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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. 19 …seconds Section III (a)1953Anaco, Venezuela Round gray Pilot Approached airliner, paced it for 40 minutes…
  • p. 26 …Cases shaded in gray are detailed following chart). Date & Location Witnesses Description 8-29-42Columbus,Miss…
  • p. 28 …1-29-53 Presque Isle, Maine F-94 and other pilots Gray oval UFO. 38. 2…
  • p. 30 …I saw that it was a dark gray oval-shaped object, smaller than my T-6…
  • p. 37 …The pilot described the object as cigar-shaped, dark gray or gunmetal in color and giving…
  • p. 38 …divided into two sections, one half light gray in color, the other half black. The estimated…
  • p. 74 …The body appeared to be metallic and was of a light gray color, similar in appearance…
  • p. 104 …skippered by collections director Capt. W. B. Gray and his assistant, Emil Hanson. "We were traveling…
  • p. 110 …the so-called "administrative classification" is the gray area of secrecy, where no clear standards delimit…
  • p. 136 …Avensa Airlines pilot reported round gray object paced plane. X 1953--Navy Carrier-based Squadron of…
  • p. 137 …photographed. VIII September 15, 1954--Bihar, India. Gray disc hovered, emitted smoke and climbed away at…
  • p. 142 …Photographs and visual sighting of unidentified object "like a piece of paper," gray-white. Observed to…
  • p. 143 …A student saw a gray, apparently spherical UFO with a central row of yellow lights. Apparently…
  • p. 144 …The UFO made a sharp turn, headed toward the observers, changing color from orange to gray…
  • p. 147 …shiny or bright) 34 5.9% --- ----- Continued Gray 19 3.3% 5 .2% Silhouette (dark or…
  • p. 148 …Luminous disc,top gray,underside bright. (c)around edge. September20,1954 Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio --- Circular,dark…
  • p. 153 …Section VII. 10-3-60 Cressy, Australia Gray cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands (5 to…
  • p. 157 …noon (1) gray, shape not specified hovered 8 minutes, arced back & forth about 150, returning to…
  • p. 172 …The cast was turned over to Richard Gray, research physicist at Case Institute of Technology for…

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## Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

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.

## Radar

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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