# July 19, 1952 — Elkins Park, PA / Lavalette, NJ — Three Groups of Witnesses See Strange Lights

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July 19, 1952 — Elkins Park, PA  
11:35 p.m. USAF pilot Capt. Charles John Powley and his wife Janet see two star-like lights maneuver, hover, and speed up for 5–7 minutes over Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. [Eberhart]

Record Card for Elkins Park [Hard to read]:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BBCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/85723c99b5171a4079cbc7208bb94fab402e85bf.jpeg)

Elkins Park, PA case AF112:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-AF112-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/666e31ff26d44f7a505c5cd687b934eec106c2e3.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-AF112-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/175c2c9ff2180f0c6ec78f0e2d0e853074241b72.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-AF112-3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e71c21dae985c0999f69e9e95cc5f892aca5711c.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-AF112-4](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f2d820b9554f7337cc2fcfcf2565564f78f53169.jpeg)

Elkins Park, PA case FlyObtRprt Cover Letter / Report:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-FlyObt-CoverLetter](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f3b8698574a0ddfff7685f6265ca7d0784d4f0bf.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-FlyObt-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e81ec867534031113d2f5996d8405ed95e0565a2.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-FlyObt-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/c/c991db0242e2230eb2619d54c76c6d3a6942bf78.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-FlyObt-3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f18f6c8ffa72c5b35829b9e9e10594d6908b11a4.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-FlyObt-4](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/fa5dc1c5948ad9e5742557891274a1495258b728.jpeg)

Elkins Park, PA case Telex:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-Telex-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/d5c20db0956f6ff868a506e5515ccbe131b199e3.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-Telex-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e746473b2a289c1349aa58898d79e6aff97fbf60.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-Telex-3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/3f0d63e0c2b1c53a8037fa2afb36cc3986ae1de0.jpeg)

Lavalette, NJ Case Record Card:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-BBCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/137a1c6652841b4c406a0a955dd02135d7a08204.jpeg)

Lavalette, NJ Case Report from Professor:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-ReportFromChemistryPhD-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/1fdfc0174bcda99f5b3b5c01674b554b1b237a3f.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-ReportFromChemistryPhD-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/19e24ffdc3829d794005cf95cbbf727ea1af7096.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-ReportFromChemistryPhD-CoverLetter](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e90113725db03562748bc8289a1019fb23a18b49.jpeg)

Lavalette, NJ Case AF-112:

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8463b27a819b41abc4b8247d66ef7302246f960a.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/48eb60353c6b73737a74d97807a6312352c5ebc4.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/a48dcf1e203a577f6c298c35c3dd349bd4dbbfdc.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-4](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e68bd8ebdbe3330e969b6bd7070f520dbacc2424.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-5](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8b72193cfb37a18f4f40a5da8e22480108baf5b6.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-BB-LavaletteNJ-AF112-6](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/051561e2fa460336a4822b9abb4b008bf51bb16c.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 692, p. 151;

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-Sparks-Case692-p151](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/d2de43ee79669b7ee034a7633407b1a29e7d2ebb.png)

Michael D. Swords, “Intelligent Motions,” IUR 33, no. 1 (March 2010): 12, 15;

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-IURv33n1-p15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/a6fabccf45cb29ae334dc922137a8b34db414b3f.png)

J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, pp. 73-77;

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-HynekTUR-p73](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/361944bf224470baea019c0810e3c3c29327d799.png)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-HynekTUR-p74](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9503856dc7fa46593ba94a901029e61d74005f28.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-HynekTUR-p75](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/94070ad4f584bb0fe0a1caf39a9d5ce2998c83e6.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-HynekTUR-p76](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/1ee9f808bd018f852ee285a4d59a824ffacb0f31.jpeg)  
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Loren E. Gross, UFOs, A History, 1952: June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 69;

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-Gross-p69](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/bb1d0c34a73b3ee8f4d09f89941dd640a9fb0690.png)

Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 1254;  
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 1434;

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-ClarkIII-p1254](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/487aef6619607adac448bbf042cf8d34c0b35f93.png)

NICAP, “Three Groups of Witnesses See Strange Lights”;

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/520719lavalette_dir.htm)**

 ![07191952-ElkinsParkPA-NICAPwebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/a5cd1cd0defc98966e604f0be9ce6e1316a48744.png)