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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. 28 …8-3-52 Hamilton AFB, California Lt. Duane Swimley, jet pilot; others Two discs "dogfighting," joined…
  • p. 46 …wing F-86's chasing tails near Hamilton Field late one evening. The two F-86…
  • p. 50 …Logs of the Seattle center show that the report was relayed to Hamilton AFB. The Seattle…
  • p. 70 …of Hamilton County GOC, on duty at the Mt. Healthy Post, phoned the author of the…
  • p. 83 …Sources & References G, V August 3, 1952 Hamilton AFB, Calif. Two silver discs "dogfighting" joined by…
  • p. 122 …An attorney in Hamilton, Ontario, with another witness watched a glowing white elliptical object speed overhead…
  • p. 134 …Geologist saw disc-shaped object loop around plane. VI June 21, 1950--Hamilton AFB, Calif. UFO…
  • p. 135 …position in formation. VII August 3, 1952--Hamilton AFB, California. Pilots on ground, radar, plane spotters…
  • p. 139 …Disc with dome and portholes paced airliner. X July 9, 1957--Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Attorney saw…
  • p. 145 …saucers,with rims together” January 8,1954 Hamilton, Victoria,Australia --- “Like two saucers,the upper inverted…

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## CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ... i

Abstract. Explanation of NICAP and its policies. Statement by Board of Governors.

Section I. CROSS-SECTION DIGEST ... 1

Sample cases showing general features of UFO reports.

Section II. INTELLIGENT CONTROL ... 9

Cases indicating intelligence: pacing of vehicles, reaction to stimuli,

formation flights.

Section III. AIR FORCE OBSERVATIONS ... 19

Sightings by Air Force pilots, navigators, other officers and men.

Section IV. ARMY, NAVY & MARINE CORPS ... 29

Reports of other military personnel.

Section V. PILOT & AVIATION EXPERTS ... 33

Observations by airline, military and private pilots.

Section VI. SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS ... 49

Observations by professional scientists and engineers, including astronomers and

aeronautical engineers.

Section VII. OFFICIALS & CITIZENS ... 61

Sightings by police officers, civil defense and ground observer corps,

cross-section of citizens' reports.

Section VIII. SPECIAL EVIDENCE ... 73

Electro-magnetic effects. Radar cases. Photographic evidence. Physical and

Physiological effects. Sound. Angel's Hair.

Section IX. THE AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION ... 105

Background of secrecy. Official regulations. History and analysis of the

official UFO investigation.

Approved For Release 2001/04/02: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

Cases discussed

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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.