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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	Description
7-10-47	Southern New Mexico	Astronomer saw elliptical UFO hovering and wobbling, reported a "remarkably sudden ascent"; estimated 600 to 900 mph. [Section II.]
8-47	Media, Pa.	Hovered, flipped over showing it was disc; second later shot from mid-sky over the horizon in 3 to 4 seconds. [Section V.]
12-8-47	Las Vegas, Nevada	Pilots at night saw reddish light moving at moderate speed; flashed bright green and "shot up at tremendous speed."
7-4-48	Nr Longmont, Colo.	Round, silvery object, revolving; hovered for several seconds, soared upward at terrific speed.
3-10-50	Orangeburg, S.C.	Publisher and others saw bright disc hover over city for 15 minutes, speed away leaving trail.
3-8-50	Dayton, Ohio	Round UFO hovered at high altitude; pursued by interceptors, streaked vertically upward. [Section VIII.]
3-26-50	Nr Washington, D.C.	Private pilot saw metallic disc below his plane, dove at it; UFO zoomed up into broken clouds. [Section V.]
3-26-50	Reno, Nevada	CAA tower operator saw brilliant UFO hover, move slowly, shoot upward into clouds. [Section V.]
4-9-50	Shelby, N.C.	Round aluminum-like UFO moving horizontally for two minutes, shot straight up.
5-29-50	Nr Washington, D.C.	After circling airliner and hovering, elliptical UFO sped east at "fantastic speed." [Section V.]
6-30-50	Nr Kingman, Kans.	Rotating saucer-shaped UFO hovered; took off with terrific acceleration as minister (former USAF pilot) started to drive his car under it.
1-20-51	Nr Sioux City, Iowa	Rocket-like object flew alongside DC-3, suddenly shot up out of sight [Section V.]
2-19-51	Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa	Cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands, hovering, sighted by airline pilot and crew; after 15 to 20 minutes suddenly shot straight up. [Section X.]
8-51	Nr Murray, Ky.	Silver, roughly triangle-shaped object hovered, then shot straight up.
10-9-51	Nr Paris, Ill.	Disc-like UFO hovering, as pilot turned toward it, UFO began to pick up speed, shot off toward NE. [Section V.]
Early 1952	Cleveland, Ohio	Red light hovered; took off at high speed when chased by plane. [Section V.]
1-21-52	Mitchel AFB, N.Y.	Disc circling and climbing slowly; pilot gave chase, UFO accelerated rapidly and pulled away out to sea. [Section IV.]
1-29-52	Wonsan, Korea	Revolving disc paralleled B-29 for five minutes, pulled ahead, shot away at sharp angle. [Section X.]
2-20-52	Greenfield, Mass.	Minister watched three round silvery UFOs hover, suddenly speed away disappearing in seconds. [Section VII.]

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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.