RADAR TRACKS 4 OBJECTS FLYING AT 3,600 M.P.H.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090043-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2014
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: July 12, 1957
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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"WASHINGTON, uly ,11 (IP).--
kgoVernment. radar Set tracked;
four unidentified flying objects
traveling 'up ;to. 3,600 miles an
hour over California this spring,
a private reieirch grganization
'said tbday:,?:-..-44I ?
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?. The indident was reported .to
'the -Natiorial . Investigations
Committee onAerial Phenomena
by CivirAeronmitics AdniiniStra,
tion control tower,- operators in
the Liis Angeles area. N. I. C: A.
P. disclosed its report in the first
Issue of its monthly niagazine. '?
The ma!gazine,Said the con-
trollers reported' that the first
,
object appeared ,on' the :lower
radarscope at 11:50 v. Ili: March
23. -In ?the ''next few,;'
three more objects ;Were tracked
at estimated speeds close to 3,600
m. p, h. t
. N. I. C. A. P., an organization
ofriiied several. months ado? to
investigate '"flying saucer"
ports? said it would continue ..to
publish similar material in- sub;
sequent issues. At the same time,
the magazine offered to cooper-
ate With the Air Force in check-
ing . and --evaluating "saucer".
incidents, as well , as ',exposing
deliberate frauds and "crackpot"
reports such as .,alleged contact'
with creatures in space craft.
It: added,Zowever; that all
claims of "contacts". 'should it
leaSt be investigated and evalu-
ated
.
Ated: : . ? .
. The A. P. magazine
said a - co-operative ,,program
with the Air Force would. "bring
investigations up . to date and
label .facts, speculations; and, er-
roneous statements as such. And
it Will also alio* many scientisti '
and technically trained perso
to stake i the problem seriously
whereas many- of them now fee ?
ridiculous in doing so.
. 'addition, it_ will calk
many a compotent observer to
report Unidentified flying objects
to the Air Force instead of with
? detailed descriptions
thrdugh,fear of ridicule."
Nevi Members ? -
; In, emPhasizing its -claini td
being , a Serious investigating
body, N. VC. A. P. announced it
has added' the following mem-
bers to its board of goVernorS:T.
Vico-Adm. R: H. Hi1lenkoett6r,
former ' head '7 Of the' Central In-
telliEeiiiPAdene3F:;?-
-41'ffiff.a?Dtfvey ? FoUrnet, former
flying objects investigator in the
Air Force.'
Lt. den. P: A. Del Valle, re-
tired Marine'officer-who led the
World War II assault ,on Oki-
nawa.- ? '
Jr.:Hartranft , president,
65,000;member Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association. "
Dr.'Marcus Bach,' professor of
religion, Iowa State University.
Chicago in 1953.. \ Finally, 'des-1
perate and, compelled to look
even harder for him; they left
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