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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
September 4, 1956--Copenhagen, Denmark. Radar tracking of several UFOs at about 1800 mph. [VIII] September 6, 1956--Pasadena, California. Western Airlines pilot reported erratically moving white lights to Air Defense Command; visual confirmation from ground. [V] Early November 1956--Malibu, Calif. Flat oval object with three window-like markings on underside flew low, through searchlight beam. [XII] November 8, 1956--Miami, Florida. Pan American Airways radar tracked a UFO at 4000 mph. [VIII] November 14, 1956--Nr. Mobile, Alabama. Capital Airlines pilot sighting of maneuvering light. [I] November 19, 1956--Frankfurt, Germany. V-formation of blue-white, elliptical UFOs. [X] November 24/25, 1956--Nr. Pierre, South Dakota. (Widespread UFO sightings for several days.) State police chased UFO, Air Force jets scrambled. [VII] December 1956--Far East. Air Force jet pilot tracked UFO on radar; observed visually as "large round object." [I] December 27, 1956--Los Angeles, Calif. Real estate investor saw three spherical UFOs reflecting sunlight. [VII] CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 August 15, 1957--Woodland Hills, California. Retired Navy August 20, 1957--Fujisawa City, Japan. Cylindrical UFO observed above beach, photographed. [VIII] September 17, 1957--Ft. Devens, Mass. Army report on eight round, orange UFOs which flew over base, one oscillating up and down. [IV] September 26, 1957--Paris, France. Confidential report, from U.S. Embassy officer and wife, of bright elliptical UFO. [X] ## 1957 U.S. Embassy officer and wife, of bright elliptical UFO. [X] October 7, 1957--Cape Canaveral, Fla. White oval object seen near Cape for second consecutive night. [XII] near Cape for second consecutive night. [XII] October 8, 1957--Bua Province, Fiji Islands. Natives in small boat, saw UFO, descend vertically, hover about 20 feet above sea boat saw UFO descend vertically, hover about 20 feet above sea. October 8, 1957--Nr. Boston, Mass. Pan American Airways pilot saw a brilliant object flying at high speed in daylight. [V] October 15, 1957--Fountain County, Indiana. Farmer reported silver disc which hovered over his combine as he worked in field; combine engine failed when UFO rose. [VIII] January 21, 1957--Army Intelligence report on "large shiny metal ball," disc, other UFOs over APO Army base. [IV] October 16, 1957--Australia. Round UFO sighted by former Commander-in-Chief of Royal Australian Air Force. [X] January 24, 1957--Indiana. Commercial pilot and many others saw four brilliant white lights, in-line formation; trailing object larger, egg-shaped and pulsating. [V] October 21 (or 29), 1957--Nr. London, England. RAF pilot sighted IEO near atomic base confirmed by radar. [VIII] February 13, 1957--Burbank, California. Police received many calls about oval-shaped objects over city. Officer Robert Wells, who went to investigate, confirmed sighting. [XII] March 8, 1957--Nr. Houston, Texas. UFO paced plane, moved up and down at high speed. [V] sighted UFO near atomic base, confirmed by radar. [VIII] October 22, 1957--Pittsburgh, Pa. Family saw six UFOs in two separate groups, changing position in formation. [II] March 9, 1957--Nr. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pan American Airways pilot took evasive action as fiery round, greenish-white object passed plane. [V] March 23, 1957--Long Beach, California. Four UFOs tracked on CAA radar, widespread visual sightings. [VIII] March 29, 1957--Off East Coast, Florida. Pan American Airways pilot observed brilliant pulsating light, confirmed by radar. [V] October 23, 1957--Kent, England. Disc travelling on edge. [XII] April 4, 1957--Wigtownshire, Scotland. Three radar posts tracked a UFO which flashed across the sky at 60,000 feet, dove to 14,000 feet, circled and sped away. [VIII] to 14,000 feet, circled and sped away. [VIII] May 12, 1957--Moab, Utah. Round, blue-green UFO sped past below observer's altitude. [IV] June 15, 1957--Lancashire, England. Saturn-like UFO with "portholes" observed through telescope in bright daylight. [XII] August 1, 1957--Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Large glowing object hovered 20 minutes, sped away. [VII] August 14, 1957--Nr. Joinville, Brazil. Varig Airlines pilot observed domed disc, which affected aircraft engines. [X] sighted UFO with "a halo of light around it and what appeared to be three portholes." [VI] June 18, 1957--Pacific Ocean, 150 miles off San Francisco. Captain and crew of freighter Hawaiian Fisherman saw three June 30, 1957--Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Disc-like object paced, maneuvered around airliner. [X] Captain and crew of freighter Hawaiian Fisherman saw three brightly lighted objects "like small moons." [II] July 1957--Azusa, California. "Disc with amber lights around edge made wobbling vertical descent. [XII] July 1, 1957--Avon, Mass. Cigar-shaped UFO with green lights like windows. [XII] July 4, 1957--Nr. Campos, Brazil. Disc with dome and portholes paced airliner. [X] July 9, 1957--Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Attorney saw speeding white elliptical UFO. [X] July 31, 1957--Calistoga, California. Businessman watched two erratically maneuvering brilliant white objects. [VII] ## November 1957 "Flap" [See Section XII for detailed November 1957 Chronology] November 2, 1957 Lovelland Texas Elliptical UFOs sig November 2, 1957--Levelland, Texas. Elliptical UFOs sighted repeatedly on or near roads, many cars stalled. November 3, 1957--White Sands, N.M. Army Jeeppatrol sightings; UFO observed twice near old atomic bunker. November 4, 1957--Alamogordo, N.M. James Stokes, White Sands engineer, watched elliptical UFO swoop over mountains, car stalled. November 4, 1957--Elmwood Park, Illinois. Reddish elongated object at low level pursued by police in squad car. November 5, 1957--Gulf of Mexico, off New Orleans. Coast Guard cutter Sebago repeatedly tracked UFO on radar, once saw planet-like speeding light. About same time, airman at Keesler AFB, Miss., saw elliptical UFO accelerate rapidly and disappear in clouds. [VIII] November 5, 1957--East St. Louis, Illinois. Three Alton & Southern Railroad employees saw two silvery, egg-shaped UFOs. November 5, 1957--Haverhill, Mass. Ground Observer Corps reported a circular or spherical glowing object which appeared to vibrate up and down and from side to side while hovering. [VII] November 5, 1957--Long Beach, California. Air Force Major, others at Municipal Airport saw 6 shiny circular UFOs "changing course instantaneously without loss of speed like planes in a dogfight." November 6, 1957--Nr. Danville, Illinois. State Police chased UFO for 15 miles, experienced radio failure. November 6, 1957--Nr. Atlanta, Ga. Three truckers independently reported seeing reddish elliptical objects on the road. November 6, 1957--Montville, Ohio. Olden Moore case; low, hovering Saturn-like disc, abnormal radioactivity later detected in area. [IX, XII] November 7, 1957--Lake Charles, Louisiana. Silvery disc hovered, car motor failed. November 7, 1957--El Paso, Texas, Times: "Some of the nation's top scientists are 'pretty shook up' about the mysterious flying objects sighted in New Mexico and West Texas skies this week, said Charles Capen (a scientist at White Sands). 'This is something that hasn't happened before,' (he said)." November 10, 1957--Hammond, Indiana. Police chased an elongated UFO; electromagnetic interference reported. November 11, 1957--Nr. Los Angeles, California. Airline passenger saw elliptical UFO flying low over ground below plane. [VII] November 11, 1957--San Fernando Valley, Calif. Rocketdyne engineers observed three UFOs climbing at high speed. [VI]
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.