The Washington D.C. UFO Incident (1952)
From July 12th to July 29th, 1952, Washington D.C. was invaded by a fleet of UFO’s. In the beginning the object’s were spotted by the civilian population until the night of July 19th seven objects popped up on radar at Washington National Airport. Air traffic controller Edward Nugent spotted the objects 15 miles south of the city on his radar which was later corroborated by senior air traffic controller Harry Barnes. They noted the objects’ abnormal behavior of sudden turns, sudden acceleration and quick ascending/descending speeds. Two other radar technicians in a another tower spotted the objects on their radar and even saw one of the object’s with their own eyes, noting a “bright light” that moved at “incredible speed.” When the objects moved over the Capitol and White House Andrews Air Force Base was contacted who also spotted objects on their radar and saw an “orange ball of fire” that moved at “unbelievable speed.” At Washington National Airport they noticed objects on radar converging on the position of pilot S.C. Pierman on the runway who spotted 6 “white, tailless, fast moving lights.” After jets were scrambled and moved towards the objects the objects disappeared. After the jets returned to base to refuel the objects came back and were gone again at sunrise.
That wasn’t the last they were seen. The following Saturday night on July 26th the crew of a passenger plane noticed bright lights above their plane. After reporting the lights, both Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base spotted the objects on their radar all over D.C. They witnessed that the objects would move slowly, sit still, and even move up to 7,000 miles per hour. Two jets were scrambled to investigate, one of the pilots pursued four white lights but couldn’t keep up and lost them. The other pilot reported the objects were “all round me.” When more jets were scrambled one pilot saw a white light that disappeared when he moved towards it. Civilian aircraft continued to see strange glowing objects in the sky throughout the night.
Both Albert Chop and Major Dewey Fournet from Project Bluebook were on site during the events on July 26th. It was recorded that the objects seen in the sky were made of solid metal and were not weather balloons. The public was anxious for answers so the USAF’s official statement was that the objects were simply meteors and illusions, however behind closed doors officials in the USAF and from Project Blue Book knew different. It is also worth noting that some of the pilots in the skies on July 26th saw nothing unusual. So what exactly happened? What were the object’s in the skies over Washington D.C. and why did they seem to move in a way that didn’t obey our laws of physics? Did these object’s have extraterrestrial origin? Why did they leave at sunrise? The answers were in the skies of Washington D.C. in July 1952 and may never be truly known.