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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 6 Nr Montville, Ohio 11:20 p.m. Olden J. Moore saw flattened spherical object with conical projection on top descend toward field; above-normal radiation later detected by Civil Defense. Central Standard Time: 6 Nr Pell City, Alabama Abt 4:30 a.m. Milkman saw glow in sky, car engine failed; left to obtain aid and saw oblong object hovering low above ground. 6 Houston, Texas 4:30 a.m. Reddish elliptical UFO moving at high speed observed as car engine failed. 6 Dante, Tenn. 6:30 a.m. Reported landing of elliptical object, four human-like figures seen. (not verified by NICAP.) 6 Richmond, Ind. ---- Reddish elliptical UFO, changing to green and blue, reported by employees at police truck weighing station; UFO zig-zagged S in eastern sky. 6 Dugger, Ind. Night Iron worker reported brilliant round object hovered low overhead, moved up and away to west; witness treated for eye inflammation. [Section VIII.] 6 Marion, Ind. About 7:30 p.m. Many residents saw cigar-shaped object with string of very bright lights hovering; then moved away at high speed. 6 Nr Danville, Ill. Night State Troopers chased brilliant white UFO for 15 miles, experienced failure of their short wave radio; during chase, object changed color to amber, then bright orange. [Section VII.] 6 Western Springs, Illinois 8:04 p.m. Brilliant orange light with corona effect moved S, accelerated (emitting short trail), turned east and moved out of sight. 6 Chattanooga, Tenn. 8:05 p.m. Large reddish-orange light leaving short trail observed moving S to N. Mountain Standard Time: 6 Santa Fe, N.M. 12:01 a.m. Elliptical UFO passed low over car emitting a hum; car engine, clock, and wristwatch stopped. (Joe Martinez) 6 Western U.S. & Alberta, Canada 6:00-9:00 p.m. Several observations of irregular lights; probably explainable as aurora. Pacific Standard Time: 6 Anaheim, Calif. 12:10 a.m. Moving reddish light appearing and disappearing, photographed by Edwin G. Leadford (See Section VIII) Description resembles aurora. 6 Palm Springs, California 5:06 p.m. Shiny circular object leaving trail approached, doubled back over mountains. November 7 (by time zones) Eastern Standard Time: 7 Thompson, Ohio 6:15 a.m. Orange UFO shaped like flattened sphere, glowing brilliantly; hovered, moved away. 7 Atlanta, Ga. 9:35 a.m. Reddish elliptical object hovered. 7 Washington, D. C. Abt 6:30 p.m. Magazine staff member watched hovering red light suddenly move east at high speed, turn north, stop, then move on out of sight. 7 Nr Erie, Pa. 9:45 p.m. Seven people watched row of brilliant lights with bright green light at rear sweep over the area twice in few minutes. Central Standard Time: 7 Nr Meridian, Miss. 7:25 a.m. Large elliptical object reported on highway by trucker, who said three small beings approached him. (Story not verified by NICAP.) 7 Lake Charles, La. 7:45 a.m. Car engine failed; silvery disc seen hovering low overhead then sped away. Mountain Standard Time: 7 Nr Orogrande, N.M. 9:30 p.m. Family reported observing cylindrical UFO; car's speedometer apparently affected as object passed overhead. Pacific Standard Time: 7 Palm Springs, California 5:40-6:25 a.m. Two people watched first a cigar-shaped object, then a sphere, maneuver over area. 8 Au Sable Forks, N. Y. 2:55 p.m. Silvery reflective object, alternating from round to oval (like a disc oscillating from side to side) pacing a bomber; observed from ground. 8 Orgueil, France Abt 6:30 p.m. Disc-shaped UFO with dome, hovered, rotated, moved away and disappeared with sudden burst of speed. 9 Lafayette, La. 9:15 a.m. Eastern Airlines pilot, crew, watched round silvery object hovering just below cloud layer; object vanished suddenly after 3 minutes. 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.