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Scans matching “Chesapeake Bay”22 scans

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  Miami Herald, 16 July 1952: "Miami Pilots Spot 8 Saucers Flying in Formation" Scan

  The Miami Herald ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  Miami Pilots Spot 8 Saucers Flying In Formation By JOHN F. BONNER Herald Staff Writer Two Miami airlines pilots said Tuesday they saw 1,000-mile-an hour flying saucers in formation over Chesapeake Bay. They said eight of the "things" 100 feet in diameter and "glowing like hot coals," passed directly…

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  The Dalton Mark VII navigational computer used for the speed estimate Scan

  from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Fortenberry and Nash, from True Scan

  True magazine ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Nash with his son in the 1960s Scan

  SOHP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Diagram from Maj. Sharpe's Air Force intelligence report Scan

  USAF ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Chesapeake Bay sighting image Scan

  NICAP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  The two pilots Scan

  from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  William B. Nash Scan

  NICAP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Miami Herald clipping, July 1952 Scan

  NICAP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  Miami Pilots Spot 8 Sau By JOHN F. BONNER Harold Stuff Weller Two Mastai airlines pilots said Tuesday they saw 1,000 miles an hour flying around in formation over Chesapeake Bay. They say eight of the "inspire" 100 feet in diameter and "glowing like hot boa," passed directly beneath their Pan Americ…

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  Nash in Florida, 2002 Scan

  SOHP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Thumbnail for The UFO Database case summary video Scan

  The UFO Database ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Miami Herald, 16 July 1952 Scan

  The Miami Herald ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Sketch from the APRO archive Scan

  APRO archive ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Clipping about Fortenberry's 1957 death Scan

  from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  FOUR CREW MEMBERS of the airliner missing on flight from San Francisco to Hawaii are stewardess Yvonne Alexander (upper left) of San Francisco and Katie Kearney (lower left) of H. G. Brown (lower left) of Palo Alto, pilot, and W. H. Fortenberry of Santa Clara, second engineer. There are four others …

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  Miami Herald, 16 July 1952, page 8 Scan

  The Miami Herald ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  1,000 Miles An Hour Miami Pilots Spot Eight Saucers In Formation Continued from Page 1 taneous—they wheeled up on their edges, still in formation, then flattened out again and went off in almost the opposite direction. "When they were up on their sides, we could see a dark rim around their edges. Th…

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  The pilots, photographed within two days of the sighting Scan

  from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Project Blue Book case file page Scan

  Project Blue Book, via NICAP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. The Inspector General USAF Miami Detachment 7th OSI District Office of Special Investigations Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida CIH/ra 15 July 1952 SUBJECT: SIGHTED UNCONVENTIONAL TYPE AIRCRAFT BY TWO PIL…

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  The pilots, from True, October 1952 Scan

  True magazine ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Clipping headline about Fortenberry's 1957 death Scan

  from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Title art of "We Flew Above Flying Saucers", True, October 1952 Scan

  True magazine ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)
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  Miami Herald, 17 July 1952 Scan

  The Miami Herald ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)

  Saucer Report Sparks Air Force Probe By United Press WASHINGTON — The Air Force said Wednesday a "preliminary report" on the reported sighting of eight "flying saucers" over Norfolk, Va., Monday night has been received at the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Dayton, O. The "saucers" were reported …

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  Drawing of the objects Scan

  NICAP ·from The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay (1952)