Bright object over Elkins Park on the first night of the Washington radar events (1952)

Project Blue Book Case #1494. On July 19, 1952, a bright object was observed over Elkins Park, Pennsylvania — a Philadelphia suburb. July 19 was the first night of the Washington, D.C., radar events — the most famous UFO incident in history — happening just 130 miles to the south. The case was classified "Unknown."