Washington, D.C. UFO Sighting, 1966 — AARO Records
A cold war / blue book era case from Washington, D.C.. In 1966, radio broadcaster Frank Edwards claimed the USG had loaned fragments of a recovered UFO to the Canadian government.
Background
In 1966, in Washington, D.C., the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.
A cold war-era case investigated under the air force’s project blue book or its predecessors.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
In 1966, radio broadcaster Frank Edwards claimed the USG had loaned fragments of a recovered UFO to the Canadian government. He also alleged that Dr. Vannevar Bush led the effort to study the fragment. The Condon panel determined these claims were likely false.
Verbatim from the file
“the USG had loaned the Canadian government fragments of a UFO it had allegedly recovered”
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.