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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. 2 …Former Air Force Headquarters Monitor of AF Project Blue Book UFO investigation, prepared analyses of UFO…
  • p. 4 …We are also indebted to Isabel Davis, New York City, whose extensive files on UFOs were…
  • p. 8 …the amount and kind of UFO information in the files, and whether all significant non-security…
  • p. 11 …Harris pointed out that the UFO at one time "passed below the horizon in front of…
  • p. 16 …New York UFO group of which DuBarry is president. 9. Report on file at NICAP. 10…
  • p. 17 …b) UFOs which evaded or otherwise reacted to human devices. (All reports on file at NICAP…
  • p. 22 …CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 ## GEOMETRICAL FORMATION CASES (All reports on file at NICAP) Date Location Witnesses Number…
  • p. 24 …Finally the UFOs were seen on the radarscope to merge with a gigantic blip (radar target…
  • p. 25 …of the Utah Film Tracking UFOs," p. 2. (Copy on file at NICAP.) 9. Flying, July…
  • p. 26 …FORCE UFO SIGHTINGS UFO Sightings by U. S. Air Force Personnel (All Reports on File at…
  • p. 30 # Approved For Release 2001/04/02 Bomber Paced by UFO (Capt. Alvah M. Reida, during his…
  • p. 34 …I collected a few names of individuals present, as I intended to report the UFO to…
  • p. 37 …Florida Two enlisted men (names on file) Star-like UFO slowed, joined by second at high…
  • p. 38 …Report on file at NICAP 3. Report on file at NICAP 4. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying…
  • p. 46 …United Press reported the incident (newswire copy on file at NICAP): FLYING SAUCER OR A WEATHER…
  • p. 47 …An Air National Guard pilot, flying an F-51 Mustang fighter, was trailed by a UFO…
  • p. 50 …witnessed the UFO was a full colonel of Air Force Intelligence, who filed a report along…
  • p. 53 …Report on file at NICAP. 14. United Press; May 23, 1951. 15. Report on file at…
  • p. 55 …this an open question). ## UFO Sightings by Scientists (All Reports on File at NICAP) Date & Location…
  • p. 61 …Maney, was among seven witnesses to a UFO sighted in Defiance, Ohio, May 20, 1962. Prof…
  • p. 65 …As they watched, the UFO, appearing as a fiery-looking, glowing sphere, passed from horizon to…
  • p. 66 …The disc-shaped, elliptical and other main types of UFOs observed by pilots and scientists have…
  • p. 69 …CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 (Names and addresses of other witnesses on file at NICAP.) A somewhat similar…
  • p. 71 …Elton Highland, observed a spherical UFO about 9:45 a.m. The UFO, resembling a silver…
  • p. 77 …Teletype report and letter on file at NICAP 2. Reports obtained by Cleveland and Akron UFO…
  • p. 90 …At other times, the station tracked UFOs making similar maneuvers. Sgt. Kelly had also tracked UFOs…
  • p. 93 …Baker, Jr., Douglas Aircraft Corporation, on file at NICAP. Air Force explanation that UFOs were reflections…
  • p. 100 …Roepke also filed a detailed report with NICAP on behalf of the Subcommittee. In consultation with…
  • p. 110 …Paragraph 11 restricts Air Force personnel from publicly discussing UFOs: "Air Force personnel, other than those…
  • p. 112 …Air Force Inspector General brief to Operations and Training Commands: "UFOs Serious Business." Stated that UFO…
  • p. 118 …file at this facility and is all the information contained in this record concerning UFO sighted…
  • p. 119 …The RCAF has no record of such an incident, although a flight plan allegedly was filed…
  • p. 120 …Peter Killian, American Airlines pilot, was one of several pilots who reported observing three UFOs above…
  • p. 121 …Ryan and all other documentation, on file at NICAP. COPY American Airlines, Inc. Flight 139 - February…
  • p. 126 …Dozens of very active UFO organizations exist in England, many publishing bulletins. The largest and most…
  • p. 130 …Copy of statement on file at NICAP 3. Report on file at NICAP 4. Windsor Daily…
  • p. 131 …Letter on file at NICAP 49. Report on file at NICAP 50. Report on file at…
  • p. 135 …Samford, UFOs explained away as weather phenomena. (Transcript on file at NICAP.) July 29, 1952--Miami…
  • p. 141 …round UFO hover and maneuver slowly. Los Angeles NICAP Subcommittee investigation report on file. February 14…
  • p. 143 …September 28 -- Police from seven counties reported seeing UFOs between 2:30 and 3:30 a…
  • p. 144 …A brilliant shaft of light from the UFO illuminated a hilltop. Suddenly the UFO blacked out…
  • p. 159 …library files, by a NICAP member traveling around the country, uncovered 125 separate UFO reports for…
  • p. 161 …then Air Force spokesman on UFOs. Taped statement on file at NICAP). The dramatic visual sightings…
  • p. 162 …USAF Capt., others saw two silvery cigar-shaped UFOs headed SW across city. 1 9:30…
  • p. 165 …letter on file at NICAP) Anything reported to the Air Force as a UFO is included…
  • p. 174 …The new Space Committee Chairman opposed UFO hearings. Then, in answer to letters about UFOs, the…
  • p. 176 …Tenn.) - March 30, 1961 "Uncertainty over UFOs certainly exists and I think it is wise to…
  • p. 181 …UFO? On April 14, 1959 the Nunn-Baker camera site The atmosphere of ridicule surrounding the…
  • p. 182 …On the contrary, we have been criticized by other UFO groups for our often voiced skepticism…
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Code	Date & Location	Description	Speed	Altitude	Sources & References
G, V	July 3, 1954 Albuquerque, New Mexico	Nine green spheres hovered, sped away, tracked by radar.	About 2600 mph.	24,000 ft.	[45]
G, V	August 28, 1954 Tinker AFB, Oklahoma	Fifteen UFO's in triangle formation tracked on radar, chased by jets; changed to semi-circle formation and sped away. [46]
G, A, V	August or September, 1954 White Plains, N.Y.	Circular UFO tracked across N.Y. by GOC, Air Force radar. Above 45,000 ft.	[Section VII]
G, V	September 17, 1954 Rome, Italy	Italian Air Force radar tracked disc-like UFO sene by thousands.	About 150 mph; burst of speed upwards.	3600 ft.	[47]
G, V	November 12, 1954 Kentucky, (Indiana, Ohio)	Air Force interceptors chased spherical object seen over tri-state area; also followed by theodolite. [48]
G, V	December 15, 1954 Nr Nowra, Australia	Royal Australian Navy pilot returning to base, joined by two"strange aircraft resembling flying saucers." Ground radar showed his Seafury, when pilot identified self by moving according to pattern, and also two other objects. [49]
G, V	August 23, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio	SAC radar detected UFO's Jets engaged in dogfight with three circular objects. [Section VII]
G, V	December 11, 1955 Nr Jacksonville, Fla.	Navy Jets in dogfight with UFO, confirmed on radar. [Section IV]
G, V	February 17, 1956 Paris, France	Orly Airport radar tracked UFO, larger than commercial airliner. Observed by Air France pilot as blinking red light. UFO maneuvered erratically, alternately hovering and moving with jet-like bursts of speed. [50]
G, V	July 19, 1956 Hutchinson, Kansas	Naval Air Station tracked UFO, observed visually by State Police and pilots as erratically moving tear-drop shaped object. [51]
G, V	July 29, 1956 Pasadena, California	GOC spotters sighted brilliant white UFO, tracked by Air Defense Command radar. GOC said UFO appeared to stop, then speed up again"faster than a conventional airplane." [Section VII]
G	Aug.-Sept., 1956 Bornholm Island, Denmark	Report September 11 that NATO radar had been tracking UFO's for three weeks, curving over Baltic Sea.	2000--3500 mph. [52]
G, V	September 4, 1956 Copenhagen, Denmark	Several"fireball"-like UFO's flew over, tracked by radar.	3000 km/h(abt. 1800 mph.)	5000 meters	[53]
G	November 8, 1956 Miami, Florida	Donald Freestone, Pan American master radar mechanic, tracked UFO maneuvering like"aerial tag" over tip of Florida. (Bendix RDR-1A weather radar.)"It had a definite shape and moved on a definite course so is not believed to have been a freak weather return." Object 4-5 times larger than any known aircraft.	Hover-4000 mph.	7000-8000 ft.	[54]
G, A, V	November 25, 1956 Hot Springs, So. Dakota	Series of UFO sightings, one by state police of circular object swaying back and forth across road. Objects detected by radar, jets scrambled from Ellsworth AFB, S.D. [55]
A, V	December 1956 Far East	USAF jet tracking UFO, radar jammed by interference; changed frequency and picked up UFO again, saw circular object climb away.	3600 mph.	Below 10,000 ft.	[Section I]

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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.