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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.
“Scientific American”16 pages
## Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 CONTENTS (Con't) Section X. FOREIGN REPORTS ... 118 A survey of reports from other countries, attitudes of foreign governments, and world-wide interest in UFOs. Section XI. THE UFO CHRONOLOGY ... 129 Chronological listing of sightings, statements and events. Section XII. PATTERNS ... 143 Statistics and analyses of consistent physical appearance, maneuvers, flight characteristics, recurrent concentrations. Section XIII. CONGRESS AND THE UFOs ... 173 Survey of Congressional interest in UFOs. Section XIV. THE PROBLEMS & THE DANGERS ... 179 Discussion of the implications of UFOs, and what is needed in the way of a scientific investigation. ## ABSTRACT A synthesis is presented of data concerning Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) reported during the past 20 years through governmental, press and private channels. The serious evidence is clarified and analyzed. The data are reported by categories of specially trained observers and studied by patterns of appearance, performance and periodic recurrence. During the process of selecting the most reliable and significant reports, emphasis was placed on the qualifications of the observer and on cases involving two or more observers. This resulted in 746 reports being selected, after consideration of over 5000 signed reports and many hundreds of reports from newspapers and other publications. An overall look is taken at the UFO problem: The historical development of the mystery, Congressional attitudes and activity, consideration of the problems and dangers involved, and discussion of what is needed in the way of organized scientific research. Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that UFOs are under intelligent control, making plausible the notion that some of them might be of extraterrestrial origin.
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.