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CIA RDP81R00560R000100010001 0

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-RDP81 R00560R000100010001-0 November 25, 1954--Cordoba, Argentina. Meteorologist, control tower operator at airport watched two hovering luminous objects (official report from Argentine Embassy). [X] November 26, 1954--Matasquan, N. J. Formation of round objects. (Confidential report from college professor.) [VII] Millville, N. J. Disc with four body lights. [IT] December 3, 1954--Wilmington, N, C. Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration personnel watched round, yellowish UFO through binoculars. [V December 5, 1954--North East, Pa. Domed object with double row of square ‘‘ports’’ hovered low over Lake Erie. [X11] December 17, 1954--Upington, Cape Province, So. Africa. Meteorologist tracked white hemispherical object with theodolite. ».¢ s ecember 15, 1954--Nr. Nowra, Australia. Royal Australian Navy pilot paced by two UFOs, confirmed on radar. [ VIII] December 19, 1954--Vienna, Austria. High-speed UFOs re- ported. [X] December 20, 1954--Pontiac, Mich. Red-orange circular UFO, with white glow from ‘‘portholes”’ at front, sped overhead. [XII] 1954 or 1955--Coos Bay, Oregon. District Judge observed maneuvering disc. [VII] 1955 1955--Virginia, nr. Washington, D. C. Navy pilot observed domed disc. [IV] January 2, 1955--Nr. Punta San Juan, Venezuela. Airliner en route to Maracaibo approached by luminous UFO. [X] February 2, 1955--Nr. Merida, Venezuela. Aeropost Airlines pilot reported a top-shaped object with ‘‘portholes’’ and central ring paced airliner. [X] February 11, 1955--Miami to New York. Pan American Air- ways flight saw two reddish-green objects speed past under wing. Vv ! | aril 22, 1955--Tintinara, Australia. made sharp turn, ascended. [XII] Saturn-shaped UFO April 24, 1955--Albuquerque, N. Mex. April 23 (AP) Dr. Lincoln LaPaz: "I'm sure the yellow-green fireballs aren't ordinary me- teorite falls. I've been observing the skies since 1914, and I've never seen any meteoric fireballs like them." During the week of April 3-9, five greenfireballs were reported in New Mexico and two in northern California. After a number of sightings reported about mid-morning April 5, LaPaz said: "This is a record. We believe we have it narrowed from the many re- ports to three. But they were seen within a very few minutes of each other..." May 25, 1955--Alexandra Park, London, England. Circular, luminous object approached B-47, quickly reversed direction and shot away. [II] June 16, 1955--Eastern U.S. UFOs observed over wide area, jets scrambled. [III] June 17, 1955--Nr. Adelaide, Australia. Silver oblong UFO viewed through binoculars; hovered; moved away behind clouds as an aircraft neared. [XII] July 9, 1955--Santa Catalina Channel, Calif. Family aboard boat saw a round cylinder, greyish and white, surrounded by a ‘thaze of fumes.’’ UFO zig-zagged upward, then sped away. [XII} July 17, 1955--Canton, Ohio. Disc hovered, climbed away as airliner approached. [XII] July 26, 1955--Lasham, Hants, England. Members of British Gliding Association watched boomerang -shaped object (or flattened triangle) hover above glider then speed away. [XII] July 26, 1955--Washington, D. C. A brilliant round object with trail 4 or 5 times its own length approached National Airport, stopped, oscillated, and moved off at high speed. Ceiling lights at airport went out when object approached; returned to operation when UFO left. [VIII, XI] July 29, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. Zigzagging UFO made shrill sound. [VII] August 6, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. Oval-shaped UFO observed ascending at high speed. [XII] August 21, 1955--Chalmette, La. Glowing-white Saturn-shaped object hovered, rotating; turned sideways and shot away. (X1T] August 23, 1955--Cincinnati, Ohio. SAC jets ‘“‘dogfight’’ with UFOs first detected by radar. White spheres and discs observed by Ground Observer Corps. [VIII] August 28, 1955--Yonkers, N. Y. Board of Education official and others saw a white Saturn-shaped object through a telescope. XII Outober 2, 1955--Akron and Alliance, Ohio. Hovering disc- like UFO observed over wide area. [VII] October 28, 1955--Galloway, England. Dise with row of blue lights on rim, maneuvered slowly over car on lonely road. [X11] October 31, 1955--Nr. Auckland, N. Z. Bright object passed National Airlines DC-3. [X] November 1, 1955--Mojave Desert, Calif. Astronomer observed cigar-shaped UFO and smaller disc. [VI] November 2, 1955--Williston, Fla. Police, others sawas many as six oval-shaped objects in formation. [VII] November 5, 1955--Cleveland, Ohio. Minister observed ellip- tical UFO with square ‘‘windows’’. [VII] November 9, 1955--Philadelphia, Pa. Newspaper photographers and others saw 12 silvery-white round objects in formation. Vil Nuvember 14, 1955--San Bernardino Mts., Calif. Pilot saw a globe of white light approach plane, blinked landing lights; object blinked in seeming response, reversed course. [V] November 20, 1955--Oak Ridge, Tenn. Two shiny, elliptical UFOs ‘‘like two dirigibles’’ traveled over restricted area. [IX] November 23, 1955--Spirit Lake, Iowa. Ground Observer Corps spotters reported a brilliant object which changed color, moved erratically. [VII] December 6, 1955--Ashfield & Greenfield, Mass. Several people watched a cigar-shaped object with long rows of brilliant, reddish body lights, moving slowly south. [XII] December 11, 1955--Nr. Jacksonville, Fla. Navy jets in dog- fight with round, reddish UFO. [IV] December 29, 1955--New Britain, Conn. Shiny object hovered, sped away. [XII] 1956 1956--North Atlantic. Large disc paced Navy transport. [IV] January 17, 1956--Orangeville, Canada. Disc-shaped UFO seen at close range; rings of light visible on bottom. [XIT] January 22, 1956--Gulf of Mexico, nr. NewOrleans. Pan Amer- ican Airways flight engineer saw a large elongated object, emit- ting yellow flame or light, pass aircraft from horizon to behind a weather front. [V] February 17, 1956--Paris, France. Large UFOtrackedon radar at Orly Airport, observed by airline pilot as red light source. [VOI] March 5, 1956--Honolulu, Hawaii. UFO formation photographed. [VIII] April 8, 1956--Nr. Schenectady, N. Y. American Airlines pilot followed UFO across state. [V, IX] June 27, 1956--Trieste, Italy. Luminous object hovered, sped away. [XII] July 19, 1956--Hutchinson, Kansas. Naval Air Station reported tracking ‘‘a moving unidentified object’’ on radar, observed vis- ually by state police as ‘‘teardrop shaped’’ light source. [ VIII} Noticeable maneuvers of UFO ‘‘vertically and horizontally over a wide area of the sky’’ mapped by Wichita Eagle. July 19, 1956--Phoenix, Ariz. Luminous round object hovered, sped away. [XII] July 29, 1956--Pasadena, Calif. Hovering/speeding light seen by Ground Observer Corps, tracked on radar. [VII] August 1956--Boulder City, Nevada. Research technician observed formation of five flat, circular UFOs. [V1] August 8-19, 1956--Connecticut. Concentration of sightings over 12-day period. Retired fire department engineer in Hart- ford saw an oblong UFO with halo (August 8); an egg-shaped UFO was seen over West Redding (August 11); unidentified white lights veported over West Hartford by Ground Observer Corps (August D; August 19, 1956--Newington, Conn. Fiery object made turn, dimmed, window-like markings became visible. [XII] August 20, 1956--Citrus Heights, Calif. Man & wife saw 25 or more bright, Saturn-like UFOs in a rough semi-circle forma- tion. [XII] August 21, 1956--Wyoming-Montana. Dumbbell-shaped UFOs approached plane. [VII] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 “ CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0
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