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National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)
The claims the writer was given for National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), in the order they were given.
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Barney and Betty Hill's case began with a six-page report from the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) describing their sighting of an unidentified flying object.
“they began almost at the beginning with a six-page report from NICAP...this was the story of their seeing an unidentified flying object, which was investigated by a NICAP investigator who made this report”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:02:15.3-00:02:36.0 testimony first hand
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The NICAP investigator who wrote the report on the Betty and Barney Hill sighting believed their story.
“He had intimated that they were put on his people and that he believed the story.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:02:40.6-00:02:46.4 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill and Betty Hill gave the same story under hypnosis, which was precisely like the story written up by the NICAP investigator, with no significant differences between the three accounts.
“Barney and Betty gave the same story. And that story was precisely like the story that had been written up by the NICAP investigators. There were no significant difference, in fact, actually no differences between the three.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:06:19.7-00:06:36.6 testimony first hand
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When the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) interviewed Betty and Barney Hill, NICAP accepted their story completely.
“When Betty and Barney Hill were interviewed by NICAP, do you know, did the people in NICAP buy their story, Hook, Line, and Sinker? ... Yes.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:31:01.0-00:31:12.5 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon considers it one of the greatest mistakes by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) that its interviewer, a scientist, never went to look at silver spots, about the size of a silver dollar, that Betty and Barney Hill said were still visible on the back of their car.
“And NICAP made one of the greatest mistakes I have ever seen. And that is that the interviewer was a scientist. And there was a story of these silver spots about the size of a silver dollar on the back of their car. ... And for God knows what reason, he never went out to look at them.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:31:14.0-00:31:39.4 opinion first hand
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Raymond Fowler held a state director's position first for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, and more recently for the Mutual UFO Network.
“I held a state director's position, first for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, and more recently the Mutual UFO Network”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:43:15.4-00:43:21.8 administrative first hand
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Roscoe Hillenkoeter joined the Board of Directors of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“and joined the Board of Directors of NICAP”
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Bernard Corvalho was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
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Colonel Joseph Ryan was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
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Nicholas de Rochefort was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
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The Board of Directors of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) lists among its members the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
“the Board of Directors of NICAP lists among its members the former head of the CIA”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:5933-6012 observation first hand
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Donald Keyhoe was a retired Marine aviator who was head of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a civilian research organisation.
“Donald Keyhoe, a retired Marine aviator who was head of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, a civilian research organization.”
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Donald Keyhoe was co-founder of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“The co-founder of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Major Donald Keyhoe”
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In 1956, the US National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena began soliciting UAP witness reports, in a direct challenge to the hold Project Blue Book had over UAP investigations.
“Four years earlier, in 1956, the US National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) had begun soliciting UAP witness reports, in a direct challenge to the hold the air force’s Project Blue Book had over UAP investigations.”
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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena was founded by inventor Thomas Townsend Brown in 1956 and soon attracted the support of many high-powered former military and intelligence officials.
“NICAP was founded by inventor Thomas Townsend Brown that year and it soon attracted the support of many high-powered former military and intelligence officials.”
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Former CIA Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter, barely a year out of the job, was one of three former navy admirals on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena board.
“Former CIA Director Vice Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, barely a year out of the job, was one of the three former navy admirals on the NICAP board”
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Rear Admiral Delmer Fahrney, the former head of the navy's guided missile program, was another of the three former navy admirals on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena board and would become NICAP's chairman.
“another was Rear Admiral Delmer Fahrney, the former head of the navy’s guided missile program, who would become NICAP’s chairman”
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In January 1957, Delmer Fahrney announced the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena's belief that no agency in the United States or Russia was able to duplicate at that time the speeds and accelerations which radars and observers indicated these flying objects were able to achieve.
“In January 1957, Admiral Fahrney announced NICAP’s belief that ‘No agency in this country or Russia is able to duplicate at this time the speeds and accelerations which radars and observers indicate these flying objects are able to achieve.’”
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The Pentagon immediately went on a public offensive to discredit the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena after Delmer Fahrney's 1957 statement.
“The Pentagon immediately went on a public offensive to discredit NICAP.”
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The 1953 US Navy carrier squadron UAP sighting was verified to the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena by both pilots and navy officers.
“This incident was verified to NICAP both by pilots and navy officers.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:16918-16978 testimony
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Because Harry Turner quoted US flying saucer author and National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena director Donald Keyhoe in his research, Australia's Director of Air Force Intelligence dismissed Turner's findings after consulting with the US Air Force.
“because Harry Turner quoted US best-selling flying saucer author and National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena director Major Donald Keyhoe in his research, Australia’s Director of Air Force Intelligence dismissed Professor Turner’s findings, after consulting with the US Air Force”
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The Central Intelligence Agency's scientific division officially acquired UFO-sighting case information from the director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a private organisation founded in 1956.
“The CIA's scientific division officially acquired UFO-sighting case information from the director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a private organization founded in 1956.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:47400-47602 administrative second hand