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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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November 15, 1957--Carthage, Tenn. Highway patrolman, sheriff, others saw many flashing revolving red lights which moved around slowly, hovered. [VII] November 22, 1957--Canutillo, Texas. Silvery UFO sped back and forth, ascended. [VII] ## --formation; split into two groups (5 and 4). [II] April 11, 1958--Johannesburg, S. Africa. Airport instrument inspector, others watched reddish-white UFO arc back and forth. December 12, 1957--Chatham, Windsor area, Canada. TransCanada Airlines pilot, many police, saw orange oval UFO curving rapidly at low altitude. [X] December 1957--Pacific Ocean. Photograph of alleged disc-shaped UFO. [VIII] December 1, 1957--Los Angeles, California. Formation of oval UFOs photographed. [VIII] December 12, 1957--Tokyo, Japan. Radar-visual sighting of vari-colored UFO, jets scrambled. [VIII] December 16, 1957--Old Saybrook, Conn. Elliptical UFO with "portholes." [XII] ## 1958 January 3, 1958--Hawaii. Group of round UFOs reportedly photographed. [VIII] January 9, 1958--Marion, Illinois. Three reports of seven red lighted objects in straight line formation. [II] January 16, 1958--Trindade Isle, Brazil. Saturn-shaped UFO observed and photographed from on board IGY ship Almirante Saldanha. [VIII] January 30, 1958--Lima, Peru. Lawyer and family saw a circular UFO hover; car headlights went out. [VIII, X] February 9, 1958--Troy, Michigan. Oval UFO photographed. [VIII] February 2, 1958--N.S.W., Australia. Elliptical UFO with two "porthole" like markings. [XII] March 3, 1958--Nr. Marshall, Texas. Family saw two bright, planet-like objects with 6 or 7 smaller lights moving around them. [II] March 8, 1958--Korea. Air Force radar tracked slowly descending UFO. [VIII] March 20, 1958--Henrietta, Missouri. Saturn-like disc descended, hovered, moved away. [XII] April 4, 1958--Santa Monica, Calif. Cigar-shaped UFO with "windows" observed in rapid vertical climb. [XII] April 2, 1958--Columbus, Ohio. Cigar-shaped UFO with long row of "portholes or windows." [XII] "windows" observed in rapid vertical climb. [XII] April 7, 1958--Newport Beach, California. Police watched two UFOs with flashing body lights, maneuver near coastline. [VII] UFOs with flashing body lights, maneuver near coastline. [VII] Similar sightings for two nights in El Toro and Santa Ana. April 9, 1958--Cleveland, Ohio. Nine yellow UFOs in Vformation; split into two groups (5 and 4). [II] April 11, 1958--Johannesburg, S. Africa. Airport instrument inspector, others watched reddish-white UFO arc back and forth. [X] April 14, 1958--Albuquerque, N. Mex. Air Force Staff Sergeant saw large formation of unidentified lights. [III] May 5, 1958--San Carlos, Uruguay. Well-known pilot watched a brilliant object come near his plane, felt intense heat. [X] May 17, 1958--Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. UFO sped away when light was shone at it. [II] May 25, 1958--Kirchberg, Hunsruck, Germany. Circular silvery UFO observed moving through clouds. [X] May 27, 1958--Bahia State Coast, Brazil. Varig Airlines pilot watched a brightly luminous circular object maneuver under his plane. [X] June 4, 1958--Sarasota, Florida. White oval-shaped object zig-zagged overhead. [XII] June 23, 1958--Nr. England AFB, Louisiana. State policeman photographed two round UFOs. [VIII] July 17, 1958--Chitose AFB, Japan. Radar-visual sighting of circling reddish light. [III] July 26, 1958--Durango, Colorado. Ground Observer Corps Supervisor spotted a round silvery object moving "at tremendous speed." [VII] Summer 1958--Air Force Base. Southwest United States. Two maneuvering UFOs evaded jet interceptors. [VIII] CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 August 11, 1958--Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Engineering professor observed unidentified lights arranged as if on oval object. [VI] August 17, 1958--Kansas City, Kansas. Dome-shaped disc with "portholes" followed jets, hovered. [XII] August 24, 1958--Westwood, N. J. Police reported a circular, orange UFO which hovered, sped away. [VII] September 7, 1958--Mission, Kansas. Publisher saw white disc speed overhead. [VII] September 8, 1958--Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. Air Force Major, other officers, observed rocket-like UFO with satellite objects. [III] September 21, 1958--Sheffield Lake, Ohio. Disc hovered near ground. [IX] October 2,1958--Nr. Blairstown, New Jersey. Zoologist watched disc circling and maneuvering. [VI] October 3, 1958--Nr. Rossville, Ind. Crew of freight train reported four disc-like objects followed train for over an hour, reacted to light. [II] October 7, 1958--Nantucket, Mass. Ship's Master, others watched a grayish oval object hover for several minutes, then climb away at high speed. [VII] October 12, 1958--Aurora, Illinois. Police reported several yellowish UFOs moving in all directions. [VII] October 26, 1958--Baltimore, Maryland. Hovering elliptical UFO flashed, shot up out of sight. [XII] October 26, 1958--Lafayette, Indiana. Research chemist saw 2-3 bright objects pass through field of telescope. [VI] 2-3 bright objects pass through field of telescope. [VI] November 1958--Dewline radar tracked UFO which descended, moved horizontally, climbed out of radar beam. [VIII] November 5, 1958--Conway, N. H. Hovering light suddenly sped away. [XII] December 20, 1958--Dunellen, New Jersey. Police patrol observed a bright red, pulsating elliptical object which approached, hovered, then "went straight up like a shot." [I] ## 1959 January 1, 1959--Newport Beach, California. County Harbor Department guards watched UFO split in four parts; two rose vertically at high speed, one headed SE, one remained stationary. [XII] January 8, 1959--Nr. Walworth, Wisconsin. Former control tower operator and flight controller saw UFO descend slowly, then speed away like meteor. [V] January 13, 1959--Pymatuning Lake, Penna. UFO hovered over truck causing electrical failure. [II, VIII] January 23, 1959--Panama. Bright silver object arced across sky, tracked by U.S. radar. [VIII] February 4, 1959--Gulf of Mexico. Reddish light sped back and forth across course of Pan American Airways plane, then disappeared at high speed in vertical climb. [V] February 9, 1959--Imperial Beach, California. Bright UFO with halo filmed. [VIII] February 24, 1959--Pennsylvania. American and United Airlines planes paced by three glowing objects. [V, IX] February 26, 1959--London, England. Air Traffic Controllers, others saw a bright yellow disc which hovered for 20 minutes above airport, then climbed away at high speed. [X] April 3, 1959--Ocoee, Florida. Treasury enforcement officer saw UFO ascending and descending. [VII] April 12, 1959--Montreal, Canada. St. Hubert Air Base Control Tower Operators, others saw red light which hovered over base, then darted away. [X] May 14, 1959--Des Moines, Iowa. UFO hovered, sped away. [XII] June 3, 1959--Nr. Bloomington, Indiana. Torpedo-shaped UFO hovered, dove out of sight. [XII] June 11, 1959--Henderson, Nevada. Security officers observed a formation of four disc-like objects. [VII] June 27,1959--New Guinea. Anglican priest and natives reported seeing figures on top of hovering disc. (XIV) July 8, 1959--Columbus, Indiana. Family in car chased three pulsating object seen moving slowly at low altitude in V-formation. (Two WTTV employees saw similar formation few minutes earlier, 25-30 miles away.) [II]
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.