House Armed Services Committee hearing on UFOs, April 5, 1966

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All UFO reports which are submitted to the Air Force are regarded as
earnest reports from people who have seen an aerial object which they could
not identify. The purpose of our program is to evaluate such reports and to
inform the observer of the cause of his sighting.
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena is a private
organization which Is in no way affiliated with our Government.
It is a pleasure to again be of service to you.
Sincerely, DWIGHT W. COVELL,
Colonel, ISAF,
CongressionalInquiryDivi#ion, Office of Legislative Lfalson.
JANUARY 11, 196.
Hon. L. MENDEL Rms,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
MY DEAR SiR: Thank you for the very prompt reply (Jan. 6, 1966) to my
letter of December 29, regarding UFO's. You stated that you may check out
my comments with the proper authorities. Knowing In advance essentially
what reactions you will receive from these authorities, be they Air Force,
Department of Defense, or Congressional Inquiry Division officials, I strongly
and respectfully request you withhold acceptance of their statements until
you contact Maj. Donald Keyhoe (USMO, retired) or Mr. Richard Hall. These
gentlemen, as you are undoubtedly aware, are director and associate director,
respectively, of NICAP and can be reached at NOrth 7-9434.
This course of action is most desirable for the ultimate best Interest of
the American people as it permits both sides of this controversy to be Im-
partially weighed.
NICAP, 'In the 9 years since its Inception, has amassed sufficient factual In-
formation, documentation, and evidence to refute any or all Air Force claims.
The organization asks only that it be given the opporttiity to present this
Information In open hearings in order to attain Its immediate goal of getting
to the people the truth Ab6tit the UFO's, as can be ascertained and officially
confirmed; and the best hope of achieving this end is through congressional
action.Respectfully yours, JON R. GAY,
Huntington Bech, Calif.
DEE MBER 29, 1965.
Hon. I. MENDEL RivERs,
U.S. House of Representatives,
The House Offiee Building,
Washington, D.C.
My DEAR Si: As chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, you may
be the proper person in the House, to whom I should address this correspondence
pertaining to a subject, the scientific aspect of which promises far-reaching Im6ji-
cations. A considerable amount of genuine scientific research by private-indi-
viduals in this field is being thwarted, In part, by a policy of an agency of the
U.S. Government through the employment of ridicule and the withholding of
pertinent information. It is a field that has been the subject of suppression since
1947 and particularly since 1953 by order of the Secretary of the Air Force.
The subject, of which I write, Is that of unidentified flying objects (UF'O's)
and the Air Force censorship In the handling of leglthilte sightings and reports.
The publicized conclusions, In part, of the Air Force's Project Blue Book are:
(1) No unidentified filing object reported, investigated, and evaluat& by
the Air Force has ever given any Indication of threat to our national security;
(2) There has been no evidence submitted to or disclosed by the Air Force
that sightings categorized as unidentified represent technological develop-
ments or principles beyond the range of present day scientific knowledge;
and
(3) There has been'no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as
unidentified Are extra terrestrial"Cehlbcles.
Other than the close encounters with UFO's reported by airline and military
pilots, an element of truth can be conceded In conclusion (1). However, the
vadillty'6f iftMber (2) must be disputed. Do we possess any aircraft that cati:
1. On close proximity to ground vehicles disrupt the running engines,
headlights, and radios of those vehicles?