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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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  • p. 7 …To that end, NICAP has set up a nationwide network—soon to be worldwide—for reporting…
  • p. 8 …Fahrney, USN (Ret.) Chairman of the Board of Governors of NICAP "Reliable reports indicate that there…
  • p. 11 …Director of NICAP
  • p. 18 …The NICAP is described on its letterhead as "a privately supported fact-finding body serving the…
  • p. 24 …Investigator," published by the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena - NICAP. This organization is located at…
# 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.