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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.

  • p. 15 …I had never heard of flying saucers and had no idea what we had seen, but…
  • p. 29 …Photograph never made public. 47. 6-30-54 Brookley AFB, Alabama Control tower operators Radar-visual…
  • p. 34 …It never did drop below the horizon--just faded away. The fading, of course, was due…
  • p. 50 …airports for 16 years." Sonner said, "and never before have I seen an aircraft like it…
  • p. 56 …5 minutes."It was something I had never seen before."UFO finally ascended straight up out…
  • p. 57 …Each "ship" also had, emanating from the "stern" portion, two "tails", seemingly streaming out horizontally, never…
  • p. 58 …It did not flicker, it burned steadily the weatherman said, but its light could never appear…
  • p. 72 …it went over the first hill and never over 1000 feet during my observation." Mr. Hahn…
  • p. 87 …was first being developed, and they have never been acceptably explained. The celebrated Washington radar sightings…
  • p. 88 …It has never been known to occur, there is no theoretical basis for believing that it…
  • p. 89 …The UFO showed on the film as a round, bright spot. (The film has never been…
  • p. 93 …NICAP has never obtained any negatives for analysis. Prints show disc from five different angles. Critics…
  • p. 94 …Picture reportedly showing unexplained circular light source, never made public. See "Report on Unidentified Flying Objects…
  • p. 96 …The many other reports from alleged additional witnesses were never received from Mr. Stanford. His background…
  • p. 97 …The first possibility to cross our minds was a polyethelyne type balloon, but we have never…
  • p. 98 …at least three consecutive frames, you'd never find it. Moreover, internal lens reflections (also countless…
  • p. 112 …Congressional hearings were contemplated See Section XIII but never came about. Instead, Air Force Congressional Liaison…
  • p. 113 …Film Data reportedly analyzed by USAF, but never released to public See Section VIII: Apr. 27…
  • p. 114 …Therefore, I never saw it in its published form. However, since I had prepared it - as…
  • p. 116 …I have never heard anyone claim anything to the contrary. . . ." ODE D"CLASSIC" - SEAGULLS (FROM COLORED…
  • p. 118 …proved highly impressive to one who had never before seen the Nation's Capital.) The interrogation…
  • p. 121 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operation at night, I am…
  • p. 125 …As far as is known, the pictures have never been published and no explanation of the…
  • p. 126 …I have never seen anything like it before." 42 ## The European Continent On the Continent, UFOs…
  • p. 129 …The USAF analysis report has never been released. ## C. OCEAN & ANTARCTIA UFOs have been sighted at…
  • p. 134 …Lincoln LaPaz, Institute of Meteoritics, said: "There has never been a rate of meteorite fall in…
  • p. 135 …film submitted to Air Force, never released. VIII UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released…
  • p. 138 …I've been observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen any meteoric fireballs…
  • p. 164 …which was also photographed. (The pictures have never been made public). The UFO was seen moving…
  • p. 165 …One of the most intriguing accounts, never fully investigated, described a whitish oval-shaped object observed…
  • p. 174 …Since most of the material presented to the Committees is classified, the hearings are never printed…
  • p. 175 …to a newsman's question: "UFOs have never been accurately explained. I think there is as…
  • p. 183 …things, is that the raw data almost never permit of measurement. It should be carefully noted…
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17. Diairo de Sao Paulo; February 22, 1958

18. Diairo Popular; July 7, 1957

19. APRO Bulletin; September 1959. Brazilian newspapers; August 20, 1957

20. Pilot interviewed by Cmdr. A. B. Simoes, Sao Paulo, Brazil 21. O Estado de Sao Paulo; May 28, 1958

22. Report officially logged at airport and relayed to Brazilian Air Force. Obtained for NICAP by J. Escobar Faria, Adviser in Sao Paulo

23. Report obtained by J. Escobar Faria, Sao Paulo

24. Letter on file at NICAP

25. El Mercurio; October 28, 1959

26. El Universal; January 31, 1958

27. Report on file at NICAP

28. APRO Bulletin; April 1955

29. Keyhoe, Donald E., op. cit., p. 249

30. Ultimas Noticias; July 3, 1960

31. Report on file at NICAP

32. El Universal; February 13, 1962

33. New York Times; July 28, 1946

34. See New York Times; August 11, 1946; Associated Press; August 11, 1946; Stockholm Aftenbladet; August 13, 1946

35. New York Times; October 11, 1946

36. United Press; December 18, 1953

37. Letter, signed by Col. O. B. Engvik, Air Attache, on file at NICAP

38. Christian Science Monitor; January 29, 1959

39. Letter on file at NICAP

40. Letter on file at NICAP

41. RAF Flying Review; July 1957. London Illustrated News; December 2, 1954

42. Irish Times; May 22, 1962. Reuters News Agency; May 22, 1962

43. Letter to CSI of Los Angeles, on file at NICAP

44. Michel, Aime, The Truth About Flying Saucers. (Criterion, 1956), ppg. 165-166

45. Ibid., p. 169ff

46. Los Angeles Times; February 19, 1956

47. Report on file at NICAP, available to Congressional investigators

48. Letter on file at NICAP

49. Report on file at NICAP

50. Report on file at NICAP

51. United Press International; November 7, 1958

52. Associated Press; October 28, 1954

53. Natal Mercury (Durban); January 28, 1955

54. New Zealand Herald; November 7, 1957 (Datelined Johannesburg)

55. Johannesburg Sunday Times; April 13, 1958

56. Letter, signed by Kenneth T. C. Cheng, Director of Taiwan Weather Bureau, on file at NICAP

57. Information obtained by Rev. Albert H. Baller, NICAP Board Member, from Indian newspaper

58. Life; April 7, 1952. Newsweek; March 3, 1952

59. Report and sketches published in Japan International UFO Investigation, J. I. Takanashi, Editor; Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. (8-9-2, Sakurazuka-Higashi)

60. For additional data on UFO sightings in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand, see: Maney, Charles A. & Hall, Richard, Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects (Willard Courts #504, Washington, D.C. 20009); Chapter 3, "Recent Sightings in the Pacific."

61. Letter on file at NICAP

62. Auckland Star; December 16, 1954 (N.Z.P.A., Reuters)

63. San Francisco newspapers; June 19, 1957

64. Manila Bulletin; November 6, 1957

66. Reports on file at NICAP

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 186 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.