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Air Force tells press jets may shoot down flying saucers

When: 28 Jul 1952
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 1 public source

Washington National Airport, whose radar tracked the July 1952 objects over the capital Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

During the July 1952 wave, a front-page newspaper report quoted the Air Force as disclosing that jet fighters were on round-the-clock nationwide alert against flying saucers, with orders to bring one down if they could. HISTORY ties such coverage to a press frenzy the Air Force then tried to calm.

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PressIn 1952, 'Flying Saucers' Over Washington Sent the Press Into a Frenzy (opens in a new tab)HISTORY (A&E Networks) / 2019-03-11

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