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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-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 GEOMETRICAL FORMATION CASES (All reports on file at NICAP) Date Location Witnesses Number Type Other Features 2-28-04 North Pacific Crew, U.S.S. Supply 3 In-line, echelon Changed course, climbed 6-23-47 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Railroad engineer 10 In-line Fluttered 6-24-47 Mt. Ranier, Wash. Pilot 9 In-line Zig-zag, skipping flight 7-4-47 Portland, Ore, Police, 2 Unspecified Oscillating motion Pilot 3 Unspecified Oscillating motion tamamer Easton, Pa. Scientist 3 In-line Last zig-zagging [Section VI] 3-30-50 Selma, Ala. Radio engineer & 3 In-line Middle disc pulled ahead, shot up out of others sight 11-27-50 Evansville, Wis. Pilot 6 Echelon 8-11-51 Portland, Ore. Pilot 3 Vv Flew north in perfect formation 2-20-52 Greenfield, Mass. Minister 3 Vv [Section VII]. 3-10-52 Oakland, Calif. Inspecting engineer 2 Side-by-side One on steady course, one swaying back and forth. [Section VI] 5-13-52 Greenville, S.C. Amateur astronomers’ "several" Diamond Wobbled in flight 7-14-52 Newport News, Va. Airline pilots 6+2 In-line Flip over, 120 degrees turn. [Section Vv] 7-16-52 Hampton, Va. Aeronautical engineer 4 Varied; in-line 2 made tight circling turns [Section VI] 7-17-52 Staten Island, N.Y. Citizens 5 Vv 7-24-52 — Near Carson Sink, 2 USAF colonels 3 Vv UFOs were delta shaped [Section IIT] ev. 8-1-52 Albuquerque, N.M, Scripps-Howard staff About 10 Cluster, V, 2 Shifted formation with precision. writer rows in-line [Section VII] 8-5-52 Baltimore, Md. Amateur Astronomer 24+2 Paired [Section VI] 10-12-52 Palo Alto, Calif. A/C maintenance man 6 Vv Edges of discs glowing. [Section VI] 11-22-52 Bocaranga, Africa Missionary 4 Rectangle Sometimes moved singly, returned to formation 2-22-54 York, Pa. GOC 14 Unspecified 3-10-54 San Francisco, Calif. Pilot, executive 12 Vv 3-24-54 Baltimore, Md. Civil Defense official 14 V; in-line Changed to in-line as airliner passed, moved toward it. [Section VII] 5-5-54 Minneapolis, Minn. Astronomy students Unspecified V 5-6-54 Heppner, Ore. Several Unspecified V Oscillating motion 5-15-54 Southampton, England Amateur astronomer 18 Vv "Windows" visible in some through telescope 6-30-54 Near Oslo, Norway Scientists 2 Echelon First in tilted position, then levelled off, [Section 1} 8-28-54 Oklahoma City, Okla. Hundreds 15 Triangle, semi- Changed to semicircular and sped up circle when pursued. [Section Tit] 9-6-54 Baltimore, Md. Amateur Astronomer 4 In-line, echelon One left, 3 changed formation 11-26-54 Manasquan, N.J. Professor 15-20 Vv [Section VII] 4-10-55 Baltimore, Md. Several Unspecified } y Two separate sightings 8-25-55 Birmingham, England Ex-Navy officer 15 In-line Groups of 3 in-line 11-9-55 Philadelphia, Pa. Newspaperman, many 12 V,A Changed to A in flight [Section vi} others 8-56 Boulder City, Nev. Research technician 5 Staggered V Spaced one diameter apart. [Section Vi} 9-12-56 New Orleans, La. Watchman 4 Y Hovered, formed vertically, scattered 11-19-56 Frankfurt, Germany Engineering student 7 Vv [Section Xx] Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0
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