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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by 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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  • p. 20 …Luminous disc Airline pilot Observed circling at sea level;UFO ascended"with incredible speed"to level…
  • p. 31 …way from Klagenfurt, Austria to the Adriatic Sea. This occurred on a "lone wolf" mission at…
  • p. 43 …Griffin, BOAC; also PAA crew; ship at sea Ring-like UFO, passed above plane and over…
  • p. 84 …s for three weeks, curving over Baltic Sea. 2000--3500 mph. 52 G, V September 4…
  • p. 89 …Many of the citizens of Alaska along the Bering Sea Coast have reported seeing missile-like…
  • p. 91 …In one movie I even saw Moses hold back the waters of the Red Sea. These…
  • p. 93 …The hypothesis that the objects were out of focus sea gulls was considered by the Air…
  • p. 104 …Two fishermen at sea, George Korkan and Jack Curry, said the substance settled on their boat…
  • p. 105 …I seemed to recall, far out to sea on occasion. "At the time I assumed that…
  • p. 113 …20, 1952; North Sea, three color photographs taken on board an aircraft carrier. Aug.12,1953…
  • p. 122 …Ships at sea have reported strange objects For example see Section II; U.S.S. Supply…
  • p. 123 …regularly over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Central America See December 6, 1952 Gulf…
  • p. 124 …The object maneuvered under the plane, hovered, then dove toward the sea. 21 July 14, 1959…
  • p. 125 …Mainbrace, extensive naval maneuvers in the North Sea on and about September 20, 1952, UFOs were…
  • p. 127 …Reports in southern Europe and over the Mediterranean Sea have been as frequent as in any…
  • p. 129 …OCEAN & ANTARCTIA UFOs have been sighted at sea, in the islands of the major oceans, and…
  • p. 130 …dry $ 7 4^{\circ} \mathrm{F} $ , wet $ 6 7^{\circ} \mathrm{F} $ , sea $ 7 9^{\circ…
  • p. 132 …over the front lines and out to sea. The UFO at one point passed in front…
  • p. 136 …cattle bolted. XII September 19, 1952--North Sea. Spherical UFO photographed from U. S. Navy aircraft…
  • p. 139 …Natives in small boat, saw UFO, descend vertically, hover about 20 feet above sea boat saw…
  • p. 141 …Cigar-shaped UFO with "portholes." XII May 22, 1960--Majorca Isle, Mediterranean Sea. Palma Observatory reported…
  • p. 151 …accelerated rapidly and pulled away out to sea. Section IV. 1-29-52 Wonsan, Korea Revolving…
  • p. 152 …of light around edge hovering just over sea about 40° off port bow; UFO then shot…
  • p. 153 …object, it darted away East toward the sea. Section X. 9-28-60 Arlington, Texas Star…
  • p. 161 …altitude is given as altitude above mean sea level. To convert to altitude above station level…
  • p. 162 …Coast Guardsman saw two discs circle station, head out to sea.
  • p. 164 …Force Pilots flying a formation of jets above the North Sea observed a shiny sphere approaching
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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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