If you feel like you're lost with abbreviations, this will help!
UFO ACRONIMS
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)
AUFOSG
Alberta UFO Study Group
BMW
Bomb Wing
CAP
Civil Air Patrol (civilian auxilliary of United States Air Force)
CAUS
Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
CFB
Canadian Forces Base
CFS
Canadian Forces Station
CGS
Coast Guard Station
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIC
Counter Intelligence Corps
CINC/NORAD
Commander In Charge, NORAD
CIRVIS
Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (DND Canada)
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)
CSIS
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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)
DND
Department of National Defence (Canada)
DO
Duty Officer
DOT
Department of Transport (Canada)
EADF
Eastern Air Defence Force (regional air defence organization in USA)
EBE
Extra-terrestrial Biological Entity
ET
Extra-Terrestrial
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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
HBCC
Houston, British Columbia Centre for UFO Research
HFDF
High Frequency Direction Finding
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
ICBM
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
ICI
Interagency Committee on Intelligence
IDA-CRD
Institute for Defense Analysis-Communications Research Division
IDP
Intercept Deployment Plan
IEC
Intelligence Evaluation Committee
IFF
Identification Friend of Foe (encoded transponder signal for aircraft identification)
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 (http://www.mufon.com)
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
NRC -
National Research Council (Canada)
NSA -
National Security Agency
NSF -
National Science Foundation
NUFORC
National UFO Reporting Center
OAM
Operation Animal Mutilation
ONI
Office of Naval Intelligence
OPP
Ontario Provincial Police
OSI
Office of Special Investigations (Air Force)
OSI
Office of Special Investigations (CIA)
OSS
Office of Strategic Services
PIO
Public Information Officer (as in US Air Force)
PSAPR
Puget Sound Aerial Phenomena Research INC.
RAF
Royal Air Force (UK)
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
SAR
Search And Rescue
SAT
Security Alert Team
SBI
Special Background Investigation
SDS-
Students for a Democratic Society
SETI
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
SIGLEX
Special Interest Group on Lexicography
SIGNIT
Signals Intelligence (NSA)
SIGTRAN
Special Interest Group on Translation
SIGVOICE
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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 UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (remote or autonomous controlled aerial vehicle)
UFO
Unidentified Flying Object
UFOBC
Unidentified Flying Objects British Columbia (http://www.ufobc.ca)
UFOIS
UFO Information Service
UFORC
UFO Reporting Center
UFORIC
UFO Research Institute of Canada
USG
United States Government
UHF
Ultra-High Frequency (radio frequency band)
USAF
United States Air Force
USMC
United States Marine Corps
USO
Unidentified Submerged Object
USG
United States Government
VHF
Very High Frequency (radio frequency band)
Z
ZULU (Universal Time) (Greenwich Mean Time)
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)
AUFOSG
Alberta UFO Study Group
BMW
Bomb Wing
CAP
Civil Air Patrol (civilian auxilliary of United States Air Force)
CAUS
Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
CFB
Canadian Forces Base
CFS
Canadian Forces Station
CGS
Coast Guard Station
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIC
Counter Intelligence Corps
CINC/NORAD
Commander In Charge, NORAD
CIRVIS
Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (DND Canada)
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)
CSIS
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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)
DND
Department of National Defence (Canada)
DO
Duty Officer
DOT
Department of Transport (Canada)
EADF
Eastern Air Defence Force (regional air defence organization in USA)
EBE
Extra-terrestrial Biological Entity
ET
Extra-Terrestrial
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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
HBCC
Houston, British Columbia Centre for UFO Research
HFDF
High Frequency Direction Finding
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
ICBM
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
ICI
Interagency Committee on Intelligence
IDA-CRD
Institute for Defense Analysis-Communications Research Division
IDP
Intercept Deployment Plan
IEC
Intelligence Evaluation Committee
IFF
Identification Friend of Foe (encoded transponder signal for aircraft identification)
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 (http://www.mufon.com)
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
NRC -
National Research Council (Canada)
NSA -
National Security Agency
NSF -
National Science Foundation
NUFORC
National UFO Reporting Center
OAM
Operation Animal Mutilation
ONI
Office of Naval Intelligence
OPP
Ontario Provincial Police
OSI
Office of Special Investigations (Air Force)
OSI
Office of Special Investigations (CIA)
OSS
Office of Strategic Services
PIO
Public Information Officer (as in US Air Force)
PSAPR
Puget Sound Aerial Phenomena Research INC.
RAF
Royal Air Force (UK)
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
SAR
Search And Rescue
SAT
Security Alert Team
SBI
Special Background Investigation
SDS-
Students for a Democratic Society
SETI
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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 UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (remote or autonomous controlled aerial vehicle)
UFO
Unidentified Flying Object
UFOBC
Unidentified Flying Objects British Columbia (http://www.ufobc.ca)
UFOIS
UFO Information Service
UFORC
UFO Reporting Center
UFORIC
UFO Research Institute of Canada
USG
United States Government
UHF
Ultra-High Frequency (radio frequency band)
USAF
United States Air Force
USMC
United States Marine Corps
USO
Unidentified Submerged Object
USG
United States Government
VHF
Very High Frequency (radio frequency band)
Z
ZULU (Universal Time) (Greenwich Mean Time)
