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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by GLM-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. 11 …Thank you for your cooperation. You may use my name. ( X ) Please keep my name confidential…
  • p. 31 …I am coming to Washington soon for an appointment with Senator Cooper and if it is…
  • p. 48 …The Akron UFO Research Committee cooperated in the investigation, adding valuable details. Other published references are…
  • p. 50 …The FAA often has cooperated with NICAP, in some cases furnishing logs, teletype reports, and other…
  • p. 59 …AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS ADJACENT TO AND COOPERATING WITH WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND 10 September 1957…
  • p. 99 …unusual object in the sky; (2) Full cooperation between the witness and NICAP analysts uniquely fitted…
  • p. 101 …Johnson about analyzing the picture and received full cooperation. She had taken five exposures of ships…
  • p. 110 …is to silence even commercial airline pilots cooperating with the intelligence network, once they have made…
  • p. 123 …luminous phenomenon." In addition to receiving good cooperation from the Embassy, NICAP is indebted to Mr…
  • p. 174 …We also invite the support and encouragement of individual Members of Congress, and will cooperate fully…
  • p. 177 …It is a pleasure to cooperate in the matter. I have expressed my deep personal interest…
  • p. 182 …and made available to any interested scientists). Cooperation of existing astronomical societies, and such instrument programs…

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE

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Copyright 1964, National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. All rights reserved, except that newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations may quote up to 750 words without special permission.

## ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Art: Eric Aldwinckle, Eugene Bergeron, Richard Hall, James Kemple, Earl J. Neff (cover design), Dr. John Pagano, Edward L. Smith, Walter N. Webb.

Editorial: Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret)., Consultant. Other research, proof-reading and typing assistants: Don Berliner, Mrs. Lelia S. Day, Carmen Johnson, Joan Lusby, Elizabeth Sabow.

Scientific & Technical Consultants: West H. Armistead, Jr. (electronics engineer); Dr. James C. Bartlett, Jr. (astronomy); Dr. Fred C. Fair (engineering); Dr. Robert L. Hall (social psychology); Stanley J. Hryn (electronics); John F. McLeod (aviation); Max B. Miller (photography); David L. Morgan, Jr. (physics); Ralph Rankow (photography); J. R. Reiss (electronics engineer); L. D. Sheridan, Jr. (aviation); Walter N. Webb (astronomy).

We are also indebted to Isabel Davis, New York City, whose extensive files on UFOs were opened to NICAP; and to the following persons for valuable help and advice during the preparation of this report: Ted Bloecher, Jose A. Cecin, Paul C. Cerny, George W. Earley, Alexander D. Mehane, Lee R. Munsick, Leonard H. Stringfield

Ted Bloecher, Jose A. Cecin, Paul C. Cerny, George W. Earley, Alexander D. Mebane, Lee R. Munsick, Leonard H. Stringfield.

The Ronald Press Company, New York, kindly granted permission to quote an important sighting from 200 Miles Up--The Conquest of the Upper Air, by J. Gordon Vaeth (c.1956), which appears in Section I.

We are also grateful to the NICAP Affiliates, Subcommittees and Associate Members whose support and encouragement, and practical help, made this report possible.

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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.