Sightings1952

1952 sighting wave

When: Jul 1952
Sources: 2 public sources

Project Blue Book chief Edward Ruppelt, who dated the 1952 'Big Flap' from about June 1 Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

1952 brought the Air Force more UFO reports than any year before, about eight times the totals for each of the previous two years per the Condon Report. Project Blue Book chief Edward Ruppelt dated the 'Big Flap' from about June 1, with reports peaking in July, including the Washington radar cases.

Sources

OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, Sec. V, Ch. 2: UFOs, 1947-1968 (E. U. Condon) (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (Condon Report), copy hosted by NCAS / 1969
FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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