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Nash/Fortenberry Case
Newport News, Virginia
July 14, 1952

Francis Ridge:
Listed as item #24 on the Albert M. Chop  Clearance List , this was one of 42 formerly classified UFO reports released to Major Donald Keyhoe. In the past a  number of researchers  have commented on what they considered to be the best evidence cases worthy of listing on the top ten. This case is certainly on my list.

Since radar was not involved in the sighting (that we know of) the incident got lost in the shuffle of priorities for the NICAP site work. The inclusion of the case update in the Spring 2002  issue of the IUR and authored by Tom Tulien prompted me to post this case. The original article from the oral history project was just recently released for internet use by the author, Tom Tulien.

On 25 Sept 2005 I ran across the BB documents below. The OSI doc was found on June 5, 2005.


Formation of Discs Below Airliner (FUFOR)
Nash-Fortenberry Case, 14 July 1952 - NARA-PBB90-529-540 - Francis Ridge
OSI Document Found - Errors in Document Corrected - Fran Ridge/Jan Aldrich
Revisiting One of the Classics: The 1952 Nash-Fortenberry Sighting - Tom Tulien
Comments on Case #8 - Dr. James E. McDonald

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