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186 pages · May 15, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA (NICAP) · 186 pages OCR'd
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: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100040004.0 ——__ Date Location Description Location Description 10-11-52 Newport News, —Disc-shaped object with "dome" 11-12-54 Oolitic, Ind. White ball-like object made ex- Va. hovering for 20 minutes, reported plosive sound, moved South at to Langley Field. As two jets rapid rate; sty ped and hovered neared on intercept, UFO tilted up, for about 1-1/2 hours. accelerated, shot away. 4-22-55 —Tintinara, Silver spherical object sur- 10-13-52 Oshima, Japan _ USAF pilot observed disc hovering Australia rounded by flange (Saturn-shaped) in clouds for seven minutes; then moving very slowly over road; saw it speed away to West, disap- turned about 90°, accelerated, and pearing in seconds. [Section II.] climbed rapidly. 2-16-53 | Nr Anchorage, | USAF C-47 pilot observed bright 5-25-55 London, Circular object rapidly approached Alaska red light (first below horizon, rul- England B-47, stopped above it for about 5 ing out stars and planets); object seconds; pulled to one side, re- approached, hovered for 5 minutes. versed direction, hovered for Plane gave chase, UFO accelerated about 8 second, shot away at high and shortly vanished. [Section II.] speed. 11-10-53 Knutsford, UFO with ports or "windows" first 7-9-55 Santa Catalina _—Cylindrical UFO, turning rapidly England hovered, then moved North at very Channel, Calif. on own axis, hovered for 16 min- high speed. utes; then zigzagged upward at high speed into clouds. 3-9-54 Cincinnati, Elliptical UFO hovered about 8 Ohio minutes; accelerated rapidly, dis- 7-11-55 Canton, Ohio Disc (domed on top and bottom) appearing in seconds in near ver- hovered; airliner neared, UFO tical climb. went straight up and disappeared into an overcast. [1] 3-24-54 Florida Marine Corps pilot banked toward hovering round UFO to try for gun 7-26-55 Washington, Brilliant round UFO approached camera pictures; object took off at D.C. airport, stopped; oscillated, and terrific speed. [Section IV.] moved off at high speed. [Section VII; E-M Effects.] 5-27-54 Somerset, Glowing UFO hovered for about 2 England minutes, took off at high speed. 7-26-55 Hants, England © Boomerang-shaped UFO "rather like a flattened triangle" hovered above 5-30-54 Bainbridge, N.Y. Silver elliptical UFO with four a glider for about 30 seconds, then "ports" moved slowly on horizon- sped away to NW "swooped down tal course; accelerated rapidly and very fast, and disappeared behind climbed out of sight in seconds. trees on the horizon." [2] 6-26-54 Idaho Falls, Brilliant light flared up above AEC 8-6-55_—Cincinnati, Blinding white ovoidal object sit- Idaho station, hovered several seconds, Ohio ting on ground suddenly ascended then zoomed up out of sight. and streaked away at incredible speed to NW. 7-3-54 Albuquerque, Nine spherical UFOs, glowing .M. green observed north of station; 8-21-55 Chalmette, La. _Disc with ring (Saturn-type) hovered, "then proceeded 340° at hovered, rotating slowly; began approximately 2,600 mph." [Sec- moving, tilted on edge, shot away. tion VII; Radar. } 12-29-55 New Britain, Shiny object hovered at high alti- 7-28-54 Atlantic Ocean _— Officers of Dutch liner observed Conn. tude for about 5 minutes, then off New York disc with spots of light around sped away. City edge hovering just over sea about off port bow; UFO then shot up 1-17-56 Orangeville, Disc-shaped UFO (giving appear- into clouds. Canada ance of three concentric rings) hovered; glowed more intensely, 9-9-54 Nelson, New Three discs hovered over mud began moving horizontally, shot Zealand flats; two tipped on edge, streaked up in spiral motion, disappearing up vertically; third followed in 5 to 6 seconds. shortly afterward. [Section VII; photographs.] 2-17-56 Orly Airport, UFO tracked on radar, and seen France visually as a bright light, ap- 9-15-54 Bihar, India Saucer-shaped UFO descended and proached at high speed; bobbed hovered at about 500 feet altitude; around area hovering at various emitted "smoke" and "soared up- points for several hours, then de- wards at an incredible speed." parted at high speed. [Section X.] {Section X.] 6-27-56 Trieste, Italy Numerous persons near the sea 9-17-54 Nr Rome, Disc-like UFO flew along Italian coast reported a luminous UFO Italy coast, tracked by radar, hovered. which hovered about 10 seconds, "Suddenly it shot upward. . .straight then shot away at high speed to up into the sky. ..What was strange the NE. was the object's ability to ‘park’ in midair for several minutes." (Eye- 7-19-56 Phoenix, Round object, apparently spheri- witness account quoted by INS.) Arizona cal, hovered; lower hemisphere dimmed, object sped away. 10-3-54 Rue de Fleury, | Dome-shaped UFO hovered motion- . France less for minutes; suddenly accel- 1-21-57 Army base Captain and Master Sergeant erated at tremendous speed and watched two UFOs maneuvering disappeared to SSW. close together at high altitude; one shot away at very high rate of 10-22-54 Marysville, School principal and teacher speed in level flight. Disc-shaped. Ohio watched cigar-shaped UFO (Section IV.] hover over school, saw "angel's hair" fall, UFO took off rapidly disappearing horizontally. {Section VHII.] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81 R00560R000100010001-0
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