1952 05 9612806 Atlanticocean
Cold Open. This is a declassified record titled “1952‑05‑9612806‑ATLANTICOCEAN,” issued by the United States Department of Defense in May nineteen fifty‑two. The document records an aerial observation made by a Pan American airline crew off the Atlantic coast, and it is notable as one of the earliest detailed reports of multiple unidentified aerial phenomena by a commercial flight.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1952-05-9612806-ATLANTICOCEAN
Episode notes
Cold Open. This is a declassified record titled “1952‑05‑9612806‑ATLANTICOCEAN,” issued by the United States Department of Defense in May nineteen fifty‑two. The document records an aerial observation made by a Pan American airline crew off the Atlantic coast, and it is notable as one of the…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1952-05-9612806-ATLANTICOCEAN
Questions about this case
- What was 1952 05 9612806 Atlanticocean about?
- Cold Open. This is a declassified record titled “1952‑05‑9612806‑ATLANTICOCEAN,” issued by the United States Department of Defense in May nineteen fifty‑two. The document records an aerial observation made by a Pan American airline crew off the Atlantic coast, and it is notable as one of the earliest detailed reports of multiple unidentified aerial phenomena by a commercial flight.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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