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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.
“United Press”33 pages
Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 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]
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.