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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. 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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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.