28950213.pdf

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONDITION  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  30 Sep 52 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | ☐ Has Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Has Airports ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Airports  |
|  Used | ☑ On-Line Visual ☐ On-Line Radio ☐ Air-Intercept Radio |   |
|  OHT | ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ Air-Intercept Radio |   |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Has Automotive ☐ Probably Automotive ☐ Possibly Automotive  |
|  ☑ Yes | Coast Guard | ☐ Yes ☐ No  |
|  7. SOURCE OF OBSERVATION | 8. SOURCE | ☐ No ☐ Yes  |
|  One | …

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
43
OGR
23 December 1952

ADDRESS REPLY TO:
COMMANDANT
U. S. COAST GUARD
HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

From: Commandant
To: Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center,
Wright - Patterson Air-Force Base, Ohio

Subj: Flying saucer, possible explanation of one instance

1. A copy of subject report is forwarded for your information.

M. DeMARTINO
By direction

Encl: Subject report

30 DEC 1952
7-3719-14

COPY

30 September, 1952
F4

From: Commanding Officer, TANEY (WPG-37)
To: Commandant (O)
Via: Commander, 12th Coast Guard District (o)

Subj: Flying saucer

1. One night recently, while on Ocean Station UNCLE, members of this ship observed an apparition in the sky which bore resemblance to what have been reported in the press and elsewhere as "flying saucers". Since it was possible on this occasion to identify the cause of this phenomenon, it is considered that a report of the incident may be of some interest.

2. At the time, there was a broken cloud layer at about 5,000 feet, with no mood. S…