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24 UFO’s Over Washington 24 UFO’s Over Washington THE ‘X’ ZONE RADIO SHOW THE ‘X’ ZONE RADIO SHOW & & THE ‘X’ ZONE TV SHOW THE ‘X’ ZONE TV SHOW ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE “The world has waited a long time for the inside scoop on Roswell. Truth is an excellent curative for false proclamations. The Roswell crashed saucer retrieval is one of the most important UFO cases ever, anywhere. We need The ‘X’ Zone Radio & TV Show more information from those directly involved, and this The ‘X’ Zone Radio & TV Show book provides a good deal of important new material.” on Demand - Any Time - Any Day Stanton T. Friedman on Demand - Any Time - Any Day http://hcmediaproductions.com http://hcmediaproductions.com www.theroswelllegacy.com /paranormal.html www.theroswelllegacy.com /paranormal.html U.F.O. Sightings and that were being simultaneously tracked on U.F.O. Sightings and radar. Encounters "They were about the same size as the Encounters July 19, 1952 brightest stars," Pierman said, "and they were July 19, 1952 much higher than our 6,000-ft. altitude." Washington, D.C. Some of the UFOs were in horizontal Washington, D.C. flight, others were seen diving at an angle of 25 deg. at high speeds. Captain Pierman Incident maintained visual contact for approximately 12 minutes, and then the objects shot suddenly out In early July, 1952, Edward J. Ruppelt, of sight. then head of the Air Force's official Project Blue Just before dawn the radar indicated that Book, was in conference with a scientist from a an object was hovering directly over Andrews government intelligence agency that Ruppelt Air Force Base. When tower personnel looked was not at liberty to name. "Within the next few up, they saw what they described as a "huge days," he told Ruppelt, "You're going to have fiery orange sphere" directly above them. The the granddaddy of all UFO sightings... in Air Force sent an F-94 jet into the air about Washington or New York. Probably dawn to investigate, but by this time the UFOs Washington." had disappeared from radar and were nowhere to be seen. The "Washington sightings"--a series of A week later the UFOs returned. On July UFO encounters that quickly became the most 26 the Air Force launched several jet fighters in publicized ever and included flights by an effort to intercept a new rash of radar blips. unknown objects over the White House and the One of the pilots did make visual contact and Capitol--started at 11:40 P.M. on July 19, when pushed his jet to its top speed, trying to close in the radar screens at National Airport picked up on the object. The UFO shot out of sight at an eight UFOs flying in formation southwest of incredible speed, leaving the Air Force jet far Andrews Air Force Base. The blips would behind. cruise along at a little over 100 mph and then As suddenly as they had begun, the shoot off the screen at extremely high speeds. "Washington sightings" stopped. too fast for that."--Capt. S.C. "Casey" Pierman The radar at Andrews also began to track the objects. Eyewitness Report Official Comment All airliners in the area at the time were put on alert for the objects, and several reported "In all my years of flying, I've seen a lot "We don't know the answer positively, sightings. Capt. S.C. "Casey" Pierman, at the of falling or shooting stars, but these were much and there's no use pretending we do."--Official controls of Capital Airlines Flight 807, made faster than anything I've ever seen. They press release from Wright-Patterson Air Force visual contact with seven UFOs, the same ones couldn't have been aircraft. They were moving Base. []