Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It was round the colour of the moon, but with a black ring around it

Size of Object(s)

Arm stretched out i wood say 2 inches across

Description of Area / Surroundings

Nothing but open sea Horizon to horizon

Full Description & Details

my name isRobert Walter Forrester i was a cabin boy on the shackleton one eveing on the starbard the bow and was traveling aft at a very fast pace towards the horizon just befor it droped out of site it fboat deck drinking tea with H Dangerfield looking up at the stars when this object flew over from lip in a u turn in a blink of a eye and race across the sky on a diffent course this all happend in seconds.Harry ran below to tell the other scientist,s what he had seen telling them he had just seen a flying saucer. they fell about laughing like that potato mash advert. so what chance did i have being a cabin boy, to this day i have not forgotten what i seen.yours sincerly R W Forrester

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Nothing could travel that fast and do a u turn it was a beautiful starlit night

Witness Background

Left the sea befor my eighteen birthday got a job as a apprentis boilermaker in ship repair Smiths docks N/Shields N/E OF ENGLAND went back to sea when i was 25 but it wasnot the same when you are married, went back to ship building and ship repair ,ran a second jop as a taxi driver

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I NEW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT U F Os but i belived ever since that night

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