Jay Nogle

Jay Nogle is a Boeing engineer known for his involvement in early UFO research and military encounters. In 1967, he publicly recalled a significant 1952 incident where UFOs were detected on radar over Washington, D.C., prompting a military order to fire upon them during the famous 'UFO flap.' This testimony highlights tensions in U.S. Air Force responses to unidentified aerial phenomena, including directives for pilots to engage non-cooperative UFOs if deemed hostile. Nogle's account, documented in Robert Powell's UFO compilation and NICAP reports, underscores early government considerations of shoot-down orders amid radar-visual sightings by commercial and military aircraft. No birth or death dates are available; his nationality is American. Key achievement: Providing firsthand engineering perspective on 1950s UFO-military interactions. No notable publications beyond interviews.