Los Angeles, California: MATS officers tell airlines pilots fall under JANAP 146
On February 17, 1954, Military Air Transport Service officers told commercial airline representatives at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles that pilots were subject to JANAP 146 (CIRVIS) and faced prison or fines for public statements about UFO reports.
Background
On February 17, 1954, representatives of commercial airlines met with officers of the Military Air Transport Service at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The airline representatives were told that pilots were subject to JANAP 146 (CIRVIS). Pilots had to radio their reports to the nearest airport and make no public statements. Violations were said to carry a prison term of 10 years and/or a fine of $10,000. The meeting is described by Raymond E. Fowler in Casebook of a UFO Investigator. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.