Saucers Over Washington, D.C.

This comic strip relates to a July 19, 1952, series of multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) over Washington, DC.

Documents

A selection of most relevant documents related to Saucers Over Washington, D.C..

Washington, D.C. Merry Go Round - Project Blue Book Case File Week 1

Project Blue Book Case File: 07-20-1952, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. Merry Go Round - Gen. Sanford Press Conference Washington, D.C.

Project Blue Book Case File: 07-29-1952, Gen. Sanford Press Conference Washington, D.C.

Churchill wrote this famous memo shortly after the Washington, D.C. sightings of 1952.

Radar picked up the objects over Washington, D.C. in July 1952, but jets scrambled to intercept could not find the objects.

Major General Samford stated the U.S. Air Force was not sure what the objects were, but they posed no threat to national security.

Related Incidents

The Washington Merry-Go-Round

July 1952

The events over Washington D.C. in July 1952 are some of the most famous events in the history of the UFO phenomenon. Many credible witnesses–including air traffic controllers and USAF pilots dispatched to intercept the objects–believe they saw physical objects in the sky and on radar...

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