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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is a copy of "The UFO Evidence," a report published in May 1964 by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Washington, D.C. and edited by Richard H. Hall. The CIA released its copy in 2001. The report draws 746 sightings from more than 5,000 signed reports and argues that unexplained UFOs are real, artificial objects under intelligent control. It criticizes Air Force secrecy and calls for a Congressional inquiry into Project Blue Book and a larger scientific investigation.

  • p. 12 …reported by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, former Chief of the Air Force Project Blue Book UFO…
  • p. 21 …In his report to the Air Force, the astronomer stated: "The remarkably sudden ascent convinced me…
  • p. 29 …base. Section I. August 26, 1953 - Air Force Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of Air…
  • p. 32 …the Officers Club, Strategic Air Command Headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Approved For Release 2001…
  • p. 58 …Station and also of the nearby Air Force Fighter Base." Mr. Webb's second UFO sighting…
  • p. 63 …Otherwise they probably would not have noticed the UFOs "I went to Edwards Air Force Base…
  • p. 89 …Edward J. Ruppelt reported the following case received by Project Sign (the original Air Force UFO…
  • p. 90 …Officially "unknown." ## 1951-1952 Period; East Coast Air Force Base Period of September 1951 to November…
  • p. 94 …The film was submitted to the Air Force, and viewed by Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe along…
  • p. 110 …ported in the vicinity of an Air Force base, information regarding a sighting may be released…
  • p. 121 …After notifying an Air Force Base in the vicinity, the pilot, Capt. Raymond Ryan, was requested…
  • p. 125 …NICAP query,the Norwegian Embassy stated: "Our Air Force's UFO material is mainly of security…
  • p. 133 …UFO. II, VI Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Air Force UFO investigation from 1951-53…
  • p. 136 …Air Force pilot and engineer saw round object in cloud formation; object became elliptical in appearance…
  • p. 137 …Formation of silver, circular objects sped over Air Force base. X October 25, 1954--Belgrade, Yugoslavia…
  • p. 173 …From Air Force Intelligence Report 6. Ruppelt, Edward J., Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. (Doubleday, 1956…

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E-10. Faria, J. Escobar (Rua General Mena Barreto, 527, Sao Paulo, Brazil).

E-11. Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer-Journal; 9-17-54.

E-12. New Orleans Item; 9-21-54.

E-13. Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery. (Criterion, 1958), p. 143.

E-26. North East Breeze (weekly); week of December 5, 1954.

E-27. Keyhoe, Donald E.; Flying Saucer Conspiracy. (Holt, 1955), p. 249.

E-29. CSI (67 Jane Street, New York, N.Y.); Michel, Aime; op. cit., p. 236.

E-30. Indianapolis Star; 8-27-55.

E-31. Flying Saucer Review; Sept.-Oct., 1955 (1 Doughty Street, W.C. 1, London, England).

E-32. Report to NICAP

E-33. Fulton, H. H., New Zealand NICAP Adviser (from Japan News).

E-34. CRIFO Orbit (formerly 'Newsletter'); Sept. 7, 1956.

E-35. Trench, Brinsley le Poer; Ed.; World UFO Roundup. (Citadel, 1958), ppg. 96-97.

E-36. Mobridge, S.D., Tribune, 11-22-56; Bowman, N.D., Pioneer, 11-22-56.

E-37. Report to NICAP (from Air Force Intelligence Report).

E-38. Thirouin, Marc; Ouranos. (27 Rue Etienne-Dolet, Bondy, Seine, France).

E-41. Trench, Brinsley le Poer; op. cit., ppg 162-163.

E-43. APRO Bulletin; September 1959.

E-44. Associated Press; 11-4-57.

E-45. Casper, Wyo., Tribune-Herald; 11-5-57. Also Report to NICAP.

E-48. Amarillo Daily News; 11-4-57.

E-49. Associated Press; 11-3-57, etc.

E-56. Anchorage, Alaska, Daily News; 11-4-57.

E-58. San Antonio Light; 11-6-57.

E-62. Aurora, Ill., Beacon-News; 11-7-57.

E-63. Marietta, Ohio, Times; 11-6-57.

E-64. Associated Press; 11-6-57.

E-65. Houston Chronicle; 11-6-57.

E-66. Santa Fe New Mexican; 11-6-57.

E-67. Hammond, Ind., Times; 11-7-57.

E-68. Report to NICAP.

E-69. CSI Newsletter #10 (see address above).

E-70. Michel, Aime; op. cit., p. 263.

E-71. APRO Bulletin; November 1957.

E-72. Ibid.

E-74. Plymouth, N.H., Record; 11-14-57.

E-75. Hazelton, Pa., Plain Speaker; 11-13-57.

E-76. Chicago American, 11-15-57; St. Louis Post Dispatch, 11-15-57; etc.

E-77. Faria, J. Escobar (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

E-79. Ellensburg, Wash., Daily Record; 12-4-57.

E-80. Ontario Daily Nugget; 12-4-57.

E-82. Report to NICAP.

E-83. UFO Bulletin, March 1958. (Box 1120,G.P.O.,Sydney, N.S.W., Australia).

E-84. La Prensa, 2-1-58; United Press.

E-85. Lorenzen, Coral; op. cit., ppg. 143-144.

E-89. Takanashi, June'Ichi; Modern Space Flight Association (8-9-2, Sakurazuka Higashi, Toyonaka-City, Osaka, Japan).

E-90. Report to NICAP. Also Baltimore newspapers, 10-27- 58.

E-91. Greenville, Pa., Record-Argus; 1-31-59.

E-92. Flying Saucer Review; Sept.-Oct., 1959.

E-93. Associated Press; 2-26-59.

E-94. Gallipolis, Ohio, Daily Tribune; 3-20-59.

E-95. APRO Bulletin, November 1959.

E-96. Report to NICAP.

E-97. APRO Bulletin; September 1959.

E-98. Lorenzen, Coral; op. cit., ppg. 175-176.

E-99. Bolton, Whitney; Newark Evening News, 11-5-59.

E-101. Report to NICAP.

E-102. Flying Saucer Review; March-April, 1962.

E-103. Ibid., Nov.-Dec., 1962.

E-104. Report to NICAP.

E-105. San Francisco Examiner; 11-8-63.

E-106. Carson City Nevada Appeal; 11-14-63.

(a) Portland Oregonian; 7-7-47.

(b) Associated Press; 7-23-52.

(c) Trench, Brinsley le Poer; op. cit., ppg. 115-116.

(e) Washington Star; 5-8-57, 5-9-57.

(f) Miller, Max B. Saucers, Winter 1957/58 (see address above).

(g) Houston Chronicle; 11-7-57.

(h) Honolulu Star-Bulletin; 11-29-57.

(i) Ann Arbor, Mich., News; 12-2-57.

(k) Portland, Me., Press-Herald; 12-8-59.

3. St. Louis Globe-Democrat; July 30, 1963

4. Missiles & Rockets; September 16, 1963

5. Space Propulsion Technology, Hearings before the Committee on Science & Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 1st Session; No. 4. Committee Print. 1961

6. Ibid., p. 216.

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7. Ruppelt, Edward J., Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. (Doubleday, 1956), p. 68.

8. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying Saucers From Outer Space. (Henry Holt, 1953), p. 33. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

9. Ibid., p. 34. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

10. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 68

11. Life, April 7, 1952. (From USAF Intelligence Report). 12. Ruppelt on cit. p. 103. True August 1950.

13. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 48. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

14. Ibid., p. 48. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

15. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 135.

16. Ibid., p. 167.

17. Ibid., p. 190.

18. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 52. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

19. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 201.

20. Time, August 11, 1952.

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