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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. 7 …Allen Hynek (Chief scientific consultant to the Air Force on UFOs) said: "...there are more reports…
  • p. 30 …Air Force. (Originally reported in Cleveland Press, picked up by United Press International, July 30, 1952…
  • p. 34 …I collected a few names of individuals present, as I intended to report the UFO to…
  • p. 44 …Gordon Pendleton, Irish International Airlines Globular UFO with antenna-like projections, streaked below his Viscount. Section…
  • p. 55 …Often this argument is used by skeptics to imply that UFO reports result only from careless…
  • p. 71 …Reports of the UFO came into the Baltimore Filter Center for about an hour the first…
  • p. 72 …It was "more distinct than the daytime moon," Walker reported. 36 ## Rendezvous of Two UFOs February…
  • p. 77 …Teletype report and letter on file at NICAP 2. Reports obtained by Cleveland and Akron UFO…
  • p. 97 …According to a report which Mr. Purdon submitted to NICAP, the UFO was first motionless for…
  • p. 98 …Miller, who reported September 18, 1960: The UFO "quite probably is a cinch mark. . . it could…
  • p. 110 …Project name changed to "Grudge." Because of internal disagreement about the significance of UFOs, reports were…
  • p. 119 …The original report released by the Air Force PIO at Truax AFB, Wisc., stated that contact…
  • p. 122 …Wherever man travels on the globe, UFOs have been sighted. Ships at sea have reported strange…
  • p. 123 …At Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, December 22, 1962, a UFO was sighted about 3:00…
  • p. 126 …An Aer Lingus (Irish International Airlines) pilot reported a globe-shaped unidentified object which flew beneath…
  • p. 127 …International News Service (INS) reported that an Italian Air Force radar station at Practica Dimare, 40…
  • p. 129 …Norris reported that "during early November UFO reports came from all Australian states except Tasmania." The…
  • p. 130 …However, the reported size of the UFO was far too large to be explained as a…
  • p. 131 …Report and sketches published in Japan International UFO Investigation, J. I. Takanashi, Editor; Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan…
  • p. 137 …Week of UFO sightings investigated by military authorities. Scores of residents reported strange glowing objects maneuvering…
  • p. 142 …Three people reported a round, orange UFO which moved rapidly east to west, stopped and hovered…
  • p. 144 …Once the reports had been publicized, the planet Jupiter also was reported as a UFO on…
  • p. 163 …Unofficial report of elliptical silvery UFO seen by aircraft workers; launched two small discs which maneuvered…
  • p. 164 …Air Force called press conference on UFO sightings, attended by more than 40 reporters. Suggested UFOs…
  • p. 171 …missile range, reported an egg-shaped UFO which descended over the base. A report on this…
  • p. 173 …May 14-16 - Several UFO reports from Bahia Blanca, La Rioja, and La Barrera. In the…
  • p. 182 …However, once it is determined that a given UFO report is not evidence of an attack…
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

Date	Location	Time	Description
9	Sacramento, California	3:45 p.m.	Three disc-shaped objects observed bobbing up and down, circling, in eastern sky.
9	Nr White Oaks, N.M.	7:30 p.m.	Car lights failed as bright light approached; object then changed course and sped away.
9	Entre Rios Province, Argentina	10:55 a.m.	Four luminous objects emitting brilliant trails moved rapidly overhead N to S, crossing 40 degrees and disappearing in 10-12 minutes.
10	Madison, Ohio	Abt 1:25 a.m.	Mrs. Leita Kuhn watched brilliant UFO hovering low overhead; rash, eye damage, other physiological effects reported to NICAP. [Section VIII.]
10	Hammond, Ind.	7:00 p.m.	Police chased elongated object; loud beeping sound interfered with cruiser radios, television blackout reported. [Section VII.]
11	Strum, Wisconsin	8:20 a.m.	Silver, tube-shaped object, no trail, moved slowly overhead toward NW.
11	Nr Los Angeles, California	Day	Elliptical, silvery UFO observed moving low above desert, from airliner approaching Los Angeles. [Section VII.]
11	San Fernando Valley, California	4:20 p.m.	Three elliptical silvery objects climbing at high speed observed by aero-nautical engineers. [Section VI.]
11	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	5:00 p.m.	Moonwatch observers saw two round shiny objects leaving long fire-like trails, moving easterly.
12	Fitchburg, Mass.	12:35 a.m.	Many people watched two bright lights approach from opposite directions, hover together, bobbing up and down.
12	Rumney, N.H.	10:20 p.m.	Car engine failed, lights went out; man saw red light moving away.
12 or 13	Hazelton, Pa.	----	Television disrupted as UFO seen.
14	Sacramento, California	Abt 5:00 p.m.	Brilliant oval UFO moving across eastern sky and into heavy cloudbank, seen by employees of Signal Depot.
14	Tamuroa, Ill.	----	Very bright circular object hovering, making sputtering or explosive sounds; gave off three flashes, electric power failed in area.
14	Austin, Texas	8:00 p.m.	Bright round object, moved up and down, from side to side.
14	San Bernardino Mts., Calif.	Night	"Globe of white light" observed by pilot; blinked in seeming response to his signals. [Section V.]
15	Smith County, Tennessee	6:45-9:30 p.m.	State Police, sheriff, others repeatedly saw flashing, revolving red lights which hovered, moved around slowly. [Section VII.]
15	Wheaton, Md.	8:00 p.m.	Two prominent, self-luminous objects in echelon passed from NE to SW at high speed.
15	Cachoeira, Brazil	2:00 p.m.	Car engines failed, UFO hovering low above ground.
16	Lemmon, S.D.	Night	UFO followed train into railroad yard, hovered, then sped away; railroad phones and automatic block system failed.
20	Nr McMinnville, Tennessee	Abt 10:00 p.m.	Flashing red light passed low over sheriff's car; calling in other police, sheriff gave chase; unable to catch UFO.
21	Compton, N.H.	6:05 p.m.	Brilliant oblong object moved rapidly overhead to E, stopped and hovered, pulsating; later sped west.
22	Canutillo, Texas	Abt 4:00 p.m.	Hovering silvery UFO sped up, moved back and forth, climbed out of sight. [Section VII.]
23	Tiro, Ohio	6:30 p.m.	Disc-like object paced car, swung back and forth, up and down.
25	Mogi Mirim, Brazil	Abt 10:00 p.m.	City lights failed as 3 circular UFOs passed overhead.
26	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	11:15 a.m.	Three flat silvery objects in V-formation, moving slowly W in the northern sky.
30	Murphysboro, Illinois	Afternoon	Three white oval objects in V-formation moving rapidly west.

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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.