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WASHINGTON-DC-1952 · CASE

Washington DC flap

19 July 1952 · Washington, DC, US · 38.8512°N 77.0402°W
CONFIRMED · OFFICIAL RADAR
⚑ REPORT

Two consecutive weekends of radar contacts over Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base. F-94 jets were scrambled but could not maintain contact. Press conference by Major General John Samford on 29 July 1952 was the largest USAF press conference since World War II.


Long-form record in progress.