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This is an Air Intelligence Information Report dated 22 July 1952 and prepared by Capt. Benjamin L. Berkon, USAF Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Command. It records interviews with control tower operators at Washington National Airport about unidentified objects on 19 and 20 July 1952. Five unidentified targets appeared on radar over Andrews Air Base, and Andrews tower confirmed seeing three objects. Controllers also saw an orange disk, and a Bolling AFB tower operator saw a roundish object drifting low in the sky.
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AF FORM: 118—PART H APPLICATION JUNE 1984 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT On the night of 19 and 20 July 1962 Mr. Burke and three (3) other controllers were on duty in Washington National Air Port control tower. At 0006 EST, a series of five (5) unidentified targets appeared on the radar scope. These targets were different than those made by aircraft and a careful search was made of the sky to determine if the objects were visual; none were at this time. Then a call was made to Air Routing Traffic Control Center and they too had the same targets located in the same vicinity which was over Andrews Air Base. A call was made to Andrews on the direct line and Washington advised Andrews tower of the situation and reported visual sighting of three (3) objects in the position indicated by Washington tower. The targets remained on the radar scope until 0030 EST during this time one alert left & trace from west of Andrews to Riverdale a distance of seven (7) miles in four (4) seconds. There was also a visual sighting by the Controllers of the Washington National. They observed an orange disk about 3,000 feet altitude at 800°. Washington tower also heard conversation between "Gas Bag 17" and Andrews jet intercept). No reported over Andrews Air Base at 0300 EST at 21,000 feet, said he was low on fuel and was returning to his base. After being notified by Air Traffic Control at National Air Port, 5/8pt Don Wilson, Tower Operator at Bolling Air Force Base scanned the skies visually and sighted a roundish object drifting low in the sky about seven (7) miles southeast of Bolling AFB. NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH IN THE MEANING OF THE EMPLOYEE ACT, BY U. S. C.— IN AND S. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSFERENCE OR THE REGULATION OF THE CONTENTS IN ANY MATERIAL TO AN UNHANDICLED AUTHORITY IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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