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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	Time	Description
6	Nr Montville, Ohio	11:20 p.m.	Olden J. Moore saw flattened spherical object with conical projection on top descend toward field; above-normal radiation later detected by Civil Defense.
Central Standard Time:
6	Nr Pell City, Alabama	Abt 4:30 a.m.	Milkman saw glow in sky, car engine failed; left to obtain aid and saw oblong object hovering low above ground.
6	Houston, Texas	4:30 a.m.	Reddish elliptical UFO moving at high speed observed as car engine failed.
6	Dante, Tenn.	6:30 a.m.	Reported landing of elliptical object, four human-like figures seen.(not verified by NICAP.)
6	Richmond, Ind.	----	Reddish elliptical UFO, changing to green and blue, reported by employees at police truck weighing station; UFO zig-zagged S in eastern sky.
6	Dugger, Ind.	Night	Iron worker reported brilliant round object hovered low overhead, moved up and away to west; witness treated for eye inflammation. [Section VIII.]
6	Marion, Ind.	About 7:30 p.m.	Many residents saw cigar-shaped object with string of very bright lights hovering; then moved away at high speed.
6	Nr Danville, Ill.	Night	State Troopers chased brilliant white UFO for 15 miles, experienced failure of their short wave radio; during chase, object changed color to amber, then bright orange. [Section VII.]
6	Western Springs, Illinois	8:04 p.m.	Brilliant orange light with corona effect moved S, accelerated (emitting short trail), turned east and moved out of sight.
6	Chattanooga, Tenn.	8:05 p.m.	Large reddish-orange light leaving short trail observed moving S to N.
Mountain Standard Time:
6	Santa Fe, N.M.	12:01 a.m.	Elliptical UFO passed low over car emitting a hum; car engine, clock, and wristwatch stopped. (Joe Martinez)
6	Western U.S. & Alberta, Canada	6:00-9:00 p.m.	Several observations of irregular lights; probably explainable as aurora.
Pacific Standard Time:
6	Anaheim, Calif.	12:10 a.m.	Moving reddish light appearing and disappearing, photographed by Edwin G. Leadford (See Section VIII) Description resembles aurora.
6	Palm Springs, California	5:06 p.m.	Shiny circular object leaving trail approached, doubled back over mountains.
November 7 (by time zones)
Eastern Standard Time:
7	Thompson, Ohio	6:15 a.m.	Orange UFO shaped like flattened sphere, glowing brilliantly; hovered, moved away.
7	Atlanta, Ga.	9:35 a.m.	Reddish elliptical object hovered.
7	Washington, D.C.	Abt 6:30 p.m.	Magazine staff member watched hovering red light suddenly move east at high speed, turn north, stop, then move on out of sight.
7	Nr Erie, Pa.	9:45 p.m.	Seven people watched row of brilliant lights with bright green light at rear sweep over the area twice in few minutes.
Central Standard Time:
7	Nr Meridian, Miss.	7:25 a.m.	Large elliptical object reported on highway by trucker, who said three small beings approached him.(Story not verified by NICAP.)
7	Lake Charles, La.	7:45 a.m.	Car engine failed; silvery disc seen hovering low overhead then sped away.
Mountain Standard Time:
7	Nr Orogrande, N.M.	9:30 p.m.	Family reported observing cylindrical UFO; car's speedometer apparently affected as object passed overhead.
Pacific Standard Time:
7	Palm Springs, California	5:40-6:25 a.m.	Two people watched first a cigar-shaped object, then a sphere, maneuver over area.
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8	Au Sable Forks, N.Y.	2:55 p.m.	Silvery reflective object, alternating from round to oval (like a disc oscillating from side to side) pacing a bomber; observed from ground.
8	Orgueil, France	Abt 6:30 p.m.	Disc-shaped UFO with dome, hovered, rotated, moved away and disappeared with sudden burst of speed.
9	Lafayette, La.	9:15 a.m.	Eastern Airlines pilot, crew, watched round silvery object hovering just below cloud layer; object vanished suddenly after 3 minutes.

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