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This file concerns the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, a private civilian group formed in Washington, D.C. to collect and publicize reports of unidentified flying objects. The FBI records show the Bureau did not conduct an investigation of the organization and noted that it had received no complaints alleging violations within FBI jurisdiction. The released material includes a 1956 newspaper clipping on NICAP's formation, FBI correspondence in 1957 declining to provide file information, and NICAP circulars describing its board, membership drive, UFO reporting network, magazine plans, and claims about Air Force secrecy. The papers also include promotional statements associated with NICAP figures such as Donald E. Keyhoe and Delmer S. Fahrney.

Documents span: 1956-1957 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: Francis X. Schork, John Edgar Hoover, T. Townsend Brown, Donald E. Keyhoe, Delmer S. Fahrney, Albert H. Baller, Thomas D. Catron, Frank Edwards, Robert S. Emerson, William E. Kepner, Leon C. LeVan, Charles A. Maney
Subjects: UFOs, NICAP, civilian investigations, Air Force secrecy, FBI correspondence