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FBI file: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Part 02
Federal Bureau of Investigation · 28 pages · text by OCR
This FBI file on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) covers correspondence and internal memos from 1961 to 1964. It contains citizen inquiries about the group, NICAP's reports about Dr. Frank E. Stranges implying he had FBI ties, and a request from New Orleans about an employee joining. The Bureau notes it never investigated NICAP. It calls some of director Donald Keyhoe's writing irresponsible and decides the FBI's name should not be connected with the organization.
“NICAP”11 pages
- p. 4 …Hartle, chairman of Indiana Unit #2, NICAP. NICAP is the abbreviation for National Investigation Committee on…
- p. 5 …Indiana Unit #2
NICAP
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- p. 7 …questions to which answers are needed for full evaluation by NICAP. After all the information has…
- p. 8 …This action will encourage other responsible citizens to report similar observations to NICAP. However, If you…
- p. 12 …A form letter which the NICAP distributed in 1957 to solicit "associate memberships" described the NICAP…
- p. 13 BAC, New Orleans
handling correspondence from the NICAP to avoid any inference that we hold views…
- p. 23 …The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) has not been investigated by the Bureau; however…
- p. 25 …Norfolk
REG 91 62-103581-14
NATIONAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA (NICAP) MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING…
- p. 26 …DIRECTOR, FBI
SAC, SEATTLE (100-26460) (RUC)
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA (NICAP) MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION…
- p. 27 …I am a member of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), headquarters Washington, D…
- p. 28 …The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) has not been investigated by the Bureau, however…
BAC, New Orleans
handling correspondence from the NICAP to avoid any inference that we hold views. either favorable or unfavorable, to this organization.
As the above information regarding Donald Keyhoe and the NICAP reflects, the NICAP is not the type of organization with which the Bureau's name should become connected--either through membership of FBI employees in the NICAP or by any other means.
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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. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.