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CIA Memorandum on the 1952 Washington National Sightings

Source label

Central Intelligence Agency

Catalog date

1952-08-01

Record type

pdf

Record summary

CIA staff memorandum analyzing the July 1952 'Washington Flap' — radar and visual UFO sightings over Washington National Airport across two consecutive weekends. Triggered the largest USAF press conference since World War II.

This is archive metadata, not a transcript. Catalog dates may refer to a release or collection rather than the event itself.