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Nash-Fortenberry UFO Sighting

Event date: 1952 Jul 14
Location: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
Country: United States

Record summary

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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