updated: 12 July 2009
Brad Sparks:
July
19/20, 1952; Washington, DC (BBU)
11:40
p.m.-6 a.m. (EDT).
Numerous visual, radar and
radar-visual sightings by ground observers and pilots in the air. 6
hours 20 min.
Fran
Ridge:
This report is
case
#23, on the official
clearance list. of 41 formerly
classified Air Technical Intelligence UFO reports cleared for Maj.
Donald E. Keyhoe by Albert M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk.
The U. S. relied upon
radar of WWII
vintage to defend its vast airspace. Secretly, the US Joint Chiefs of
Staff had been working on a permanent
national radar network which was
meant to be in place by 1 July 1952, which had been identified as "the
critical date when the Soviets would pose a dangerous threat." Imagine
what it must have been
like in 1952 to have UFOs over-flying the Nation's Capitol, tracked by
radar and jet interceptors being scrambled. Not only did this actually
happen on July 19/20, but it happened again on July 26/27. The action
covered a wide area and this directory covers the
official records and press releases which followed. The events of July
26/27 are covered in a separate report.
Detailed reports and documents
July
19/20, 1952
The first
incident, July 19/20, 1952
(Donald Keyhoe)
July
19/20,
1952;
D.C. / Reports from Andrews AFB - MAXW-PBB11 1003-1011 (Dan Wilson)
July
19/20, 1952;
Washington, D.C., UFO Report - MAXW-PBB11 964-966 (Dan Wilson)
July
20, 1952,
Wash., D.C., AFXOI FLYOBRPT 5-52 - MAXW-PBB11-958
-963 (Dan Wilson)
Radar
Observer
Relates Watching Stunts By Flying Saucers - MAXW-PBB11 1268-1269 (Dan
Wilson)
July
19/20, 1952;
Washington, D.C./Harry Barnes Report - MAXW-PBB11
968-970 (Dan Wilson)
July
19/20, 1952;
Washington,
D.C., Newspaper Articles - MAXW-PBB11 1039-1059 (Dan Wilson)
UO's
Sighted At
Andrews AFB, 20 July 1952, One Radar Paint - NARA-PBB90 121-123 (Dan
Wilson)
Report
of
Unidentified
Targets, July
20, 1952, Harry Barnes - MAXW-PBB11 1020-1022 (Dan Wilson)
Rusume
of
Washington
Sightings - Conclusions - MAXW-PBB11 1014-1015 (Dan Wilson)
"It's Hard To Brush Off Latest Saucers" - (WASHINGTON
NEA)
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