Documents / FOIA release
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.
“Open Minds”5 pages
# WAYNE THOMAS, JR. P. O. BOX 831 PLANT CITY, FLORIDA October 3, 1963 OCT 7 Mr. Richard Hall NICAP 1536 Connecticut Avenue N. W. Washington 6, D. C. Dear Mr. Hall: Pardon my delay in answering your letter of August 27 requesting information on UFOs seen by B-29 crews during World War II. I was a group intelligence officer stationed on Tinian, and the cases I recall were all night-time sightings. These lights, ranging from green to orange and yellow, would approach and move along with the bombers for several minutes at a time before breaking off. The crews were sure they were not reflections on plexiglass, or stars, or the moon. I recall of no case where an aircraft or form was distinguished as such, just the lights. These "Foo-fighters" were so common, that they were discussed in the various unit publications around the island. I also remember no discussions about the possibility of space-craft; just strange unidentified lights. It is hoped that this small bit of fragmentary information may be of help. Very truly yours, WTJr:v Wayne Thomas, Jr.
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.