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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. 19 …seconds Section III (a)1953Anaco, Venezuela Round gray Pilot Approached airliner, paced it for 40 minutes…
  • p. 26 …Cases shaded in gray are detailed following chart). Date & Location Witnesses Description 8-29-42Columbus,Miss…
  • p. 28 …1-29-53 Presque Isle, Maine F-94 and other pilots Gray oval UFO. 38. 2…
  • p. 30 …I saw that it was a dark gray oval-shaped object, smaller than my T-6…
  • p. 37 …The pilot described the object as cigar-shaped, dark gray or gunmetal in color and giving…
  • p. 38 …divided into two sections, one half light gray in color, the other half black. The estimated…
  • p. 74 …The body appeared to be metallic and was of a light gray color, similar in appearance…
  • p. 104 …skippered by collections director Capt. W. B. Gray and his assistant, Emil Hanson. "We were traveling…
  • p. 110 …the so-called "administrative classification" is the gray area of secrecy, where no clear standards delimit…
  • p. 136 …Avensa Airlines pilot reported round gray object paced plane. X 1953--Navy Carrier-based Squadron of…
  • p. 137 …photographed. VIII September 15, 1954--Bihar, India. Gray disc hovered, emitted smoke and climbed away at…
  • p. 142 …Photographs and visual sighting of unidentified object "like a piece of paper," gray-white. Observed to…
  • p. 143 …A student saw a gray, apparently spherical UFO with a central row of yellow lights. Apparently…
  • p. 144 …The UFO made a sharp turn, headed toward the observers, changing color from orange to gray…
  • p. 147 …shiny or bright) 34 5.9% --- ----- Continued Gray 19 3.3% 5 .2% Silhouette (dark or…
  • p. 148 …Luminous disc,top gray,underside bright. (c)around edge. September20,1954 Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio --- Circular,dark…
  • p. 153 …Section VII. 10-3-60 Cressy, Australia Gray cigar-shaped UFO with vertical bands (5 to…
  • p. 157 …noon (1) gray, shape not specified hovered 8 minutes, arced back & forth about 150, returning to…
  • p. 172 …The cast was turned over to Richard Gray, research physicist at Case Institute of Technology for…

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

G, V	March 23, 1957
Long Beach, Calif.	Four UFOs tracked by CAA radar.
(Confidential report certified by 6 NICAP Board Members) Coincided with visual reports by GOC, police and Oxnard AFB. [Details this Section]
A, V	March 29, 1957	Pan American Airways flight #206A, saw pulsating UFO, radar target coincided. [Section V]
G	April 4, 1957
Wigtownshire, Scotland	Three radar posts tracked UFO which dove and circled. Wing Cdr. W. P. Whitworth (at Scottish base): "Quite definitely this was no freak. It was an object of some substance and no mistake could have been made." 60,000 to 14,000 ft.	[56]
G, V	October 21 or 29, 1957
Nr London, England	UFO sighted visually by pilot near atomic base, tracked by ground radar; dimmed lights and sped away. [57]
G, V	November 5, 1957
Gulf of Mexico	Coast Guard Cutter Sebago tracked UFO, brief visual sighting from deck.	1020 mph [Details this Section]
G, V	December 12, 1957
Tokyo, Japan	GCI radar tracked UFO seen by ground observers as vari-colored object; jets scrambled. [58]
G	March 8, 1958
Korea	USAF radar site tracked slowly descending UFO. 77,000-25,000 ft.	[59]
G, V	Summer 1958
Air Force Base, SW United States.	Two maneuverable UFOs tracked, evaded jet interceptors. [60]
G	November, 1958
Dewline radar	UFO descended from maximum alt. range of radar, moved horizontally for 100 miles, ascended vertically.	500 knots(abt. 575 mph.) [62]
G, V	January 23, 1959
Panama Canal	Bright silver object arced across sky, tracked by U.S. radar. [63]
G, V	September 24, 1959
Redmond, Oregon	Air Force radar site reportedly tracked UFO, observed visually by FAA personnel at airport as disc-shaped object. [Section V, IX]
G, V	August 13, 1960
Red Bluff, California	State Police observed egg-shaped UFO reported USAF radar site confirmed tracking it. [Section VII, IX]
G	January 1961
Missile Base during missile test flight	UFO which alternately hovered and moved rapidly to new position, tracked. [64]
G, V	June 19, 1961
Exeter, England; Edinburgh, Scotland	Large, bright shining UFO observed at Exeter airport, tracked on radar. Cigar-object and speeding light observed over Edinburgh twice during preceding night.	Hovered	50,000 ft.	[65]
G, V	July 5, 1961
Akron, Ohio	Former AF pilot saw maneuvering glowing UFO, also tracked by FAA radar at Cleveland airport. [Section V]
G, A, V	January 29, 1962
Eastern Holland	Royal Dutch Air Force jet interceptor chased UFO detected by ground and airborne radar, and visually. [Section X]

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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.