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Sl'BJECT: National InvestiGation _~o~..!~.!~ _~~~_E:!:~1-: Y1Kmomena (NICAP)

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1. This con!'lno.s ion 19 Jtuluory
1%5, at ....·h1ch til:ie 'lar.lous se.'".lples Md:-re.s on UFO sightirlSs
pl'Ocured from NICAP vere given to ' . _ . for trc>risci.itt81 .•
to ost. Tbe lnfon:'.at1on ....as desired_byOSI-to 8$sbt theru in
the prep~et1on of a--~ll~r~fot' on tlFO's.

2. In-ac('orrumce-v1th request, \Ie met on -,

19 JMuary 1965-,.,.ithMr.Rlchard,li~_rris-Hall,· Acting Director
of ~1C.D.P'- ~'hough Major-WilUeJil Keooe,fotiriderof JUCAP, 1.5
stUl 1.hted_e.!LDircctor of the ofga.nhe.t"ion, 'We gather:the.t
he is pres~nt~on-the-premises,8t~5j6-:connecticut Avenue, N. V.,
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only infrequently.
3. Th~teri8.rvni.cnvall:g1 ..~entoti!Con 10M ,by-- }/.r. Hall
is represente.tive of the typ~~or_cinr<Ul~UQn-e.ve.ile.ble at NlCAP.
.t Their past 8.!1d Pr~~~n~ _co:t~sPQ.n.d~ncefrolUlUl over the. US Tela ..
tive to UFO siG,htings is voluminous. They have slacK-J>er-lods-,--.-.---------.- ----- --
as \18S the ce.se in DaCeinbel"1964 i·thus thel'e~ vere no "Irtvestigators" .
reports imlediately_ availab\e-- for the- rii3nth- or December. - NlCAP------.----
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has active Committees. sce~_~~r~d_ throuell()~t_J.he US. Inves t igetors
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active lI1th these corondttees=.eall--'uponthe-sources of reported .
U.1"O sightinss toobta.1n first handi-eycvitness account~ of the
8ie;hti~s. A pr.ini~:f.o,.mj: p~p~!'ed by'tl;le.Air Force for NlCAP's ._H ___ --
use., isut,111zed_dUl'lng the :l.ntervie.." anti subl:litted to NlCAP --
headquarters elongv!th~th~sour.ce-'-s~eye::."'itnets account. as told-
to the investigator. It .. esoul'--uncel'standing that copies of tbese
reports go directly to various Air- Force bases. 'l1"lere appa.rently
is a strong feeling on the part of NlCAP of!i cials, 1. e., Kehoe
and Hell, that the Air Force tends to do-,m~ra:le the imf.()rtance
of Ul''O si~Lti:1JS because-they(the-Air-Fol'ce) -does not care to
ha.ve tQO JIluc}-, %2de of the sightings by the US press. We VCl'C
told by Mr. Hall-that there have been·.ins!.~'lces where the Air
Force bas atte~ted to iutinddate witnesses a~d get them to sign
false state.:::ents relatiVe 1..0 UFO slghtinGs.
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4, The r..ost recent UFO :;ighting of con~idol"a.ble in-tE:r(!~t

to l'.rrCAP \las the series of pick-ups of U1'"'O'& tin the radar screen
of the- Patuxent ;~!1va1. Alr Station oet'ftec-n 1500 c.nd 1530 on 19
DeceI!"lb~r 1961~, This inddent was r~:por..c-d in t.te prt'ss e.G a
slnsle sighting, a UFO approaching pat,~cnt at sp~~do up ~o 3300
lollles pet hOUle, The Air Force a e.ay ot' so later stated in the.,
press -:.hat the b11p was ca.used by faulty - rada.r equip.'Tlent. --
··Actually, according to-Hcllr\lho talked with ao unidentified
person close to thesituatlon, th~re yere tl:rc~ separate $iCh~­
inns:
(a) '!Vo uro·s
acout 10 mUes apart, southeast of Patuxent,
&Ppl·oe.ch~g_~~ -a high ra.te of s;.eedjdhappeared from the _._
screen; ------ - --- -- ----.-.------.. -
(b) A single UFO picked up 39m11c~LsOl.ltheast or Patuxent, ."
alt.itude estimatE'd sO/!l'Nherebet..,e~n three thO\lsand and 25
tnoucand feetTa:pproacM!\&-ba.~e:..~~::estinnted speed of .s\)( __ ~
thousa.'ld miles--p~r-hour. - Ur"O lost. from scr_e.en. abQ~t. .. l,(LmiJ.J~s
out;
(e) A singleur'O-::Citht--1U11es.. I1Q.n1:g~~t_ of Pa.t.uxent., ~pPr9.ach­
ins at high rat.eof-oz.speQA, :J::)}<l~=J~_~-c.~'\lrn, p..nd droppe:i off
the screen.
Th~ Fedel'3.1 J",.iation Agency_(FAA) 'hUon at Sal1sbu. ty IH!iry"-~d,_
....e.s ccn-..a~ . . . ~.l to detenl'.ine 1 f any rf:por.~e.d _vro's j8:"'l-diQ operator
had rect:i ..·~.:; ~ message-from a \)$ C~S1;-Guard ship reporting _"visual
Objects si&~t.ed" in-srune lO'cale at approxtma':.ely the Se.l!)e ti..J':'!Le -
oTO:aS', Hell did G~ve us the. nane. of.oillt- Qr the radar operators
at Pat\lX~nt·~e. Chief Plnke-itotl:--
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5. 'l'here ·..·as another \1lo"'OsighHng- ~er)orted in the a.rc-a by
the Washington Post within the lastwee:k or 10 days, Several'
men \la.tching from the win<i.o... s of the old Nunl.tions Buildine cn
C'.or.sti tu~ion Avenue .... &.teht:!d several UFO's' on t.'h~ hori~,on travelirlG
at hl~ :ates. of sp~~.d, .'~~~ have proclsed to fill out NlCAP's
Sighting qu.?stionna1rcj· which HaIisoys-:~<i-@re velcome to see ....r.er.-~
ava.ilable,

6, tnat -she - is requesting a sec.'uri ty

cleal'e.."lCe ed-u~l£_!>!-~F~phlc infoxruation pl'C-
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