Papua New Guinea: high-altitude radar contact + multi-region sightings
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On 24 January 1985, an Air Niugini pilot's radar tracked a south-to-north, high-altitude, high-speed contact over Angoram. Multiple ground witnesses reported anomalies the same evening. PNG's National Intelligence Organisation queried the US Embassy whether US B-52s had overflown — the embassy confirmed "NO U.S. AIRCRAFT IN PNG AIRSPACE ON JANUARY 24".
Key quotes
“"NO B-52 OVERFLIGHTS AND NO U.S. AIRCRAFT IN PNG AIRSPACE ON JANUARY 24."
From dos-png-1985 page —
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EMBASSY JANUARY 28 RECEIVED INFORMAL INQUIRY FROM PNG NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (NIO) CONCERNING REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF HIGH-ALTITUDE, HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT OVER PNG DURING EVENING JANUARY 24
NIO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 24, INCLUDING FAST-MOVING OBJECTS WITH LIGHTS, CONTRAILS, LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 PORT M 00199 2807042 AND NOISE
UNCLASSIFIED CSP-2025-00040 B-00002707027 "UNCLASSIFIED" 3/2/2026 Dissemination Rule
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Related documents
DOS Papua New Guinea Cable (Jan 1985)
dos-uap-d1-cable-1-papua-new-guinea-january-1985.pdf