Washington D.C. Radar Sightings - July 20, 1951
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Air Route Traffic Control Center radar operator Barnes detected multiple unidentifiable objects over Washington, D.C. on the morning of July 20 for approximately six hours, with visual sightings by pilots confirming some objects.
“"There is no other conclusion I can reach but that for six hours on the morning of the twentieth of July there were at least ten unidentifiable objects moving above Washington," Barnes wrote. "They were not ordinary aircraft. . . . Nor in my opinion could any natural phenomena account for these spots on our radar."”
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Case details
- Date
- July 20
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Country
- United States
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Air Route Traffic Control Center
- Sensors
- radar, eyewitness
- Duration
- 21600s
Resolution
10 unidentifiable objects simultaneously on radar; shooting stars and natural phenomena ruled out
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7
Case ID: UNDATED-FBI-F28F86
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