Washington, D.C. UFO Incident (1952)

The Washington, D.C. UFO Incident (1952) remains one of history's most credible UFO cases, involving multiple radar detections and visual confirmations. Over two weekends in July, air traffic controllers at Washington National Airport tracked unidentified blips moving at impossible speeds, while pilots reported seeing mysterious lights. The objects outmaneuvered military jets scrambled to intercept them, displaying sudden stops and sharp turns defying known aircraft capabilities. Even the White House briefly went on alert. Though the Air Force ultimately attributed the events to temperature inversions, the incident's combination of radar/visual evidence and witness credibility continues to intrigue researchers as a potential genuine UFO encounter.