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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
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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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.