Information Report: Unidentified Airborne Object - North Atlantic

This Central Intelligence Agency Information Report, dated August 1, 1950, documents a sighting of an unidentified airborne object in the North Atlantic on August 4, 1950. The report details observations made by the ship's Master, the Third Mate, and the Chief Mate at 10:00 AM EDT at coordinates 39° 35' North, 72° 24' West. The ship was traveling from Walton, Nova Scotia, toward an East Coast US port. The witnesses described an ovular, cylindrical, or elliptic object, approximately 10 feet in diameter, with a metallic white or shiny aluminum appearance that sparkled in the sunlight. The object was observed at a low altitude, estimated between 50 and 100 feet above the water. It traveled on a reciprocal course to the ship, making no noise, and exhibited a wobbling motion. Estimates of its speed varied significantly between the witnesses, with one suggesting over 25 mph and another estimating it could be faster than 500 mph. The object was observed for a duration ranging from 15 seconds to a minute and a half before disappearing into the horizon in a northeasterly direction.