Sightings1952

Nash-Fortenberry Pan Am crew sighting

When: 14 Jul 1952
Where: Newport News, VA
Sources: 1 public source

The crew of a Pan American airliner flying from New York to Miami reported eight UFOs near Newport News, Virginia. Blue Book chief Edward Ruppelt lists it among the July 1952 reports leading up to the Washington radar sightings later that month.

Sources

FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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