July 23, 1952 — Nahant Coast Guard Station, MA
2:15 a.m. Seaman Henry J. Arnpriester is on watch at Nahant (Massachusetts) Coast Guard Station [now closed] when he sees two bluish lights approximately 5 feet in diameter. They appear as flat, disc-shaped objects having no aerodynamic features and move without sound or exhaust trail at a speed faster than a four-engine airliner at an altitude of 1,100 to 2,000 feet. When they are approximately 1.5 miles from the point of observation, they execute an extremely sharp turn similar to the path of a ball bouncing off a wall. [Eberhart]
Record Card:
Blue Book Worksheet [not much info]:
Lt. Col. Robert S. Jones, “Spot Intelligence Report,” July 29, 1952;
Sources:
“Saucers Seen, NH Base Told,” Concord (N.H.) Monitor, July 23, 1952, p. 1;
“Ground Observers See Silver Disks Over New England,” Los Angeles (Calif.) Times, July 24, 1952, p. 14;
“Silver Disks Over Boston,” Long Branch (N.J.) Daily Record, July 24, 1952, p. 8;
Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st,2ED, The Author, 1995, p. 9;
Loren E. Gross, The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: UFOs, a History: 1952 July 21st–31st, Supplemental Notes, The Author, 2001, pp. 7-8;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 711, p. 156;
Frank C. Feschino Jr., Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. Lulu.com, 2007, pp. 76-77;
