· • CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ·. ·
INFORMATION · REPORT
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COUNTRY · .lt Sea - 1'ortb Atlantie
JCJGC-6 · DATE DISTR. /( -'Di 1950 1
SUBJECT Unid~ti!ied Airborne i,'oJeet NO. ·of PAGES -··2
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l . . an ,. .lug 50 a'; 10 az:1 rrJ ship, · ville on a · beading or 2J.50 true, vith a scootb aea ll!ld
clear veather, visibility 14 ~les, bar:,oet.er reat.1:Jg 30.03, vu undervay f'ro:i Waltc.n.
!fova Scotia, to · e.u Ee.st Coast US port. I vas !n the chart rooc ju5t art t!ie bridge
vhen Third Jl.ste, vbo vas at r.id-'tridge check!ng the cO?:pass, s'!louted that there ·vu a
flyi.ng object orr the sta~boe:d bov, I 1::cediately ascended t.be coc.ni.ng tove~ ·~d.bj
tbi; t1me the object , -as on ou: s!.e.:-boa..-d. bea:i. I~ vas traveli:Jg on n reciprocal 1.:-·
courae ·to ou:-s aooct 50 or 100 feet abov~ the vuter at an est!l:.ated speed or over ~
25 cp""'b. Fron tbe conn1tg tove:- I obser,..ed it vit!i :'J binoculars -ror a period ot c::.::..
approxi:latel:7 a ci.Jlute a:id a t.al! vhen it dise.ppeared into the bor1:.on ill t. north-
easterly direction . I vould estiz.ate that t he closest it app::-oacbed 1:JY s11p vas one
thousa:id feet fl!ld it \.-a& ll.:l ovular, ·cyliod.rica.l. sbapc:1 object t~e like of vllicb I bllv•
~ever see:i before. Thi! object vas quite sl:Al.l and I wul.d ~ ttat its dia::ieter
vas ep;pro:rl::iately 10 feet. It !:.ad depth but · to vbat extent I vas u::iable to obsene.
Tbe object cad.e no nois~ a:.d as it pasaei abea.m ou: Bhil!, it appeP.red to picl: up
conside:-able speed. It vas not flying 11!:X>Othly but_ 1.cprcssed ~e as bavins a cln:..-:ur.s
or • rotary l:lOtico . :t. had a shiny alu::ii.Duz:i color a:id s;,a.rkled ill the su:il..i&ht,
2. I vaa on the main deck, port side, Just forvard of tbe bridse vhen the Third },~te
shouted tl:ere vns an object on our st.arboar.1 1:>ov. I looked ott to the 11te.rboard e.=d
nv an object c,f elliptic sh.n:;,e looking 11.ke bait e.n egg cut le:2c,-tbvisc traveli.I:s at
a sreat rate or speed oz:: a cot!rse reciprocal to our ·ovn. l 1.c::zled1atel1 ra.n 'to the
stern, port side, azid v1 tb cy 6,laues vas ·able to observe tbe object disa;,;,earinc; 1.n-t:
:.:.:e bori:c~. :-:-0::::i t~~ :!.::-: ~ --= ~!:-st alerted to its presence ll!:ltil it dise:;,pee.red
fl-om 11gbt, 15 secon~ ele,sed. · 1 beli~~e that it vna traTeling at a tremendous ra~
or ~d, posdbly faster than 500 :ph. Duri.n8 tbe time I aav 1t..,1t vu app:-ox!.::.at~
70 feet orr the vater and. I Ju~e it vas approrllllotely 10 miles awy. I clearly snv
its sbadov on t.be vater. I last obsel"V'ed it orr the st&rboard .c;uarter and it sce:e-d
to be inc.rea11nG 1 ts 'I.peed and ucending. It. bad. ao elliptic shape apd I could cleir
ly •~ that it bad three ~nliona. It wbbled in the air, 111&de no noise, and ws
a metallic vhite 1n color. The length vas approDJ:1Ately s.1.z til:ls the bread!.h &I1d its
bell: had a depth or pouibl7 S'.