◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
A Navy Transport Crew and the Light That Pulled Away
On 19 October 1952 two crew members of a Navy R5D transport bound for Travis AFB over the Pacific watched a very bright white light off the port wing that they first took for a star, until after five minutes it pulled away faster than their plane, a pulsing pink light at one end. The report was filed with a Blue Book Unknown from the same day but carries no evaluation of its own. This is the record of what two airmen reported, not a verdict on what flew off the wing.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- A Navy Transport Crew and the Light That Pulled Away is a reported UAP case in Over the Pacific Ocean near 25°45'N 148°W, en route to Travis AFB, 19 October 1952 (teletype date; local time not legible).
- Two crew of a Navy R5D transport over the Pacific on 19 October 1952 reported a very bright white light off the port wing that they first took for a star.
- After about five minutes, they said, it pulled away faster than their 175-knot aircraft, showing a pulsating pinkish light at one end.
- The report is filed with Blue Book Unknown #2175, but that Unknown is a different C-54 sighting and no evaluation of the R5D report appears.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 2 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
19 October 1952 (teletype date; local time not legible)
LOCATION
Over the Pacific Ocean near 25°45'N 148°W, en route to Travis AFB
COORDS
25.75°N 148.00°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
2
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
