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1952 Washington D.C. UFO Incident (Second Wave)

Event date
1952 Jul 26
Location
Washington, D.C., USA
Country
United States

Record summary

One week after the first incident, radar operators again tracked numerous UFOs encircling Washington. F-94 interceptors were scrambled; one pilot reported tracking unknowns at over 1,000 mph. The incidents triggered the largest Pentagon press conference since World War II on July 29.

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