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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.
“Los Angeles Times”27 pages
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10. August 30, 1954; Porto Alegre, Brazil. House lights failed as UFO passed. (+)11. September 16, 1954; Marion, Va. Radio station transmitter failed to operate properly as round shiny UFO passed tower. 12. September 18, 1954; New Mexico. Large green fireball observed; radio and television interference noted over wide area. 13. October 7, 1954; St.-Jean-d'Asse, France. Car motor and headlights failed; UFO over road. 14. October 9, 1954; Cuisy (Seine-Et-Marne), France. Car motor and headlights failed as cigar-shaped UFO passed above. 15. October 11, 1954; Fronfrede (Loire) France. Car motor and headlights failed as UFO crossed road ahead of car, below cloud cover. 16. October 11, 1954; Clamecy (Nievre), France. Car motor and headlights failed, passengers felt shock and numbness; round UFO took off from nearby field. 17. October 11, 1954; Chateauneuf-Sur-Charente, France. Car motor and headlights failed; two UFOs observed at low altitude ahead of car. 18. October 14, 1954; near Brosses-Thillot, Saone-Et-Loire, France. Motorcycle stalled, round lighted UFO observed about 50 yards ahead. 20. October 18, 1954; Coheix, Puy-De-Dome, France. Driver of light truck felt half paralyzed, motor began missing; dark elongated object seen in nearby field. Police later searched field, found nothing. 19. October 16, 1954; Baillolet, Seine-Inferieure, France. Four UFOs sighted at low altitude ahead of car. One descended toward road; driver felt shock and numbness, car motor and headlights failed. 21. October 20, 1954; Schirmeck, France. Motorist felt paralyzed, motor stalled, heat felt; UFO on road. 22. October 21, 1954; near La Rochelle, France. Motorist and child felt shock and heat, motor and headlights failed; then luminous UFO became visible ahead of car. (+)23. October 23, 1954; Cincinnati, Ohio. Radio made harsh shrieking noise, volume increased; then reddish disc seen circling overhead. 24. October 27, 1954; near Linzeux, France. Headlights and motor failed, two passengers felt "electric shock"; UFO passed ahead of car. 25. November 14, 1954; Forli, Italy. Conventional and diesel tractors driving side by side, conventional stalled, diesel did not, as luminous UFO flew overhead. 26. December 5, 1954; North East, Pa. House radio "pulsated" as UFO observed hovering low over Lake Erie. 27. February 2, 1955; near Valera, Venezuela. Commercial airliner en route from Barquisimeto; radio went dead both at Valera and Barquismeto as pilot started to report a UFO sighting. 28. April 6, 1955; New Mexico. Three unusual green fireballs; heavy radio and TV disturbance. 29. June 26, 1955; Washington, D. C. National airport ceiling lights went out as round UFO approached. UFO caught in searchlight, searchlight went out. 30. August 25, 1955; Bedford, Indiana. House lights dimmed and brightened as hovering UFO pulsated. (+)31. Sept. or Oct., 1955; Agrinion, Greece. Truck driver and hotel manager driving over mountain road saw luminous object fly overhead, truck engine stopped. (+)32. May 1954; La Porte, Indiana. Car lights and radio went off, motorist saw three round or oval UFOs moving as unit, emitting beams of light toward ground. 33. May 1, 1954; Tokyo, Japan. TV pictures distorted as UFO passed over. (+)34. July 28, 1954; Brentwood, Calif. "Sparkling green light" appeared to land in orchard, television reception interrupted. 35. October 1956; Oslo, Norway. Motorist felt "prickly sensation," wristwatch magnetized (according to jeweler) when UFO flew in front of car and hovered over road. 36. November 16, 1956; Lemmon, S.D. Railroad phones, automatic block system "mysteriously dead" as UFO passed over railroad yards. 37. December 1956; Far East. Visual and radar sighting of round UFO by Air Force jet pilot. Radar jammed by strong interference. 38. April 14, 1957; Vins-Sur-Caraney, France. Metal signs magnetized after being observed vibrating as UFO maneuvered nearby. Fifteen degree deviation of compass noted only in immediate area of sighting. 39. April 19, 1957; Maiquetia, Venezuela. Airliner en route to Maiquetia sighted UFO; strange radio signals received at Maiquetia airport at same time. (+)40. April or May 1957; Moriah Center, N. Y. "Television started to have all sorts of trouble"; witness called outdoors in time to see red disc pass overhead. 41. May 31, 1957; Kent, England. Airliner suffered radio failure during UFO sighting. Normal functions returned when UFO left. (+)42. June 25, 1957; Baltimore, Maryland. Car radio stopped playing and street lights went out as formation of seven white discs with red rims passed overhead. 43. August 14, 1957; near Joinville, Brazil. Airliner cabin lights dimmed and engine sputtered during UFO sighting. 44. October 15, 1957; Covington, Indiana. Combine engine failed as hovering UFO began to rise. 45. October 30, 1957; Casper, Wyoming. Car motor kept stalling as motorist tried to turn around to avoid UFO sitting on road. 46. October 31, 1957; Lumberton, N.C. Car motor failed as UFO observed. 47. November 2, 1957; near Seminole, Texas. Car motor and headlights failed, UFO seen on road. 48. November 2, 1957; Amarillo, Texas. Car motor failed, UFO seen on road. 49. November 2/3, 1957; Levelland, Texas. Many witnesses in series of sightings watched egg-shaped UFOs on or near ground, nine instances of car motors and lights failing. 50. November 3, 1957; near Calgary, Alta., Canada. Car motor missed, headlights flickered as UFO arced overhead. 51. November 3/4, 1957; Ararangua, Brazil. Airliner direction finder and transmitter-receiver burnt during UFO sighting. 52. November 3/4, 1957; Sao Vicente, Brazil. Itaipu Fort electrical system failed, sentries received burns as UFO approached and hovered. 53. November 4, 1957; Elmwood Park, Illinois. Squad car lights and spotlight dimmed as police pursued low-flying UFO. 54. November 4, 1957; Toronto, Ont., Canada. TV interference (audio); viewers called out by neighbors to see UFO. 55. November 4, 1957; Orogrande, N.M. Car motor stalled, radio failed, heat felt. (James Stokes, White Sands engineer). 56. November 4, 1957; Kodiak, Alaska. A "steady dit-dit-dit" interference on police radio during UFO sighting. (+)57. November 5, 1957; Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Brilliant round orange object hovered, revolving; television blacked out. (+)58. November 5, 1957; near San Antonio, Texas. Car radio quit, headlights dimmed, engine stopped; UFO seen hovering low over field. 59. November 5, 1957; Hedley, Texas. Farmer saw UFO; neighbor reported TV off at same time. (+)60. November 5, 1957; Philadelphia, Penna. Apartment lights dead, electric clock stopped; bright light awakened couple. Milkman reported flaming disc. 61. November 5, 1957; Hobbs, N.M. Speeding car, motor failed, lights went out as UFO swooped over car. 62. November 5, 1957; Ringwood, Illinois. UFO followed car returning to town. TV sets in town dimmed, finally lost both picture and sound during same period of time. 63. November 5, 1957; S. Springfield, Ohio. Car and cab stalled as UFO observed. 64. November 6, 1957; Pell City, Alabama. Car motor stalled, as driver attempted to approach UFO hovering low over ground. 65. November 6, 1957; Houston, Texas. Car motor stalled, radio blanked with static, during UFO sighting. 66. November 6, 1957; Santa Fe, N.M. Car motor failed, car clock and wristwatch stopped as UFO passed low over car.
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.