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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by 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. 15 …I had never heard of flying saucers and had no idea what we had seen, but…
  • p. 29 …Photograph never made public. 47. 6-30-54 Brookley AFB, Alabama Control tower operators Radar-visual…
  • p. 34 …It never did drop below the horizon--just faded away. The fading, of course, was due…
  • p. 50 …airports for 16 years." Sonner said, "and never before have I seen an aircraft like it…
  • p. 56 …5 minutes."It was something I had never seen before."UFO finally ascended straight up out…
  • p. 57 …Each "ship" also had, emanating from the "stern" portion, two "tails", seemingly streaming out horizontally, never…
  • p. 58 …It did not flicker, it burned steadily the weatherman said, but its light could never appear…
  • p. 72 …it went over the first hill and never over 1000 feet during my observation." Mr. Hahn…
  • p. 87 …was first being developed, and they have never been acceptably explained. The celebrated Washington radar sightings…
  • p. 88 …It has never been known to occur, there is no theoretical basis for believing that it…
  • p. 89 …The UFO showed on the film as a round, bright spot. (The film has never been…
  • p. 93 …NICAP has never obtained any negatives for analysis. Prints show disc from five different angles. Critics…
  • p. 94 …Picture reportedly showing unexplained circular light source, never made public. See "Report on Unidentified Flying Objects…
  • p. 96 …The many other reports from alleged additional witnesses were never received from Mr. Stanford. His background…
  • p. 97 …The first possibility to cross our minds was a polyethelyne type balloon, but we have never…
  • p. 98 …at least three consecutive frames, you'd never find it. Moreover, internal lens reflections (also countless…
  • p. 112 …Congressional hearings were contemplated See Section XIII but never came about. Instead, Air Force Congressional Liaison…
  • p. 113 …Film Data reportedly analyzed by USAF, but never released to public See Section VIII: Apr. 27…
  • p. 114 …Therefore, I never saw it in its published form. However, since I had prepared it - as…
  • p. 116 …I have never heard anyone claim anything to the contrary. . . ." ODE D"CLASSIC" - SEAGULLS (FROM COLORED…
  • p. 118 …proved highly impressive to one who had never before seen the Nation's Capital.) The interrogation…
  • p. 121 …could be a jet tanker refueling operation. Never having witnessed refueling operation at night, I am…
  • p. 125 …As far as is known, the pictures have never been published and no explanation of the…
  • p. 126 …I have never seen anything like it before." 42 ## The European Continent On the Continent, UFOs…
  • p. 129 …The USAF analysis report has never been released. ## C. OCEAN & ANTARCTIA UFOs have been sighted at…
  • p. 134 …Lincoln LaPaz, Institute of Meteoritics, said: "There has never been a rate of meteorite fall in…
  • p. 135 …film submitted to Air Force, never released. VIII UFO; film submitted to Air Force, never released…
  • p. 138 …I've been observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen any meteoric fireballs…
  • p. 164 …which was also photographed. (The pictures have never been made public). The UFO was seen moving…
  • p. 165 …One of the most intriguing accounts, never fully investigated, described a whitish oval-shaped object observed…
  • p. 174 …Since most of the material presented to the Committees is classified, the hearings are never printed…
  • p. 175 …to a newsman's question: "UFOs have never been accurately explained. I think there is as…
  • p. 183 …things, is that the raw data almost never permit of measurement. It should be carefully noted…
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

Code	Date & Location	Description	Speed	Altitude	Sources & References
A, V	July 11, 1950
nr. Osceola, Arkansas	Disc-shaped UFO sighting visually by Navy pilots, tracked by airborne radar	200 mph.	Est. 8000 ft.	[Section IV]
G, V, P	July 14, 1951
White Sands, New Mexico	UFO sped near B-29, tracked on radar; 200 ft. of 35 mm film reportedly shows bright round spot. [13]
G, V	July 23, 1951
March Field, California	UFO tracked on radar, pilots saw silvery object circling above them 50,000 ft.	[14]
G	August 26, 1951
Washington State	Two radar sets tracked UFO headed northwest	900 mph. [15]
G, A	Fall 1951
Korean area	Over 14 Navy radar sets tracked UFO circling above fleet. (signed report at NICAP)	Slow to over 1000 mph.	5000 ft.	[Details this Section]
G, A	January 22, 1952
Alaska	Three F-94s scrambled to intercept radar target; UFO maneuvered, ground radar saw object streak away to west	1500 mph.	23,000 ft.	[16]
G	June 1, 1952
Los Angeles, Cal.	Hughes Aircraft radar tracked UFO which climbed at 35,000 ft. per min., levelled off, dove, pulled out, and headed southeast.	180-550 mph.	11,000 ft.	[17]
G, V	June 19, 1952
Goose Bay, Labrador	Red-lighted object approached base, radar blip enlarged as object seemed to wobble. [18]
G, V	July 1, 1952
Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey	Two shiny objects tracked; moved slowly, hovered, burst of speed to southwest. Coincided with other visual observations.	Slow - "terrific burst of speed."	50,000 ft.	[19]
G, V	July 10, 1952
Near Korea	Canadian destroyer tracked two shiny discs; calculated altitude of 2 miles, 7 miles from ship. 2 miles	[20]
G, V	July 19/20, 1952
Washington, D. C.	UFO's tracked by CAA and Air Force radar; some visual sightings coinciding.	"On the order of 7500 mph." (Air Force "fact sheet") [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology]
G	July 21, 1952
Dobbins AFB, Ga.	UFO tracked at 10:30 am.	1200 mph	Abt. 50,000 ft.	[21]
G, A, V	July 23, 1952
Braintree, Mass.	F-94 pilot obtained radar lock-on while chasing blue-green light which circled at high speed. [22]
G, V	July 26/27, 1952
Washington, D. C.	Series of radar-visual sightings involving CAA airline and Air Force pilots.	Some "slow-moving," some "fast." [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology]
G, A, V	July 26, 1952
California	F-94 interceptor obtained radar lock-on, UFO kept pulling away. Visually appeared as large yellow-orange light.	Slow to "terrific speed" [23]
G, V	July 28, 1952
Wisconsin--Minnesota	USAF jets chased UFO tracked by ground radar, UFO's sped up and evaded interceptors.	60 to over 600 mph [24]
G	July 28/29, 1952
Washington, D. C.	Eight to twelve UFO's tracked at a time on CAA radar; airline pilot investigated, saw nothing but CAA said targets disappeared from screen when plane was in their area, then came in behind plane. [Section XII; July 1952 Chronology]
G, A, V	July 29, 1952
Michigan	F-94's attempted to intercept radar traget, observed visually as flashing red and green light, then solid white. (From USAF Intelligence Report)	635 mph	20,000 ft.	[25]
G, V	Summer 1952
MacDill AFB,	UFO target tracked at base. Air Force bomber in area investigated saw maneuverable egg-shaped UFO.	400 knots (460 mph)	40,000 ft.	[Section III]
G, V, P	August 1, 1952
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	UFO tracked, seen visually and photographed by F-86 pilot.	480 mph	Above 40,000 ft.	[26]

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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.