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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
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.