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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.
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Code Date Location Witness Description M 1-21-52 Mitchel AFB, N.Y. Navy TBM pilot Chased dome-shaped UFO [Section IV] M 3-29-52 Misawa, Japan Lt. D.C. Brigham, USAF Small disc observed maneuvering around F-84. [Section I] M 6-52 Tombstone, Ariz. Lt. Cmdr. John C. Williams, USN (Ret.); others Disc hovered in plain sight, sped away. [Section IV] AL 7-5-52 Richlands, Wash. Capts. John Baldwin, George Robertson, plus two co-pilots, Conner Airlines "perfectly round disc" observed hovering above Hanford atomic plant AL 7-13-52 nr Washington, D.C. Capt. W. Bruen, National Airlines Light source approached plane, hovered, fled when pilot turned on lights. [Section XII, July 1952 Chronology] AL 7-14-52 Newport News, Va. Capt. William B. Nash F/O William Fortenberry, PAA Six discs flew below airliner, executed sharp turn in formation, sped away joined by two more discs. AL 7-18-52 Denver, Colo. Capt. Paul Carpenter, American Airlines Three observations of speeding lights in period of 2 minutes, maximum of 3 UFOs seen at one time; objects appeared to reverse direction [I6] AL 7-20-52 Washington, D.C. Capt. Casey Pierman, F/O Charles Wheaton Lights moving rapidly, up, down, and horizontally, also hovered; coincided with radar targets. [Section XII, July 1952 Chronology] M 7-23-52 South Bend, Ind. Capt. Harold W. Kloth, USAF From ground saw two blue-white light sources; one veered sharply. [Section III] M 7-26-52 Washington, D.C. Lt. William Patterson, USAF Glowing objects surrounded his interceptor, confirmed on radar. [Section III; Section XII, July 1952 Chronology] M 8-1-52 Dayton, Ohio Maj. James B. Smith, Lt. Don Hemer, USAF F-86 pilots Saw and photographed round hovering object, tracked on radar; UFO sped away. [Section III] M 8-13-52 Tucson, Ariz. Capt. Stanley W. Thompson, USAFR Nine UFOs in three V's. [Section III] AL 8-13-52 Dallas, Texas Capt. Max M. Jacoby, Chief Pilot; Capt. J.W. McNaulty, Pioneer Airlines. Chased unidentified light, which turned and dove. M Summer 52 MacDill AFB, Fla. USAF Colonel, B-29 pilot Investigated radar target, saw elliptical UFO. [Section III] AL 10-29-52 nr Richmond, Va. Capt. Francisco Rivas, Venezuelan Bright, luminous object with apparent exhaust, travelled from 45° above plane, over horizon in 8 minutes [17] M 10-29-52 Hempstead, L.I., N.Y. Two USAF F-94 pilots Chased object which maneuvered at high speed. [Section III] AL Fall, 1952 New York to Puerto Rico Capts. Charles Zam-mett, Robert Harris, William Hutchins PAA Large green sphere which hovered, then sped away. M 12-8-52 Chicago, Ill. Ernie Thorpe, Co-pilot H.S. Plowe String of lights, 5 or 6 white, one rapidly blinking red, flew alongside plane [I8] P 1-27-53 nr Livermore, Calif. J.B. Bean Shiny circular object, climbed steeply at "terrific rate." M 2-9-53 nr Washington, D.C. Lt. Ed Balocco, USMC Alerted by ground sightings, searched, saw luminous UFO with red glow, climbing rapidly. [Section IV] M 4-53 Laredo, Texas Lt. E. Wilford, USAF jet instructor Cigar-shaped UFO leaving contrail of constant length, made right angle turn. [Section III] P 5-21-53 Prescott, Ariz. Bill Beers; two others Eight disc-like objects maneuvered overhead for about an hour. Beers, a veteran pilot, said the UFOs "swooped around in formation, peeled-off, and shot directly up and down in a manner that could not be duplicated by a plane." [19] M 8-12-53 Rapid City, S.D. Two USAF jet pilots; ground observers Multiple radar and visual sighting. [Section I] M 9-7-53 Vandalia, Ohio Navy fighter pilots Brilliant light maneuvered around plane. [Section IV] AL 10-18-53 English Channel Capt. Peter Fletcher; F/O R.L. Lemon UFO "like two shallow saucers with their rims together."
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.