Captain of an air carrier complains of a lack of documents to accompany a secret classified cargo shipped by the government since it could have been a potential hazard to air safety. There was no indication that it was other than shipment under a secret classification.

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Attributes
ACN	372169
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 8500
ASRS Report	372169
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Commercial air carrier, asked to carry DOD secret cargo. No papers filed, or other FAA compatible approval paperwork. Consider this to be lacking in proper handling and cooperation with approved united states standards for safety and potential hazardous cargo.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN ACR COMPLAINS OF A LACK OF DOCUMENTS TO ACCOMPANY A SECRET CLASSIFIED CARGO SHIPPED BY THE GOV SINCE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO AIR SAFETY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT IT WAS OTHER THAN SHIPMENT UNDER A SECRET CLASSIFICATION.

Narrative: COMMERCIAL ACR, ASKED TO CARRY DOD SECRET CARGO. NO PAPERS FILED, OR OTHER FAA COMPATIBLE APPROVAL PAPERWORK. CONSIDER THIS TO BE LACKING IN PROPER HANDLING AND COOPERATION WITH APPROVED UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS CARGO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.