{"type":"locations","slug":"bolling-air-force-base","title":"Bolling Air Force Base","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/bolling-air-force-base","description":"Washington D C base hosting Air Force OSI headquarters where early UFO counterintelligence cases were managed","date":"1918-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Base"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":38.8338,"lng":-77.0164,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Capital defense role\n\nEstablished along the Potomac River in 1918, Bolling served as the District of Columbia aviation hub and later housed Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations.\n\n## UFO record handling\n\nDuring Project Sign and Grudge, intelligence analysts at Bolling reviewed field reports before forwarding to Wright-Patterson. A 1952 memorandum shows Bolling agents interviewed radar operators after the Washington National sightings.[^1]\nSee the [1952 Washington DC UFO incident](/events/1952-washington-dc-ufo-incident) for those interviews.\n\n## Transition and present status\n\nRealigned in 2010 as Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling, the installation continues to host OSI units and classified communications nodes supporting the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.\n\n[^1]: [Seattle Times reprint of Washington Post: UFOs streaked over D.C. in 1952](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020727/ufos27/something-in-the-air-50-years-ago-ufos-streaked-over-dc)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1952-washington-dc-ufo-incident","title":"Washington D.C. UFO Incident","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1952-washington-dc-ufo-incident"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/bolling-air-force-base","title":"Bolling Air Force Base","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/bolling-air-force-base","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}