🛸UFO Sighting📝 Reported
A Radar Blip, a Flash of Light: Washington D.C. UFO Sighting (1952)
Date: July 19, 1952
📍 Location
Washington, D.C. area (National Airport vicinity), Washington, District of Columbia
Specific Location: National Airport radar facility, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates: 38.85200, -77.03770
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38.8520°, -77.0377°
📝 Description
Unidentified flying objects observed on radar with accompanying light phenomena; reports described faster-than-aircraft movement and multiple contacts over the Washington, D.C. area.
🔍 Circumstances
During routine air-defense surveillance, radar detected anomalous targets; interceptors were dispatched; low public awareness until media coverage increased the following day.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiw808p1007g8fhgys4638gd
- Primary Source
- www.nytimes.com
- Article Date
- August 3, 2018
- Added to Map
- December 7, 2025