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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
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Date Location Time Description 5 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada 7:30 p.m. Brilliant elliptical object observed travelling at high speed, low on horizon. Central Standard Time: 5 Galesburg, Illinois About 4:30 a.m. Orange elliptical object hovered, then moved away slowly to the north. 5 Gulf of Mexico 5:10 a.m. Coast Guard cutter Sebago began tracking UFO on radar; brilliant planet-like UFO seen visually at 5:21 a.m. [Section VIII; Radar] 5 Keesler AFB, Mississippi About 5:20 a.m. Airman saw elliptical UFO travel S to N, accelerate rapidly and enter clouds. 5 Wichita Falls, Texas 10:00 a.m. Oblong UFO observed moving back and forth, in and out of rain clouds. 5 E. St. Louis, Illinois 11:45 a.m. Two silvery elliptical objects passing overhead at high speed, observed by Southern Railroad employees. 5 Nr Kearney, Nebraska ---- TWA airline pilot reported seeing high-speed, brightly lighted object. 5 Hedley, Texas Dusk Pulsating bluish-green object seen low above ground, television affected. 5 Nr Wabash, Indiana 6:12 p.m. UFO with lights in circular pattern made three passes low over barn, emitting humming sound. 5 Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 6:20 p.m. UFO variously described as round and silvery, orange and egg-shaped, reported by about 20 people over wide area. 5 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 6:40 p.m. Shiny silver UFO hovered, moved from side to side; left toward SW emitting slight trail, as RCAF aircraft were seen approaching. 5 Nr Ringwood, Ill. Evening Luminous round object bobbing up and down, followed car for some time; one witness reported "swishing" noise from object. 5 Red Bank, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. Glowing, pulsating object at edge of overcast; finally ascended out of sight. 5 Houston, Texas 6:25 p.m. Bright planet-like object moved overhead in zig-zag, irregular course. 5 Houston, Texas 7:00 p.m. Round white object about 1/4 size of moon, passed overhead and over SE horizon in 15 seconds, making roaring noise. 5 Nr San Antonio, Texas Abt 9:30 p.m. Car lights, engine and radio failed; driver then saw elliptical UFO hovering above field; object ascended rapidly, levelled off and sped away. 5 Kansas City, Mo. 11:15 p.m. Round, reddish-orange UFO passed from SE to SW. Mountain Standard Time: 5 Alamogordo, N.M. 4:34 p.m. Civilian radar technician saw orange cigar-shaped object hovering in west. 5 Hobbs, N.M. 7:30 p.m. Two separate reports of light which paralleled car, passed directly over car; car lights and engines failed. Pacific Standard Time: 5 Nr Dixon, Calif. 2:30 a.m. Trucker reported meteor-like object which descended rapidly, slowed and hovered, pulsating. 5 Nr Sacramento, Calif. 3:00 a.m. Bluish-green elliptical object moving vertically. 5 Long Beach, Calif. Abt 3:50 a.m. Six shiny circular objects maneuvering "like planes in a dogfight," reported by AF Major. 5 Corona del Mar, California 6:04 p.m. Bright circular orange object, like a "jack-o-lantern," hovered above ocean. Southern Transvaal, Africa: 5 Dunnotar, Transvaal, and vicinity Night Hundreds watched an "enormous" hovering cylindrical object; observers said UFO "withdrew" behind clouds when searchlights pinpointed it. November 6 (by time zones) Eastern Standard Time: 6 United States Evening & night Spectacular auroral display observed over wide area. Caused many erroneous UFO reports by citizens who had been reading about sightings for days. 6 Atlanta, Ga. 5:27 a.m. Orange, oval-shaped object, darted behind cloud, reappeared, moved out of sight behind buildings. 6 Florida West Coast 5:20-5:30 a.m. Widespread sightings of "ball of fire;" possible meteor. 6 Toronto, Ont., Canada 7:00 a.m. Cigar-shaped object with fins near front moved from E to W leaving trail; turned N, then S. [Cf., January 20, 1951 pilot sighting, Section V.] 6 Toronto, Ont., Canada 7:15 a.m. Shiny cigar-shaped object; alternately hovered, moved slowly. 6 100 mi. north of Ottawa, Canada 9:00-9:30 p.m. A group of electronic technicians and ham radio operators saw a huge brightly-lighted sphere projecting beams of light, hovering above hill; two radios failed, except for rapidly modulated strong single tone picked up on one frequency. UFO finally disappeared into clouds.
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.