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- >> The question is often asked, why don't more military UFO
- witnesses come forward publicly, and provide names, dates
- and places? Surely they aren't REALLY intimidated by such
- empty threats as JANAP 146-E, which provides for hefty fines
- and jail sentences for breaking silence on a military UFO
- sighting. Surely they realize the scien- tific import of
- their sighting transcends any nationalist or mili- tary
- considerations. If more military witnesses don't come forth
- publicly, isn't it possible that there aren't really as many
- as hardcore ufologists would have us believe? Its a question
- I've often asked myself.
-
- ParaNet is deeply indebted to, and a little honored by, user Bill
- Cooper of Fullerton, California, for this, the first known report
- of a multiple military witness sighting that occurred onboard the
- submarine USS Tiru in 1966.
- --Jim Speiser
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- In 1966 during the month of the Rose Festival in the Pacific
- Northwest United States, the USS Tiru SS-416 left Pearl
- Harbor bound for Seattle Washington. The sub moored to a
- civilian pier near the downtown Seattle area and thousands
- of people toured the sub during its stay in Seattle. After
- its duty as "showboat" it proceeded to a back bay area
- where it underwent torpedo trials. I believe the area was
- called dabob bay [pronounced day-bob] but I am not sure of
- the spelling. I include the above information because it
- should be easy to research. During the cruise from Pearl
- to Seattle five of the crew had a very unusual experience.
- During one late afternoon the sub was cruising on the
- surface at approx. 10 knots when the port lookout reported
- a strange contact at a range of 2 miles bearing 315 degrees
- relative. The lookout refused to tell the OOD what it was
- that he had seen and instead insisted that the starboard
- lookout and the OOD both look at that area. The three men
- looked through their binoculars toward the area reported
- and were astounded to see a metal craft larger than a
- football field tumble from the clouds into the ocean. It
- actually tumbled end over end and when it hit the water and
- sank beneath the ocean huge geysers of water rose into the
- air. When the port lookout was sure that the others had
- seen it he then told the OOD that he had seen it tumble
- from the ocean up into the clouds. The OOD and the
- starboard lookout were speechless. Within a few minutes,
- however, they all became excited when it again rose from
- the water and tumbled up into the cloud layer. At about
- the same time a crew member below queried the bridge about
- a radar contact at the same range and bearing. Sonar also
- reported strange echos. The OOD called for the Captain to
- come to the bridge at that time. He also called for the
- camera to be sent to the bridge. The Captain arrived on
- the bridge within 2 minutes and the Chief Quartermaster was
- right behind him with the camera. At about the same time
- the object emerged from the clouds and fell down into the
- ocean. All five men witnessed this. The QMC took pictures
- as it rose up into the clouds and then back down into the
- ocean once again. The five men watched for quite a while
- longer but nothing else happened. Soon the sub had moved
- out of visual range and the Captain told all witnesses that
- they were never to discuss what they had seen with anyone
- under any circumstances. He stated that the incident was
- classified information. The Captain then went below and
- sent a radio msg. There was no doubt as to what we had
- seen. It was a metal craft with machinery on and around
- the outside of it. It appeared to have windows or lenses
- placed around its perimeter. It made no noise that we
- could hear. It did not disturb the subs electrical systems
- nor did it affect the gyro compass. It looked very much
- like a round flying "ship" as in sea going ship. It had
- the shape and form of a saucer with a bowl inverted in the
- saucer and it was huge. I will never forget it as long as
- I live. When I first saw this craft I believe that my heart
- literally stopped beating and I was terrified. The name of
- the OOD was Ensign Ball. The starboard lookout was an
- American Indian seaman that the crew called Geronimo. The
- port lookout was a new man who left the sub soon after the
- return to Pearl Harbor and his name was Cooper. I do not
- remember the Captain's name nor the Chief Quartermaster's
- name. This is the first time I have ever mentioned it
- since the moment that the Captain told me that it was
- classified. As far as I know it has never been reported to
- the public before this instant. It should be easy to
- verify the facts if you can get a copy of the log and/or
- contact the other witnesses. The names should not be too
- hard to find in the ships records/logs. I was the port
- lookout. I must say that I feel a great uneasyness in
- posting this, much like the way I felt in Vietnam when my
- life was in great danger.
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