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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/UFO SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In 1952: THE YEAR OF THE UFOS (PT 2)/SAUCER SWARMS OVER DC/DR. STANTON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEWwe tell "the rest of the story", including the 1952 flying saucer swarms over Washington DC on two consecutive weekends in July of 1952, Washington's reaction, the scrambling and loss of US jet fighters, Feschino's work to discover this and tie all these events together with the Braxton County Monster incident, Project Blue Book, Capt. Ruppelt, Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting weeks before Roswell , the sighting that launched the term "flying saucer, and a continuation of the Stanton Friedman interview now discussing Project Majic-12, the USAF secret UFO study group formed after Project Blue Book was disbanded in 1969.. Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork Sources: "The 1952 UFO Incident Explained", Gaia Jan 22, 2017 Article The Braxton County Monster Updated and Revised, Frank Feschino LINK to AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Braxton-Cover-up-Flatwoods-Revealed-Expanded/dp/0578128837/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0578128837&pd_rd_r=f948d32b-7d13-11e8-84e0-534057ebf983&pd_rd_w=iQ5uZ&pd_rd_wg=frXZi&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3914568618330124508&pf_rd_r=5QHWPWGC99PET6BW4975&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=5QHWPWGC99PET6BW4975 Ruppelt, Edward J. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Report-Unidentified-Flying-Objects-Original/dp/1616404949/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Enjoy 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries on the Podbean Podcast App today! Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.podbean.app.podcast iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podbean-podcasts-on-the-go/id973361050?ls=1&mt=8 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: ​​https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Was it?

0:02.0

In most like objects dart across the radar screen at the CAA Traffic Control Center at National Airport for several hours,

0:08.0

traveling more than 100 miles an hour.

0:10.0

Air Force jet fighters spend several hours chasing the objects plotted on the radar scope.

0:15.0

General Sanford, Air Force Intelligence Director,

0:20.0

confirms that the objects are not secret American weapons

0:22.0

and reiterates the Air Force's obligation to investigate.

0:27.2

Here to discuss the so-called flying saucer.

0:31.6

The Air Force interest in this problem has been due to our feeling of an obligation to identify and analyze to the best of our ability anything in the air that may have the possibility

0:45.2

of threat or menace to the United States.

0:49.3

In pursuit of this obligation since 1947, we have received and analyzed between one in 2000

0:56.8

reports that have come to us from all kinds of sources. Of this great massive reports we have been able adequately to explain the great

1:07.6

bulk of them, explain them to our own satisfaction. We've been able to explain them as hoaxes, as erroneously identified

1:17.2

friendly aircraft, as meteorological or electronic phenomena or as light aberrations.

1:25.0

However, there have been a certain percentage of this volume of reports

1:31.0

that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things.

1:37.0

It is this group of observations that we now are attempting to resolve. A basic difficulty in dealing

1:46.7

with these is that there is no measurement of them

1:54.0

in any pattern that would be possible for us to put them in any pattern

1:55.0

that would be possible for a deliberate

2:00.0

custom sort of analysis to take the next step. We have as a date come to only one firm

2:06.7

conclusion with respect to this remaining percentage and that is that it does not contain any pattern of purpose or of consistency

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