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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.

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“Mission Control”15 pages

  • p. 7 …study; (2) people are seeing maneuvering, apparently controlled objects in the atmosphere. Of the two hypotheses…
  • p. 28 …8-5-52 Oneida AFB, Japan Control tower operators Dark circular UFO with brilliant white body…
  • p. 30 …Assuming it was some kind of radio controlled object sent to pace us, I went into…
  • p. 38 …practice mission, were directed to the area by the Jacksonville Naval Air Station control tower. The…
  • p. 48 …At the controls was Capt. Kenneth G. Brosdal. The engineer, John Wilbur, was in the co…
  • p. 88 …If the "bird" theory is correct, it must be possible to show that ordinary aircraft-control…
  • p. 89 …The UFO was also visible to control tower operators and personnel of Air Technical Intelligence Center…
  • p. 115 …To divert more men and money from this mission into a greatly enlarged program for investigation…
  • p. 119 …have been no need for the intercept mission to begin with. The F-89 was originally…
  • p. 120 …If the refueling mission actually took place over southern Pennsylvania (which would have to be the…
  • p. 121 …Officially, the case has been "explained" as a refueling mission. The facts obtained before Capt. Killian…
  • p. 128 …Dark circular UFO with bright body light hovered near control tower at Oneida AFB, Japan, sped…
  • p. 132 …Sighting of maneuvering UFO which paced B-29 during mission. III October 1944--Southeast Holland. Field…
  • p. 140 …Former control tower operator and flight controller saw UFO descend slowly, then speed away like meteor…
  • p. 179 …is their performance?" "Are they controlled and who and what controls them?" "Are they hostile?" "Are…

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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.

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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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