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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.
“UFO Files”49 pages
# Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0
September 9, 1952--Portland, Oregon. Two oval objects observed in searchlight beam. [XII]
September 16, 1952--Belle Glade, Florida. Circular object with row of lights on underside passed low overhead; cattle bolted. [XII]
September 19, 1952--North Sea. Spherical UFO photographed from U. S. Navy aircraft carrier participating in "Operation Mainbrace," NATO maneuvers. [XII]
September 20, 1952--Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England. Silvery disc followed Meteor jet, descended with pendulum motion. [See ("Operation Mainbrace") chronology. Section XII.]
[See "Operation Mainbrace" chronology, Section XII.]
September 22, 1952--Fairfax County, Va. Police observed 3-4 UFOs maneuvering erratically. [VII]
September 30, 1952--Edwards AFB, California. Aviation photographer, others, observed two discs alternately hovering and darting around. [VI]
October 11, 1952--Newport News, Va. Ground Observer Corps spotter saw disc-shaped UFO with "dome". [XII]
October 12, 1952--Palo Alto, Calif. V-formation of six apparent discs. [V]
October 13, 1952--Oshima, Japan. Air Force pilot and engineer saw round object in cloud formation; object became elliptical in appearance, sped away disappearing in seconds. [III]
October 27, 1952--Gaillac, France. Hundreds of citizens saw 16 UFOs information surrounding a cigar-shaped object. "Angel's hair" fell. [VIII]
October 29, 1952--Richmond, Va. Venezuelan Airlines pilot watched luminous UFO speed past plane. [V]
October 29, 1952--Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. Two F-94 pilots saw object which maneuvered at high speed. [III]
Fall 1952--N. Y. to Puerto Rico. Three Pan American Airways pilots watched UFO hover, speed away. [V]
November 16, 1952--Nr. Landrum, S. C. Hundreds of people saw a huge disc, watched through binoculars by air-traffic controller.
November 25/26, 1952--Panama Canal Zone. Two UFOs tracked by defense radar. [VIII]
December 4, 1952--Laredo, Texas. USAF F-51 pilot chased glowing white object which made tight turns, head-on passes at plane. [III]
December 6, 1952--Nr. Galveston, Texas. Air Force B-29 tracked UFOs at speeds up to 9000 mph, saw speeding blue-white lights. [VIII]
December 8, 1952--Chicago, Ill. Aircraft paced by row of unidentified lights. [V]
December 10, 1952--Nr. Hanford, Washington, Radar-visual sighting of round, white UFO with "windows." [VIII]
December 15, 1952--Goose Bay AFB, Labrador. Radar-visual sighting of reddish UFO which changed to white as it maneuvered. [VIII]
December 29, 1952--Northern Japan. Colonel, other USAF pilots, radar detected rotating UFO. [III]
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1953--Anaco, Venezuela. Avensa Airlines pilot reported round gray object paced plane. [X]
1953--Navy Carrier-based Squadron of attack planes approached by rocket-shaped UFO. [IV]
January 9, 1953--Northern Japan. Pilot and radar observer of an F-94 jet interceptor saw and tracked a rotating UFO. Air base Commander, Col. George W. Perdy, stated there was "remarkable corroboration as to description of the cluster of lights by people widely separated who hadn't so much as talked to one another." [III]
January 9, 1953--Santa Ana, Calif. V-formation of blue-white lights banked near USAF bomber. (III)
January 22, 1953--Santa Fe New Mexican: "A fireball expert said today Russia may be scouting the United States and other parts of the world with strange new guided missiles. Dr. Lincoln LaPaz said a good many shreds of evidence point to green fireballs sighted throughout the world being a type of missile - possibly of Soviet make." (Associated Press)
January 26, 1953--New Mexico radar site. Very bright reddishwhite UFO observed and tracked on radar. [VIII]
January 27, 1953--Livermore, Calif. Pilot watched shiny circular object in high speed climb. [V]
January 28, 1953--Albany, Ga. Air Force F-86 pilot saw a definite circular UFO pass below his plane, confirmed by radar. [VIII]
January 29, 1953--Presque Isle, Me. Gray oval UFO seen by USAF pilots. [III]
January 30, 1953--Yuma, Ariz. Gyrating light ascending steeply observed by scientist. [VI]
February 1, 1953--Terre Haute, Indiana. Sighting by USAF pilot (no details released). [III]
February 6, 1953--Rosalia, Wash. USAF bomber reported a circling UFO. [III]
February 7, 1953--Korean area. Radar-visual sighting by USAF pilot, maneuverable bright orange light. [III, VIII]
February 9, 1953--Virginia-N. C. border. Marine Corps pilot chased rocket-like object. [IV]
February 13, 1953--Fort Worth, Texas. Radar-visual sighting by B-36 crew. [VIII]
February 16, 1953--Nr. Anchorage, Alaska. Reddish UFO approached, paced USAF transport. [III]
February 17, 1953--Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. UFO chased by jet, accelerated away. [III]
March 7, 1953--Yuma, Arizona. Discs observed by Air Force officers at gunnery meet. [III]
officers at gunnery meet. [III] Spring 1953--Laredo, Texas. Air Force instructor flying T-33 switch sinker, cigar shaped object make right angle turn
watched circling cigar-shaped object make right-angle turn. [III]
May 5, 1953--Yuma, Ariz. Scientist observed silvery disc; concentric rings visible through Polaroid glasses. [VI]
May 21, 1953--Prescott, Ariz. Veteran private pilot saw 8 discs. [V]
May 23, 1953--Union of S. Africa. South African headquarters announced in November that on May 23, radar had tracked an
announced in November that on May 23, Tadar had tracked an unidentified object near the Cape at over 1000 mph. [VIII]
July 9, 1953--Columbus, Ohio. Circular, silver UFO seen at North American Aviation plant. [VII]
July 24, 1953--Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Large silver object circled over town. [VII]
July 31, 1953--Port Clinton, Ohio. Unidentified white light viewed through field glasses. [VII]
Summer 1953--Yaak, Montana. Radar-visual sighting of six UFOs in formation. [VIII]
August 1, 1953--Toledo, Ohio. UFO, changing color, flickered and jumped in sky. [VII]
August 9, 1953--Moscow, Idaho. Three F-86 fighters pursued a large glowing disc reported by Ground Observer Corps. [VII]
a large glowing disc reported by Ground Observer Corps. [VII] August 12, 1953--Rapid City, S. D. Simultaneous sighting of UFO by ground and airborne radar, visual. [I]
August 14, 1953--Columbus, Ohio. Lighted object came straight down out of sky, stopped, then sped out of view. [VII]
straight down out of sky, stopped, then sped out of view. [VII] August 15, 1953--Crestline, Ohio. Circling light changed color, white, red, green. [VII]
color, white, red, green. [VII] August 21, 1953--Maumee, Ohio. Black oval with green and red lights around perimeter. [VII]
August 21, 1953--Maumee, Ohio. Black oval with green and red lights around perimeter. [VII] August 23, 1953--Columbus, Ohio. Red and white object moving
August 23, 1953--Columbus, Ohio. Red and white object moving very slowly upward, observed by Ground Observer Corps.
August 26, 1953--Air Force Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of AF Harold E. Talbott: procedures for reporting UFOs, restrictions on public discussion by Air Force personnel. (IX)
August 31, 1953--Port Moresby, New Guinea. Motion picture film purporting to show saucer-like object climbing steeply, taken by aviation official. [VIII]
September 7, 1953--Cleveland, Ohio. Technical writer watched rotating triangle pass overhead (cf., May 22, 1960, Majorca sighting). [VII]
September 7, 1953--Vandalia, Ohio. Two Navy fighter pilots saw a brilliant white object speed below their planes, then climb rapidly out of sight. [IV]
September 11-13, 1953--Chiloquin, Ore. Police Chief, others, watched top-like UFOs three consecutive nights. [VII]
September 24, 1953--Bexley (Columbus), Ohio. Ground Observer Corps report: silvery disk followed plane. [VII] October 18, 1953--English Channel. Airline pilots saw a UFO
October 18, 1953--English Channel. Airline pilots saw a UFO "like two shallow saucers with their rims together." [V] 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.