Washington, D.C.: NICAP formed with first board of governors, incorporated October 24
In October 1956 the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) was formed in Washington, D.C., with T. Townsend Brown as founder and a board of governors that included a rear admiral and two generals; incorporation was granted on October 24.
Background
NICAP's initial board of governors included T. Townsend Brown as founder, Frank Edwards, Leon C. LeVan, Albert H. Baller, Charles A. Maney, Talbot T. Speer, Abraham M. Sonnabend, Col. Robert B. Emerson, Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney, Gen. William E. Kepner and Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Catron. Gladys Rose Hackett and Margaret Naylor were hired for secretarial work, and Martin H. Heflin as public relations specialist. The headquarters were at 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Incorporation was granted on October 24, 1956, NICAP's first legal day of existence. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.