Captain reported encountering a drone while on approach to atl.

Narrative:

I was pilot monitoring on our way into atl. We were approximately at 1;500 or so feet on final into [runway] 8L when I noticed a large white drone aircraft off to our lower left side moving west bound approximately 500 ft. Below us. The best ground reference I could make was the large manufacturing warehouse with the 'bj's' logo painted on the roof. It was white and had four props. I notified ATC of such which they passed on pilot reports and relayed into the ATIS. After landing; tower requested a phone call for follow up. The [airliner] two aircraft back also saw the drone circling an apartment complex. I called ATC at the gate in which they took down basic information and asked if we took evasive action; which we had not. The event was caused by an individual or individuals illegally operating a uas within 5nm of an airfield. I might suggest some guidance in a memo or cfm/fom procedure on operations in these circumstances as drone encounters are becoming more and more frequent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain reported encountering a drone while on approach to ATL.

Narrative: I was Pilot Monitoring on our way into ATL. We were approximately at 1;500 or so feet on final into [Runway] 8L when I noticed a large white drone aircraft off to our lower left side moving west bound approximately 500 ft. below us. The best ground reference I could make was the large manufacturing warehouse with the 'BJ's' logo painted on the roof. It was white and had four props. I notified ATC of such which they passed on pilot reports and relayed into the ATIS. After landing; Tower requested a phone call for follow up. The [airliner] two aircraft back also saw the drone circling an apartment complex. I called ATC at the gate in which they took down basic information and asked if we took evasive action; which we had not. The event was caused by an individual or individuals illegally operating a UAS within 5nm of an airfield. I might suggest some guidance in a memo or CFM/FOM procedure on operations in these circumstances as drone encounters are becoming more and more frequent.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1684213
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict