National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) Organizational Overview

This document provides an overview of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), describing its organizational structure, leadership, and operational methodology. NICAP is managed by an Executive Director, Stuart Nixon, supported by an Editorial Review Board that includes John Acuff and Charles Miller. The organization relies on a network of investigators distributed across the country, who are tasked with collecting data on aerial phenomena. These investigators are required to be at least 25 years old and possess relevant scientific or investigative training. The document notes that the organization includes experts from various fields, including former CIA and Defense Intelligence personnel. At the time of the report, NICAP had approximately 35 investigators and 3,500 dues-paying members, operating on a $40,000 annual budget. The document also details the development of 'Project Acess,' a computer-based initiative intended to perform pattern analysis on over 15,000 raw reports in NICAP's files. This project aims to categorize data points such as event details, witness information, and investigative evaluations. The document concludes with a diagram illustrating the relationships between the Advisory Group, the Executive Director and Staff, the Editorial Review Board, and the Regional Investigators, as well as their interactions with the press, the public, and other research groups.