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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. 2 …THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23. 'Project Skylight' # New Group Setting Sights on Saucers By…
  • p. 4 345 Romano Avenue Coral Stables, Florida April 2, 1957 Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington , D.C…
  • p. 6 …The Washington News for October 23, 1956, reflects that an organization known as National Investigations Committee…
  • p. 7 …WEDEMEYER, USA (RET.) POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND # NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA WASHINGTON 6, D. C. ADMINISTRATIVE…
  • p. 8 # NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA A non-profit organization 1536 Connecticut Avenue, Washington 6, D…
  • p. 10 …KEYHOE, Director 1536 Connecticut Avenue Washington 6, D. C. NOrth 7-9434 Sept. August 22 1958…
  • p. 12 …Keyhoe, Director National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena 1536 Connecticut Avenue Washington 6, D. C. Dear…
  • p. 14 …E 4th and Adams Drive, S. W. Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director…
  • p. 15 …of Justice 9th & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington 25, D.C. ## Dear Mr. Hoover: According to…
  • p. 18 …National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Washington, D. C., pointing out that our policy re…
  • p. 20 …I am inclosing an article from this morning's Washington Fost concerning the new law designed…
  • p. 21 …format and phraseology and the mailing from Washington "misleads persons . . . into the erroneous and mistaken belief…
  • p. 22 …Tacker Chief, Magazine & Book Branch Department of the Air Force Washington 25, D. C. Dear Colonel…
  • p. 24 …Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Hoover; On March 1, 1961…
# 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.