Atlanta radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 1952

On or during September 1952, at or near Atlanta, Georgia, United States, the source reports the following sequence: OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE LT CASPER LEJUTA AO 9.A627 AIR FORCE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT CONTROLLER ON DUTY WITH THIS HQ REPORTED UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS AS FOLLOWS: ROUND IN SHAPE APPEARED TO THE NAKED EYE TO BE ABOUT ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER PAREN LARGER THAN ANY SHOOTING STAR OR ANY STAR PAREN CHANGED COLOR ALTERNATELY FROM LIGHT BLUE TO BRIGHT RED WAS VERY BRIGHT NO SMOKE TRAIL VERY SLOW APPARENT SPEED PAREN BUT APPEARED TO BE AT A VERY GREAT DISTANCE SO ACTUAL SPEED COULD BE QUITE FAST ALSO ACTUAL SIZE COULD BE PAGE TWO SYW 92 QUITE LARGE PAREN WATCHED TWO OBJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR 15 MIN FROL 2215 EST TO 2232 EST PD OBJECTS APPEARED TO THE NAKED EYE TO BE TEN FEET APART PAREN HOWEVER THEY WOULD BE MUCH FARTHER APART ACTULLY IF AT THE GREAT DISTANCE AWAY CHA OBSERVER SEEMED TO FEEL THEY WERE PAREN OBJECTS FADED BELOW HORIZON FINALLY CMA NO SOUND CMA NO MANEUVERS CMA VISUAL SIGHTING CMA ASERVED FROM A POINT ON PEACHTREE ROAD ABOUT 5 OR 6 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA GA. Air Force investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND?: Yes[x] No [] 5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR?: Yes [x] No [] 6. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR?: Yes [] No [x] 7. COMMENTS: ATIC Test Form 324 (13 Aug 52) "The witness states that the object he saw was rectangular in shape with a number of small lights that were rotating around the edge of the object. He drew the sketch to illustrate what he saw." PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR?