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Information Report: Unidentified Airborne Object

📅 4 Aug 50 📍 At Sea - North Atlantic 🏛 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 📄 Information Report
UAPNorth Atlantic1950Central Intelligencesighting report

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A ship's crew observed an unidentified, metallic, spinning object in the North Atlantic on August 4, 1950. Intelligence officers concluded the object was not a conventional aircraft.

This Central Intelligence information report details a sighting of an unidentified airborne object on August 4, 1950, at 10:00 AM EDT in the North Atlantic (39° 35' North, 72° 24' West). The report includes accounts from the Master, Chief Mate, and Third Mate of a ship. The witnesses observed a small, metallic white, ovular or cylindrical object that appeared to have three dimensions. The object was estimated to be approximately 10 feet in diameter, with a length six times its breadth. It was observed at an altitude of approximately 70 feet above the water, moving with a spinning or wobbly motion. Estimates of its speed varied significantly among the witnesses, ranging from over 25 mph to 500 mph. The object made no noise and was observed for approximately 15 seconds before disappearing into the horizon in a north-easterly direction. Intelligence officers interviewed the crew on August 8 and 9, 1950. While noting discrepancies in the speed estimates, the officers concluded that the witnesses were careful in their reporting and had observed an object that was certainly not a conventional type of aircraft.

All three men were quite evidently very much upset by the sighting. Aside from the discrepancies, it was quite evident to the Intelligence Officers who interviewed these men that they had certainly seen some very unusual object which they could not identify but was just as certainly not any conventional type of aircraft.

Official Assessment

certainly not any conventional type of aircraft

The intelligence officers noted a discrepancy between the Captain's speed estimate and the officers' estimates, but concluded the witnesses were careful and had seen an unusual object.

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