Form: 97 Initial Report
July 23, 1952; Alexandria, Virginia
At 2100 EST, a red object, size undetermined, was sighted southwest
of Alexandria, Virginia. The object hovered for 10 minutes, then
disappeared in a westerly direction at a high rate of speed. The
witnesses were a County Policeman, two airmen and a civilian. Beginning
with doc:
(see our copy of the docs below)
The night of July 23, 1952, the same day the alleged
"Fragment" was shot off a "flying saucer," a UFO was reported
at Alexandria, Virginia. The object was last seen moving in a
westerly direction.
This would carry this object in the
general direction of the circled area as shown on this map. The "Fragment" was found at Vienna, Virginia, shown on
map.
(Fran Ridge: A jet pilot reported he shot a
piece off a UFO but we are still looking for documentation. Our source
is a Nov. 1961 tape recording in the possesion of Frank Edwards of
Wilbert Smith ("Flying Saucers - Serious Business", pocketbook, page
49).
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