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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.
“Scientific American”16 pages
Date Location Time Description 2/3 Pettit, Texas (Near Levelland) ---- Two grain combines failed as UFO passed. 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas About midnight Large elliptical object on road; car lights and engine failed; UFO rose; when it blinked out, headlights came back on. (Jim Wheeler) 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas About Midnight Man saw UFO on road, car lights and engine failed. (Jose Alvarez) 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas 12:05 p.m. Glowing blue-green object on road, car lights and engine failed. (Newell Wright) 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas 12:15 a.m. Elliptical UFO on road; car lights and engine failed each time object pulsated to bright phase; UFO rose straight up with explosive sound. (Frank Williams) 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas 12:45 a.m. Round, glowing orange UFO landed, changed to blue-green; truck lights and engine failed; UFO took off straight up. (Ronald Martin) 2/3 17 miles N of Levelland, Texas About 1:00 a.m. Fire Marshal Ray Jones reported seeing a "streak of light," car lights dimmed and engine "almost died." 2/3 Nr Levelland, Texas 1:15 a.m. Elliptical UFO on road, truck lights and engine failed; UFO rose with a "thunderclap." (James Long) 2/3 Levelland, Texas 1:30 a.m. Sheriff Weir Clem and deputy saw oval red light while investigating reports of same. 3 White Sands, New Mexico 3:00 a.m. Army jeep patrol reported elliptical UFO which descended, hovered. 3 Cincinnati, Ohio About 6:00 p.m. Round white UFO leaving reddish trail, just above treetops; rose rapidly out of sight. 3 Scotia, Nebraska About 6:00 p.m. Boy saw oblong object with apparent antenna, at low altitude as if about to land; object circled (emitting hum) and moved away. (Boy felt numbness.) [Section VIII]. 3 Nr Calgary, Alberta, Canada 7:00 p.m. Very large blinking light passed over car; motor coughed and headlights flickered. 3 White Sands, New Mexico 8:00 p.m. Second Army jeep patrol reported UFO maneuvering above test base. 3 Nr Monroe, Louisiana Night Bright object hovering near ground reported to police; UFO "suddenly rose rapidly straight up and vanished into the sky." 3 Barahona, Dominican Republic ---- Numerous people observed disc-shaped UFOs from an estimated distance of 100 yards; objects hovered about 2 minutes, moved away rapidly. 3 Johannesburg, South Africa ---- Cylindrical UFO observed hovering for 2 hours; ascended out of sight. 3/4 Ararangua, Brazil 1:20 a.m. Airline pilot saw red light describe arc near plane; aircraft electrical equipment affected. [Section X] 3/4 Sao Vicente, Brazil 2:00 a.m. Disc approached, hovered near Itaipu Fort; sentries severely burned. [Section VIII] 3/4 Elmwood, Illinois About 2:30 a.m. Police chased elongated reddish UFO; cruiser lights affected. 3/4 N.M. desert 4:30 a.m. Salesman saw round ball of red light size of moon, hovering, moving slowly above desert. 4 Nr Orogrande, New Mexico 1:10 p.m. James W. Stokes, high altitude research engineer at White Sands, saw elliptical UFO sweep across highway twice; car radio and engine failed. 4 Stinnet, Wisconsin 4:45 p.m. Minister, others, saw silvery disc move slowly overhead. 4 Kodiak, Alaska 10:00 p.m. Policeman saw fiery red object trailing greenish-yellow vapor pass low over school; interference on cruiser radio. 4 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ---- Television interference (audio); viewers were called outdoors to see UFO. 4 Johannesburg, South Africa Night Cylindrical UFO caught in searchlight beams. November 5 (By time zones) Eastern Standard Time 5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Early morning Fiery disc in sky; electric power failed. 5 New York, New York 4:30 a.m. Disc with dome and visible "portholes" hovered, sped away. 5 S. Springfield, Ohio About 4:50 a.m. Police saw brilliant blue light in sky; two cars had engine trouble. 5 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 3:10 p.m. Round, brilliant orange UFO hovered, revolving; television blacked out. 5 Norfolk, Virginia 4:00 p.m. White glaring object (no shape discernible) sped overhead at "a pretty good clip;" observed by electric power company employees. 5 Haverhill, Mass. 4:30 p.m. GOC spotters watched disc-like UFO bob around in sky. [Section VII] 5 Aiken, Georgia Night Bright yellowish cigar-shaped object observed twice, finally disappeared over horizon.
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.