CaseOval1952

Chester, PA, USA

My parents & I & my brother were walking to a resturant & we saw 4 flying objects flying in formation. My father called out to two wom

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1952-06-22
Where
Chester, PA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
5 min.
Geo
39.848, -75.358 · exact
Slug
oval-over-chester-pa-1952-cefdaf
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1952

    The 1952 Flap & the Washington Merry-Go-Round

    United States, focal point Washington D.C.

    The biggest official flap in U.S. history. On the weekends of July 19-20 and 26-27, unknowns tracked on radar at Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB — with simultaneous visual and airborne confirmations —…

In context

  • Chester, PA shows up 6 times across the archive.
  • 4 reports came from Pennsylvania in 1952.
  • In the 1950s, 6.1% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

Report

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