Wayward Sons
NICAP and the IC
Description:... What if the CIA didn't destroy NICAP? What if it started it? In 1956 a Washington, D.C. flying saucer club inspired the launch of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. The founders quickly assembled impressive boards consisting of community leaders and career intelligence officers. Over the next 13 years NICAP mounted a public relations campaign that amassed some 14,000 members. It pushed for and obtained Congressional hearings resulting in an Air Force-sponsored scientific UFO study.
Why did key personnel leave the Committee over the next year, and was it related to a former CIA officer on the Board of Governors? Did the CIA destroy the organization, or is the NICAP story more complex than that?
From the very outset, NICAP was shrouded in cloak and dagger mystery. Its initial director quickly resigned. A Frenchman with apparent CIA ties served as an organizer. There were three treasurers in as many months. A NICAP incorporator who ran a consulting firm with an intriguing cast of associates proposed inordinate service fees. What was going on?
Join author Jack Brewer as he cites a trail of FOIA documents, NICAP files, letters from archived special collections, newspaper clippings and more to explore the circumstances. What we learn not only sheds light on NICAP origins and activity, but also offers potential insight into more recent events in the UFO subculture.
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