Saucers Over Washington

In July 1952, unidentified lights appeared over Washington, D.C.—triggering radar alerts, eyewitness reports, and scrambled fighter jets over the nation’s capital. Saucers Over Washington brings together a classified selection of UFO encounters, unexplained sightings, and close calls inspired by one of the strangest chapters in American skies.

The official explanation is on file. What really happened is still up for debate.