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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.
“United Press”33 pages
November 25,1954--Cordoba, Argentina. Meteorologist, control tower operator at airport watched two hovering luminous objects (official report from Argentine Embassy). [X] November 26, 1954--Matasquan, N. J. Formation of round objects. (Confidential report from college professor.) [VII] Millville, N. J. Disc with four body lights. [II] December 3, 1954--Wilmington, N. C. Civil Aeronautics Administration personnel watched round, yellowish UFO through binoculars. [V] December 5, 1954--North East, Pa. Domed object with double row of square "ports" hovered low over Lake Erie. [XII] December 7, 1954--Ungton, Cape Province, So. Africa. December 7, 1954--Upington, Cape Province, So. Africa. Meteorologist tracked white hemispherical object with theodolite. [X] December 15, 1954--Nr. Nowra, Australia. Royal Australian Navy pilot paced by two UFOs, confirmed on radar. [VIII] Navy pilot paced by two UFOs, confirmed on radar. [VIII] December 19, 1954--Vienna, Austria. High-speed UFOs reported. [X] December 20, 1954--Pontiac, Mich. Red-orange circular UFO, with white glow from "portholes" at front, sped overhead. [XII] ## 1955 1954 or 1955--Coos Bay, Oregon. District Judge observed maneuvering disc. [VII] 1955--Virginia, nr. Washington, D. C. Navy pilot observed domed disc. [IV] February 2, 1955--Nr. Merida, Venezuela. Aeropost Airlines pilot reported a top-shaped object with "portholes" and central ring paced airliner. [X] January 2, 1955--Nr. Punta San Juan, Venezuela. Airliner en route to Maracaibo approached by luminous UFO. [X] April 22, 1955--Tintinara, Australia. Saturn-shaped UFO made sharp turn, ascended. [XII] February 11, 1955--Miami to New York. Pan American Airways flight saw two reddish-green objects speed past under wing. [V] April 24,1955--Albuquerque,N.Mex. April 23 (AP) Dr. Lincoln LaPaz: "I'm sure the yellow-green fireballs aren't ordinary meteorite falls. I've been observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen any meteoric fireballs like them." During the week of April 3-9, five greenfireballs were reported in New Mexico and two in northern California. After a number of sightings reported about mid-morning April 5, LaPaz said: "This is a record. We believe we have it narrowed from the many reports to three. But they were seen within a very few minutes of each other. . . " May 25, 1955--Alexandra Park, London, England. Circular, luminous object approached B-47, quickly reversed direction and shot away. [II] June 16, 1955--Eastern U.S. UFOs observed over wide area, jets scrambled. [III] June 17, 1955--Nr. Adelaide, Australia. Silver oblong UFO viewed through binoculars; hovered; moved away behind clouds as an aircraft neared. [XII] July 9, 1955--Santa Catalina Channel, Calif. Family aboard boat saw a round cylinder, greyish and white, surrounded by a "haze of fumes." UFO zig-zagged upward, then sped away. [XII] "haze of fumes." UFO zig-zagged upward, then sped away. [XII] July 17, 1955--Canton, Ohio. Disc hovered, climbed away as airliner approached. [XII] July 26, 1955--Lasham, Hants, England. Members of British Gliding Association watched boomerang-shaped object (or flattened triangle) hover above glider then speed away. [XII] July 26, 1955--Washington, D. C. A brilliant round object with trail 4 or 5 times its own length approached National Airport, stopped, oscillated, and moved off at high speed. Ceiling lights at airport went out when object approached; returned to operation when UFO left. [VIII, XII] July 29, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. Zigzagging UFO made shrill sound. [VII] August 6, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. Oval-shaped UFO observed ascending at high speed. [XII] August 21, 1955--Chalmette, La. Glowing-white Saturn-shaped object hovered, rotating; turned sideways and shot away. [XII] August 23, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. SAC jets "dogfight" with UFOs first detected by radar. White spheres and discs observed by Ground Observer Corps. [VIII] August 28, 1955--Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Education official and others saw a white Saturn-shaped object through a telescope. [XII] October 2, 1955--Akron and Alliance, Ohio. Hovering dislike UFO observed over wide area. [VII] October 28, 1955--Galloway, England. Disc with row of blue lights on rim, maneuvered slowly over car on lonely road. [XII] lights on rim, maneuvered slowly over car on lonely road. [XII] October 31, 1955--Nr. Auckland, N. Z. Bright object passed National Airlines DC-3. [X] November 1, 1955--Mojave Desert, Calif. Astronomer observed cigar-shaped UFO and smaller disc. [VI] November 2, 1955--Williston, Fla. Police, others saw as many as six oval-shaped objects in formation. [VII] November 5, 1955--Cleveland, Ohio. Minister observed empirical UFO with square "windows". [VII] November 9, 1955--Philadelphia, Pa. Newspaper photographers November 9, 1955--Philadelphia, Pa. Newspaper photographers and others saw 12 silvery-white round objects in formation. [VII] November 14, 1955--San Bernardino Mts., Calif. Pilot saw a globe of white light approach plane, blinked landing lights; object blinked in seeming response, reversed course. [V] November 20, 1955--Oak Ridge, Tenn. Two shiny, elliptical November 20, 1955--Oak Ridge, Tenn. Two shiny, elliptical UFOs "like two dirigibles" traveled over restricted area. [IX] November 23, 1955--Spirit Lake, Iowa. GroundObserver Corps spotters reported a brilliant object which changed color, moved erratically. [VII] December 6, 1955--Ashfield & Greenfield, Mass. Several people watched a cigar-shaped object with long rows of brilliant, reddish body lights, moving slowly south. [XII] December 11, 1955--Nr. Jacksonville, Fla. Navy jets in dogfight with round, reddish UFO. [IV] December 29, 1955--New Britain, Conn. Shiny object hovered, sped away. [XII] ## 1956 1956--North Atlantic. Large disc paced Navy transport. [IV] January 17, 1956--Orangeville, Canada. Disc-shaped UFO seen at close range; rings of light visible on bottom. [XII] January 22, 1956--Gulf of Mexico, nr. New Orleans. Pan American Airways flight engineer saw a large elongated object, emitting yellow flame or light, pass aircraft from horizon to behind a weather front. [V] February 17, 1956--Paris, France. Large UFO tracked on radar at Orly Airport, observed by airline pilot as red light source. [VIII] March 5, 1956--Honolulu, Hawaii. UFO formation photographed. [VIII] April 8, 1956--Nr. Schenectady, N. Y. American Airlines pilot followed UFO across state. [V, IX] June 27, 1956--Trieste, Italy. Luminous object hovered, sped away. [XII] July 19, 1956--Hutchinson, Kansas. Naval Air Station reported tracking "a moving unidentified object" on radar, observed visi ually by state police as "teardrop shaped" light source. [VIII] Noticeable maneuvers of UFO "vertically and horizontally over a wide area of the sky" mapped by Wichita Eagle. July 19, 1956--Phoenix, Ariz. Luminous round object hovered, sped away. [XII] July 29, 1956--Pasadena, Calif. Hovering/speeding light seen by Ground Observer Corps, tracked on radar. [VII] August 1956--Boulder City, Nevada. Research technician observed formation of five flat, circular UFOs. [VI] August 8-19, 1956--Connecticut. Concentration of sightings over 12-day period. Retired fire department engineer in Hartford saw an oblong UFO with halo (August 8); an egg-shaped UFO was seen over West Redding (August 11); unidentified white lights reported over West Hartford by Ground Observer Corps (August 14); August 19, 1956--Newington, Conn. Fiery object made turn, dimmed, window-like markings became visible. [XII] August 20, 1956--Citrus Heights, Calif. Man & wife saw 25 or more bright, Saturn-like UFOs in a rough semi-circle formation. [XII] August 21, 1956--Wyoming-Montana. Dumbbell-shaped UFOs approached plane. [VII]
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.