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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”19 pages
Code Approved For Release 2001/04/02: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100001-0 AL 12-17-53 Sweden Capt. Ulf Christiernsson “Unorthodox, metallic...circular” UFO. [Section X] AL 1-1-54 Victoria, Australia Capt. D. Barker Large “metallic” elliptical UFO, speed estimated over 700 m.p.h. M 1954 Dayton, Ohio Lt. Col. Richard Headrick, USAFR, Senior Pilot Two UFOs which hovered, flew in formation, evaded pursuing jets. [Section III] M 3-24-54 Florida Capt. Don Holland, USMC Chased round UFO, which sped away. [Section IV] M 5-14-54 nr Dallas, Texas Maj. Charles Scarborough, USMC Sixteen UFOs, in groups, evaded pursuit by Marine jets. [Section IV] AL 6-1-54 nr Boston, Mass. Capt. Charles Kratovil, TWA White disc paced airliner. M 6-23-54 Ohio Lt. Harry L. Roe, Jr. F-51 paced by unidentified light. AL 6-30-54 nr Goose Bay, Labrador Capt. James Howard; crew, British Overseas Airways Corporation Large dark UFO with several satellite objects, paced airliner; disappeared as jet interceptor neared to check. [Section X] M 10-4-54 Essex, England Flt. Lt. J.R. Salandin Royal Air Force Disc (Saturn-shaped) approached head-on veered to one side. [Section X] M 10-24-54 Porto Alegre, Brazil Brazilian Air Force pilots Formation of silvery circular UFOs over base. [Section X] AL 11-21-54 nr Rio de Janeiro Brazil Captain; crew; passengers About 19 discs rushed by close to airliner, causing panic among passengers. [Section X] M 12-54 Nowra Air Base, Australia Royal Australian Navy Pilot Aircraft paced by two UFOs, ground radar confirmed sighting. [Section X] M 1955 Virginia, nr. Washington, D.C. Cmdr., Navy pilot Disc with dome on top paced aircraft. [Section IV] AL 1-2-55 nr Punta San Juan, Venezuela Captain & crew, National Airlines Orange light source approached plane, beam of light shone in cockpit. [Section X] AL 2-2-55 nr Merida Venezuela Capt. Dario Celis, Aeropost Airlines Top-like UFO with central ring and "portholes" paced airliner. [Section X] AL 2-11-55 Miami to New York City Capt. J. King, PAA Two reddish-green UFOs shot by close to airliner. (20) AL 10-31-55 nr Auckland, New Zealand Capt. W.T. Rainbow, Co-pilot S.G. Trounce, National Airways Brilliant pulsating light overtook and passed airliner. [Section X] P 11-14-55 San Bernardino Mts., Calif. Gene Miller Globe of light, blinked in apparent pattern. AL & M 12-11-55 nr Jacksonville, Fla. Navy jet pilots, airline pilots, others Jets in dogfight with round, reddish UFO, confirmed on radar. [Section IV] M 1956 North Atlantic Cmdr. Senior Pilot, other flight crews as passengers Large disc climbed up to R7V-2, paced it, moved away. [Section IV] AL 2-17-56 Paris, France Air France pilot Investigated radar target, saw odd maneuvering light. [Section VIII, Radar] AL 4-8-56 Schenectady, N.Y. Capt. Raymond Ryan, F/O William Neff, American Airlines Bright light source hovered, sped through 90° arc. AL 9-6-56 Pasadena, Calif. Western Airlines pilot Reported UFO to Air Defense Command; erratically moving white light source confirmed visually from ground by 1st Lt. Mark Matlock, USAF. [21] AL 11-14-56 nr Mobile, Ala. Capt. W.J. Hull, F/O Peter MacIntosh, Capital Airlines Bright light source descended, gyrated near airliner, climbed away. [Section I] M 12-56 Far East USAF jet pilot Radar-visual sighting of disc, radar jammed by interference. [Section I] AL 1-24-57 Indiana Commercial pilot; others on ground Four UFOs, in-line formation, last one larger and egg-shaped. [22] P 3-8-57 nr Houston, Texas Victor Hancock and Guy Miller UFO with three brilliant white lights sped past DC-3, kept just ahead of plane, speeding up each time plane closed in. [23] AL 3-9-57 nr San Juan Puerto Rico Capt. Matthew Van Winkle, F/O D.W. Taylor, PAA; other airliners in area Round greenish-white object came toward airliner; outer ring appeared to reflect light from center; pilot took violent evasive action. [24]
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.