July 13, 1952 — 60Mi SW of Washington, DC
4:00 a.m. Capt. William Bruen, piloting National Airline Flight 611 heading north from Jacksonville, Florida, sees a round ball of bluish-white light about 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., hovering to the west then ascending to the airliner’s altitude of 11,000 feet, then parallel course off left wing at about 2 miles distance. It takes off upwards at 1,000 mph when Bruen turns on all aircraft lights. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
J Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, pp. 90–91;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 676, p. 148;
NICAP, “Light Ascends, Paces Aircraft, Takes Off Vertically”;
[The BB pages linked to here are not for this case, they are for some Ohio case on this date]