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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.
“Los Angeles Times”27 pages
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## Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 moving at high speed past the plane, and crew members reported brief visual sightings of fast-moving lights. Finally the UFOs were seen on the radarscope to merge with a gigantic blip (radar target) which shot off the scope at about 9,000 mph. [Section VIII, Radar]. There is only one aerial phenomenon which remotely resembles the description and performance of the UFOs in these cases: aerial refueling operations by jets and tanker aircraft. In the cases cited, no such operations were reported in progress in the area of the sightings. SATELLITE OBJECT CASES (All reports on file at NICAP) Date Location Witnesses Description Summer1944 Grenada, Miss. Artist Parent Object(oval) emitted3 smaller discs from underside,which hovered,moved away in different directions Fall1951 Birmingham to Chattanooga Pilot Parent Object(5 smaller flew out of it) paralleled plane,but when pilot pressed radio button to report sightings UFOs disappeared quickly Early Oct.1951 Anderson, Ind. Family Parent Object(Wing-shaped UFO)trailed by circular formation of over30 evenly spaced dark objects which tilted back and forth in unison(app. discs). 1952 San Mateo, Calif. Engineers Parent Object(flat oval) emitted5 smaller objects from one end April29,1952 Singapore Hundreds Parent Object(silver cigar)leaving fiery exhaust,emitted bright lights after slowing;lights formed in clusters,sped away in various directions July23,1952 Culver City,Calif. Aircraft Plant employees Parent Object(silvery elliptical)moved NW over city,stopped launched2 small discs which circled area,went back on board,climbed straight up at high speed Aug.28,1952 Denham,Bucks,England 3 residents Parent Object(unspec.)ejected small object,minutes later2 more small,3 flew off in different directions Oct.17,1952 Oloron CollegeFrance School Supt.& others Parent Object(narrow cylinder inclined450)plus30 Saturn-like discs,small,moved in pairs,zig-zagged,angel's hair fell Oct.27,1952 Gaillac,France Hundreds Parent Object(cigar-inclined450)plus16 discs with"domes",small,flew in pairs,zig-zagged,angel's hair fell June30,1954 nr Labrador Crew of BOACairliner Parent Object(variously described)plus about6 small shiny objects sometimes appearing to enter and leave object July8,1954 Abbey Lakes,Lanc. Eng. Astronomer Parent Object(apparently cylindrical) accompanied by15-20 smaller lights moving around independently Aug.23,1954 Vernon,France Businessman,police,engineer Parent Object(vertical cigar)emitted5 discs from lower end which moved away horizontally. Sept.14,1954 Vendee,France Farmer,others Parent Object(cigar)appeared out of clouds horizontally,tilted vertically,emitted shiny disc which spiralled around cigar,darted away;finally returned,re-entered cigar,which returned to horizontal,flew away into clouds. Sept.22,1954 Fontainbleu,France Woman Parent Object(luminous ball)emitted several smaller ball-like objects from underside,which flew away in all directions.As plane approached,large object rose into clouds at high speed. Sept.27,1954 Rixheim,France Three;two independent sightings Parent Object(cigar)with10 or more small luminous objects navigating in all directions Oct.3,1954 Lievin&Ablain-St.Nazaire,France Many;two independent sightings Parent Object(elongated luminous)hovered,something detached from bottom,descended to ground,rose and rejoined hovering object Oct.10/111954 Riom,France Night watchman Parent Object(cigar)movingS to N;three glowing objects detached,sped away Feb.16,1955 nr Pinchincha volcano,Peru Pilot,Air Force officer,others Parent Object(hemispherical,domed)hovered,descended,emitted small lighted object just before speeding away. Oct.6,1957 Tucson,Arizona Engineer Parent Object(oval-shaped)5 smaller objects emerged,flew away Dec.15,1957 Alminde,Jutland,Denmark three youths Parent Object(oval-shaped)2 smaller emitted,parent object flew up out of sight leaving exhaust trail.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 186 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.