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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.
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# Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0
Hovering and Bobbing UFOs
In 14 cases (35 per cent) the UFOs jumped or "bobbed" around while hovering in one general area of the sky, moving abruptly up and down, side to side. The words "bobbing,"
"erratic," and "jerky" regularly appear in the reports. Sometimes the maneuvers are compared to the bouncing of a pingpong ball. At least one witness said the motion was like the bobbing of a float on a fishline.
VIOLENT AND ERRATIC MANEUVERS
Observer Ratings: A = Scientific or experienced; B = Good; C = Average
Date & Location Time Number and Description Maneuvers Observer Rating
9-1897 Canada --- (1) light source "tacking and veering" ?
4-5-48 White Sands, New Mexico --- (1) disc, 1/5 size of moon "streaked...series of violent maneuvers." A
4-8-49 Los Angeles, Calif. day (1) silvery disc high speed, "zig-zagged" C
4-9-49 Tucson, Arizona 4-5 p.m. (1) bright orange light source hovered, bobbed around arcing back and forth, up and down B
7-50 Cincinnati, Ohio 1:45 p.m. (1) cigar-shaped climbed rapidly, stopped 10 seconds, dived, levelled off, moved away horizontally [Section V.] A
10-10-51 Croix Falls, Wisc. 10:00 a.m. (1) glowing cigar-like object dove, levelled off, sharp left turn, climbed steeply and shot away [Section VI.] A
5-13-52 San Diego, Calif. 8:55 p.m. (1) luminous, circular erratic darting side to side, undulatory course, circled. [Section I.] A
6-12-52 Le Bourget, France 3:30 p.m. (1) silver, egg-shaped hovered, violent jerks up & down, rocked back & forth, darted away B
7-1-52 Washington, D.C. noon (1) gray, shape not specified hovered 8 minutes, arced back & forth about 150, returning to original position, slowly dropped out of sight A
7-16-52 Hampton Roads, Virginia 9:00 p.m. (4) amber light sources Two spun around each other rapidly, joined by two others, moved jerkily when moving slowly [Section VI.] A
7-19-52 Quebec, Canada 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. (2) blue-white light sources Bobbed up & down, back & forth, maintained 30 separation C
8-7-52 Kerkrade, Holland Early a.m. (2) disc-shaped with flat dome One swooped down, hovered, zig-zagged & shot away; second hovered, tilted up & shot away. [Section X.] A
9-28-52 Scandinavia --- (1) luminous, emitted sparks Moved with irregular jerks, visible one hour, satellite objects visible at one point. C
10-17-52 S. France 12:50 p.m. (About 30), 1 large cylinder and many Saturn-like discs Discs moved in pairs, zig-zagged ("angel's hair" fell) [Section VIII.] B
10-27-52 S. France 5:00 p.m. (17) 1 cigar surrounded by 16 discs with domes Discs moved in pairs, zig-zagged ("angel's hair" fell) [Section VIII.] B
8-22-54 Chicago, Ill. --- (1) half-moon shaped Hovered, darted erratically in various directions, up & down... C
9-23-55 Mt. Washington, Ohio --- (2) red light sources Stopped near hilltop, began independent motions, jumping up & down; one moved back & forth C
10-3-55 Denver, Colorado 8:00 p.m. (1) yellow-orange light source Rapid pulsation, square turns, sudden stops & spurts of speed C
11-7-55 Montrose, Calif. 6:30 p.m. (1) elliptical, lights on each end circled, hovered, ascended & descended... B
11-23-55 Spirit Lake, Iowa 5:45 p.m. (1) vari-colored light source Moved erratically up & down, hovered 10 minutes... A
12-12-55 Branford, Conn. 10:30 p.m. (1) large light source, flare-like flashes Bobbed around in various directions C
2-17-56 Paris, France night (1) large red light source Sped into area, hovered, bobbed around sky for several hours; tracked by radar, seen visually. [Section X.] A 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.