UFO Report:
“The 1958 UFO Chronology”, 2006, 2010 (NICAP.org)

The pilot of Capitol Airlines Flight 407 sighted a UFO over Alexandria, Virginia, on 7 October 1958, at 6:02 p.m. EDT, NICAP reports:

http://www.nicap.org/waves/1958fullrep.htm

John R. Townsend, Special Assistant for Research & Engineering to the Assistant Secretary of Defense also sighted the UFO.

Satellite photo of Alexandria, Virginia (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)