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Fort Belvoir Saucer Lab, 1952

Army physicist crafts flying saucers to order in Virginia laboratory.

Event

Pending

Location

Pending

Source

National Archives UAP Bulk Downloads

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

Newsreel segment shows physicist Noel Scott creating a flying saucer facsimile in an army laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Notable Characteristics

  • Environment: ground

Reported Motion

No confident entries yet.

Evidence Notes

  • Release sheet describes 'MORE SAUCERS: VIRGINIA - In an army laboratory at Fort Belvoir you can get a flying saucer made to order... created by physicist Noel Scott. Watch the screen.'

1952 newsreel depicts controlled laboratory creation of saucer-like object by army physicist, amid era of public flying saucer fascination.

Shape read

Disc

Sensors

visual

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Experimental physics demonstration of saucer facsimile.
  • Newsreel human interest story on UFO-era technology.

Anomalous Indicators

  • Framed as 'MORE SAUCERS' in UFO-saturated 1952 context.

Evidence Gaps

  • No video content analysis; relies on release sheet summary.
  • Unclear if saucer simulates flight or appearance only.
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

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"MORE SAUCERS: VIRGINIA - In an army laboratory at Fort Belvoir you can get a flying saucer made to order or at least a reasonable facsimile, created by physicist Noel Scott. Watch the screen."

Unknown speaker

Scope and content note from NARA catalog.

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

Score 108 shared tags

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Flying Saucer Wreck in Tobacco Shed, 1949

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UFOs Fact or Fiction Broadcast, 1974

WWDC radio documentary probes Project Blue Book and UFO debates with military, scientists, aviators.

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Score 108 shared tags

CIA UFO Film from Montana and Utah, 1956

Silent footage of unidentified flying objects analyzed by Air Force and Navy labs, unidentifiable.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

NARA Catalog Export: Unidentified Flying Objects

National Archives metadata compilation on UFO records from moving images and sound.

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Score 108 shared tags

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Film captures missile breakup with smaller object trailing nose cone on parallel path.

Same source archive

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Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
Json

Universal Newsreel Volume 25, Release 586

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