ATLANTICCITYNJ radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 12, 1952

On or during October 12, 1952, at or near ATLANTICCITYNJ, the source reports the following sequence: I will now act as an OCR system and output all the text found in the document: --- 12 Oct 52 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LOCATION ATLANTIC CITY N J DATE-TIME GROUP Local 12/2045 EST GMT 13/0145 Z PHOTOS O TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Ground-Visual XG Ground-Radar O Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar SOURCE P-94 pilot LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 min NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 COURSE BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Brilliant white light, shaped like F-86 standing on its nose, sighted at approx 50000' by P-94B about 25 mi from Atlantic City. List reference at lower left high draft report on AF Form 10-Part 11) An unidentifed brilliant white object was sighted off the coast of New Jersey at approximately 2045 Eastern Standard Time on 12 October 1952. The aircraft flew on a heading of 030 degrees toward the object for approximately 10 minutes apparently without getting any closer to the object. While on combat air patrol an unidentified brilliant white light was sighted off the coast of New Jersey at approximately 2045 Eastern Standard Time on 12 October 1952. Aircraft was approximately twenty-five (25) miles North of Atlantic City at the time and the light was sighted at approximately 2 o'clock high. The controller reported that he had a faint contact and vectored the aircraft on a heading of 090 degrees which is toward the 2 or 3 degrees. The aircraft was at an indicated altitude of 20,000 feet and the object was located approximately 20 to 30 degrees above the aircraft at a reported distance of several miles. While flying toward the light at an indicated air speed of 250 knots, the bright object appeared to move gradually to the right and also gain in altitude to a position of approximately 40 to 45 degrees above the observers. However, after flying toward the object for about 10 minutes, both observers agree that the object appeared as do- cular to egg shaped with what appeared to be a mid-wing with approximately 30 to 120 degrees dihedral. The complete object as pictured above glowed with the same bright white light. Observers could note no exhaust or propulsion methods as the entire object glowed with a brilliant white light, Observers suggested that the tail of white light which projected below the cylindrical portion, which varied in size, could have been an exhaust since it was of the same color as the rest of the object, indicating its toothless flame the color would have differed. The image contains two sketches depicting parts of an unidentified flying object (UFO) as described in the document.