Nash-Fortenberry UFO Sighting (1952) — CTD-0077

DATE14 Jul 1952

LOCAL TIME9:12 PM

LOCATIONChesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA, United States

COORDINATES37.01°N, 75.96°W

Pan American pilots William Nash and William Fortenberry observed eight bright reddish-orange disc-shaped objects flying in tight echelon formation while piloting a DC-4 over Chesapeake Bay. They estimated the objects were 100 feet in diameter traveling at approximately 12,000 mph. Project Blue Book declared it an 'unknown.'

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