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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. 2 …Former Air Force Headquarters Monitor of AF Project Blue Book UFO investigation, prepared analyses of UFO…
  • p. 4 …We are also indebted to Isabel Davis, New York City, whose extensive files on UFOs were…
  • p. 8 …the amount and kind of UFO information in the files, and whether all significant non-security…
  • p. 11 …Harris pointed out that the UFO at one time "passed below the horizon in front of…
  • p. 16 …New York UFO group of which DuBarry is president. 9. Report on file at NICAP. 10…
  • p. 17 …b) UFOs which evaded or otherwise reacted to human devices. (All reports on file at NICAP…
  • p. 22 …CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 ## GEOMETRICAL FORMATION CASES (All reports on file at NICAP) Date Location Witnesses Number…
  • p. 24 …Finally the UFOs were seen on the radarscope to merge with a gigantic blip (radar target…
  • p. 25 …of the Utah Film Tracking UFOs," p. 2. (Copy on file at NICAP.) 9. Flying, July…
  • p. 26 …FORCE UFO SIGHTINGS UFO Sightings by U. S. Air Force Personnel (All Reports on File at…
  • p. 30 # Approved For Release 2001/04/02 Bomber Paced by UFO (Capt. Alvah M. Reida, during his…
  • p. 34 …I collected a few names of individuals present, as I intended to report the UFO to…
  • p. 37 …Florida Two enlisted men (names on file) Star-like UFO slowed, joined by second at high…
  • p. 38 …Report on file at NICAP 3. Report on file at NICAP 4. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying…
  • p. 46 …United Press reported the incident (newswire copy on file at NICAP): FLYING SAUCER OR A WEATHER…
  • p. 47 …An Air National Guard pilot, flying an F-51 Mustang fighter, was trailed by a UFO…
  • p. 50 …witnessed the UFO was a full colonel of Air Force Intelligence, who filed a report along…
  • p. 53 …Report on file at NICAP. 14. United Press; May 23, 1951. 15. Report on file at…
  • p. 55 …this an open question). ## UFO Sightings by Scientists (All Reports on File at NICAP) Date & Location…
  • p. 61 …Maney, was among seven witnesses to a UFO sighted in Defiance, Ohio, May 20, 1962. Prof…
  • p. 65 …As they watched, the UFO, appearing as a fiery-looking, glowing sphere, passed from horizon to…
  • p. 66 …The disc-shaped, elliptical and other main types of UFOs observed by pilots and scientists have…
  • p. 69 …CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 (Names and addresses of other witnesses on file at NICAP.) A somewhat similar…
  • p. 71 …Elton Highland, observed a spherical UFO about 9:45 a.m. The UFO, resembling a silver…
  • p. 77 …Teletype report and letter on file at NICAP 2. Reports obtained by Cleveland and Akron UFO…
  • p. 90 …At other times, the station tracked UFOs making similar maneuvers. Sgt. Kelly had also tracked UFOs…
  • p. 93 …Baker, Jr., Douglas Aircraft Corporation, on file at NICAP. Air Force explanation that UFOs were reflections…
  • p. 100 …Roepke also filed a detailed report with NICAP on behalf of the Subcommittee. In consultation with…
  • p. 110 …Paragraph 11 restricts Air Force personnel from publicly discussing UFOs: "Air Force personnel, other than those…
  • p. 112 …Air Force Inspector General brief to Operations and Training Commands: "UFOs Serious Business." Stated that UFO…
  • p. 118 …file at this facility and is all the information contained in this record concerning UFO sighted…
  • p. 119 …The RCAF has no record of such an incident, although a flight plan allegedly was filed…
  • p. 120 …Peter Killian, American Airlines pilot, was one of several pilots who reported observing three UFOs above…
  • p. 121 …Ryan and all other documentation, on file at NICAP. COPY American Airlines, Inc. Flight 139 - February…
  • p. 126 …Dozens of very active UFO organizations exist in England, many publishing bulletins. The largest and most…
  • p. 130 …Copy of statement on file at NICAP 3. Report on file at NICAP 4. Windsor Daily…
  • p. 131 …Letter on file at NICAP 49. Report on file at NICAP 50. Report on file at…
  • p. 135 …Samford, UFOs explained away as weather phenomena. (Transcript on file at NICAP.) July 29, 1952--Miami…
  • p. 141 …round UFO hover and maneuver slowly. Los Angeles NICAP Subcommittee investigation report on file. February 14…
  • p. 143 …September 28 -- Police from seven counties reported seeing UFOs between 2:30 and 3:30 a…
  • p. 144 …A brilliant shaft of light from the UFO illuminated a hilltop. Suddenly the UFO blacked out…
  • p. 159 …library files, by a NICAP member traveling around the country, uncovered 125 separate UFO reports for…
  • p. 161 …then Air Force spokesman on UFOs. Taped statement on file at NICAP). The dramatic visual sightings…
  • p. 162 …USAF Capt., others saw two silvery cigar-shaped UFOs headed SW across city. 1 9:30…
  • p. 165 …letter on file at NICAP) Anything reported to the Air Force as a UFO is included…
  • p. 174 …The new Space Committee Chairman opposed UFO hearings. Then, in answer to letters about UFOs, the…
  • p. 176 …Tenn.) - March 30, 1961 "Uncertainty over UFOs certainly exists and I think it is wise to…
  • p. 181 …UFO? On April 14, 1959 the Nunn-Baker camera site The atmosphere of ridicule surrounding the…
  • p. 182 …On the contrary, we have been criticized by other UFO groups for our often voiced skepticism…
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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.