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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by OCR, confidence 100%

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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 Date Location Time Description 5 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada 7:30 p.m. Brilliant elliptical object observed travelling at high speed, low on horizon. Central Standard Time: 5 Galesburg, Illinois About 4:30 a.m. Orange elliptical object hovered, then moved away slowly to the north. 5 Gulf of Mexico 5:10 a.m. Coast Guard cutter Sebago began tracking UFO on radar; brilliant planet-like UFO seen visually at 5:21 a.m. [Section VIII; Radar] 5 Keesler AFB, Mississippi About 5:20 a.m. Airman saw elliptical UFO travel S to N, accelerate rapidly and enter clouds. 5 Wichita Falls, Texas 10:00 a.m. Oblong UFO observed moving back and forth, in and out of rain clouds. 5 E. St. Louis, Illinois 11:45 a.m. Two silvery elliptical objects passing overhead at high speed, observed by Southern Railroad employees. 5 Nr Kearney, Nebraska ---- TWA airline pilot reported seeing high-speed, brightly lighted object. 5 Hedley, Texas Dusk Pulsating bluish-green object seen low above ground, television affected. 5 Nr Wabash, Indiana 6:12 p.m. UFO with lights in circular pattern made three passes low over barn, emitting humming sound. 5 Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada 6:20 p.m. UFO variously described as round and silvery, orange and egg-shaped, reported by about 20 people over wide area. 5 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 6:40 p.m. Shiny silver UFO hovered, moved from side to side; left toward SW emitting slight trail, as RCAF aircraft were seen approaching. 5 Nr Ringwood, Ill. Evening Luminous round object bobbing up and down, followed car for some time; one witness reported "swishing" noise from object. 5 Red Bank, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. Glowing, pulsating object at edge of overcast; finally ascended out of sight. 5 Houston, Texas 6:25 p.m. Bright planet-like object moved overhead in zig-zag, irregular course. 5 Houston, Texas 7:00 p.m. Round white object about 1/4 size of moon, passed overhead and over SE horizon in 15 seconds, making roaring noise. 5 Nr San Antonio, Texas Abt 9:30 p.m. Car lights, engine and radio failed; driver then saw elliptical UFO hovering above field; object ascended rapidly, levelled off and sped away. 5 Kansas City, Mo. 11:15 p.m. Round, reddish-orange UFO passed from SE to SW. Mountain Standard Time: 5 Alamogordo, N.M. 4:34 p.m. Civilian radar technician saw orange cigar-shaped object hovering in west. 5 Hobbs, N.M. 7:30 p.m. Two separate reports of light which paralleled car, passed directly over car; car lights and engines failed. Pacific Standard Time: 5 Nr Dixon, Calif. 2:30 a.m. Trucker reported meteor-like object which descended rapidly, slowed and hovered, pulsating. 5 Nr Sacramento, Calif. 3:00 a.m. Bluish-green elliptical object moving vertically. 5 Long Beach, Calif. Abt 3:50 a.m. Six shiny circular objects maneuvering "like planes in a dogfight," reported by AF Major. 5 Corona del Mar, California 6:04 p.m. Bright circular orange object, like a "jack-o-lantern," hovered above ocean. Southern Transvaal, Africa: 5 Dunnotar, Transvaal, and vicinity Night Hundreds watched an "enormous" hovering cylindrical object; observers said UFO "withdrew" behind clouds when searchlights pinpointed it. November 6 (by time zones) Eastern Standard Time: 6 United States Evening & night Spectacular auroral display observed over wide area. Caused many erroneous UFO reports by citizens who had been reading about sightings for days. 6 Atlanta, Ga. 5:27 a.m. Orange, oval-shaped object, darted behind cloud, reappeared, moved out of sight behind buildings. 6 Florida West Coast 5:20-5:30 a.m. Widespread sightings of "ball of fire;" possible meteor. 6 Toronto, Ont., Canada 7:00 a.m. Cigar-shaped object with fins near front moved from E to W leaving trail; turned N, then S. [Cf., January 20, 1951 pilot sighting, Section V.] 6 Toronto, Ont., Canada 7:15 a.m. Shiny cigar-shaped object; alternately hovered, moved slowly. 6 100 mi. north of Ottawa, Canada 9:00-9:30 p.m. A group of electronic technicians and ham radio operators saw a huge brightly-lighted sphere projecting beams of light, hovering above hill; two radios failed, except for rapidly modulated strong single tone picked up on one frequency. UFO finally disappeared into clouds. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

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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 (mean confidence 100%); expect the odd misread word. 186 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.