Date:

March, 5, 1969

Location:

pacific ocean, Armed F. Pacific, United States

Summary:

I was aboard a destroyer in the southern pacific with a hunter killer group tracking what we thought was a russian sub doing about 24 knots underwater for 22 hours when all of a sudden the craft excelerated to 40 or so knots for about ten minutes then flew out of the water /stood motionless above the water for about 5 minutes and took off in a westerly direction. I saw the object with a pair of binoculers hovering above the water.I was in a gun mount with about three other men when we heard commotion on deck. Our guns etc was trained on the object but i opened the hatch and peered out with the eyeglass and saw helicopters and jets circling above this object. It was facinating to see this object just hovering as if it did not have a care in the world!As a helicopter got closer it took off in a westerly direction. Much photos were taken but where are they??Not long after /maybe 15 minutes or so another craft or maybe the same one? came down about 600 yards from us on our starboard side and paraleled us for about 1/2 hour as another destroyer tried to get up close to it from behind.We were doing about 30/32 knots. again our carriers scrambled thier jets and choppers. I know many photos were taken. I was reprimanded for opening our gun door and peering out but under the circumstances everyone understood. This was not the only time this happened while on a. s. w. duty in the pacific.

Date Reported:

1/24/2006 9:00:43 AM

Sighting Time: 

5:30 am

Day/Night: 

Dawn

No. of Witnesses: 

many

Duration: 

45 minutes total

Description of Area / Surroundings South Pacific ocean hundred or so miles from land. Full Description & Details The object was oval shape and about 35 ft long. It appeared to glow as if it had a halo encircling it. Maybe lights around the middle could,nt really make that out /remember i was 19 years old and a long time ago.It hovered about 50 ft above the water. Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object? No! I was trained to tell what is real,airplanes, ships,subs,balloons.I was trained to zero in on obects at night,dawn, dusk, anytime.I could tell you what type of aircraft from any country.What type vessel from anywhere in this world.We all know what we saw and we were told to keep it quiet!!. Views on UFOs, before and after sighting I never thought about it till i saw my first one in the navy. Since then i have seen at least 4 in my lifetime. Two in the service and two as a civilian. Reported Sighting?  No

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