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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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# Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 March 3, 1952--Dr. Walter Riedel, former German Rocket Scientist at Peenemunde: "I'm convinced saucers have an out-of-world basis." (Life; April 7, 1952.) March 10, 1952--Oakland, Calif. Inspector of Engineering Metals watched two dark, wing (or hemisphere) shaped objects pass overhead, one swaying back and forth like pendulum. [VI] March 29, 1952--Nr. Misawa, Japan. Small shiny disc made pass at an F-84, observed by second Air Force pilot. [I] March 29, 1952--Butler, Missouri. Chairman of Industrial Commission of Missouri saw cylinder-shaped, silver UFO. [VII] April 7, 1952--Life article. "Have We Visitors From Space?" (cleared by Air Force Commanding General.) strongly suggested UFOs are interplanetary. April 8, 1952--Nr. Big Pines, Calif. Disc-like UFO observed by TV network engineer. [VI] April 17, 1952--Nellis AFB, Nevada. Large group of circular UFOs. [III] April 23, 1952--Watertown, Mass. Engineer saw high-speed maneuvering UFO. [VI] May 7, 1952--Barra da Tijuca, Brazil. Photographs of alleged UFO. [VIII] May 8, 1952--Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Fla. Pan-American Airways pilot and copilot saw light, 10 times the size of a landing light, come head-on, streak past left wing. [V] May 8, 1952--Project Blue Book Chief and two Colonels briefed Air Force Secretary Finletter on UFOs for one hour. (Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, Ruppelt, p. 185.) June, 1952--Tombstone, Ariz. Navy pilot watched a disc hover, speed away. [IV] May 13, 1952--National City, Calif. Convair design engineers, ex-Navy pilot, and amateur astronomer observed luminescent white circular object descend rapidly, circle area. [I] June 1, 1952--Los Angeles, Calif. Crew of Hughes Aircraft Co., radar test section tracked unidentified target at 11,000 ft.; UFO suddenly tripled its speed. [VIII] June 1952--Air Force reported to be taking the UFO problem seriously partly because a lot of good UFO reports were coming in from Korea. Pilots were seeing silver spheres or disks, and radar in Japan, Okinawa, and Korea had tracked unidentified targets. (Report on Undientified Flying Objects, Ruppelt, p. 192.) June 9, 1952--Time article by Dr. Donald H. Menzel, "Those Flying Saucers," "Light reflections" given as explanation. June 13, 1952--Le Bourget, France (airport). Control tower operators and pilot watched brilliant light source cross sky SW of field after hovering for about an hour. [X] ## July 1952 "Flap" June 19, 1952--Goose Bay, Labrador. Radar-visual sighting of reddish object. [VIII] June 18, 1952--California. UFO paced B-25 for 30 minutes. [II, III] ## [See Section XII for more detailed chronology] Summer 1952--MacDill AFB, Florida. USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot investigated radar target, saw glowing ellipse which reversed direction and sped away. [III] July 1, 1952--Boston, Mass. Two silvery cigar-shaped objects reported moving SW. [XII] July 2, 1952--Tremonton, Utah. Navy Warrant Officer D. C. Newhouse photographed group of 12 to 14 objects maneuvering in formation at high speed. [VIII] July 10, 1952--Nr. Korea. Crew of Canadian destroyer "Crusader", saw and tracked on radar two shiny discs. [VIII, X] July 12, 1952--Chicago, Ill. Air Force weather officer, many others at Montrose Beach saw large red object with small white lights on side reverse course directly overhead. [III] July 13, 1952--Nr. Washington, D. C. National Airlines pilot radioed CAA that he was being approached by a blue-white light. Object came to within 2 miles, hovered at same altitude. Pilot switched on all lights; UFO took off, upwards. [V] July 14, 1952--Newport News, Virginia. Pan-American Airways pilots watched formation of 6 discs make sharp turn below airliner joined by 2 more discs. [V] July 16, 1952--Hampton, Va. Aeronautical research engineer watched rendezvous of four amber colored objects. [VI] July 16, 1952--Salem, Mass. Seaman at CoastGuard Air Station photographed four brilliant white lights. [VIII] July 18, 1952--Nr. Denver, Colo. American Airlines pilot watched unidentified lights speed back and forth. [V] July 18. 1952--Patrick AFB, Florida. Two officers, weather- July 18, 1952--Patrick AFB, Florida. Two officers, weathermen, several others saw four amber-colored lights circling near the field. [III] July 19, 1952--Porto Maldo, Peru. Photograph of oval UFO taken by customs official. [VIII] July 19/20, 1952--Washington, D. C., CAA radar sightings; visual confirmation by airline pilots. [XII] July 23, 1952--Braintree, Mass. Bluish-green UFO circling at July 23, 1952--Braintree, Mass. Bluish-green UFO circling at high speed observed by radar, ground observers, F-94 pilot. [VIII] July 23, 1952--Culver City, Calif. Aircraft-plant employees reported a silvery elliptical UFO accompanied by two small discs. [II] July 24, 1952--Nr. Carson Sink, Nevada. Two Air Force colonels in B-25 saw formation of three delta wing silver objects traveling at estimated speed of over 1000 mph. [III] July 26, 1952--California. Radar-visual sighting. Jet chased large, yellow-orange light. [VIII] July 26/27, 1952 Washington, D.C. Radar and visual sightings July 26/27, 1952--Washington, D.C. Radar and visual sightings. [XII] July 27, 1952--Ann Arbor, Mich. Biologist reported "flotilla" of rocket-like UFOs. [VI] July 27, 1952 Manhattan Beach, Calif. Aeronautical engineer July 27, 1952--Manhattan Beach, Calif. Aeronautical engineer, others, observed group of UFOs changing position in formation. [VI] July 28, 1952--Wisconsin-Minnesota. Ground Control Intercept radar, Air Force pilot, plane spotter of G.O.C., tracked several UFOs. [VIII] July 29, 1952--Air Force press conference in Washington, D.C., headed by Major General John A. Samford, UFOs explained away as weather phenomena. (Transcript on file at NICAP.) July 29, 1952--Miami, Florida. Movies taken of high-speed UFO: film submitted to Air Force, never released. [VIII] UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released. [VIII] August 1, 1952--Nr. Yaak, Montana. Air Defense Command radar tracked UFO; sighted visually a dark, cigar-shaped object. [VIII] August 1, 1952--Sharonville, Ohio. Brilliant white disc observed at low altitude. Others reported oval object. [XII] served at low altitude. Others reported oval object. [XII] August 1, 1952--Albuquerque, N. M. Scripps-Howard Staff August 1, 1952--Albuquerque, N. M. Scripps-Howard Staff Writer watched UFOs change position in formation. [VII] Writer watched UFOs change position in formation. [VII] August 3, 1952--Hamilton AFB, California. Pilots on ground, radar, plane spotters tracked two silvery discs "dogfighting". [III, VIII] August 5, 1952--Haneda AFB, Japan. Circular UFO tracked on radar, chased by jets. [III, VIII] August 5, 1952--Baltimore, Md. Experienced amateur astronomer observed two copper-like discs. [VI] August 6/7. 1952--Kerkrade, Holland. Marine engineer and August 6/7, 1952--Kerkrade, Holland. Marine engineer and designer saw two disc-shaped objects with superstructures. [X] designer saw two disc-shaped objects with superstructures. [X] August 13, 1952--Tucson, Ariz. Air Force officer reported formation of bright UFOs. [III] August 13, 1952--Dallas, Texas. Airlines Chief Pilot chased maneuvering light. [V] August 20, 1952--Congaree AFB, S.C. Air Defense Command radar tracked UFO at 4,000 mph. [VIII] August 22, 1952--Elgin, Illinois. USAF jets, guided by Ground Observer Corps, chased a pulsating yellowish light. [VII] Colonel piloting F-84 saw two round silvery objects; one climbed straight up 2,000-3,000 feet. [III] August 28, 1952--Le Roy, N. Y. Disc circled airliner vertically. [II] August 28, 1952--Atlanta, Ga. Police watched maneuvering UFO. [VII] August 29, 1952--Villacoublay, France. Unidentified bright blue light observed through theodolite; once appeared as luminous white bar edged with black. [X]
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.