Australian UFO researcher Paul Dean (probably the world's leading UFO researcher on issues/documents relating to North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)) asked me earlier today about "Space Tracks", a magazine/bulletin published by the United States Naval Space Command. I've now uploaded searchable PDF copies of 12 issues of "Space Tracks" to the AFU's online archive for Paul and any other interested researchers.
The purpose of the Naval Space Command's "Space Tracks" was to "discuss naval space issues and initiatives, and promote a broader awareness of space support available to the naval warfighter".
It included several references to uncorrelated targets, including mentioning a database of uncorrelated targets ("UCTs") in the January 2000 issue at page 11. (Paul Dean and a few other UFO researchers have written about UCTs in the context of descriptions of unidentified objects in space, e.g. in Paul Dean's "NORAD and the UFO Smokescreen" series of articles).
Incidentally, the Navy Space Command appears to be one of a number of governmental and private entities that have used the abbreviation "UFO" as a three-letter acronym for various other purposes - with that abbreviation often seeming to be a bit of a stretch (sometimes presumably done for comedy value). "Space Tracks" contains several references to the "Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On" ("UFO") satellite program, e.g. "The UFO satellite program is a critical link in providing global tactical communications for naval forces world-wide" and "Six UFO spacecraft are currently operational on orbit".
(I've given a bit of thought to extending my online archiving work to other space-related magazines and newsletters, not directly related to UFOs, SETI or anomalous phenomena. On balance, I think I'll probably refrain from any such extension. Now that most UFO books, magazines and case files have been scanned, I _really_ want to spend much more of the time I devote to ufology on my own deep dives in certain UFO research areas and new collaborative UFO research projects, rather than having such a significant proportion of that time diverted by organising the digitisation/scanning project. I may even find time to write up some of those deep dives...).
The issues included in this initial batch are:
Space Tracks - 1998 01
Space Tracks - 1998 03 - ADA341588
Space Tracks - 1999 01 - ADA360587
Space Tracks - 1999 03 - ADA361415
Space Tracks - 1999 05 - ADA364242
Space Tracks - 1999 09 - ADA368324
Space Tracks - 2000 01
Space Tracks - 2000 04
Space Tracks - 2000 10
Space Tracks - 2001 04
Space Tracks - 2001 10
Space Tracks - 2002 04
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