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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. 27 …Virgil Cappuro Fiery object made several passes at the control tower. 14. 12-50near Cheyenne, Wyoming…
  • p. 28 …Assuming various altitudes, it is possible to compute the speed of the UFO for those altitudes…
  • p. 36 …These were submitted to NICAP by members in the armed services. ## OTHER MILITARY SIGHTINGS ARMY Date…
  • p. 37 …The co-pilot of the Navy plane was the first to see it, and pointed it…
  • p. 39 …The reason? "The nation's 8,500 commercial airline pilots have been seeing a lot of…
  • p. 41 …Beers, a veteran pilot, said the UFOs "swooped around in formation, peeled-off, and shot directly…
  • p. 69 …He described the sighting to Olean, N.Y., newsman Bob Barry who relayed the report to…
  • p. 83 …18,000 ft. 31 A, V December 10, 1952 Nr Hanford, Wash. F-94 obtained radar…
  • p. 91 …We have seen dams break and towns washed away by the flood waters. We have seen…
  • p. 92 …Wash. At 5:45 p.m. Mr. Ryman photographed a circular white object moving across the…
  • p. 96 …CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Photographic Cases (Continued) Jack Brotzman, NICAP scientific adviser in the Wash area, projected…
  • p. 107 …Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery. (Criterion, 1958), p. 143. E-26. North…
  • p. 132 # SECTION XI # THE UFO CHRONOLOGY ## 19th Century Roman numerals in brackets indicate numbers of other Sections…
  • p. 133 …The few members of the press who did inquire about what the Air Force was doing…
  • p. 134 …Nick Mariana took motion pictures of 2 UFOs (The "Montana film," later shown in the documentary…
  • p. 136 …Perdy, stated there was "remarkable corroboration as to description of the cluster of lights by people…
  • p. 156 …The object would stop, "fall like a leaf," speed up again, and repeat the sequence, gaining…
  • p. 158 …C ## Zigzagging UFOs Another pattern is of UFOs zigzagging across the sky, usually in constant motion…
  • p. 160 …Carpenter estimated the speed at 3000 mph. If they were farther away, he pointed out, the…
  • p. 162 …The object passed over the area at about 50,000 feet traveling about 1200 mph. 9…
  • p. 177 …Jackson, D-Wash., the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, may call some witnesses before…
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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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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.