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186 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA (NICAP) · 186 pages OCR'd
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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 March 20, 1950--Nr. Little Rock, Ark. Chicago & Southern Airlines pilots watched a circular UFO with ‘‘portholes’’ arc above their plane. [II] March 26, 1950--Reno, Nevada. CAA control tower operator saw maneuvering light source. [V] March 26, 1950--Nr. Washington, D.C. Former Air Force aircraft inspector dove his plane at disc which zoomed up into overcast. [V] April 9, 1950--Shelby, N.C. RoundUFO inlevel flight, suddenly climbed away. [XII] April 24, 1950--Balearic Islands. Photograph of alleged UFO. Vil ! pen 27, 1950--White Sands, N. Mex. UFO spotted by ground observers just after a test missile had fallen back to earth, photographed by Askania Cinetheodolite. (VUIT} April 27, 1950--Goshen, Ind. TWA airliner paced by disc- like reddish UFO. [V] May 11, 1950--McMinnville, Oregon. Shiny silver disc hovered, two photographs taken. [VIII] May 20, 1950--Flagstaff, Ariz. Astronomer/ meteorologist observed a ‘‘powered’’ disc-like object from the grounds of Lowell Observatory. [1] May 29, 1950--Nr. Washington, D.C. American Airlines pilots saw dark elliptical UFO circle airliner. [V] May 29, 1950--White Sands, N. Mex. UFO spotted by two theod- olite stations just before firing of a missile. Object tracked and photographed by both stations. [VIII] June 12, 1950--California. Geologist saw disc-shaped object loop around plane. [VI] June 21, 1950--Hamilton AFB, Calif. tower several times. [III] June 24, 1950--California desert. Cigar-shaped UFO paced United Airlines plane for 20 minutes. [V] Navy pilot reported cigar-shaped UFO, [IV] June 30, 1950--Nr. Kingman, Kansas. Rotating disc hovered, sped away when car approached [XII] UFO buzzed control July 1950--Flying magazine article, "Flying Saucers -- Fact or Fiction?" summarized recent UFO sightings by pilots. July 1950--Cincinnati, Ohio. CAA flight engineer observed a “wingless, fuselage-shaped” UFO. [V] July 11, 1950--Osceola, Ark. Two Navy aircraft watched domed disc pass in front, confirmed by radar. [IV] August 15, 1950--Great Falls, Mont. Nick Mariana took motion pictures of 2 UFOs (The ‘‘Montana film,” later shown in the documentary movie ‘‘UFO’’). [VIII] October 3, 1950--Pomona, Calif. Disc-shaped UFO reported by scientist. [VI] October 5, 1950--San Fernando, Calif. Airlines plane buzzed by wing-like UFO. [V] November 27, 1950--Huron, S.D. CAA personnel saw hovering maneuvering UFO. [V November 27, 1950--Evansville, Wisc. Flying instructor re- ported six elliptical objects in loose echelon formation. [Vj December 1950--Nr. Cheyenne, Wyo. USAF officer saw aluminum-like oval UFO. [III] December 27, 1950--Bradford, Ill. Trans-World Airways pilot watched light source perform violent and erratic maneuvers. [V] California Central 1951 January 16, 1951--Nr. Artesia, N. Mex. General Mills per- sonnel tracking a Skyhook balloon saw two disc-shaped objects approach rapidly, tip on edge, circle the balloon, and speed off over the NW horizon. [I] January 20, 1951--Nr. Sioux City, lowa. A dark cigar-shaped UFO with white and red body lights buzzed a Mid-Continent Airlines plane. [V| February 14, 1951--Alamogordo, N. Mex. Two Air Force pilots, while watching a large balloon, saw a flat, round white object hovering at high altitude. [III] February 19, 1951--Kenya, Africa. A large cigar-shaped UFO hovering over Mt. Kilimanjaro was observed and photographed from an aircraft. [X] February--Look magazine article: Dr. Urner Liddel, Office of Naval Research, stated "There is nota single reliable report of an observation which is not attributable to the cosmic balloons (plastic '"'Skyhook" research balloons)." May 22, 1951--Nr. Dodge City, Kansas. American Airlines pilot observed maneuvering star-like object. [V] June 1, 1951--Dayton, Ohio.. Wright-Patterson AFB official watched disc make sharp turn. [III] July 14, 1951--Nr. White Sands, N. Mex. A UFO which sped near a B-29 was tracked on radar, observed visually and photo- graphed. [VIII] July 23, 1951--March Field, Calif. Radar-visual sighting of silvery object circling high above aircraft. [VIII] Summer 1951--Augusta, Ga. Air Force pilot flying F-51 “attacked repeatedly’’ by flying disc. [III] August 1951--Central, N. Mex. Mining engineer sighted two discs with ‘“‘portholes.”’ [VI] August 3, 1951--Nr. Pinckney, Mich. NICAP Adviser sawa glowing, yellowish UFO which moved on an undulating course. VI pagust 11, 1951--Portland, Ore. Former Air Force fighter pilot observed formation of three discs. [V] August 25, 1951--Lubbock, Texas. Formations of luminous objects passed overhead several consecutive nights; V-formation photographed. [VIII] August 26, 1951--Washington State. Air Force radar station tracked UFO at 900 m.p.h. on two different radar sets. [VIII] August 1951--Popular Science. Editors surveyed witnesses to choose most plausible explanations for UFOs; 70% believed they were intelligently controlled devices, either man-made or extra- terrestrial. September 1951--Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, new chief of Project Blue Book, the Air Force UFO investigation. September 10, 1951--Nr. Sandy Hook, N.J. Two AF pilots in a T-33 jet trainer chased a ‘‘perfectly round and flat’’ silvery UFO traveling at an estimated 900 mph [III] September 23, 1951--Nr. March AFB, Calif. F~86 jets circled below an unidentified object, unable to reach its altitude. [IIT] Fall 1951--Korea. UFO circled fleet, tracked on 14 ships’ radars, departing at over 1000 mph. [VIII] October 9, 1951--Terre Haute, Indiana; Nr. Paris, Illinois. A fast-moving UFO shaped like a flattened sphere was sighted two minutes apart by a C.A.A. employee and a private pilot. Project Blue Book plotted the sighting and concluded both had been the same object which was an ‘‘unknown.’”’ [V] October 10-11, 1951--Nr. Minneapolis, Minn. Two sightings of UFOs by General Mills, Inc., supervisor of balloon manufacture, and other balloon personnel, from an aircraft. [VI] November 7, 1951--Lake Superior. Steamship Captainandcrew watched elongated orange object with six glowing ‘‘portholes’”’ speed towards Ontario. [XII] November 9, 1951--After 7 sightings of green fireballs in 11 days Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, Institute of Meteoritics, said: "There has never been a vate of meteorite fall in history that has been one-fifth as high as the present fall. If that vate should continue, I would suspect the phenomenon is not natural. . . (they) don't behave like ordinary meteorites at all." (Associated Press) November 10, 1951--Albuquerque, N.M, The eighth fireball in 13dayswas seenhere and as fay away as Wyoming. (United Press) 1952 1952--London, Ont., Canada. Astronomer observed elliptical UFO with 2 bright body lights. [VI] January 20, 1952--Fairchild AFB, Wash. Two master ser- geants (intelligence specialists), reported a large, bluish-white spherical object with a long blue tail which flew below a solid overcast. [III] January 21, 1952--Mitchel AFB, N. Y. Navy TBM pilot chased a dome-shaped, white circular object which accelerated and pulled away [IV]. ; January 22, 1952--North Alaska Radar outpost. Ground radar and three F-94 interceptors’ radar tracked a distinct target. Vill January 29, 1952--Wonsan, Korea. B-29 paced by a bright disc-shaped orange object. (Similar sighting by another B-29 crew same night 80 miles away over Sunchon.) [III, X] February 20, 1952--Greenfield, Mass. Congregational Minister saw three very bright silver objects, apparently spherical, traveling in a perfect V. [VII] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 1GIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0
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