Washington Post coverage of the 1952 Washington, D.C. sightings

The Washington Post published multiple articles in July 1952 reporting on numerous visual and radar sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena over Washington, D.C., including accounts near the White House. Contemporary Post reporting helped bring national attention to the incidents and documented statements from military and civil authorities. The newspaper's archives are a primary contemporary source for researchers studying the 1952 flap.