NORAD: Can you a l s o forward t h a t r e q u e s t t o p o l l

a l l a i r b o r n e t r a f f i c t o de te rmine t h e i r s t a t u s ?

DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO r o g e r . Under s t and . I s

FEMA i n t h e confe rence? Thi s i s t h e DDO. I s FEMA i n t h e

confe rence?

NMCC EA: DDO FEMA has dropped. We l l b r i n g t

back up .

AIR FORCE: Conference c o n f e r e n c e t h i s i s A i r

Force

DDO: A i r Force go ahead.b) 1)

DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO. Say a g a i n y o u r r e q u e s t .

DDO: T h i s i s t h e DDO. Copy a l l .

NORAD: NORAD w i l l p r o c e s a t h a t r e q u e s t and w e l l

g i v e you an ETA when t h e y w i l l b e on s t a t i o n .

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1 NMCC EA: This i s t h e NMCC. I s FEMA i n t h e

2 conference?

3 DDO: This i s t h e DDO. We re a t t empt ing t o g e t

4 t h e FAA and FEMA i n t h e conference s t i l l

S NMCC EA: FEMA t h i s i s t h e NMCC . Are you i n t h e

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DDO: This i s t h e DDO . NORAD prov ide an upda te .

EA: DDO EA. FEMA s i n t h e confe rence .

FEMA: FEMA s i n t h i s confe rence .

DDO: FEMA t h i s i s t h e DDO. The Vice Chairman

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17 p l a n o f one o f the p o s s i b l e h i j a c k e d a i r c r a f t

18 FEMA: Copy . Recommend e v a c u a t i o n o f Chicago

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NORAD: Copy.

DDO: Go ahead wi th your upda te

NORAD: Say aga in , Nat iona l .

DDO: NORAD prov ide an upda te .

NORAD: Break, break , NORAD w i t h a r e q u e s t

DDO: NORAD go ahead w i t h your r e q u e s t .

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22 de te rmine t h e i r c u r r e n t s t a t u s and r e p o r t i n g t h e l o c a t i o n s

23 o f t h o s e a i r c r a f t t h a t do n o t r e spond .

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AIR FORCE: I f you can t ype a i r c r a f t ?

2 DDO: We unders t and 767 from Uni ted b u t I c a n t

3 conf i rm t h a t . NORAD can you prov ide in fo rmat ion on a

4 p o s s i b l e inbound t o D . C. 25 minutes ou t?

5 NORAD: This i s NORAD . No f u r t h e r i n fo rmat ion a t

6 t h i s t ime . Stand by.

7 AIR FORCE: Break break you were broken. This

8 i s A i r Force . Say aga in .

9 NORAD: Roger. This i s NORAD. No f u r t h e r

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DDO: FEMA go ahead . FEMA go ahead .

AIR FORCE: NORAD t h i s i s A i r Force .

NORAD: NORAD.

AIR FORCE: Yes s i r . You were broken

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AIR FORCE: Copy.

NORAD: And NORAD has no i n f o r m a t i o n on t h a t

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23 AIR FORCE: Confirm t h a t p o s s i b l e h i j a c k e d

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AIR FORCE: A i r Force copy.

DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO S t a n d by A i r Force can

you p r o v i d e an upda te on f i g h t e r cap f o r t h e D. C a r e a ?

AIR FORCE: S t a n d by f o r A i r Force . Confe rence

c o n f e r e n c e t h i s i s A i r Force . We d o n t have t h a t

i n f o r m a t i o n a t t h i s t ime . Can NORAD p r o v i d e ? How copy?

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16 f i g h t e r cap o v e r D.C.?

17 AIR FORCE: S t a n d by We l l conf i rm t h a t .

18 NORAD: Break b r e a k t h i s i s NORAD w i t h an

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20 DDO: NORAD prov ide an u p d a t e .

21 NORAD: Roger We c u r r e n t l y have two a i r c r a f t

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23 b y f o r i n f o on ETI t o Washington D. C NORAD comple t e

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3 DDO : T h i s i s t h e DDO r o g e r.b ) 1)

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23 t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n a t t h i s p o i n t NORAD comple te .

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5 was 60 m i l e s away from Jones town, Pennsy lvan ia .

6 STRATCOM: Okay, u n d e r s t a n d 60 m i l e s s o u t h o r

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9 STRATCOM: Jones town, Pennsy lvan ia , c o r r e c t .

10 AIR FORCE: So t s conf i r rned t h a t t was 60

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12 STRATCOM : You know, I c a n t u n d e r s t a n d a word

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14 DDO: This i s t h e DDO Are you a s k i n g whethe r t

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16 AIR FORCE: Yes, s i r , t h a t s c o r r e c t .

17 DDO: Stand by.

18 NMCC: FAA t h i s i s t h e NMCC a r e you n t h e

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21 DDO: This s t h e DDO Vice Chai rman would l i k e

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The FAA has implernented a nat ionwide ground s top going t o

the Washington metro area and the New York metro a rea .

They have i s sued t hey ve t r i e d t o give he lp t o land a t

d i f f e r e n t a i r p o r t s o the r than those two metropol i t an areas .

I f t he re a re any a i r c r a f t t h a t a r e a i rb o r n e over t he

Washington a rea they a r e being c o n t r o l l e d by our Washington

Center. And we unders tand t h a t t he r e a r e sorne rn i l i t a ry

f i g h t e r s t h a t have been launched to p a t r o l the Washington

a rea .

DDO Tha t s co r r ec t . We have r epo r t a o f two

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f loo r t o f i nd out who i s out t h e r e a t t h i s t ime . I t would

probab ly be - - a s f a r as I know Washington Center i s

con t ro l l i ng a l l a i r c r a f t i n t he Washington a r e a a t t h i s

t ime .

AIR FORCE OPS : What type a i r c r a f t a r e you

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DDO We d o n t have a conf i rmat ion ye t , a i r l i n e r

apparen t ly, from the JOC.

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FAA r e p o r t e d t h a t we have an un iden t i f i ed a i r c r a f t t h a t

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20 DDO: Roger, w e l l be s t a n d i n g by. A i r Force

21 t h i s i s t h e DDO We re t r y i n g t o de te rmine who has

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23 Washington, D. C A i r Force a r e you t h e r e ?

24 AIR FORCE: Stand by one , s i r . i ~ Force i s

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o v e r Washington D.C.? NORAD t h i s i s t h e DDO The

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SENIOR CONTROLLER: Break b r e a k t h i s i s S e n i o r

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D e l t a i rnrnediately

NORAD: This i s NORAD. We have n o i n d i c a t i o n a t

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NORAD: Reques t c l a r i f i c a t i o n f o r f o r c e

p r o t e c t i o n c o n d i t i o n D e l t a . I s t h a t a l l U.S. a s s e t s

worldwide?

DDO: Stand by. T h i s i s t h e DDO T h a t s

c o r r e c t . DOD d i r e c t e d f o r c e p r o t e c t i o n l e v e l D e l t a

worldwide .

NORAD : Copy worldwide .

CONR: Thi s i s CONR We j u s t g o t a c a l l from

C l e v e l a n d c e n t e r t h a t t h e a i r c r a f t t h a t went down i n

P e n n s y l v a n i a was t h e y b e l i e v e t o be a m i l i t a r y a i r c r a f t ,

c a l l s i g n GOFER06

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Pennsy lvan ia?

CONR: They d i d no t know t h e t y p e b u t t h e y

b e l i e v e t was a GOFER06 and w e l l t r y t o conf i rm.

c o r r e c t ?

DDO: Are you s a y i n g GOFER06 o r DOFER06?

CONR: T h a t s c o r r e c t .

DDO: Golf?

CONR: Golf .

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DDO M i l i t a r y. Roger.

DDO Roger We re t r y t o f i g u r e o u t where t hose

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- - i t a p p e a r s t o be t h a t t h e GOFER06 s a m i l i t a r y a i r c r a f t

and he was t h e one t h a t r e p o r t e d t h e c r a s h n o r t h e a s t o f

Camp David . And, i t appea r s t o be an a i r l i n e r accord ing t o

t h e m i l i t a r y a i r t r a f f i c

DDO Roger. Under s t and GOFER01 r e p o r t e d t h a t i t

was a n a i r l i n e r t h a t went down

CONR T h a t s c o r r e c t . I t s a GOFER06 He

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DDO N o r t h e a s t o f Camp David?

3CONR Tha t a p p e a r s t o be yeah , I b e l i e v e

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5 DDO Okay, we g o t i t Okay, . h e r e s t h e d e a l .

6 CONR I have t h e l a t l ongs f o r t h e c r a s h s i t e i f

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10 CONR The l a t l ongs f o r t h e r ~ s h s i t e n o r t h e a s t

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13 d e s t i n a t i o n i s Youngstown and he w i l l b e t h e r e i n

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17 CONR Youngstown.

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2 He j u s t walked o u t w i t h t h e c o o r d i n a t e s on a p i e c e o f

3 p a p e r. Stand by j u s t a second and I l l g e t them.

4 DDO: NORAD t h i s i s t h e DDO.

5 NORAD: NORAD go ahead .

6 DDO: The Vice Chairman has d i r e c t e d t h a t you

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4 DDO: NORAD p l e a s e p r o v i d e .

5 NORAD: Copy We have c o n f i r m a t i o n c u r r e n t l y o f

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NORAD: P l e a s e r e p e a t .

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5 NORAD : Tha t i s a f f i ~ a t i v e We have a s i n g l e

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7 DDO: This i s t h e DDO. Thank you

8 NORAD: And NORAD j u s t one more upda te t o t h i s .

9 DDO: Prov ide upda te .

10 NORAD: NORAD i s c u r r e n t l y p r o c e s s i n g p l e a s e

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1 DDO: This s t h e DDO NORAD can you a s s i s t ,

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3 NORAD: This s NORAD. Negat ive . We have no

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17 inbound o r i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f t h e Washington D.C. a r e a .

18 AIR FORCE: This s A i r Force . Confirrn t h i s s a

19 new inbound unknown t r a c k s i r ?

20 DDO: A ff i r r n a t i v e . Any a i r c r a f t on a n y t r a c k

21 inbound t o Washington D.C. t h a t s u n i d e n t i f i e d .

22 NORAD: Break b r e a k t h i s s NORAD NORAD s

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24 t h r e a t t o Washington D. C a t t h i s t ime . O t i s f i g h t e r s a r e

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AIR FORCE: The o f f i c e t h a t i d e n t i f i e d t h e

unknown t r a c k , s i r .

NORAD: Roger. This i s NORAD.

AIR FORCE: NORAD t h i s i s A i r Force . Say

l o c a t i o n o f unknown t r a c k .

NORAD: Roger s t a n d by. C u r r e n t l o c a t i o n 4103

n o r t h , 06728 west o f f t h e c o a s t o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s

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DDO: FAA t h i s i s t h e DDO.

FAA: Do you have an a i r c r a f t c i r c l i n g o v e r

Washington D.C. a t f l i g h t l e v e l 230?

DDO: NORAD DDO. Again FAA i s i n t e r e s t e d i n

knowing whe the r we have an a i r c r a f t c i r c l i n g v i c i n i t y o f

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NORAD I do have c o n f i r r n a t i o n f l i g h t l e v e l 22 f o r f i g h t e r

a i r c r a f t o v e r D.C. and v i c i n i t y .

Conf i rma t ion f i g h t e r a i r c r a f t ?

NORAD: T h i s i s NORAD. T h a t s a f f ir m a t i v e .

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1 DDO: Roger . Unders tand f l i g h t l e v e l 22 i s , i n

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3 NORAD : T h a t s a f f i r m a t i v e .

4 DDO : This i s t h e DDO. Thank you .

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6 one o u t t h e r e a t f l i g h t l e v e l 230 .

7 DDO: Roger. We acknowledged f l i g h t l e v e l 22 .

8 And, I u n d e r s t a n d now y o u r e ask ing f l i g h t l e v e l 230?

9 NORAD: Nega t ive , n e g a t i v e , n e g a t i v e . T h i s i s

10 NORAD. F l i g h t l e v e l 220 i s con f i rmed .

11 FAA: Under s t and 220.

1 2 NORAD: T h a t s a f f i r m a t i v e .

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17 NORAD: Go ahead, A i r Force .

18 AIR FORCE: Yes, s r Say p o s i t i o n o f unknown

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2 NORAD: Stand by . Ai r Force , NORAD. C u r r e n t l y

21 showing unknown a t 4103 nor th , 03728 wes t , n o r t h e a s t c o a s t

22 o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

23 AIR FORCE: S i r , how many m i l e s o f f t h e c o a s t ?

24 NORAD: Stand by.

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9 NORAD. c u r r e n t l y showing unknown a t 290 f o r approx imate ly

10 120 miles from Cape Cod.

11 AIR FORCE: Say aga in , 120 miles from which area?

12 NORAD: c u r r e n t l y showing 070 f o r 120 m i l e s from

13 Cape Cod, Massachuset ts .

14 DDO: This i s t h e DDO. J u s t need t o conf i rm t h a t

15 two F-16s are s t i l l on CAP i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f Washington,

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20 Massachuset ts?

21 NORAD : T h a t s a ff i r m a t i ve , s i r . The scrambled

22 OTIS f i g h t e r s are e n r o u t e and I m working on an ETI a t t h i s

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2 NORAD: This i s NORAD; s t a n d by FAA

3 AIR FORCE: This i s A i r Force .

4 DDO: NORAD DDO.

5 NORAD: Go ahead .

6 DDO: Need t o conf i rm t h e ROE b e i n g u s e d on

7 u n i d e n t i f i e d t r a c k i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f Massachuse t t s .

8 NORAD : Roger, s t a n d by.

9 FAA : A i r Force , FAA Do you have a sc ramhle

10 code f o r your f i g h t e r s ?

11 AIR FORCE: No s i r , t h a t would come f rom NORAD.

12 FAA: Okay. NORAD do you have a s c r a m b l e code

13 f o r your f i g h t e r s ?

14 NORAD: FAA t h i s i s NORAD. D o n t u n d e r s t a n d your

15 t e r m sc ramble code . Are you l o o k i n g f o r mode 3 s o r c a l l

16 s i g n e ?

17 FAA: Say t h a t a g a i n .

18 NORAD: Do n o t u n d e r s t a n d y o u r t e r m i n o l o g y

19 sc ramble code . Are you l ook ing f o r a mode 3 o r a c a l l

20 s i g n ?

21 FAA: Okay, do you have a code f o r y o u r sc rambled

22 a i r c r a f t ?

23 NORAD: I d o n t u n d e r s t a n d y o u r te rm, s i r . Are

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2 t o s e p a r a t e them from o t h e r a i r c r a f t ?

3 NORAD: Roger 1 u n d e r s t a n d s i r We do n o t have

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14 DDO: NORAD do you acknowledge

15 NORAD: NORAD acknowledge .

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15 AIR FORCE : A i r Force i s o n l i n e .

16 DDO FAA g e t back t o A i r Force .

17 FAA This i s t h e FAA. I want t o know i y o u r e

18 h a v i n g problema g e t t i n g your f i g h t e r s o f f o f Langley and

19 Andrews?

20 AIR FORCE: A i r Force i s n o t r e p o r t i n g d i f f i c u l t y

21 a t t h i s t ime .

22 NORAD Break b r e a k NORAD wi t h a r e q u e s t .

23 DDO This i s t h e DDO send y o u r t r a f f i c .

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FAA: DDO can you r e p e a t t h a t ?

3 DDO : Roger. The r e q u e s t was f o r t o l s t a l l

4 f l i g h t s t h a t a r e inbound t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . They want a

S l s t o f t h a t .

6 NORAD: We p r o b a b l y want t o do t h a t o f f l i n e .

7 Reques t t h a t t h e y f ax t o a r e a code (719)474-3766.

8 FAA: This i s t h e FAA Repeat t h a t number a g a i n ,

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10 NORAD: Reques t f ax t o (719) 474-3766 a l l inbound

11 f l i g h t s t o t h e Uni t ed S t a t e s d e s t i n a t i o n e s t i m a t e d t i me

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13 FAA: Okay Tbe f ax number i s (719) 474-3766 .

14 NORAD: A ff i r r n a t i v e NORAD comple t e .

1S FAA: I s t h a t i n t e r n a t o n a l a i r c r a f t i nbou nd?

16 NORAD: A l l i n t e r n a t i o n a l f l i g h t s inbound t o t h e

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FAA : DDO FAA

DDO: FAA t h i s i s t h e DDO.

FAA: The re a r e n o i n t e r n a t i o n a l a i r c r a f t b e i n g

a l lowed t o l a n d i n t h e Uni t ed S t a t e s T h e y r e a l l b e i n g

d i v e r t e d i n t o Canadian a i r s p a c e .

DDO: Roger. And, w h o s e n f o r c i n g t h a t ?

FAA : A l l t h e C e n t e r s . The A i r T r a f f i c C o n t r o l

Sys tem Command C e n t e r has i s s u e d t o t h e C e n t e r s t h a t no

i n t e r n a t i o n a l a i r c r a f t a r e t o e n t e r U S b o r d e r s .

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t r a c k h a s moved f a r t h e r up t h e c o a s t o f Cape Cod The OTIS

f i g h t e r s have broken up t h e i n t e r c e p t a n d r ema in on t r a c k

o v e r CONUS C u r r e n t l o c a t i o n o f A i r Force One, 31550

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S e c r e t S e r v i c e .

DDO : Roger 1 we 1 11 make t h a t happen b u t t h e y have

r e l o c a t e d him frorn t h i s l o c a t i o n . We 1 11 s e n d a message and

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numbers . We don t have any f i g u r e s f o r any l e v e l o f

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r e g a r d i n g f i g h t e r s o v e r Washington , D.C. c u r r e n t l y showing

f o u r i n t e r c e p t o r a a i r b o r n e i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f Washington ,

D. C ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) and t a n k e r s u p p o r t . NORAD comple t e .

DDO: Roger. Under s t and t h e r e a r e f o u r f i g h t e r s

capped o v e r Washington , D.C. Do we have o t h e r s inbound?

NORAD: S t a n d by. I rn g e t t i n g word on a

sc ramble , s i r .

DDO: Roger.

NORAD : DDO NORAD w i t h a r e q u e s t f o r FAA

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d e p a r t i n g San Juan i n r o u t e t o N a t i o n a l .

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q u i c k check . A i r Force Ops t h i s i s t h e DDO. We n e e d t h e

l o c a t i o n o f Gen. i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) and Gen. i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) .

A i r Force t h i s i s t h e DDO. Acknowledge

AIR FORCE: A i r Force , go .

nno: Roger. We have a r e q u e s t f o r t h e l o c a t i o n

o f Genera l a o f i n d i s c e r n i b l e )

AIR FORCE: They a r e b o t h i n t h e A i r Force

O p e r a t i o n s C e n t e r i n t h e Pentagon.

DDO: Roger Thank you.

AIR FORCE: And, be a d v i s e d t h e y w i l l most l i k e l y

be d e p a r t i n g t h e Pentagon h e r e s h o r t l y f o r B o l l i n g

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AIR FORCE: Wilco .

NORAD: Break , b r e a k , t h i s i s NORAD w i t h an

DDO: NORAD DDO; prov ide upda te .

NORAD : Copy. NORAD c u r r e n t l y showing - - end o

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4 a d m i n i s t r a t o r g e t a i r b o r n e and come i n t o N a t i o n a l .

5 DDO: Roger. We re s t i l l working t h a t o u t .

6 NORAD t h i s i s DDO . Refe rence t o t h e FAA a d m i n i s t r a t o r

7 November lA. We recommend t h a t t h e y go i n t o Andrews

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9 NORAD : NORAD cop ies .

10 DDO: NORAD DDO. Do you have upda tes on t h o s e

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13 NORAD: Roger, s i r . Suspec t t h e two unknowns

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f o u r E:] Acknowledge.FAA: And, t h a t l a s t ene was ~DDO: T h a t s c o r r e c t .

FAA: Copy t h a t .

SAT CONTROL: Break , break , O ~ t h i s SATC o n t r o l .

DDO: This s t h e DDO

SAT CONTROL: S i r , we h a v e two CH53 s t h a t a r e

a b o u t f i v e minu te s o u t from t h e D.C. a r e a and w e l l b e

s t a n d i n g b y f o r your word t o come t o t h e a d d i t i o n a l

( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) . OVer.

DDO: Roger. I s t h a t i n a d d i t i o n t o t a i l nurnber

32?

SAT CONTROL: Roger. Two a d d i t i o n a l h e l i c o p t e r s .

DDO: Roger. Give t h e t a i l nurnbers, p l e a s e .

SAT CONTROL: The t a i l numbers a r e 34 and 31 .

They w i l l be coming t o A n a c o s t i a We l l be s t a n d i n g b y f o r

d i r e c t i o n from you.

DDO: Roger. Under s t and t h e c a r r i e r s

( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) ?

SAT CONTROL: Nega t ive . T h e y l l be coming i n t o

A n a c o s t i a w a i t i n g f o r y o u r word t o come t o t h a t LZ.

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1 i n f o r m a t i o n on t h o s e t r a c k s . CONR a r e you on t h e

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11 two low f l y i n g , s low rnoving a i r c r a f t head ing towards

12 Washington , D C t h a t we were t r y i n g t o g e t a n u p d a t e on.

13 Suspec t t h a t t h e y were h e l i c o p t e r s .

14 CONR: I d o n t have t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n a t CONR a t

15 t h e rnornent We l l doub le check t h a t and g e t r i g h t back

16 DDO: Roger. Thank you.

17 CONR: We l l s t a y on t h i s l i n e .

18 DDO: NORAD DDO.

19 NORAD: Thi s s NORAD go ahead

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24 DDO: Roger. I f you need a number a t t h e c o n t a c t

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NORAD: Wilco . NORAD c a l l i n g ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) .

Say t a g a i n .

( I n d i s c e r n i b l e ) a r e you o n l i n e . ( I n d i s c e r n i b l e )

and NORAD.

NORAD s on.

FAA: NORAD FAA. NORAD FAA.

CONR: For y o u r i n fo rmat ion CONR we have no

i n f o r m a t i o n on a l l low f l y i n g t r a c k s f l y i n g t o Washington

D.C. We a r e c o o r d i n a t i n g wi th t h e FAA t o s e e i t h e y r e

l o o k i n g a t them.

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DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO. Thank you CONR.

FAA: DDO FAA.

DDO: Thi s s DDO.

DDO: NORAD can you respond t o t h a t ?

NORAD: This s NORAD. S t a n d b y one p l e a s e .

FAA: DDO FAA.

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I m g o i n g t o have t o j u s t k i n d o f depend on you t o k i n d o f

be t h e go be tween I c a n u n d e r s t a n d you b u t I c a n t

u n d e r s t a n d him.

u p d a t e .

DDO: Roger w e l l r e l a y.

STRATCOM: DDO t h i s i s STRATCOM.

DDO: STRATCOM DDO

STRATCOM: C o r r e c t

NORAD : Break break t h i s i s NORAD w i t h a n

DDO: NORAD p r o v i d e y o u r u p d a t e .

NORAD : We a r e c u r r e n t l y showing two a d d i t i o n a l

unknown c o n t a c t e The f i r s t i s s o u t h o f t h e A l e u t i a n

I s l a n d s i n Alaska . I t has s i n c e gone t o ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e )

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a i r c r a f t h a s j u s t been i d e n t i f i e d a s a s i n g l e US Boeing

727, 340 m i l e s o u t o f King Salmon. And, t h e two

( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) were e s c o r t e d i n t o ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e } A

second unknown j u s t s o u t h o f Key West and a l e o unscrambled

on t h o s e a i r c r a f t . S t a n d by f o r an a i r b o r n e t ime on t h a t .

DDO: Go ahead . This i s t h e DDO. We re s t a n d i n g

by.

NORAD: Roger, t h i s s NORAD. Can I g e t a r o u t e

( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) r e g a r d i n g Medevac?

DDO: Roger. We re r e f e r r i n g t o t h e h e l i c o p t e r s

t h a t w e r e t r y i n g t o g e t r e l e a s e d i n t o New York. T h e y r e

s t l l on t h e ground. However, we b e l i e v e t h a t t h e

( i n d i s c e r n i b l e } t h a t i n c l u d e s t h e ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e )

NORAD: Say a g a i n t h a t l a s t p a r t . Yo u r e coming

i n broken

NORAD: NORAD c o p i e s . Thank you.

DDO: FAA t o DDO p l e a s e c o n f i r m t h a t t h e y do

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12 FAA: DDO FAA.

13 DDO: This i s t h e DDO L a s t c a l l i n g s t a t i o n t h i s

14 i s t h e DDO. Do you have t r a f f i c ?

15 FAA: DDO FAA

16 DDO: L a s t c a l l i n g s t a t i o n t h i s i s t h e DDO.

17 FAA: DDO t h i s i s t h e FAA. We a r e go ing t o

18 r e l e a s e seven b l a c k guard a i r c r a f t o u t o f Peachboro going

19 i n t o t h e New York metro a r e a .

20 DDO: This i s t h e DDO. Roger and t hank you

21 rnuch CONR t h i s i s t h e DDO. Can you g i v e me an upda te on

22 t h e CAP t h a t s over Washington D. C ? CONR t h i s s t h e

23 DDO Are you t h e r e ?

24 CONR : CONR i s here .

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have on o u r CAP o v e r Washington , D.C.

2 CONR: Stand by.

3 NORAD: N a t i o n a l t h i s s NORAD

4 DDO: This i s t h e DDO

5 NORAD: Yes, s i r . Quick upda te . The unknown

6 t r a c k s up a t Key West has been i d e n t i f i e d f r i e n d l y. Say

7 a g a i n , has been i d e n t i f i e d f r i e n d l y. Only r ema in ing

8 unknowns a r e t h e two n t h e v i c i n i t y o f Washington, D.C.

9 S t i l l a w a i t i n g upda te from CONR

10 CONR: Stand b y ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) .

11 DDO: Roger, DDO We re s t a n d i n g by f o r a q u i c k

12 upda te . T h e r e s a l o t o f i n t e r e s t n t h o s e two.

13 CONR: We have a t o t a l o f seven a i r p l a n e s o v e r

14 Washington, D.C. r i g h t now. Four F-16s and t h r e e F-15s

15 o v e r Washington , D.C. Two F-15s o v e r New York C i t y a t t h e

16 moment.

17 DDO: This s t h e DDO Do you have a n y t h i n g

18 f u r t h e r ? Under s t and f o u r F-16s , t h r e e F-15s o v e r

19 Washington, D.C. and two F-15s o v e r New York. I s t h a t

20 c o r r e c t ?

21 CONR: That i s c o r r e c t .

22 DDO: Anyth ing f u r t h e r ?

23 CONR: No. We ha ve numerous a i r p l a n e s a i r b o r n e

24 b u t t h o s e a r e t h e ones p r o t e t ~ n gt h o s e major m e t r o p o l i t a n

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FAA: DDO FAA

DDO: This i s t h e DDO L a s t c a l l i n g s t a t i o n

i d e n t i f y y o u r s e l f .

FAA: FAA.

DDO: Roger FAA

DDO: Roger. I want t o know who t h e y

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DDO: NORAD DDO; p r o v i d e y o u r u p d a t e .

NORAD: Copy. NORAD r e c e i v e d r e p o r t a o f two

a i r c r a f t o v e r t h e A t l a n t i c . No s p e c i f i c l o c a t i o n ;

i d e n t i f i e d a s c o n t i n e n t a l 57 and A i r Can 65.

( I n d i s c e r n i b l e ) . NORAD i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g a t t h i s t ime .

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FAA : DDO FAA.

DDO: FAA DDO .

DDO : This i s t h e DDO r o g e r . I have

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DDO : Roger . Stand by b e f o r e you send t h a t .

19 I v e g o t a few o t h e r s t h a t a r e w a i t i n g t o g e t t h o s e

20 c o l l e c t e d s o we can s e e them a l l a t one t ime . Break .

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CONR : Stand by f o r Gen. Arno ld . Gen. A r n o l d s

DDO: S i r , t h i s i s t h e DDO. Can we speak t o Ge n .


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1 GEN ARNOLD Speaking .

2 DDO Yes s i r , do you have t r a f f i c ?

3 GEN ARNOLD We showed t r a f f i c t o d e c l a r e a n IFE

4 coming i n t o t h e Uni t ed S t a t e s and r e t u r n e d back t o P a r i a .

5 We have A i r Canada f l i g h t 65 d e c l a r e d an IFE o v e r t h e

6 A t l a n t i c .

7 FAA: Thi s i s t h e FAA r e p t o NORAD t r y i n g t o g e t

8 i n c o n t a c t w i t h t h e FAA r e p t h e r e .

9 NORAD C a l l i n g FAA r e p . Can you v e r i f y where

10 t h e r e i s ?

11 FAA: My name i s Reggie S e t t l e , t h e FAA r e p a t

1 2 NORAD a t t h i s t i m e .

13 NORAD Roger s i r . And who a r e you t r y i n g t o

14 r e a c h ?

15 FAA: Anyone t h a t s an FAA r ep on t h e confe rence

16 c a l l a t t h i s t ime i n Washington .

17 NORAD Copy.

18 GEN ARNOLD This i s Gen. Arno ld a g a i n . The A i r

19 Canada f l i g h t 65 was p a s s e d t o u s by t h e FAA an IFE o v e r

20 t h e A t l a n t i c . We d o n t know t s d e s t i n a t i o n and we n e e d

21 t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n from t h e FAA We know t h e unknown t y p e

22 a i r c r a f t from s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a l ooks l i k e h e s headed

23 e a s t t owards Colo rado . And we had two a i r p l a n e s r e p o r t e d

24 m i s s i n g o u t o f F t . Worth. We do n o t h av e any f u r t h e r

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DDO: Gen. Arno ld t h i s i s t h e DDO. We have t h a t ,

s i r I s t h e r e a n y t h i n g f u r t h e r ?

GEN ARNOLD: T h a t s a l l I have r i g h t now.

DDO: Roger, s i r . Break , CONR DDO

CONR: This i s CONR Gen. Arno ld .

CONR: T h e y r e coming i n from?

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1 knowledge . Let me v e r i f y t ha t those four a re , i n f a c t ,

2 ( ind iscern ib le ) and ready to t ake o f f . Stand by j u s t a

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8 t h r ee minutes ago and a r e i n t he t u rn t a k in g fue l .

9 DDO : This i s the DDO . Thank you. We re

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17 ac t iva t ed our cornrnand pos t fo r t o t a l a i r fo rce a s s e t s

18 ava i l ah l e t o suppor t t he af terrnath .

19 DDO: FEMA NORAD FAA t h i s i s t he DDO. We re

20 g e t t i n g f looded by r eque s t s fo r c learance e l eva t ed from

21 both guard and o the r fo rces to support the e f f o r t i n New

22 York. What we need i s FEMA t o coord ina te d i r e c t l y with

23 NORAD and FAA. We re g e t t i n g inundated r i g h t now with a l l

24 those . And h e r e s t he nurnber fo r FEMA Ops. The number i s

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NORAD: NORAD USA has acknowledged.

DDO: FAA, NORAD, FEMA, need acknowledgment about

going d i r e c t l y with FEMA f o r coord ina t ion .

NORAD: NORAD USA copies .

FEMA: Break , break, t h i s i s FEMA, s i r That

con t ac t number fo r FEMA opera t ions versus t h a t one you j u s t

gave ou t .

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FEMA : In the event we have comrnercial te lephone

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FAA: FAA conf i rma . And t h i s i s f o r FEMA?

DDO: This i s f o r FEMA Ops c o r r e c t .

NORAD: FAA NORAD.

DDO: FAA p l e a s e respond t o NORAD.

FAA: Thi s i s t h e FAA. Go ahead .

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9 Are you r eady t o copy number?

10 FAA: DDO can you t r a n s l a t e t h a t f o r me?

DDO: Roger. T h e r e s a Mr. S e t t l e t h a t wants a

12 c a l l on a commerc ia l l i n e . We d i d n o t g e t t h a t number.

13 P l e a s e send t h e commercial number.

14 number lb) 6)

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NORAD: T h a t s c o r r e c t, s i r . A Mr. Reggie

FAA: A l l r i g h t , w e l l g i v e him a c a l l t h e n .

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15 AFOC: And, I l l g e t back o n l i n e t o l e t you know

16 once t h e y r e coming back .

17 DDO: Thank you much. NORAD DDO

18 NORAD: Thi s i s NORAD go ahead , s i r .

19 DDO: Roger Again, w e r e t r y i n g t o g e t sorne

20 c o o r d i n a t i o n done. I s t h e r e an o p e r a t i o n a l number t h a t we

21 can have f o l k s c a l l you when t h e y t r y i n g t o ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e }

c l e a r a n c e r e q u e s t .

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4 AIR FORCE: NMCC A i r Force .

S DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO.

14 DDO: Roger. Thank yo u much. FAA t h i s i s DDO.

15 FAA: FAA go ahead .

16 DDO: Roger. Was t your r e q u e s t f o r Gen.

17 Kernaan coming i n?

18 FAA: Yes. They c a l l e d us and asked u s what

19 procedures t h e y needed t o g e t i n t o t h e u.s. i n t o Norfo lk .

20 DDO: Roger. The Vice and t h e D i r e c t o r i s h e r e

21 and ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) You need t o make a r rangemen t s t o

22 a l l o w t h a t t o happen .

23 FAA: J u s t l e t u s know what k i n d o f a r rangemen t s

24 you need and w e l l e n s u r e ( i n d i s c e r n i b l e ) . We l l have t o

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more r a d a r c o n t a c t on them. Did n o t h e a r from CONR i f t h e y

2 had a f i n a l i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

3 DDO: Roger. But , I t a k e i t i t s s a f e t o assume

4 t h e y were n o t a t h r e a t ; t h a t n o t h i n g h a s been heard .

S NORAD: This i s NORAD. S t a n d by p l e a s e . And,

6 DDO t h i s i s NORAD. Go ahead, p l e a s e .

7 DDO: Th i s i s t h e DDO. What do you have f o r us?

8 NORAD: S i r , a g a i n , I s a y we have no p o s i t i v e

9 i d e n t i f i c a t i o n on t hose two t r a c k s . We do no t have r a d a r

10 c o n t a c t on them.

DDO: Roger. A i r Force , what w e r e l ook ing f o r

12 was two t r a c k s t h a t we had inbound. But , t h e f l y i n g h e i g h t

13 cou ld b e t h e f l i g h t o f h e l i c o p t e r s . We ve l o s t c o n t a c t

14 w i t h them b u t we j u s t wanted t o s e e i f anybody had a n y

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AIR FORCE: A i r Force c o p i e s .

NORAD: CONR t h i s i s NORAD.

CONR: Stand b y f o r Gen. Arno ld . Gen. Arno ld i s

20 NORAD : ( I n d i s c e r n i b l e ) a t Cheyenne Mounta in .

21 S i r , do we have any th ing f u r t h e r t h e t r a c k o f i n t e r e s t o u t

22 o f San Diego headed e a s t ?

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NORAD: Roger.

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DDO : NORAD t h i s i s t h e DDO .

NORAD: T h i s i s NORAD.

DDO : Roger. We were l o o k i n g f o r t h a t c o n t a c t

number you were r e s e a r c h i n g t h a t f o r u s .

NORAD: Roger. D o n t have a good number f o r you

a t t h i s t ime . We r e r u n n i n g o u r l i a i s o n t h r o u g h o u r FAA

r e p .

DDO: Roger. W e l l need t o s t a n d by.

[{b) 1)l f b} 1)l_ _ j DDO

CONR: Thi s i s Gen. Arno ld a t CONR. Update on

P r e s i d e n t i a l s u p p o r t .

DDO: Thi s i s t h e DDO. P l e a s e s e n d i t

DDO: Roger. S i r , t hanks f o r t h a t u p d a t e .

l b) 1)1 DDO ~ ) 1 }

DDO: DDO.

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