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FBI file: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Part 01

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 25 pages · text by OCR

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.

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“J. Edgar Hoover”7 pages

  • p. 10 …J. Edgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover: Some…
  • p. 13 …Sincerely yours, J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover Director
  • p. 15 March 21,1960 J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice 9th & Pennsylvania…
  • p. 20 …TACKER J. A. J. TACKER C. O. L. & Book Branch Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Director Federal…
  • p. 22 …1 1960 COMM-EBI JRF:mmm John Edgar Hoover Director 31 S $^{(3)} $bilanen a 22…
  • p. 24 …March 13, 1961 Edgar J. Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. Dear Mr…
  • p. 25 …22 1961 COMM-FBI Sincerely yours. J. Edgar. Hoover. SEE NOTE ON YELLOW PAGE TWO 66MAR271961
# FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION COVER SHEET

SUBJECT: NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS

COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA

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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.