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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	Witnesses	Description
6-28-47Maxwell AFB, Alabama	Two pilots, two intelligence officers	Bright light source zig-zagged with bursts of speed, made 90 degree turn [6.]
6-28-47near Lake Meade, Nevada	F-51 pilot	5-6 circular UFOs in formation off right wing. [6.]
7-6-47----	B-25 crew	Disc-shaped UFO below plane. [8.]
7-6-47Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif.	Pilot	UFO "oscillating on its lateral axis" shot across sky in few seconds. [9.]
7-8-47Muroc AFB, Calif.	Four separate sightings by at least four officers, and a crew of technicians	Circular or disc-shaped UFOs sighted at 9:30 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 12:00 noon, 3:50 p.m. [See Chronology, Sect. XI].
8-47Media, Penna.	Single engine pilot	Hovering disc.
5-28-48----	C-47 crew	Three UFOs dove at transport. [10.]
Summer 1948Labrador	Major Edwin Jerome, Command Pilot	Reports tracking of UFO at about 9000 mph., by U.S. and Canadian radar [See Section VIII, Radar].
10-15-48Japan	F-61 crew, radar	Elongated UFO which alternately moved slowly, accelerated to about 1200 mph. [See Section VIII, Radar].
11-18-48Washington, D.C.	Lt. Henry G. Combs, Lt. Kenwood W. Jackson, pilots	"Dogfight" with glowing oval UFO which put on bursts of speed up to est. 600 mph. [11.]
11-23-48Fursten-Feldbruck, Germany	Two F-80 pilots	Bright red light source, tracked on radar at 900 mph. [See Section VIII, Radar].
12-3-48Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif.	Pilot	Ball of light flashed into view, ascended rapidly out of sight. [12.]
11-3-49Baja, Mexico	Capt. William H. Donnelly, pilot	Four discs in "cavorting" flight
Fall 1949Atomic Base	Radar officer	Five apparently metallic UFOs tracked at approx. 4500 mph. [Section II]
2-2-50Davis-Mouthan AFB, Arizona	Lt. Roy L. Jones B-29 pilot	Chased unidentified object which was leaving smoke trail. [13.]
3-8-50Dayton, Ohio	Two F-51 pilots, several airline pilots	Round UFO observed from ground, tracked on radar, climbed away from interceptors through clouds. [See Section VIII, Radar].
6-21-50Hamilton AFB, Calif.	S/Sgt. Ellis Lorimer (control tower operator), Cpl. Garland Pryor (cto), and S/Sgt. Virgil Cappuro	Fiery object made several passes at the control tower. [14.]
12-50near Cheyenne, Wyoming	Capt. J. E. Broyles	Aluminum-like oval with conical tail streaming behind, moving slowly.
2-14-51Alamagordo, N.M.	Capt. J. E. Cocker, Capt. E. W. Spradley, pilots	Flashing white disc observed while tracking a balloon. [15.]
6-1-51Dayton, Ohio	Unit Chief, Wright-Patterson AFB	Disc observed making rightangle turn. [Confidential report to NICAP, certified by NICAP Director and Ass't. Director].
Summer 1951Augusta, Ga.	Lt. George Kinman, F-51 pilot	Large disc about twice the size of F-51 made repeated passes at plane.
9-10-51Sandy Hook, N.J.	Capt. Edward Ballard, Lt. Wilbert S. Rogers, flying T-33	Chased silvery disc which evaded them at speeds est. over 900 mph. [16.]
9-23-51March AFB, California	F-86 pilots	Attempted to intercept UFO in apparent orbit at 50,000 feet. [17.]
1-20-52Fairchild AFB, Wash.	Two M/Sgt's, intelligence specialists	Blue-white spherical object sped below overcast; speed computed at 1400 mph. [18.]
1-29-52Wonsan, Korea	B-29 crew	Disc paced bomber for 5 minutes, shot away at angle. [19.]
3-29-52near Misawa, Japan	Lt. D. C. Brigham, T-6 pilot	Watched small disc maneuver around an F-84. [See Section I].
4-17-52Nellis AFB, Nevada	T/Sgt. Orville Lawson, other airmen	18 circular UFOs in group, one zig-zagging. [20.]
6-18-52Calif.	B-25 crew	UFO paced bomber for 30 minutes. Official "unknown" [21.]
7-12-52Chicago, Ill.	Captain, weather officer	Reddish object with small white body lights, made 180 degree turn, disappeared over horizon. [22.]

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