Project Blue Book Mariana UFO Incident PDF

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EPT. 1950 OFF THE COAST OF KOREA (LORENZEN P 19) 6 WITNESSES00

VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, THREE FIGHTER-BOMBERS TOOK OFF FROM THE 01

LIGHT-DECK OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER. THE SUN HADN-T RISEN AND THERE WAS A 02

ITE IN THE AIR. TWO MEN -- A PILOT AND A RADAR GUNNER -- OCCUPIED EACH OF 03

THREE PLANES ASSIGNED TO A ROUTINE MISSION, BOMBING AND STRAFING A TRUCK 04

ONVOY THAT COMBAT INTELLIGENCE EXPECTED TO BE WINDING ALONG THE FLOOR OF A 05

CALLEY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES FROM THE YALU RIVER. THE TAKEOFF WAS ROUTINE, AS06

WAS THE FLIGHT TO THE TARGET AREA. AT ABOUT 7 A.M., JUST AS THE SUN WAS 07

BREAKING ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS IN THE EAST, THE AIRCRAFT WERE PROCEEDING NORTH, 08

TEN THOUSAND FEET ABOVE. THE VALLEY FLOOR. RADAR OBSERVERS HAD THEIR EYES 09

PEELED FOR THE TARGET.

*I WAS WATCHING THE GROUND BELOW FOR THE CONVOY,* REPORTED *AND I11 WAS STARTLED TO SEE TWO LARGE CIRCULAR SHADOWS COMING ALONG THE GROUND FROM 12 NORTHWEST AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WE WERE FLYING NORTH ABOVE A VALLEY WHICH 13 WAS SURROUNDED ON THE EAST AND WEST BY MOUNTAINS, WITH A PASS DIRECTLY AHEAD 14 OF US TO THE NORTH. WHEN I SAW THE SHADOWS I LOOKED UP AND SAW THE OBJECTS 15 WHICH WERE CAUSING THEM. THEY WERE HUGE. I KNEW THAT AS SOON AS I LOOKED AT 16 MY RADAR SCREEN. THEY WERE ALSO GOING AT A GOOD CLIP -- ABOUT 1000 OR 1200 17 MILES PER HOUR. MY RADAR DISPLAY INDICATED ONE AND A HALF MILES BETWEEN THE 18

OBJECTS AND OUR PLANES WHEN THE OBJECTS SUDDENLY SEEMED TO HALT. BACK UP AND BEGIN A JITTERING. OR FIBRILLATING MOTION. MY FIRST REACTION. OF COURSE, WAS TO SHOOT. I READIED MY GUNS. WHICH AUTOMATICALLY READIED THE GUN CAMERAS. WHEN I READIED THE GUNS. HOWEVER, THE RADAR WENT HAYWIRE. THE SCREEN BLOOMED AND BECAME VERY BRIGHT. I TRIED TO REDUCE THE BRIGHTNESS BY TURNING DOWN THE SENSITIVITY. BUT THIS HAD NO EFFECT. I REALIZED MY RADAR HAD BEEN JAMMED AND WAS USELESS. I THEN CALLED THE CARRIER USING THE CODE NAME. I SAID THE CODE NAME TWICE. AND MY RECEIVER WAS OUT -- BLOCKED BY A STRANGE BUZZING NOISE. I TRIED TWO OTHER FREQUENCIES, BUT COULDN'T GET THROUGH. EACH TIME I SWITCHED FREQUENCIES THE BAND WAS CLEAR FOR A MOMENT. THEN THE BUZZING BEGAN.

*WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON THE OBJECTS WERE STILL JITTERING OUT THERE AHEAD OF US, MAINTAINING OUR SPEED. ABOUT THE TIME I GAVE UP TRYING TO RADIO THE CARRIER, THE THINGS BEGAN MANEUVERING AROUND OUR PLANES, CIRCLING AROVE AND BELOW. I GOT A GOOD LOOK AT THEM. I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THEM BEFORE, AND I LEARNED AFTER WE REACHED OUR CARRIER THAT THE OTHER MEN IN THAT FLIGHT HAD THE SAME OPINION. THEY WERE HUGE. BEFORE MY RADAR SET WAS PUT OUT OF COMMISSION, I USED THE INDICATED RANGE PLUS POINTS OF REFERENCE ON THE CANOPY TO DETERMINE THEIR SIZE. THEY WERE AT LEAST 600 OR POSSIBLY 700 FEET IN DIAMETER.

*THE OBJECTS HAD A **SILVERED MIRROR** APPEARANCE, WITH A REDDISH GLOW SURROUNDING THEM. THEY WERE SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A COOLIE-S HAT. WITH OBLONG PORTS FROM WHICH EMANATED A COPPER-GREEN COLORED LIGHT WHICH GRADUALLY SHIFTED TO PALE PASTEL-COLORED LIGHTS AND BACK TO THE COPPER-GREEN AGAIN. ABOVE THE PORTS WAS A SHIMMERING RED RING WHICH ENCIRCLED THE TOP PORTION.

*WHEN THE THINGS MANEUVERED ABOVE US. WE SAW THE BOTTOMS OF THEM. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNDERSIDE WAS A CIRCULAR AREA, COAL BLACK AND NON-REFLECTIVE. IT WAS SIMPLY INKY BLACK. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE WHOLE OBJECT **JITTERED** WHILE MANEUVERING. THE BLACK CIRCULAR PORTION ON THE BOTTOM WAS STEADY AND SHOWED NO INDICATION OF MOVEMENT.**

WHEN THE OBJECTS SEEMINGLY FINISHED THEIR INSPECTION OF THE NAVY PLANES, THEY TOOK OFF IN THE SAME DIRECTION FROM WHICH THEY HAD COME. AND DISAPPEARED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.