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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 Date Location Witness Description November 5,1955 Cleveland,Ohio Minister “Like two saucers,the uppermost inverted and resting on the edges of the lower one”[Section VII.] August 20,1956 Citrus Heights,California Family “Like two soup bowls,one inverted on top of the other” August 20,1957 Nr Trujillo,Venezuela Lawyers “Like two soup plates clamped together by their rims” November 6,1957 Nr Montville,Ohio Plasterer “Like a saucer with another inverted one resting on top...”[Section XII] January 16,1958 Trindade Isle,Brazil Ship's crew “A flattened sphere encircled at the equator by a large ring...”[Section VIII] March 20,1958 Henrietta,Mo. --- “One saucer inverted over another” July 1,1960 Nr Leefe,Wyoming --- “Shape of two dinner plates face to face” October 2,1961 Salt Lake City,Utah Businessman/pilot “Shaped like a pair of saucers,one turned upside down on top of the other”[Section I] ## Color UFOs observed in daylight rarely have shown any particular color. Common descriptions have been "silver" or "white". Occasionally some "glow" or "shine" has been observed in daylight or twilight, appearing to be self-illumination rather than reflection. At night, UFOs have most often appeared as bright light sources, occasionally as silhouetted objects (sometimes with body lights). The color of the light sources or body lights have ranged across the spectrum, and sometimes UFOs have shown more than one color or changed color during the observation. (See part C of this section for color change study.) NICAP(575 Cases) Air Force*(2199 Cases) Silver or Metallic 88 15.3% 389 17.7% White 81 14.1% 517 23.5% Reflective(shiny or bright) 34 5.9% --- ----- Continued Gray 19 3.3% 5 .2% Silhouette (dark or black) 31 5.4% 57 2.6% Night or Twilight Red 62 10.8% 179 8.1% Orange 25 4.3% 221 10.1% Yellow 28 4.9% 159 7.2% Green 21 3.7% 144 6.5% Blue 26 4.5% 93 4.2% Purple 0 0.0% 5 .2% [*Project Blue Book Special Report No.14, page143,tableA65] ## "Portholes" an often observed feature of UFOs seen at relatively close range is markings, apertures, or lights on the body of the object. The appearance is that of "portholes" or "windows", as many of the witnesses have stated. In the sample of 50 "porthole" cases charted here, the markings are of three general types: (a) Circular; (b) Rectangular (or square); (c) Row of lights; [(d) Not specified.] Date & Location Time UFO&Maneuvers Number&Pattern April or May 1932 Durham,N.H. --- Silvery,saucer-shaped;passed slowly overhead. (c) on underside of edge July 23,1948 Montgomery,Ala. 2:45 a.m. Cigar-shaped,fiery exhaust;sped past airliner,rose. (b) two rows [Section V.] August 20,1949 Las Cruces,N.M. 10:45 p.m. 6-8 rectangles arranged in elliptical pattern,apparent connecting glow. (b) Section VI March 31,1950 Little Rock,Ark. 9:29 p.m. Circular with flashing light on top;arced above airliner. (a) 8-10 in circular pattern on underside [Section V] August 31,1951 Metodor,Texas. 12:30 p.m. Pear-shaped;spiraling climb. (d) "porthole" on side.
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.