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SAUCERS OVER ‘WASHINGTON_D.C. Harar a. BARNES SENIOR AIR AOUTE TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FOR THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, WAS IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, 0.¢,, 4.8.7, CONTROL CENTER ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 19, lesz, “BRIEFY,"HE STATES IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, ",..0UR JOB 15 TO CONSTANTLY MONITOR THE SKIES AROUND TRE NATION'S CAPITOL WITH THE ELECTRONIC EYE OF RADAR, . « SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THAT DATE, SEVEN FIPS APPEARED SUDDENLY ON THE CONTROL CENTER'S SCOPE. ED SUGENT, JIM COPELAND, AND JIM RITCHEY, ALL EXPER- ENCED RADAR CONTROLLERS, CHECKED THE OBSERVATIONS. THE AIRPO…

Baanes THEM STATES: “BEFORE NOTIFYING THE AIR FORCE...0UR TECHNICIANS HAD CAREFULLY CHECKED THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE ae THAT IT WAS. 1 / PER LY, “T can SAFELY BEOUCE THAT THEY PERFORMED GYRATIONS WHICH #OANOUN AIRCRAFT COULD PERFORM BY THIS T MEAN THAT OVFR SCOPE SHOWED THAT THEY COULD MAKE AYGAT ANGLE TURNS” THE AIP FORCE OUG DEEP IN AN EFFORT TO SOUIRM OUT ‘OF THIS St6HTING. AT4’OCLOCK OM. JULY 29.1952, & PRESS CONFERENCE Was HELO... GENTLEMEN! THE RADAR-SIGHTINGS OVER WASHINGTON WERE CAUSED BY TEMPERATURE /AVERS/OW, THE OBJECTS WERE FEF LECT IONS OF GFOUND OBJECTS... CARS. .7RAING...ETC... “AN…