October 22, 2026

3903d RBS Group

From the Archive

Illustration of a radar bomb-scoring crew plotting a fast-descending target on a scope at Granite City, Illinois, February 13, 1952
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1952: A Radar Bomb-Scoring Crew Plots a Target Dropping at 1,090 mph, and ATIC Blames the Radar

Published: October 22, 2026 | Updated: October 22, 2026 0
Illustration of two pilots in an AT-11 cockpit watching a pulsing orange comet-shaped flame over a moonlit cloud bank near Pittsburgh, February 11, 1952
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1952: Two Senior Pilots Over Pittsburgh Watch a Pulsing Orange Flame That Was Not a Jet, and Tactical Air Command Rejects ATIC’s Meteor Call

Published: October 22, 2026 | Updated: October 22, 2026 0
Korea B-29 Orange Sphere, January 29, 1952
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1952: Two B-29 Crews Over Korea Watch an Orange Sphere Fly Formation With Their Bombers

Published: October 22, 2026 | Updated: October 22, 2026 0
Illustration of a woman in a parked 1940 sedan watching a stainless-steel dome with a glowing band hover over the Norwalk Armory, January 22, 1952
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1952: A Norwalk Woman Reports a Dome-Shaped Craft With a Glowing Band Hanging Over the Armory

Published: October 22, 2026 | Updated: October 22, 2026 0