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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by GLM-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. 19 …seconds Section III (a)1953Anaco, Venezuela Round gray Pilot Approached airliner, paced it for 40 minutes…
  • p. 26 …Cases shaded in gray are detailed following chart). Date & Location Witnesses Description 8-29-42Columbus,Miss…
  • p. 28 …1-29-53 Presque Isle, Maine F-94 and other pilots Gray oval UFO. 38. 2…
  • p. 30 …I saw that it was a dark gray oval-shaped object, smaller than my T-6…
  • p. 37 …The pilot described the object as cigar-shaped, dark gray or gunmetal in color and giving…
  • p. 38 …divided into two sections, one half light gray in color, the other half black. The estimated…
  • p. 74 …The body appeared to be metallic and was of a light gray color, similar in appearance…
  • p. 104 …skippered by collections director Capt. W. B. Gray and his assistant, Emil Hanson. "We were traveling…
  • p. 110 …the so-called "administrative classification" is the gray area of secrecy, where no clear standards delimit…
  • p. 136 …Avensa Airlines pilot reported round gray object paced plane. X 1953--Navy Carrier-based Squadron of…
  • p. 137 …photographed. VIII September 15, 1954--Bihar, India. Gray disc hovered, emitted smoke and climbed away at…
  • p. 142 …Photographs and visual sighting of unidentified object "like a piece of paper," gray-white. Observed to…
  • p. 143 …A student saw a gray, apparently spherical UFO with a central row of yellow lights. Apparently…
  • p. 144 …The UFO made a sharp turn, headed toward the observers, changing color from orange to gray…
  • p. 147 …shiny or bright) 34 5.9% --- ----- Continued Gray 19 3.3% 5 .2% Silhouette (dark or…
  • p. 148 …Luminous disc,top gray,underside bright. (c)around edge. September20,1954 Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio --- Circular,dark…
  • p. 153 …Section VII. 10-3-60 Cressy, Australia Gray cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands (5 to…
  • p. 157 …noon (1) gray, shape not specified hovered 8 minutes, arced back & forth about 150, returning to…
  • p. 172 …The cast was turned over to Richard Gray, research physicist at Case Institute of Technology for…

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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

Date & Location	Time	UFO&Maneuvers	Number&Pattern
April2,1958Columbus,Ohio	9:00 to 11:00 p.m.	Cigar-shaped.	(c)long row of"portholes or windows".
April4,1958SantaMonica,Cal.	7:15 p.m.	Cigar-shaped;shot straight up.	(d)"windows"
April7,1958SantaAna,Calif.	---	Large glowing object;slow.	(c)string of lights.
April9,1958NewportBeach,Cal.	9:30 p.m.	2 deltas;hovered,flew away.	(c)row of6flashing red lights on edges. [Section VII.]
August17,1958KansasCity,Kans.	2:00 p.m.	Dome-shaped disc;followed jets,hovered.	(a)row of about5"portholes".
May4,1960Sarasota,Fla.	9:15 a.m.	Yellow elliptical object.	(b)4evenly spaced"windows",square,slightly rounded corners.
May18,1960Wellington,N.Z.	---	Cigar-shaped object.	(d)"portholes".
August18,1960Redlands,Calif.	1:45 a.m.	Disc with small dome.	(c)red lights around edge.
August24,1960Rumney,N.H.	9:15 p.m.	Cigar-shaped,self-luminous.	(c)4blinking lights which changed from orange to yellow.
November3,1960PriceCounty,Wis.	4:30 p.m.	Aluminum like disc with dome on top.On ground;rose above trees,took off at high speed,(humming noise).	(b)several around circumference.
December25,1960Cottonwood,Minn.	11:45 p.m.	Hemispherical disc(convex surface downward)with dome on top.	(b)row at base of dome.
BetweenMay2andMay5,1961UnionMills,Ind.	10:00 p.m.	Object about8'high,10'to15'di- ameter,inverted bowl shape;took off from road.	(a)oblong"windows"around topwith flashing red lights coming from them.Lights changed to steady fluorescent when object rose.
May25,1961Shepperton,Middlesex,England	Between10:00 and10:30 p.m.	Domed object first appearing as brilliant point of yellow light in West.	(a)row of3"portholes".
November22,1961NearGrafton,N.D.	7:00 p.m.	Cigar-shaped object,steady red light at upper end and flashing white light at other end.	(b)even row with yellow light. [Section VI.]
February9,1962AshtonClinton,Beds.,England	About3:30 a.m.	Disc-like reflective object with hazy dome;hovered low above road.White halo appeared as object took off at high speed.	(b)black markings"like portholes or air vents."
April24,1962Philadelphia,Pa.	7:45 p.m.	Circular object,dome on top;moving slowlyE to W,estimated altitude50'(shafts of white light directed downward from base).	(b)Center section was rotating row of"square windows".
April25,1962Philadelphia,Pa.	8:00 p.m.	Brilliantly lighted circular object low in southern sky moving slowlyWest.Green light on top.	(c)Row of yellow"window-like lights" disappeared and reappeared periodically.

UFO WITH "PORTHOLES," SARASOTA, FLORIDA OBSERVED BY ARCHITECT; MAY 4, 1960

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