Documents / FOIA release
This FBI file on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) holds records from 1956 to 1961. It includes press clippings, NICAP letters signed by Director Donald E. Keyhoe, and internal Bureau memoranda. It also contains Hoover's replies saying the FBI does not investigate UFO sightings and passes reports to the Air Force. Other items cover a 1960 Grand Blanc, Michigan moon photograph by Joe Perry, an Air Force officer's request to curb NICAP, and a citizen asking whether NICAP was Communist sponsored.
“FBIS”12 pages
RECORDED-98 62-103581-2 INDEXED-98 Mr. Marshall S. Major 345 Romano Avenue Coral Gables, Florida Dear Mr. Major: Your letter of April 2,1957,with enclosures has been received. Although I would like to be of assistance, information in the files of the FBI is confidential and available for official use only. I know you will understand the reason for this rule and will not infer from my inability to be of service either that we do or that we do not have the information you desire. I am returning your enclosures since they may be of value to you. John Edgar Hoover Director Form letter from the National Investigations Committee Phenomena and its enclosure sent in by correspondent. 6 4 APR1 6 1957 FJH.cag (3) NOTE: On the basis of information available, correspondent was not identifiable in Bufiles. The Washington News for October 23, 1956, reflects that an organization known as National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena" was located at 1536 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Washington. No other identifying data was located in Bufiles re this organization.
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 25 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.