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CONTINQENCY PLAN 

I. AUTHORITY: 

This contingency plan was approved by the Director, 

National Reconnaissance Office, as Chairman, Interdepartmental Contingency Planning Committee, upon advice and 

guidance of the committee membership on 

110 OBJECTIVE: 

Through the Interdepartmental Contingency Planning 

Committee CICPC), to establish a,preplanned coordinated U.S, 

Government response to contingencies relating to D-2l drone 

reconnaissance missions conducted over denied areas, 

exclusive of those conducted" peripherally or within the 

Southeast Asian military theater of operations. 

I II. GENERAL: 

A. In addition to taking specific action prescribed 

herein, personnel in receipt of information concerning 

formal protest, public denunciation, and/or circumstances 

surroanding an~ctual'or allege~ iricid~nt will ~xpeditiotisly 

route all such information, through their own appropriate 

department or agency ICPC representative, to the Chairman, 

ICPC. The Chairman, in turn, will decide upon one or more 

of the following courses of action: 

1. To take no further action because the provisions of current contingency pla~s adequately cover the 

situation. 

2. To call a meeting of the ICPC for the purpose 

of developing and coordinating an additional U.S. Government 

response. 

3. To refer the matter to higher authority. 

B. Within their respective department or agency, 

ICPC representatives will insure that all U.S. Government· 

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activities which are not a part of the National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) , but which may become involved in contingencies adversely affecting the conduct of the NRP, are 

covered by current contingency plans which have been coordinated with the ICPC. 

C. Except as specified herein, no initial or followup action or statements will be made without the approval 

of the Chairman, ICPC. 

D. In general, this plan is designed as follows: 

1. To allow R&D tests and approved overflight 

operations to be conducted with the least amount of publicity 

and to protect the true purpose of the vehicle. 

2. To conceal intelligence community participation 

in the development and utilization of the D-21. 

3. To provide guidance and procedures to be 

adhered to should the following situations occur: 

a. Visual sighting at Beale AFB or in flight. 

b. Visual sighting because of diverted/forced 

landing with D-21 attached. 

c. Crash/mishap involving B-52H with evidence 

of D-21. 

d. Crash/mishap of B-52H without evidence 

of D-21. 

e. D-21 accident in an inhabited, undenied 

area. 

f. D-21 accident in an uninhabited, undenied 

area. 

g. Protest without incident. 

h. Crash of D-21 in denied area. 

IV. POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES: 

A. Visual sighting at Beale AFB or in flight. 

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The ~ollowil1g news release will be made bCJ 

thrOlwh I Jor the local PIO at the direction of 

~n response to query only: "The article is an ~---- unmanned experimental vehicle." 

B. I I will make the following additional 

information available on query only: 

Q. Who is the manufacturer/contractor? 

A. LAC. 

Q. What type of vehicle is it? 

A. An unmanned experimental vehicle. 

Q. What is the nature of the experiment? 

A. High altitud~ testing. 

Q. Who is conducting the testing? 

A. The 4200th Support Squadron (SAC), Beale AFB, 

in conjunction with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. 

Q. Is it a new weapon prototype? 

A.It car':i:-ies noarmamer;t and' is not a weapons 

system. 

Q. Then what is it? 

A. An unmanned experimental vehicle. 

to its functions are classified. 

Details as 

C. Visual sighting because of ,diverted/forced landing 

with D-21 attached: 

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I in response to query only: "A B-52H carrying':--'-a=-n--~ ~---~ 

unmanned experimertal vehicle and operating from Beale AFB 

today diverted to AFB (if applicable). Routine 

emergency landing proce ures were used as a precautionary 

mCaS',il'C. " 

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'c-,-----=-=---~--c-~I will make the following news release automatically: "A B-52H operating from Beale AFB crashed at 

on This aircraft was operating in conjunction with 

an Air Force unmanned experimental vehicle. An Air Force 

investigating team is en route (on the scene)." Following 

such a release: a full examination will be made of the. 

circumstances and an additional release, if appropriate, will 

be devised. 

E. Crash/mishap of B-52H without evidence of D-21; 

Normal accident release will apply. 

F. D-21 accident in an inhabited, undenied area: 

The following news release will be made bvl I 

throug~ lor local PIa at the direction ofLI ~ __ ~~~~J PA: "An unmanned experiment,al vehicle operating from Beale 

AFB crashed at on An Air Force investigating team is en route (on the scene). fI Followi.ng such a 

release, a full examination will be made of the circumstances 

and an additional release, if appropriate, will be devised. 

G. D-21 accident in an uninhabited, undenied area: 

The followin& ne\~s . r:elease w;il) . be made. ,byn. 

through I I or the local PIa at the direction of 

'-----___ ~Iin response to query only: "We are investigating 

the incident." Following such a response, a full examination will be made of all circumstances, and further release, 

if appropriate, will be formulated. 

H. Protest without incident: 

1. In the event that an operationally successful 

overflight results in formal protest or public denunciation, 

the initial U,SQ Government response will be one of "no 

comment." 

2. Depending upon the circumstances (flight path, 

origination of the protest, degree and extent of public 

denunciation) the Chairman, ICPC, or higher authority, may 

consider the following courses of action: 

a. Acknowledging the use of an unarmed reCODnais::; --::>:::: d,,')l~e j:)' essential surveillance of h()s"~ile njJ.i t~'T" 

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the V.S. and the Free World. 

b. Acknowledging that, because of mechanical 

or navigational difficulties, an unarmed reconnaissance drone 

had strayed from its schedriled flight path which was well 

outside of the protesting countryfs territorial boundaries. 

r. Loss of drone in denied areas: 

1. In the event that a drone is lost in a denied 

area, no statement whatsoever shall be volunteered until 

there is a full cvalua tion by thc Chairman, ICPC, or hig her 

authority, of the circumstances surrounding the incident 

and the political ramifications. 

2. News media queries will be referred to the 

Department of State. The latter, through a properly designated spokesman, will state only that the alleged incident 

is under investigation. 

3. After evaluation, the Chairman, rcpc, or 

higher authority, will authorize an appropriately worded 

statement. The sole spokesman for the U.S. Government 

will be the Department of State. The Chairman, rcpc, with 

the advice and guidance of the committee membership, will 

initially consider the adequacy of either making no comment, 

denying knowledge of the incident, or responding in accordance with paragraph IV.~.2.a and b, above. 

V. COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: 

The following named individuals are responsible for 

the proper coordination and implementation within their 

respective department or agency, a~d) where appropriate, 

within contractor facilities under their control: 

Dr. John L. McLucas, Director, National Reconnaissance Office 

Agency 

Mr. Frank M. Chapin, Executive Office of the President 

Mr. Wymberley DeR eoerr, Department of State 

Brig General Donald H. Ross, Central Intelligence 

Mr. Daniel Z. Henkin, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense, Public Affairs 

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Brig General Henry L. Hogan, III, Director of Information, Office of the SecretarY of the Air Force 

I I USAF, Defense Intelligence Agency 

Colonel Frank W. Hartley, Jr., Special Projects, The 

Inspector General 

LEW ALLEN, JR, 

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Executive Secretary 

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