NUFORC UFO Sighting 548
Occurred: 1995-06-09 02:40 Local
Reported: 1995-06-13 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute


Location: Pacific Ocean, , Pacific Ocean

Shape:


Intl. airliner crew at 37k' witness brilliantly bright, yellow obj. streak ahead of them on L side. Over E horizon in 1 min.. Excellent report.

Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 147897
Occurred: 1988-05-16 17:45 Local
Reported: 2019-07-29 16:13 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacific Ocean, WA, lat 2 deg 48 min N 124 deg W

Shape: Sphere


what are those two 5-6 ft spheres floating on the water ?

I had retired from marine construction in the US and on my way to circumnavigate the world in my 34 ft sailboat. I had one 24 yr old female crew person who also acted as cook.

About dusk we observed 2 spheres about 5-6 ft in diameter floating on the water at approx. 75 yards from us. They seemed to be tethered together and appeared to be metal. I am now 74 years old and am very interested in UFOs and ancient aliens. I wish I had stopped and checked them out but it was getting dark and to tell the truth I was a little leery---sorry----I certainly regret it now---

Posted 2019-08-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 48018
Occurred: 1971-02-01 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-12-02 00:37 Pacific
Duration: one minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Pacific Ocean, , Pacific Ocean

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was in the navy in 1971 on a recovery mission aboard the uss new orleans LPH 11 we recovered apollo 14 the apollo space craft was aboard at this time.

I alway like going on the flight deck at night to look at the stars.

After the recovery was done I did so thats when I saw a shooting star accept shooting dont stop hover over the ship and change direction.

Years later the astronauts admitted a ufo followed them from the moon for me it proved I was not see thing. But I never reported to the officers on board and never talk about but wanted to. The commander aboard apollo 14 was Edgar Mitchell check it out.






NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 163458
Occurred: 1968-08-16 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2021-05-24 16:05 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: OFallon, IL, Pacific Ocean

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Circular Green light rose vertically from ocean to 30-40K ft, then accelerated out of sight horiztonally

I sighted an Unidentified Flying Object in the summer (Aug/Sep) of 1968 in the Pacific Ocean.

At the time, I was a Captain and a highly qualified Navigator (5,000+ hours flying time) with the US Air Force, and was flying a C-124 Globemaster aircraft from Bucholz Army Airfield located on Kwajalein Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands to Hickam Air Force Base at Honolulu, Hawaii. I flew the route periodically and had never encountered any other aircraft traffic on that route. As far as I knew, only the Military Airlift Command wing at Hickam Wing and their C-124s were the only aircraft the ever flew in this part of the world – and the purpose of our missions was to ferry supplies and a few passengers between Hawaii, Johnston Island, Kwajalein, & Eniwetok.

Circumstances at time of sighting: Location: 16N – 176W (approximate) Date: August 16, 1968 (approximate) Time: Approx. 0800 GMT (Local time – 2100) Altitude: 9,000 feet Airspeed: 200 Knots Heading: Approx. 060 degrees, true Weather: Clear – Unlimited visibility – Dark – Moon: Waxing Gibbous – overhead, slightly behind aircraft Lights: None on Ocean Surface – only nav lights on aircraft – using red light in cockpit I was between required fixes, and was sitting in the co-pilot seat in the cockpit (co-pilot was in the bunk). Cockpit instrument lights were configured red for night flying.

I spotted a light green glow on the ocean in front of us (relative heading 30 degrees). Due to lack of fixed objects outside the aircraft, would estimate the spot was 3-4 miles in front of us. I pointed the object out to the Aircraft Commander (Maj. Hal Walthal) and between us we speculated what it might be. It looked like the glow was under the ocean surface and appeared several 100 feet in diameter, although there was no way to know for sure, as there were no outside references and we were at 9,000 feet.

We speculated we might be looking at “maybe” a missile equipped submarine with a door open and that was what was emitting the light. We talked about the French testing nuclear weapons in French Polynesia, but knew that was about 5,000 miles south of us. We recheck NOTAMs and there was nothing mentioned there.

As we came closer (perhaps the spot was 1 mile away at our 2:30 position, the light began rising vertically. We picked up nothing on our weather radar (APS-42), and the green light continued to rise vertically - perhaps at 10,000 ft/min rate of climb until it was “far” above us (perhaps 30,000-40,000 feet) at which time the object literally performed an immediate, sharp. 90-degree turn to seeming level flight and headed in an Easterly direction. It was still glowing green and its lateral acceleration was unbelievable – perhaps 1,000’s of miles an hour, and almost immediately disappeared into the distance. We knew the laws of physics would not permit any known vehicle to physically turn 90-degrees like that, nor accelerate to that speed that quickly.

As the UFO disappeared to the East, we discussed whether it might be a threat to the United States, even though the US coast was 3,000-4,000 miles away. We pulled our instructions for filing a CIRVIS (Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) report, but as we composed the report, we speculated that whatever the UFO was, if its intent was to do damage to the US, it would likely be there and carry out its intended damage long before anyone received our report. By now, we had the whole crew involved discussing our sighting. Several of us “knew of” people who had formally reported UFOs in the past, and knew they had spent years answering bizarre questions and being hounded by “investigators”. We speculated that formally reporting our sighting might wind up being a career-impacting event, and most of us were career-minded people.

So … we ultimately chose not to file the CIRVIS report and let the event “slide by”. For the next several hours we tuned our HF radios to stations where we thought we might hear news if something or someone attacked the US. It was a great personal relief that nothing “weird” happened or was sighted in the US. Some of us mentioned the event to our friends over the years, but to my knowledge, no one ever filed an official report.



Posted 2021-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 137837
Occurred: 1966-01-15 00:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2017-12-17 13:41 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes+-
No of observers: 8

Location: Pacific Ocean, , Pacific Ocean

Shape: Unknown


Five UFOs sighted by a U.S. Navy destroyer in 1966 execute a 90 degree turn and speed off at what was considered light speed.

In mid January (15-20,)*, 1966, while enroute to Guam aboard the U.S.S. Wedderburn (DD-684), I was the Quartermaster of the Watch (QMOW)(Asst. Navigator) on the midwatch (0000-0400) Midnight to 4AM. I was using my 7 X 50 binoculars scanning the clear sky and enjoying the “dome effect.” We were on Independent Steaming heading for Guam as part of our WestPac assignment. I initially sighted a formation of five white lights in a vee formation at 90 degrees overhead. Our course was approximately 250 degrees. The formation was very high at satellite level approximately. I “chewed out” the lookouts above me for not reporting them. I contacted CIC (combat-information center) to see what they had on radar. These objects were moving slowly heading in the same direction towards Guam so I assumed maybe it was flight of aircraft. I immediately logged in the sighting in the ship’s log, standard procedure. At this point CIC contacted Guam Air force base to see what aircraft they had coming in, standard Navy procedure. By now, one to three minutes had passed both Officer of the Deck (OOD) and the Junior OOD were observing the objects along with the Boatswain’s Mate of the watch (BMOW) and the two lookouts. Guam radioed back that they had no aircraft returning and to check with Tachikawa Air Force base in Japan to see what they had in the area. They in turn suggested we contact British radar in Hong Kong to see who might be in the area. All the responses were negative, at least five minutes had passed. (We were in a flurry of activity). As we observed this formation it suddenly conducted a 90 degree turn, without hesitation and literally “took off’ they disappeared in a blur! I was calling out, “Dead reckoning” to establish where they might have gone. We all lowered our binoculars slowly and looked at each other. I asked the OOD, who at that time was the Operations Officer and a very serious individual, “What was that speed Sir, Mach 25, 30, light speed?” My next question was how was I to log that in officially? He looked at us and stated: “Gentlemen, I believe we would call those UFOs” then he looked at me “Quartermaster log it as we saw it.” So in the ship’s log, I stated that the five objects in a vee formation executed a 90 degree turn without hesitation heading South at an extremely high speed, Mach speed unknown. Witnesses consisted of the two officers, two lookouts the BMOW, the messenger of the watch, our sound-phone man and myself.

I stated “satellite level” due to the fact we were aware of the “Echo” satellite at that time and we knew where and when it would be over us. We often used it as ruse while training officers in using a sextant, claiming it was an “important fast moving star” vital to our position. Satellites never change course. That ship’s log disappeared. I know this because I was in charge of storing logs that were filled and I wanted to keep that particular page for myself as evidence. So when I went to the storage area on the ship to retrieve the log it was gone, someone had “removed” it.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD


Posted 2017-12-21