Atlantic Ocean: Ship Crew from Nova Scotia Observes Ovular Object Flying Low Over Water

On August 18, 1950, a foreign CIA Information Report from a redacted source concerned an August 4 sighting by a ship's crew at sea, sailing from Nova Scotia to an unidentified East Coast US port. At 10:00 a.m. that day, with smooth water and a clear sky, the captain was called hastily to the deck. There he and the crew confronted a smallish 'ovular cylindrical' object off the starboard bow, probably several miles away, flying low over the water. The captain viewed it through binoculars for 1.5 minutes as it approached the ship then flew away with an uneven 'churning' motion, its closest approach being about 1,000 feet. No sound was heard. One crewman described its shape as elliptical — like an egg cut in half lengthwise. The unknown cast a shadow on the water. It moved away at tremendous speed with a spinning, wobbling motion.