UFOs Troll the Pentagon: What they don't want you to know!

In the summer of 1952, glowing objects appeared over Washington, D.C., triggering two waves of UFO sightings. Radar operators, pilots, and military officials all witnessed mysterious craft moving at impossible speeds-only to vanish when jet fighters were scrambled. Was this a misidentified weather phenomenon… or something far more unearthly?

Here's a timeline of key events from the 1952 Washington D.C. UFO incident, including radio reports and names of individuals involved:

July 19, 1952:

11:40 PM: Edward Nugent, air traffic controller at Washington National Airport, spots seven objects on radar 15 miles southwest of the city.

Shortly after: Harry Barnes, senior air traffic controller, confirms the unusual radar readings.

Howard Cocklin and Joe Zacko, controllers in the airport's radar-equipped tower, report unidentified blips and see a "bright light" in the sky.

S.C. Pierman, Capital Airlines pilot, observes six "white, tailless, fast-moving lights" over a 14-minute period while in radio contact with Barnes.

July 20, 1952 (early morning):

3:00 AM: Two F-94 Starfire jet fighters arrive from New Castle Air Force Base; objects vanish from radar.

5:30 AM: Objects last detected by radar.

July 26, 1952:

8:15 PM: A National Airlines flight crew observes lights above their plane.

9:30 PM: Albert M. Chop, press spokesman for Project Blue Book, arrives at National Airport.

11:30 PM: Two F-94 Starfire jets from New Castle Air Force Base arrive over Washington.

Captain John McHugo (flight leader) is vectored towards radar blips but sees nothing.

Lieutenant William Patterson (wingman) observes four white "glows" and attempts to chase them.

Patterson radios ground control: "I see them now and they're all around me. What should I do?"

Other key individuals mentioned:

Staff Sgt. Charles Davenport: Observed an orange-red light at Andrews Air Force Base.

William Brady: Airman at Andrews AFB who saw an "object which appeared to be like an orange ball of fire".

Master Sergeant Charles E. Cummings: Visually observed objects at Andrews AFB on July 26.

The incidents sparked widespread media attention and public interest, leading to a major Air Force press conference to address the sightings. The events of July 1952 became known as the "Washington flap" or the "Invasion of Washington".

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