Washington D.C. Radar and Interceptor Engagement - July 26, 1951
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Radar at Air Route Traffic Control Center and Andrews Air Force Base detected unidentifiable objects over Washington. Two jet interceptors from near New Castle, Delaware were dispatched; one pilot sighted four lights that vanished when approached, then a steady white light that also disappeared.
“A week later, at 9:08 P.M. on July 26th, the Air Route Traffic Control Center's radarscope again showed unidentifiable objects over Washington. So did the screen at the Andrews Air Force Base, just outside the capital. Two jet interceptors, capable of doing six hundred miles an hour, were dispatched from a base near New Castle, Delaware, to investigate. When the interceptors appeared on the radarscopes, they were guided toward the objects. One of the pilots sighted four lights approximately ten miles in front of his plane and slightly above it, but they vanished while he was trying to overtake them.”
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Case details
- Date
- July 26 at 9:08 P.M.
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Country
- United States
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Air Route Traffic Control Center, Andrews Air Force Base
- Sensors
- radar, eyewitness
- Shape
- lights
Resolution
Air Force stated: 'We have no evidence they were flying saucers. Conversely, we have no evidence they were not flying saucers.'
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7
Case ID: UNDATED-USAF-D173A2
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