E-006309LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Nash-Fortenberry Disc Formation Near Newport News
July 14, 1952Newport News / Norfolk area, Virginia, United States
Pan American pilots William B. Nash and William Fortenberry reported six bright red-orange circular objects approaching below their DC-4 in echelon formation, flipping edge-on and reversing direction in a coordinated maneuver; two additional objects then reportedly joined the formation.
Claims are displayed with the source wording, locator, relationship and verification state. Competing claims remain separate rather than being averaged into a single answer.
“Hall describes six red-orange circular objects approaching in a stepped echelon, flipping edge-on together and reversing direction without an observed turn arc; two more objects then emerged and joined the formation.”
SRC-002107 · Nash-Fortenberry formation maneuver; uploaded PDF pp. 29-29
SUPPORTS
CLAIM-689099reported
“Section V gives the fuller Nash-Fortenberry sequence: six fiery red circular objects in narrow echelon formation flipped edge-on in unison, reversed direction without an arc, and were joined by two similar objects before all eight climbed away.”
“Nash describes repeated post-event timing reconstructions that yielded about twelve seconds; the pilots conservatively used fifteen seconds for at least fifty miles of travel and calculated 12,000 mph.”
SRC-002107 · Nash-Fortenberry reconstructed timing and speed computation; uploaded PDF pp. 56-56
SUPPORTS
CLAIM-689101reported
“Nash said Air Force investigators interviewed the pilots separately, compared sketches and tracks, and told them that seven other reports had already been received.”
“Nash described the objects as circular with sharply defined edges; during the edge-on phase they appeared roughly coin-like with an estimated thickness of about 15 feet.”
“The Abstract says NICAP selected 740 reports after considering more than 5,000 signed reports and many hundreds of reports from newspapers and other publications, emphasizing observer qualifications and multiple-observer cases.”
“NICAP explicitly distinguishes its physical-UFO investigation from contactee, religious, philosophical, and spiritual claims and says its investigations found no evidence supporting claimed rides in flying saucers, while alleging considerable fraud in that area.”