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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.
“Williams Air Force Base”17 pages
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Sample Cases: Date Location Description 10-2-61 Salt Lake City, Utah Disc-shaped UFO seen by pilot, hovered with slight rocking motion. [Section I.] 7-9-62 West New York, N.J. Disc with rotating central ring hovered with swaying motion. ## b. Pendulum/Falling Leaf Motion A curious, but fairly common, flight characteristic of UFOs is a pendulum-like motion (swaying back and forth) during hovering, slow climb, or descent. Witnesses frequently have compared this to the gyrations of a falling leaf. ## Sample Cases: October 11, 1951. J.J. Kaliszewski (then Supervisor of balloon manufacture for General Mills, Inc.) and Dick Reilly were flying near Minneapolis, Minnesota, observing a balloon at 6:30 a.m. They noticed a bright glowing object overhead moving at high speed from east to west. The UFO had a dark undersurface, and a halo of light. Finally it slowed, and started climbing "in lazy circles." Kaliszewski: "The pattern it made was like a falling oak leaf inverted." [Section VI.] February 9, 1957. At 1:00 a.m. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roger Standeven observed a white oval-shaped UFO with a red light visible on top. The object would stop, "fall like a leaf," speed up again, and repeat the sequence, gaining altitude each time it sped up. [For other examples; See Section XI, Chronology: 9-20-52, 9-26-54, 11-25-56, 2-28-61.] POHANG, KOREA; Fall 1954 U.S. Marine Corps Weather Observer John A. Potter observed a formation of seven bright orange UFOs moving north to south about 11:00 p.m. The objects, U.S. Marine Corps Weather Observer John A. Potter observed a formation of seven bright orange UFOs moving north to south about 11:00 p.m. The objects, travelling at "a very rapid pace," individually fluttered from side to side as pictured. ## (c) Side-to-Side Oscillation A very similar pendulum-like motion, occurring as a UFO travels in a horizontal plane (rather than ascending or descending) has been noticed occasionally. It consists of a side-to-side oscillation as the UFO proceeds in a constant direction. (c) Side-to-Side Oscillation Date Location Description 3-29-50 Ironwood, Mich. Round UFO moving with "slipping and sliding sideways" motion. [Section V.] 10-9-50 Nr Williamstown, Vermont Two cylindrical UFOs swinging back and forth like "flying pendulums." 3-10-52 Oakland, Calif. Two dark hemispherical UFOs, one following straight-line course, second swaying back and forth "like a pendulum" across the path of the first. [Section VI.] 10-54 Pohang, Korea Formation of 7 discs; individually "fluttered," swaying from side to side. 9-22-56 Williston Plains, No. Dak. UFO (appearing alternately circular and delta-shaped) moved slowly past, oscillating from side to side. 10-30-61 Derry, Penna. Four luminous blue discs "oscillated" from side to side, on constant course. [Section I.] 6-19-62 London, England Disc "oscillated" from side to side, "hemitating sometimes and practically stopping in midair," on constant course. Sample Cases: b. Pendulum/Falling Leaf Motion Date Location Description 6-24-47 Mt. Ranier, Wash. Nine flat shiny UFOs moved with skipping motion. 7-7-47 Nr Medford, Ore. Disc on edge moved S to N along eastern horizon, bouncing up and down as if following contour of hills. [Section XII; July 1947 Chronology.] 1-7-48 Columbus, Ohio Round or oval UFO in level flight estimated at over 500 mph, making "elevator-like" motions. 5-29-51 Downey, Calif. Large formation of glowing UFOs, maneuvered, moved with undulatory "skipping" motion. 8-3-51 Nr Pinckney, Mich. Yellow light "moving in an undulating path." [Section VI.] ## (3) Violent & Erratic Maneuvers In a sample of 40 cases in which erratic maneuvers were reported, there is a noticeable repetition of certain motions which appear to be characteristic of many UFOs. All of the cases involve UFOs which abruptly altered direction and/or speed, usually more than once during the observation. Of the total, 63 percent occurred during night hours. ## Reported Shapes: 43 percent round or elliptical UFOs, 50 percent light souces only (no shape discernible). ## Witnesses: 28 percent scientific or experienced; 33 percent good; 39 per cent average.
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.