The Night UFOs Shut Down Washington | The 1952 UFO Flap That Stunned America

What really happened over Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1952? For two unforgettable weekends in July, unidentified objects appeared over the nation's capital, setting off one of the most remarkable UFO incidents in American history. Air traffic controllers tracked mysterious targets on radar. Commercial pilots and military personnel reported strange lights in the sky. The U.S. Air Force scrambled fighter jets to investigate, yet the objects often seemed to vanish as interceptors approached—only to return once the jets left. The events became known as the Washington, D.C. UFO Flap, a case so significant that it prompted on...