CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION. Page i
Abstract. Explanation of NICAP and its policies. Statement by Board of Governors.

Section I. CROSS-SECTION DIGEST, Page 1
Sample cases showing general features of UFO reports.

Section II. INTELLIGENT CONTROL, Page 9
Cases indicating intelligence: pacing of vehicles, reaction to stimuli, formation flights.

SECTION III. AIR FORCE INVESTIGATIONS, Page 19
Sightings by Air Force pilots, navigators, other officers and men.

SECTION IV. ARMY, NAVY & MARINE CORPS, Page 29
Reports of other military personnel.

SECTION V. PILOT & AVIATION EXPERTS, Page 33
Observations by airline, military and private pilots.

SECTION VI. SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS, Page 49
Observations by professional scientists and engineers, including astronomers and aeronautical engineers.

SECTION VII. OFFICIALS & CITIZENS, Page 61
Sightings by police officers, civil defense and ground observer corps, cross-section of citizens' reports.

SECTION VIII SPECIAL EVIDENCE, Page 73
Electro-magnetic effects. Radar cases. Photographic evidence. Physical and Physiological effects. Sound. Angel's Hair.

SECTION IX. THE AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION, Page 105
Background of secrecy. Official regulations. History and analysis of the official UFO investigation.

SECTION X. FOREIGN REPORTS, Page 118
A survey of reports from other countries, attitudes of foreign governments, and world-wide interest in UFOs.

SECTION XI. THE CHRONOLOGY, Page 129
Chronological listing of sightings, statements and events.

SECTION XII. THE PATTERNS, Page 143
Statistics and analyses of consistent physical appearance, maneuvers, flight characteristics, recurrent concentrations.

SECTION XIII. CONGRESS & THE UFOS, Page 173
Survey of Congressional interest in UFOs.

SECTION XIV. THE PROBLEMS & THE DANGERS, Page 179
Discussion of the implications of UFOs, and what is needed in the way of a scientific investigation.

ABSTRACT

A synthesis is presented of data concerning Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) reported during the past 20 years through governmental, press and private channels. The serious evidence is clarified and analyzed. The data are reported by categories of specially trained observers and studied by patterns of appearance, performance and periodic recurrence.

During the process of selecting the most reliable and significant reports, emphasis was placed on the qualifications of the observer and on cases involving two or more observers. This resulted in 740 reports being selected, after consideration of over 5000 signed reports and many hundreds of reports from newspapers and other publications.

An overall look is taken at the UFO problem: The historical development of the mystery, Congressional attitudes and activity, consideration of the problems and dangers involved, and discussion of what is needed in the way of organized scientific research.

Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that UFOs are under intelligent control, making plausible the notion that some of them might be of extraterrestrial origin.

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