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UFO sightings in Washington, District of Columbia: Air Force files

53 US Air Force Project Blue Book case files name Washington. The files run from 1952 to 1967. The busiest year was 1952, with 7 files. Most were filed in August.

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In July 1952 radar operators at Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base tracked unknown targets over the capital on two weekends running, and jets were scrambled to chase them. The "Washington flap" made front pages around the world.

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Every file from Washington

Each link opens the original scanned folder at the US National Archives (Record Group 341). Blue Book closed in 1969, so there are no files after that year.

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UFO sightings in Washington, District of Columbia: Air Force files

Files by year

Every file from Washington

1952 7 files

1953 1 file

1954 5 files

1955 2 files

1956 5 files

1957 5 files

1958 2 files

1959 3 files

1961 6 files

1963 2 files

1964 4 files

1965 5 files

1966 4 files

1967 1 file

Date unknown 1 file