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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”19 pages
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Date & Location Reported Shape or Appearance Witnesses Action (b)10-11-52Newport News, Va. Disc Woman Hovered in one spot 20 minutes. As jet interceptors neared, UFO tilted up and shot away. (a)&(b)12-29-52Northern Japan Circular Pilots Paralleled USAF F-84; when jet tried to close in, UFO sped away disappearing in seconds [Section III] (a)1953Anaco, Venezuela Round gray Pilot Approached airliner, paced it for 40 minutes, ascended out of sight. [Section X] (b)1-28-53 near Albany, Georgia Circular Pilot USAF F-86 pursued UFO; it sped up (confirmed by radar) and disappeared. [Section III] (a)&(b)2-16-53 near Anchorage, Alaska Bright red light source Transport crew Approached USAF C-47, stopped and hovered 5 minutes; when plane gave chase, UFO accelerated and quickly vanished. [Officially reported to AF UFO Project; see Section III] (b)2-17-53Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Red light source Air Base ground observers Observed near end of runway climbing; jet gave chase; UFO accelerated "noticeably" and climbed vertically away. [Officially reported to AF UFO Project; see Section III] (a)&(b)8-12-53Rapid City, S.D. Light source Pilots, GOC USAF F-84 chased UFO, turned back and UFO followed. Second jet gave chase, turned back, UFO continued on course seen by Ground Observer Corps post. [Section I] (b)3-24-54Florida Missile range Round Pilot Descended and hovered at 3,000 feet. Marine Corps jet banked toward UFO, it accelerated and sped away. [Section IV] (a)&(b)6-23-54Ohio Round white light Pilot Followed Air National Guard F-51 from Columbus to Vandalia; "took off" when pilot gave chase. [Section V] (a)&(b)6-30-54near Goose Bay, Labrador Large dark object with smaller satellites Airliner crew Paralleled BOAC airliner for 80 miles; disappeared when F-86 interceptor neared to investigate [Section X] (b)9-7-54Origny, France Luminous disc Motorists Disc maneuvered up and down, hovering; as it hovered, motorists turned headlights on it. UFO took off at high speed and dwindled into distant speck. (a)10-3-54near Waben, France Light source Motorists, others UFO followed car at estimated distance of 100 yards, slowed when car did; finally accelerated and sped away, observed by independent witnesses. (b)11-26-54Millville, N.J. Disc, with 4 body lights forming rectangle Several Circled town; when search-light hit it, UFO sped away (large V-formation of round UFOs sighted 70 miles to NE same night). (a)&(b)2-2-55near Merida, Venezuela Round, "ports" above & below central ring Pilots Approached airliner; when plane turned toward it, UFO dove, leveled off, sped away. Radio transmitter failed as pilot tried to report sighting. [Section X] (a)5-25-55London, England Round, luminous Man Sped toward B-47 from SW, hovered above it about 5 seconds; glided away to SE, reversed direction and hovered 8 seconds, suddenly shot away to SW. (a)&(b)11-14-55San Bernardino, Calif. Globe of white light Pilot Approached small plane; pilot blinked landing lights, UFO blinked twice in seeming response. UFO came closer, pilot blinked lights three times; UFO blinked three times, "suddenly backed up in mid-air." [Section V]
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.