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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 CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... i Abstract. Explanation of NICAP and its policies. Statement by Board of Governors. Section I. CROSS-SECTION DIGEST ................................................................................... 1 Sample cases showing general features of UFO reports. Section II. INTELLIGENT CONTROL ................................................................................... 9 Cases indicating intelligence: pacing of vehicles, reaction to stimuli, formation flights. Section III. AIR FORCE OBSERVATIONS ........................................................................ 19 Sightings by Air Force pilots, navigators, other officers and men. Section IV. ARMY, NAVY & MARINE CORPS .................................................................. 29 Reports of other military personnel. Section V. PILOT & AVIATION EXPERTS ........................................................................ 33 Observations by airline, military and private pilots. Section VI. SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS ........................................................................... 49 Observations by professional scientists and engineers, including astronomers and aeronautical engineers. Section VII. OFFICIALS & CITIZENS ................................................................................ 61 Sightings by police officers, civil defense and ground observer corps, cross-section of citizens’ reports. Section VIII. SPECIAL EVIDENCE .................................................................................... 73 Electro-magnetic effects. Radar cases. Photographic evidence. Physical and Physiological effects. Sound. Angel’s Hair. Section IX. THE AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION .............................................................. 105 Background of secrecy. Official regulations. History and analysis of the official UFO investigation. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

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