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This FBI file on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) covers correspondence and internal memos from 1961 to 1964. It contains citizen inquiries about the group, NICAP's reports about Dr. Frank E. Stranges implying he had FBI ties, and a request from New Orleans about an employee joining. The Bureau notes it never investigated NICAP. It calls some of director Donald Keyhoe's writing irresponsible and decides the FBI's name should not be connected with the organization.
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This form Includes questions asked by the United States Air Force and by other Armed Forces' investigating agencies, and additional questions to which answers are needed for full evaluation by NICAP. questions to which answers are needed for full evaluation by NICAP. After all the information has been fully studied, the conclusion of our Evaluation Panel will be published by NICAP in its regularly issued magazine or in another publication. Please try to answer as many questions as possible. Should you need additional room please use another sheet of paper. Please print or typewrite. Your assistance is of great value and is genuinely appreciated. Thank you 1. Name Place of Employment Address Occupation Education Special Training Military Service 2. Date of Observation Time 3. Locality of Observation 4. How long did you see the object? Hours Minutes 5. Please describe weather conditions and the type of sky; i.e., bright daylight, nighttime, dusk, etc. Seconds 6. Position of the Sun or Moon in relation to the object and to you. 7. If seen at night, twilight, or dawn, were the stars or moon visible? 8. Were there more than one object? If so, please tell how many, and draw a sketch of what you saw, indicating direction of movement, if any. 9. Please describe the object(s) in detail. For Instance, did it (they) appear solid, or only as a source of light; was it revolving etc? Please use additional sheets of paper, if necessary. 10. Was the object(s) brighter than the background of the sky? 11. If so, compare the brightness with the Sun, Moon, headlights, etc. 12. Did the object(s) — a. Appear to stand still at any time? (Please elaborate, If you can give details b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up into parts or explode? d. Give off smoke? e. Leave any visible trail? f. Drop anything? g. Change brightness? h. Change shape? 1. Change color? 13. Did the object(s) at any time pass in front of, or behind of, anything? If so, please elaborate giving distance, size, etc, if possible 14. Was there any wind? If so, please give direction and speed. 15. Did you observe the object(s) through an optical instrument or other aid, windshield, windowpane, storm window, screen etc? What? 16. Did the object(s) have any sound? 17. Please tell if the object(s) was (were) — What kind? How loud? a. Fuzzy or blurred. b. Like a bright star. 62-103581-10X c. Sharply outlined. ENCLOSURE
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault 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. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.