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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. 7 …Merely on the basis of examining the explanations advanced by the Air Force for specific cases…
  • p. 8 …I have no personal theory to advance or refute. In view of the importance of the…
  • p. 17 …In addition to the evidence advanced in this section, other sections contain data showing (a) that…
  • p. 100 …training) obtained the following facts bearing on the case: 1. Although plenty of advanced warning is…
  • p. 126 …were advanced by Air Ministry and Airport officials. Some believed the UFO was the planet Venus…
  • p. 180 …the art and science of Metallurgy at the source of these UFOs is in advance of…
  • p. 183 …A program, which NICAP could organize to supplement the investigation, could be patterned after the Ground…

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## Approved For Release 2001/04/02

21. International News Service, Atlanta; July 24, 1952.

22. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 97 (From USAF Intelligence Report). 23. Burnelt, op. cit., p. 222

24. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 98. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

26. Ibid., p. 107. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

20. ibid., p. 107. (From USAF Intelligence Report). 27. ibid., p. 120.

28. Ibid., p. 95; Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 247.

29. Ibid., p. 96. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

30. Ibid., p. 258. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

31. Ibid., p. 161. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

32. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 65.

33. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 149. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

34. Ibid., p. 189-191. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

35. True; May 1954.

36. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 295.

37. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 257. (From USAF Intelligence Report). 38. Ibid, p. 257. (From USAF Intelligence Report)

38. Ibid., p. 257. (From USAF Intelligence Report).

39. Michel, Aime, The Truth About Flying Saucers. (Criterion, 1956), p. 123

40. Ruppelt, op. cit., p. 303. (Other data on file at NICAP).

41. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying Saucer Conspiracy. (Henry Holt, 1955), p. 79.

42. Ibid., p. 13.

43. Ibid., p. 144.

44. United Press; June 30, 1954.

45. Report obtained by Leonard H. Stringfield, Cincinnati, Ohio (See Section VII).

46. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 25.

47. Associated Press; September 18, 1954.

48. Louisville Courier-Journal; November 13, 1954

49. Auckland Star; December 16, 1954.

50. Associated Press, Paris; February 19, 1956.

51. United Press; July 19, 1956.

52. Altus (Okla.) Times-Democrat; September 11, 1956.

53. APRO Bulletin; November 1956.

54. CRIFO Orbit; January 4, 1957. The Clipper, Pan American Airways; January 1957. Miami Daily News; November 8, 1956.

55. CRIFO Orbit; January 4, 1957. Pierre Daily Capitol Journal, November 26, 1956.

56. Associated Press, United Press, London; April 6, 1957.

57. Unresolved discrepancy in dates. Flying Saucer Review (London), Jan.-Feb., 1958 gives October 21. APRO Bulletin, November 1957, gives October 29.

58. APRO Bulletin, January 1958.

59. Signed report on file at NICAP.

60. Signed report on file at NICAP. Visual sighting inferred from report.

61. Japan Times; July 28, 1958.

62. Confidential report obtained and certified by Calgary, Alberta, NICAP Subcommittee.

## CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 63 New York Times: January 25, 1959.

64. Confidential report certified by NICAP Director and Assistant Director. Contains all tracking data (unclassified at source).

66. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Radars and Flying Saucers. 2 July 1962.

67. Borden, R. C. & Vickers, T. K., Technical Development Report No. 180; A Preliminary Study of Unidentified Targets Observed On Air Traffic Control Radars. (Civil Aeronautics Administration Technical Development and Evaluation Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1952).

68. U. S. Air Force, Radar Storm Detection. (Washington, D.C., 6 August 1945).

69. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Report 63-434, 1963.

70. Skolnik, Merrill J., Introduction to Radar Systems. (McGraw-Hill, 1962), ppg. 551-552.

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71. Keyhoe, op. cit., p. 174.

72. Michel, op. cit., p. 44

73. Ibid., p. 58

74. Ibid., p. 76

75. Ibid., ppg. 82-83

76. Ibid., ppg. 90-92

77. Ibid., p. 97

78. Ibid., p. 131

79. Ibid., p. 130

80. Ibid., p. 133

81. Ibid., p. 143

82. Ibid., p. 145

83. Ibid., p. 154

84. Ibid., p. 158

85. Ibid., p. 177

86. Ibid., p. 181

87. Ibid., p. 184

88. Ibid., p. 198

89. Report obtained by Leonard H. Stringfield, Cincinnati, Ohio. (See Section VII).

90. Ibid.

91. Indianapolis Star; August 27, 1955.

92. Reports on file at NICAP.

93. Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal; November 8, 1957.

94. APRO Bulletin; September 1959.

95. Associated Press; February 20, 1958

96. Report obtained by William D. Leet, Pres., Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate.

97. Reported by Dr. Askold Ladonko, Caracas, Venezuela, NICAP Adviser.

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