1,152’ UFO clocked at 47,020 mph over Washington, D.C. in an impossible turn rate of 525° per second

On September 15, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. ET, I observed and recorded on video a UFO flying with impunity through what the FAA calls the most restricted airspace in the United States: The Washington, D.C. Flight Restricted Zone (DC FRZ) a.k.a. “The DC Freeze.” This video shows a segment of the actual flight of the UFO and details how its 1,152’ size, 47,020 mph speed, and 525° turn rate were measured.

My name is Lincoln Lounsbury and I am a retired FAA air traffic controller. I have 36 years of aviation experience including 10 years of experience working in air traffic control towers. The last tower I worked in was at Washington National Airport (DCA). I am thoroughly familiar with the airspace and aircraft operations surrounding Washington, D.C., and I have lived in this airspace for 29 years.

The DC FRZ is a cylinder of airspace that extends laterally to a 15-mile radius centered at DCA airport and vertically from the surface to 18,000′. Air traffic in the DC FRZ is largely restricted to three types of operations: commercial passenger flights landing and taking off from DCA; aircraft associated with Andrews Air Force Base; and a handful of very low flying military, police, and medevac helicopters. That’s it.

The UFO in this video clearly flies through the DC FRZ. My documented shooting location for this video was just 7 miles from DCA airport with my camera aimed straight up in the air. I estimated this UFO to be flying at approximately 5,500′ above ground level (AGL) based on the following: The base of the clouds below the UFO in the video were measured at 5,500′ above ground level (AGL) by the ceilometer at DCA whose field elevation is 12’ above mean sea level (MSL). This gives a total cloud base height of 5,512 feet MSL. The field elevation at my location was 381’ MSL which puts the cloud base at my location at 5,131’ AGL. The UFO passes over or above this cloud layer, but not too far above the cloud layer as the UFO casts a shadow on the cloud itself. Allowing a few hundred feet for cloud height, I estimated the UFO’s altitude at 5,500’ AGL.

This 5,500’ distance to the subject combined with the true focal length of the camera lens and the camera’s sensor size provides all the information needed to calculate the UFO’s minimum size and speed. The UFO’s size and speed were measured using a simple online geometry calculator which I walk viewers through in the video (link below). Additionally, the geometric calculations were checked against the results obtained by an optical physicist using the same data, basic trigonometry, and different software which allowed more precise measurements (Links below)

YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/f_zBTH6LvDs

Geometric calculator:
https://www.scantips.com/lights/fieldofview.html#top

Trigonometry Analysis:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i0nhnrw0a4aylut1y7jtx/submarine-trig-analysis.xlsx?rlkey=g8xpgmboxweov2iw2orpt1nxj&st=oj4s0787&dl=0

Trigonometry spreadsheet:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i0nhnrw0a4aylut1y7jtx/submarine-trig-analysis.xlsx?rlkey=g8xpgmboxweov2iw2orpt1nxj&st=alu8ugoo&dl=0

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