The night
Washington blinked.

Chapter 12 · The Washington Merry-Go-Round

Ruppelt brings together the two weekends, the controllers’ accounts, the fighter response and his investigation afterward. This is also where he describes the difficulty of getting transport to interview the crews.

Written after the events. His account preserves reports and interviews; it is not a recording of the radar session.

National Archives ID 25738 · local identifier 111-LC-30875

The filmed statement heard in this episode, including Samford’s description of credible observers. The National Archives identifies the film and explains the circumstances in which it was made.

Filmed on 31 July, two days after the Pentagon press conference. The film and the conference are separate events.

Printed pp. 68, 71–72 · PDF pages 2, 5–6

Haines traces the CIA’s concern about the warning system and the Robertson Panel’s recommendations. Page 72 covers the proposed public-education campaign, the reference to Disney and monitoring of private UFO groups.

A later history drawing on agency records. The recommendations concern the response to UFO reports; they do not identify the returns over Washington.