A2 - Air Force Intelligence AAC - Alaskan Air Command AAF - Army Air Force ACOM - Asian Communist - One of NSA's 4 major Operational Divisions ADC - AeroSpace Defense Command ADLA - Assistant Director for Legal &; Legislative AffAirs - (NSA) ADPL - Assistant Director for Policy &; Liason - (NSA) ADPR - Assistant Director for Plans / Resources - (NSA) ADT - Assistant Director for Training ADVA - Advanced Soviet - One of the 4 major operational divisions of NSA's production organization: combined with GENS into 'A Group' AEC - Atomic Energy Commission AFB - Air Force Base AFESC - Air Force Electronic Security Command AFGWC - Air Force Global Weather Control AFIS - Air Force Intelligence Service AFOC - Air Force Operations Center AFR - Air Force Regulation AFSA - Armed Forces Security Agency AFSAC - Armed Forces Security Agency Council AFSS - Air Force Security Service ALLO - ALL Others- One of the 4 Major Operational Divisions of NSA'S Production Organization - now known as 'G Group' ALP - Advanced Language Program AMB - Ambassador ANCIB - Army-Navy Communications Intelligence Board ANCICC - Army-Navy Communications Intelligence Coordinating Committee ANG - Air National Guard APRO - Aerial Phenomena Research Organization AR - Army Regulation ARC - Ad Hoc Requirements Committee ARDF - Airborne Radio Direction Finding ARFCOS - Armed Forces Courier Service ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency ASA - Army Security Agency ASD - Applied Science Division (CIA) AST - Atlantic Standard Time ATIC - Air Technical Intelligence Center (Air Force) BMW - Bomb Wing CAUS - Citizens Against UFO Secrecy CFS - Canadian Forces Station CGS - Coast Guard Station CIA - Central Intelligence Agency CIC - Counter Intelligence Corps CINC/NORAD - Commander In Charge, NORAD CSICOP - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Phenomenon CUFON - Computer UFO Network CUFOS - Center for UFO Studies COMINT - Communications Intelligence (NSA) CP - Command Post CSC - Central Security Control (Air Force) DATT - Defense Attache (US Embassy) DCD - Domestic Collections Division (CIA) DCSOPS - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Air Force) DDO - Deputy Director for Operations (Air Force) DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency DMZ - Demilitarized Zone (Vietnam) DO - Duty Officer EBE - Extra-terrestrial Biological Entity ET - Extra-Terrestrial FAA - Federal Aviation Administration FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FOIA - Freedom of Information Act (also F.O.I.A.) G2 - Army Intelligence GAO - Government Accounting Office GCCS - Government Code and Cypher School GCHQ - Government Communications HeadQuarters GCI - Ground Control Intercept GENS - General Soviet - One of the 4 Major Operational Divisions of NSA's Production Organization combined with ADVA into 'A Group' GG - Government Grade - used in place of GS1 TO GS18 only for Gov't Employees such as NSA Employees GMT - Greenwich Mean Time (ZULU Time) GREY - Alleged Alien Species GSW - Ground Saucer Watch HFDF - High Frequency Direction Finding HUAC - House Un-American Activities Committee HUMINT - Human Intelligence ICI - Interagency Committee on Intelligence IDA-CRD - Institute for Defense Analysis-Communications Research Division IDP - Intercept Deployment Plan IEC - Intelligence Evaluation Committee INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command INTELPOST - International Electronic Post INTELSAT - International Telecommunications Satellite INYSA - Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence, USAF, Science and Technology Branch, Directorate of Response Management INZ - AeroSpace Intelligence Division (AFIS) INZA - Editing, Debriefing, and Continuity Branch (AFIS) IPB - Intercept Priorities Board IUR - International UFO Reporter (Published by CUFOS) JACL - Judge Advocate General, Litigation Division (USAF) JANAP - Joint Army Navy Air Force Publication JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff JOSAF - Joint Operations Support Activity - Frankfurt JRC - Joint Reconnaissance Center JSPC - Joint SOBE Processing Center JTLS - Joint Technical Language Service KGB - Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) USSR KISR - Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research KM - Kilometer LASP - Low Altitude Surveillance Platform LCF - Launch Control Facility (Air Force) LIUFON - Long Island (NY) UFO Network LOB - Raymond E. Linn Operations Building LPMEDLEY - CIA Cryptonym for an Operation in Support of the NSA LRTS - Long Range Technical MI-8 - Military Intelligence Section 8 - Codes and Ciphers Search MIB - 'Men In Black' MID - Military Intelligence Division MJ-12 - Alleged Secret Government Committee for UFO/Alien Research M5 - NSA Office of Security MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology MPRO - Machine Processing Section of NSA's Production Organization MUFON - Mutual UFO Network NAVSPASUR - Naval Space Surveillance System NCOC - National Combat Operations Center NEPA - Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena NM - Nautical Mile NMCC - National Military Command Center NORAD - North American AeroSpace Defense Command NPIC - National Photographic Interpretation Center NRL - Naval Research Laboratory NSA - National Security Agency NSF - National Science Foundation OAM - Operation Animal Mutilation ONI - Office of Naval Intelligence OSI - Office of Special Investigations (Air Force) OSI - Office of Special Investigations (CIA) OSS - Office of Strategic ServiceS PSAPR - Puget Sound Aerial Phenomena Research INC. RAPCOM - Radar Approach Communications RAPCON - Radar Approach Control RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police RUFO - 'Red Light' Unidentified Flying Object SA - Special Agent SAC - Strategic Air Command SAC/HO - Strategic Air Command Office of History SAFOI - Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SAT - Security Alert Team SBI - Special Background Investigation SDS - Students for a Democratic Society SIGLEX - Special Interest Group on Lexicography SIGNIT - Signals Intelligence (NSA) SIGTRAN - Special Interest Group on Translation SIGVOICE - Special Interest Group on Voice SIPG - Special Intercept Priorities Group SIS - Signal Intelligence Service SOLIS - SIGNIT On Line Intelligence System SPADATS - Space Detection And Tracking System (NORAD) SPS - Security Police Squadron SSA - Signal Security Agency SSB - Soft Support Building (USAF) TIA - Temperature Inversion Analysis UFO - Unidentified Flying Object UFOIS - UFO Information Service UFORC - UFO Reporting Center UFORIC - UFO Research Institute of Canada USAF - United States Air Force USG - United States Government Z - ZULU (Universal Time) (Greenwich Mean Time)
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