The second set of the well publicised Washington National Radar/Visual Sightings occurred during the night of 26^th/27^th July 1952.

 

 

 

 

A memorandum from Ralph L Clark, Acting Assistant Director of the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence to DDI Robert Amory, Jr, on 29 July 1952 stated that a special study group has been formed to review the situation, involving the OSI and the Office of Current Intelligence (OCI).

 

 

 

 

On 28 July 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote a memo to Secretary of State for Air, Lord Cherwell, asking what the truth was about “all this stuff about flying saucers”

 

 

 

On 29 July 1952, a F-94 attempted an intercept near Port Huron, Michigan.