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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 7 …Allen Hynek (Chief scientific consultant to the Air Force on UFOs) said: "...there are more reports…
  • p. 30 …Air Force. (Originally reported in Cleveland Press, picked up by United Press International, July 30, 1952…
  • p. 34 …I collected a few names of individuals present, as I intended to report the UFO to…
  • p. 44 …Gordon Pendleton, Irish International Airlines Globular UFO with antenna-like projections, streaked below his Viscount. Section…
  • p. 55 …Often this argument is used by skeptics to imply that UFO reports result only from careless…
  • p. 71 …Reports of the UFO came into the Baltimore Filter Center for about an hour the first…
  • p. 72 …It was "more distinct than the daytime moon," Walker reported. 36 ## Rendezvous of Two UFOs February…
  • p. 77 …Teletype report and letter on file at NICAP 2. Reports obtained by Cleveland and Akron UFO…
  • p. 97 …According to a report which Mr. Purdon submitted to NICAP, the UFO was first motionless for…
  • p. 98 …Miller, who reported September 18, 1960: The UFO "quite probably is a cinch mark. . . it could…
  • p. 110 …Project name changed to "Grudge." Because of internal disagreement about the significance of UFOs, reports were…
  • p. 119 …The original report released by the Air Force PIO at Truax AFB, Wisc., stated that contact…
  • p. 122 …Wherever man travels on the globe, UFOs have been sighted. Ships at sea have reported strange…
  • p. 123 …At Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, December 22, 1962, a UFO was sighted about 3:00…
  • p. 126 …An Aer Lingus (Irish International Airlines) pilot reported a globe-shaped unidentified object which flew beneath…
  • p. 127 …International News Service (INS) reported that an Italian Air Force radar station at Practica Dimare, 40…
  • p. 129 …Norris reported that "during early November UFO reports came from all Australian states except Tasmania." The…
  • p. 130 …However, the reported size of the UFO was far too large to be explained as a…
  • p. 131 …Report and sketches published in Japan International UFO Investigation, J. I. Takanashi, Editor; Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan…
  • p. 137 …Week of UFO sightings investigated by military authorities. Scores of residents reported strange glowing objects maneuvering…
  • p. 142 …Three people reported a round, orange UFO which moved rapidly east to west, stopped and hovered…
  • p. 144 …Once the reports had been publicized, the planet Jupiter also was reported as a UFO on…
  • p. 163 …Unofficial report of elliptical silvery UFO seen by aircraft workers; launched two small discs which maneuvered…
  • p. 164 …Air Force called press conference on UFO sightings, attended by more than 40 reporters. Suggested UFOs…
  • p. 171 …missile range, reported an egg-shaped UFO which descended over the base. A report on this…
  • p. 173 …May 14-16 - Several UFO reports from Bahia Blanca, La Rioja, and La Barrera. In the…
  • p. 182 …However, once it is determined that a given UFO report is not evidence of an attack…
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

Date & Location	Time	UFO&Maneuvers	Number&Pattern
November 7,1951 Lake Superior	Evening	Bright orange,oval;high speed,horizontal flight.	(a)6spaced in two rows of three each on underside.
September 16,1952 Belle Glade,Fla.	About4:30a.m.	Circular disc	(c)Red and amber lights alternately spaced around outside rim,on underside.
October27,1952	2:05a.m.	Elliptical,trailing sparks;landed at deserted airport.	(b)4on top following curve of surface.
April16,1954 Grand Canyon,Ariz.	10:20p.m.	Cigar-shapedUFOwith bright light on front.	(c)5along side[Section VII]
May30,1954 Bainbridge,N.Y.	4:50p.m.	Elliptical,silvery.	(a)4in line along major axis
July28,1954 Atlantic Ocean	8:15p.m.	Luminous disc,top gray,underside bright.	(c)around edge.
September20,1954 Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio	---	Circular,dark object;moderate speed,curved,then followed straight path.	(c)6-8 lights
October7,1954 Isles-sur-Suippes,France	Earlya.m.	Elongated object	(d)dim light emanating from"portholes"illuminated object.
October14,1954 Hobbs,N.M.	8p.m.to9:20p.m.	5semicircles of"pearly"lights.	(c)Semicircles bisected by row of lights.
November5,1954 Lookout Point,N.Z.	---	Orange,elliptical.	(d)blue portholes.
December5,1954 Northeast,Penna.	1:40to1:50a.m.	Domed object giving off brilliant orange glow.	(b)double row below dome.
December20,1954 Pontiac,Mich.	Night	Circular object,bright orange/dull red;fast.	(b)semicircle of ports or slits.
February2,1955 Maiquetia-Merida,Venezuela	11:15a.m.	"Saturn" disc,rotating;near airliner.	(d)above,below ring.[SectionX.]
June17,1955 Adelaide,Australia	2:15to2:45p.m.	Silver,oblong;slight movement.	(c)2bright spots along length.
Octbber28,1955 Galloway,England	---	Disc with revolving rim;very slow.	(c)Bluish lights on rim.
November5,1955 Cleveland,Ohio	6to6:30p.m.	Elliptical;hovered,cruised slowly.	(b)8"windows"clearly visible.[SectionVII.]
December6,1955 Ashfield,Mass.	4:15p.m.	Cigar,smoke trails;slow.	(c)Long rows of brilliant red lights.
August19,1956 Newington,Conn.	11:20p.m.	Fiery object;slow,reversed direction.	(b)4"windows"in line.
Early November,1956 Malibu,Calif.	8:30p.m.	Oval,brilliant white object.Approximately5,000ft.alt.Underside clearly visible.	(b)3evenly spaced on outer rim.Three oblong outlined"windows"on underside
June15,1957 Lancashire,England	5:06p.m.GMT	Saturn-like,silvery blue	(b)4visible below ring;rectangular with rounded ends.
June18,1957 Jackson,Miss.	---	Object with halo of light.	(d)3"portholes".
July1957Azusa,Calif.	2:30a.m.	Disc;wobbling descent	(c)amber lights at edges.
July1,1957Avon,Mass.	10:00p.m.	Cigar-shapedUFO.	(c)green"windows".
November5,1957New York,N.Y.	4:30a.m.	Domed disc;hovered,sped away	(d)"Portholes"on dome;number&type not specified.
November6,1957Marion,Indiana	7:30p.m.	Cigar;hovered,then outran jet.	(c)String of very bright lights.
December16,1957Old Saybrook,Conn.	2:00-3:00a.m.	Elliptical object;(Ports visible only while UFO not glowing,during hovering).	(b)4spaced along horizontal axis.
January14,1958Sarasota,Fla.	7:30p.m.	White glowing object	(c)about10"ports"or"windows".
February2,1958NSW,Australia	7:45p.m.	Elliptical;flame trail.	(a)2portlike markings.

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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.