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Stories198 · page 1

The Lumsden Halo: Several Aircraft Crews Report a Descending Light over Saskatchewan (2015)

January 10, 2015 · Airspace near Lumsden, northwest of Regina, Saskatchewan

UAP · Unknown · 15 sources

17Thinly documented

The Henfield Police Sighting

September 1998 · A281 Brighton Road between Henfield and Woodmancote (Blackstone), West Sussex, England

UAP · Formation · 16 sources

28Thinly documented

America West Airlines Flight 564 (Cactus 564) sighting

May 25, 1995 · Near Bovina, Parmer County, Texas Panhandle (object to the north, toward Tucumcari, New Mexico)

UAP · Cigar · 19 sources

26Thinly documented

The Trumbull County Police UFO Chase

December 14, 1994 · Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

UAP · Disc / saucer · 30 sources

23Thinly documented

Aeroméxico Flight 129 UFO Strike over Mexico City

July 28, 1994 · Approach to Mexico City International Airport (Benito Juárez), Mexico City

UAP · Unknown · 14 sources

18Thinly documented

Craigluscar Reservoir disc photograph (Ian Macpherson)

February 19, 1994 · Craigluscar Reservoir, near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources · 2 photos

25Thinly documented

Tajik Air Boeing 747SP sighting over Kazakhstan

January 27, 1994 · Over western Kazakhstan, about 45°N 55°E, at 41,000 ft

UAP · Other · 16 sources

21Thinly documented

Air traffic controllers' touch-and-go UFO at an eastern England airport (UK MoD files), 1984

April 19, 1984 · Unnamed small airport near the eastern coast of England

UAP · Sphere · 15 sources

26Thinly documented

The Vejer de la Frontera Armored Giants

July 20, 1982 · Rural road near Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz province, Andalusia

UAP · Being / humanoid · 8 sources

7Thinly documented

The Mindalore Landing: Meagan and Andre Quezet

January 3, 1979 · Mindalore, Krugersdorp (now Mogale City), West Rand, near Johannesburg

UAP · Egg · 11 sources

13Thinly documented

Windermere police and multi-witness sighting, Cumbria, 1977

August 28, 1977 · Windermere and the central Lake District, Cumbria, England

UAP · Triangle · 15 sources

24Thinly documented

The Alaska Highway Ambulance Encounter

December 26, 1976 · Alaska Highway between the Takhini River bridge and the Mendenhall River crossing, west of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

UAP · Orb / light · 11 sources

19Thinly documented

Three Airline Crews and a Battleship-Sized Object over Portugal

July 30, 1976 · Over the Alentejo, about 40 miles south of Lisbon, Portugal

UAP · Cigar · 17 sources

33Partially documented

UFOs over Fort Ritchie and Site R (Raven Rock Mountain Complex), 1976

July 30, 1976 · Raven Rock Mountain Complex (Site R), near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, and Fort Ritchie, Cascade, Maryland

UAP · Other · 12 sources

24Thinly documented

Eglin AFB Security Police Sighting over Duke Field

January 31, 1976 · Duke Field (Eglin Auxiliary Field 3), near Crestview, Florida

UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources

33Partially documented

Dampmart daylight sighting by a teacher and 19 pupils

December 20, 1975 · Near Dampmart, Lagny area, Seine-et-Marne

UAP · Unknown · 10 sources

20Thinly documented

Miami-Dade Highway Patrol Light Sightings

November 5, 1975 · Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Florida

UAP · Unknown · 12 sources

20Thinly documented

Akita Airport control-tower disc sighting

October 17, 1975 · Old Akita Airport, Araya, Akita City, Akita Prefecture

UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources

27Thinly documented

Borda Tobacco Farm Landing, Mount Pleasant, Ontario

July 6, 1975 · Joe Borda's tobacco farm, Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario

UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources

26Thinly documented

The Lumberton UFO Wave and the Pembroke Soybean Field Landing

April 3, 1975 · Lumberton and Pembroke, Robeson County, North Carolina

UAP · Triangle · 14 sources

37Partially documented

Names22 · see all

NICAP Organisation · 174 stories
A civilian group, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena looked into sightings the Air Force had brushed aside.
APRO Organisation · 74 stories
A civilian research group with investigators in the field.
Richard Hall Person · 28 stories
Richard Hall worked for NICAP.
Tim Printy Person · 15 stories
A sceptic who writes in SUNlite, Tim Printy has offered his own readings of several classic cases.
Ted Bloecher Person · 14 stories
Researcher and investigator Ted Bloecher spent decades cataloguing strange encounters.
Fran Ridge Person · 13 stories
Fran Ridge is a NICAP researcher and archivist whose notes appear across several Cold War radar and airline cases.
Frank Edwards Person · 11 stories
Frank Edwards was a broadcaster and author who carried older sighting stories to a wider audience.
Raymond E. Fowler Person · 10 stories
A patient investigator of close encounters.
Donald A. Johnson Person · 9 stories
A compiler of day-by-day UFO chronologies, built on the UFOCAT database.
Dan Wilson Person · 7 stories
A researcher behind the scenes.
Francis Ridge Person · 6 stories
A researcher with NICAP, Francis Ridge compiled and catalogued cases for the organisation's files.
Fund for UFO Research Organisation · 6 stories
A research fund that kept the Air Force's unsolved cases in view.

Documents141 · see all

National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) Case (Delet Ed) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1965-01-01· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Richard Harris Hall, Acting Director of NICAP. Though Major William Kehoe, founder of NICAP, is still listed as Director of…
- p. 2 …The most recent UFO sighting of considerable interest to NICAP was the series of pick-ups of UFO's on…
National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) (PUBD Is Unknown FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-01-04· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 1 National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) Appears to be a fairly loose structure but rather efficient. Stuart Nixon ( background…
- p. 3 …The following is apparently the xa organizational structure and relationships within NICAP:
National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap) (PUBD Is Unknown) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-01-01· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) Appears to be a fairly loose structure but rather efficient. Stuart Nixon ( background…
- p. 2 …The following is apparently the xm organizational structure and relationships within NICAP:
UFO's- Visitors from Space? Food for Future Thought FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2014-06-12· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …the NICAP, or National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. WE CONTACTED Richard Hall, a former Hartford area resident and now…
Air Force Says Unidentified Flying Objects Are 'Serious' FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2014-06-12· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Hillenkoetter (Ret.) a NICAP board member and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement that a…
FBI file: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Part 02 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 28 pages· 11 pages mention it
- p. 12 …Information available to the Bureau reflects that NICAP was formed in 1956. A form letter which the NICAP distributed in…
- p. 13 BAC, New Orleans handling correspondence from the NICAP to avoid any inference that we hold views. either favorable or unfavorable…

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Videos18 · see all

NICAP Edwards AFB audio directory

From The Edwards AFB Radar-Visual Incident

Wanaque, New Jersey, January 11-12, 1966. Gordon Lore (NICAP) interviews witnesses

From Wanaque Reservoir Sightings

NICAP OFFICIAL YOUTUBE video

From Travis Walton Abduction

NICAP-linked YouTube story

From America West Airlines Flight 564 (Cactus 564) sighting

The 1949 Norwood, Ohio, searchlight UFO incident

From The Norwood Searchlight Disc Sightings

The Secret Utah and Montana UFO Films

From The Mariana UFO Film

Captain James Howard UFO

From The BOAC 'Flying Jellyfish': Captain James Howard and the Stratocruiser Centaurus

UFO Education: The Levelland Sightings

From The Levelland UFO Case

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