updated: 23 May 2016
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.
[Note: pdfs taggeg as * & ** are the latest docs
provided by Barry Greenwood and may replace the many of
the doc "leads" listed below].
Detailed reports and
documents
July 19/20,
1952
The
first incident, July 19/20, 1952 (Donald Keyhoe)
docs/1952_07_19_US_DC_radar_965_966.pdf
(Barry Greenwood) *
docs/1952_07_19_US_DC_Radar_968_970.pdf
(Barry Greenwood) **
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)
"Somethings' Over The Capital Are
Traced On Radar" (Life Magazine, Aug. 4, 1952)
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