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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. 12 …reported by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, former Chief of the Air Force Project Blue Book UFO…
  • p. 21 …In his report to the Air Force, the astronomer stated: "The remarkably sudden ascent convinced me…
  • p. 29 …base. Section I. August 26, 1953 - Air Force Regulation 200-2 issued by Secretary of Air…
  • p. 32 …the Officers Club, Strategic Air Command Headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Approved For Release 2001…
  • p. 58 …Station and also of the nearby Air Force Fighter Base." Mr. Webb's second UFO sighting…
  • p. 63 …Otherwise they probably would not have noticed the UFOs "I went to Edwards Air Force Base…
  • p. 89 …Edward J. Ruppelt reported the following case received by Project Sign (the original Air Force UFO…
  • p. 90 …Officially "unknown." ## 1951-1952 Period; East Coast Air Force Base Period of September 1951 to November…
  • p. 94 …The film was submitted to the Air Force, and viewed by Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe along…
  • p. 110 …ported in the vicinity of an Air Force base, information regarding a sighting may be released…
  • p. 121 …After notifying an Air Force Base in the vicinity, the pilot, Capt. Raymond Ryan, was requested…
  • p. 125 …NICAP query,the Norwegian Embassy stated: "Our Air Force's UFO material is mainly of security…
  • p. 133 …UFO. II, VI Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Air Force UFO investigation from 1951-53…
  • p. 136 …Air Force pilot and engineer saw round object in cloud formation; object became elliptical in appearance…
  • p. 137 …Formation of silver, circular objects sped over Air Force base. X October 25, 1954--Belgrade, Yugoslavia…
  • p. 173 …From Air Force Intelligence Report 6. Ruppelt, Edward J., Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. (Doubleday, 1956…

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

Law Enforcement Officers

1. Teletype report and letter on file at NICAP

2. Reports obtained by Cleveland and Akron UFO groups, on file at NICAP

3-6. Reports on file at NICAP

7. Saturday Evening Post; April 30, 1949. Popular Science; August 1951

8. Seattle Times; July 7, 1947

9. Associated Press; July 28, 1952

10. International News Service; August 28, 1952

11. Washington Times-Herald and Washington Daily News; September 22,1952

12. Los Angeles Daily News; September 15, 1953

13. Associated Press; November 1, 1955

14. Associated Press; November 26, 1956

15. Chicago Sun Times; November 5, 1957

16. Chicago Sun Times; November 8, 1957

17. Hammond Times; November 11-13, 1957

18. Santa Ana Register; April 10, 1958

19. Bergen Evening Record; August 25, 1958

20. Chicago Daily News; October 13, 1958

21. Report on file at NICAP

Civil Defense, Ground Observer Corps.

22. Stringfield, Leonard H.; Inside Saucer Post...3-0 Blue. (Privately published, 1957; 4412 Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio), p. 26

23. Tape recorded report on file at NICAP

24. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying Saucer Conspiracy. (Holt, 1955), p. 30

25. C.R.I.F.O. Newsletter, L.H. Stringfield, Ed.; July 2, 1954 (See address above)

26. Ibid., September 1955.

27. Des Moines Register; November 24, 1955

28. San Bernardino Telegram; July 30, 1956

29. Haverhill Gazette; November 6, 1957

30. El Paso Times; November 24, 1957

31. United Press International, July 26, 1958

Professional and Business Men

32-39. Reports on file at NICAP

## Public Officials

40-43. Reports on file at NICAP

Professors and Teachers

44-45. Reports on file at NICAP

Clergymen

46-48. Reports on file at NICAP

Newsmen

49. Associated Press; July 10, 1947

50. Scripps-Howard newspapers; August 2, 1952

## Cross-Section

51. Report on file at NICAP

52. Las Vegas Sun; April 22, 1954

53. Uhrichsville Evening Chronicle; October 6, 1955 54-60. Reports on file at NICAP

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.