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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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10-1-48 1-1-49 7-3-49 6-24-50 6-24-50 7-11-50 11-27-50 12-27-50 1-20-51 8-11-51 Ft. Knox, Ky. Pasco, Wash. nr Montgomery, Ala. Fargo, N.D. Jackson, Miss. Longview, Wash. nr Baja, Calif. Dayton, Ohio nr Bradford, Ill. nr Little Rock, Ark. nr Washington, D.C. nr Goshen, Ind. nr Washington D California desert nr Daggett, Calif. nr Osceola, Ark. nr San Fernando, Calif. Evansville, Wisc. nr Bradford, Ill. Sioux City, Iowa Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa nr Dodge City, Kans. Portland, Ore. Capt. Thomas Man- tell, Air National Guard (A.N.G.); many on ground Don Newman, 6-year USAF veteran of WW II and Korean War Capt. C.S. Chiles, F/O J.B. Whitted, Eastern Airlines Lt. George F. Gorman, A.N.G.; 3 others Tom Rush Cmdr. M.B. Taylor, USN; many others at air show Capt. William H. Donnelly, USAFR TWA Captains W.H. Kerr, D.W. Miller, M.H. Rabeneck; plus USAF pilots Robert Fisher and family Capt. Jack Adams, F/O G.W. Anderson, Jr. B.A. Totten, former USAF aircraft in- spector Capt. Robert Adickes, Capt. Robert F. Man- ning, TWA; passengers Capt. Willis T. Sperry, F/O Bill Gates, American Airlines F/O David Stewart, United Airlines Navy transport pilot Lt(jg) J.W. Martin; Enlisted Pilot R.E. Moore, USN Capt. Cecil Hardin, F/O Jack Conroy, California Central Airlines Bill Blair, commer- cial pilot & flight instructor Capt. Art Shutts, TWA Capt. Lawrence Vinther, F/O James F. Bachmeier, Mid- Continent Airlines; plus control tower operators. Capt. Jack Bicknell, Radio Officer D.W. Merrifield, East African Airways; plus 9 passengers Capt. W.R. Hunt, American Airlines R.O. Dodge, former Pilot killed in crash of F-51 while chasing “huge .. . metallic" circular object. [8] Disc diving and climbing. Cigar with lights like portholes approached head- on, accelerated, climbed away. "Dogfight" with disc; UFO outsped F-51. [9] Cigar crossed path of plane, accelerated rapidly. Round UFO wobbling on axis, sharp maneuvers. [Section IV] Four discs which cavorted in an "astounding man- ner. [Section III] Round UFO tracked on radar, observed from round and air, climbed away through clouds. Section VII, Radar] Oval UFO, self-illuminated, sped past plane at estimated 600 to 1,000 mph. Disc with apparent "portholes" flew above airliner in arc. [Section II] Disc flew below plane; when pilot dove at it, UFO "zoomed up into overcast." [10] Disc paced plane, sped away when pursued. Elliptical object circled plane, raced away. ny nares object paced plane for 20 miles. 1 Cigar-shaped object above desert (Section IV] Domed circular UFO passed in front of two Navy planes [confirmed by radar]. [Section IV] UFO with body lights came head-on at plane, dipped down and passed below; "It appeared to be a wing," Captain Hardin said. "It had no fuselage.” Bands of blue light were visible across its width. [12] Six elliptical objects in loose echelon formation, made sound similar to helicopters. Appeared to ne at about 10,000 feet, travelling about 500 mph. 13] Light source, making erratic and violent maneu- vers. Cigar with bright body light approached, reversed direction, climbed away. Cigar-shaped object with vertical bands hovered for long period, ascended vertically at high speed. [Section X] Blue-white star-like object gyrated around air- liner, ''moved backward and forward, then up and fay and finally dove below plane and sped away. 14] Three disc-like UFOs in formation. [15] Approved For Release 2001/d4/t = CTA-RDP81 R00560R000100010001-0
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