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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. 15 …I had never heard of flying saucers and had no idea what we had seen, but…
  • p. 29 …Photograph never made public. 47. 6-30-54 Brookley AFB, Alabama Control tower operators Radar-visual…
  • p. 34 …It never did drop below the horizon--just faded away. The fading, of course, was due…
  • p. 50 …airports for 16 years." Sonner said, "and never before have I seen an aircraft like it…
  • p. 56 …5 minutes."It was something I had never seen before."UFO finally ascended straight up out…
  • p. 57 …Each "ship" also had, emanating from the "stern" portion, two "tails", seemingly streaming out horizontally, never…
  • p. 58 …It did not flicker, it burned steadily the weatherman said, but its light could never appear…
  • p. 72 …it went over the first hill and never over 1000 feet during my observation." Mr. Hahn…
  • p. 87 …was first being developed, and they have never been acceptably explained. The celebrated Washington radar sightings…
  • p. 88 …It has never been known to occur, there is no theoretical basis for believing that it…
  • p. 89 …The UFO showed on the film as a round, bright spot. (The film has never been…
  • p. 93 …NICAP has never obtained any negatives for analysis. Prints show disc from five different angles. Critics…
  • p. 94 …Picture reportedly showing unexplained circular light source, never made public. See "Report on Unidentified Flying Objects…
  • p. 96 …The many other reports from alleged additional witnesses were never received from Mr. Stanford. His background…
  • p. 97 …The first possibility to cross our minds was a polyethelyne type balloon, but we have never…
  • p. 98 …at least three consecutive frames, you'd never find it. Moreover, internal lens reflections (also countless…
  • p. 112 …Congressional hearings were contemplated See Section XIII but never came about. Instead, Air Force Congressional Liaison…
  • p. 113 …Film Data reportedly analyzed by USAF, but never released to public See Section VIII: Apr. 27…
  • p. 114 …Therefore, I never saw it in its published form. However, since I had prepared it - as…
  • p. 116 …I have never heard anyone claim anything to the contrary. . . ." ODE D"CLASSIC" - SEAGULLS (FROM COLORED…
  • p. 118 …proved highly impressive to one who had never before seen the Nation's Capital.) The interrogation…
  • p. 121 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operation at night, I am…
  • p. 125 …As far as is known, the pictures have never been published and no explanation of the…
  • p. 126 …I have never seen anything like it before." 42 ## The European Continent On the Continent, UFOs…
  • p. 129 …The USAF analysis report has never been released. ## C. OCEAN & ANTARCTIA UFOs have been sighted at…
  • p. 134 …Lincoln LaPaz, Institute of Meteoritics, said: "There has never been a rate of meteorite fall in…
  • p. 135 …film submitted to Air Force, never released. VIII UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released…
  • p. 138 …I've been observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen any meteoric fireballs…
  • p. 164 …which was also photographed. (The pictures have never been made public). The UFO was seen moving…
  • p. 165 …One of the most intriguing accounts, never fully investigated, described a whitish oval-shaped object observed…
  • p. 174 …Since most of the material presented to the Committees is classified, the hearings are never printed…
  • p. 175 …to a newsman's question: "UFOs have never been accurately explained. I think there is as…
  • p. 183 …things, is that the raw data almost never permit of measurement. It should be carefully noted…
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.