From July 12 to 29, 1952, a series of unidentified flying object sightings were reported in Washington, D.C., and later became known as the Washington flap, the Washington National Airport Sightings,
Washington National Airport terminal in 1944
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The Robertson Panel was a scientific committee which met in January 1953 headed by Howard P. Robertson. The Panel arose from a recommendation to the Intelligence Advisory Committee in December 1952 fr
1952 Washington, D.C., UFO incident
…he recommended that the Agency continue monitoring the problem." The CIA's concern with the issue would lead to the creation, in January 1953, of the Robertson Panel. The extremely high numbers of UFO reports in 1952 disturbed both the Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Both groups felt that an…
Robertson Panel member Luis Alvarez.