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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.
“United Press”33 pages
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Date & Location Witnesses Description 2-11-53 Tunis-Tripoli C-119 crew UFO approached plane, fell back, paced plane for long period. [41.] 2-13-53 Ft. Worth, Texas B-36 crew Radar-visual UFO sightings. [42.] 2-16-53 near Anchorage, Alaska C-47 pilots Bright red light approached plane, hovered, sped away when pursued. [43.] 2-17-53 Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Five Air Police Red light near end of runway, climbed away rapidly when jet scrambled. [44.] 3-7-53 Yuma, Arizona Over 20 officers About a dozen disc-shaped UFOs dove, hovered over base, during gunnery meet. [45.] Spring 1953 Laredo, Texas 1st Lt. Edward B. Wilford III (jet pilot instructor) in T-33 Dark cigar-shaped UFO leaving contrail; speed estimated at Mach 2. 8-9-53 Moscow, Idaho F-86 pilots Large glowing disc spotted by Ground Observer Corps, sped away from jets. [46.] 8-12-53 Ellsworth AFB, So. Dak. F-84 pilots Radar-visual "cat and mouse" pursuit. UFO fled jet, turned and followed it back to base. [Section I]. August 26, 1953 - Air Force Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of Air Force: "Intelligence. Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting."Paragraph 9 forbids public release of unexplained sightings. Paragraph 8 requires classification of radar-scope photographs of UFOs.Air Force personnel instructed to discuss sightings only with "authorized personnel."(Note rapid drop-off of officially reported sightings after this date.) 11-23-53 Kinross AFB, Michigan F-89 crew F-89 chasing UFO; blips of plane and UFO merged on radar screen, plane never found. [See Section IX]. 1954 Dayton, Ohio Lt. Col. USAFR, Senior Pilot Two UFOs which hovered, took evasive action 5-24-54 near Dayton, Ohio RB-29 crew Brilliant circular UFO sped below plane at est. 600 mph., photographed by crew. Photograph never made public. [47.] 6-30-54 Brookley AFB, Alabama Control tower operators Radar-visual sighting of silvery UFO; streaked in from Gulf, circled, moved away northeast. [48.] 7-3-54 Albuquerque, New Mexico Radar crew Nine greenish spherical UFOs, hovered, sped away, tracked at about 2600 mph. [See Section VIII; Radar]. 7-11-54 Hunterdon, Pa. Jet bomber crews Disc paced four bombers. [49.] 7-23-54 Franklin, Indiana Two jet interceptor pilots, 97th Interceptor Squadron Four large glowing UFOs seen by GOC; jets closed in on one, then veered away and left scene. Incident officially denied. [50.] 8-28-54 Tinker AFB, Oklahoma Jet interceptor pilots Radar-visual, 15 UFOs in precise triangular formation, changing to semi-circular formation. [See Section VIII, Radar]. 6-16-55 Eastern United States Dozens of interceptor pilots UFOs reported seen over wide area of Eastern U. S., jets scrambled from many points. [51.] 8-23-55 Cincinnati, Ohio Jet pilots Three round and disc-shaped UFOs, evasive maneuvers as jets tried to catch them; first detected by radar [See Section VIII; Radar]. 11-24/25-56 Rapid City, So. Dak. Jet pilots Maneuverable UFOs seen widely. Unofficial reports of sightings by 54th Fighter-Interceptor Sqdn., radar trackings. [52.] 12-56 Far East Jet pilot Pilot got radar lock-on, chased circular UFO which climbed away at over 1800 mph. [See Section VIII; Radar]. 2-27-57 Houston, Texas Lt. J. R. Poole At radar site, UFO trailing fiery exhaust observed making several sweeps across sky at est. 2000 mph. [53.] 11-5-57 Keesler AFB, Miss. A/1C William J. Mey Elliptical UFO which accelerated and entered clouds. Report coincided with Coast Guard Cutter Sebago sighting. [See Section VIII; Radar]. 11-5-57 Long Beach, California Maj. Louis F. Baker, others Six shiny circular UFOs maneuvering "like planes in a dogfight." [54.] 4-14-58 Albuquerque, New Mexico S/Sgt. Oliver Dean About 12-18 golden orange lights, V-formation with smaller irregular formation on each side in steady flight. CAA reported no aircraft flights in area. 7-17-58 Hokkaido, Japan Control tower operator, others Reddish star-like UFO circled over base, tracked on radar. Sighting officially denied. [55.] 9-8-58 Offutt AFB, Nebraska Maj. Paul A. Duich, Master Navigator, others Elongated object tilted at angle, small satellite objects. 5-20-61 Tyndall AFB, Florida Air Police, others Radar-visual report, UFO maneuvered over base, dove and climbed. Reported by NICAP in summer 1961. Later analysis by Adviser Webb determined radar reports did not coincide with visual. Reports still unexplained. [Confidential report to NICAP. Certified by NICAP Director, Ass't Director, and Adviser Walter N. Webb].
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.