# July 1, 1952 — Fort Monmouth, NJ and Washington, D.C. — Objects Tracked at 50,000ʹ, G/V

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July 1, 1952 — Fort Monmouth, NJ and Washington, D.C.  
8:40–9:15 a.m. Two silvery objects move south along the East Coast and hover near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for about 5 minutes at 50,000 feet. As radar at Fort Monmouth detects the objects, they put on a burst of speed and head southwest toward Washington, D.C., confirmed visually. At about 12:00 noon, a physics professor at George Washington University in D.C. sees a grayish UFO hovering and arcing back and forth across the sky for about 8 minutes. He guesses about 500 people are watching the object. [Eberhart]

Chronology Of Events / Radar:

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Summary of Information:

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Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknown Catalogue, Case 656-657, p. 144;

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Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, p. 160;

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Edward Ruppelt, The report on unidentified flying objects, pp. 151–152;

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Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, pp. 36– 37;

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Frank C. Feschino Jr., Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. [Lulu.com](http://Lulu.com), 2007, p. 17;

 ![07011952-FortMonmouthNJ-Shoot-p17](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/3e72e118e6be4055d1af75f4eceb4ac1c064c9f2.jpeg)

Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 377;  
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 421;

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NICAP, “Objects Tracked at 50,000ʹ, G/V”;

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/520701fortmonmouth_dir.htm)**