The term UER is used for space-related events, which are
always
classified SECRET; the term UCT is used for Earth-bound
unidentified objects.
UCT Reporting
There are four categories of UCT:
· Significant UCT
· Nonsignificant UCT
· Critical UCT
· False UCT
Copies of "Critical" and "Significant" UCT are sent to
NORAD and
all Space Command directorates; Naval Space Command,
Army
Space Command, and Air Force Space Command.
—Regulation USR 55-12
1 June 1992
Planning for "Space Wars"?
"This regulation establishes procedures to provide timely
and
accurate status reporting, warning, and verification
of hostile
space events to National Command Authorities (NCA), collateral
agencies, space system owners and operators, and defense
forces
from Headquarters, US Space Command, Space Defense
Operations Center (SPADOC)."
Warning Verification of Hostile Space Events
US Space Command Regulation 55-20
31 January 1990 (SECRET)
