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SUBJECT: MILITARY UFO WITNESSES FILE: UFO2035
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>> The question is often asked, why don't more military UFO
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witnesses come forward publicly, and provide names, dates
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and places? Surely they aren't REALLY intimidated by such
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empty threats as JANAP 146-E, which provides for hefty fines
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and jail sentences for breaking silence on a military UFO
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sighting. Surely they realize the scien- tific import of
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their sighting transcends any nationalist or mili- tary
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considerations. If more military witnesses don't come forth
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publicly, isn't it possible that there aren't really as many
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as hardcore ufologists would have us believe? Its a question
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I've often asked myself.
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ParaNet is deeply indebted to, and a little honored by, user Bill
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Cooper of Fullerton, California, for this, the first known report
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of a multiple military witness sighting that occurred onboard the
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submarine USS Tiru in 1966.
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--Jim Speiser
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In 1966 during the month of the Rose Festival in the Pacific
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Northwest United States, the USS Tiru SS-416 left Pearl
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Harbor bound for Seattle Washington. The sub moored to a
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civilian pier near the downtown Seattle area and thousands
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of people toured the sub during its stay in Seattle. After
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its duty as "showboat" it proceeded to a back bay area
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where it underwent torpedo trials. I believe the area was
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called dabob bay [pronounced day-bob] but I am not sure of
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the spelling. I include the above information because it
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should be easy to research. During the cruise from Pearl
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to Seattle five of the crew had a very unusual experience.
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During one late afternoon the sub was cruising on the
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surface at approx. 10 knots when the port lookout reported
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a strange contact at a range of 2 miles bearing 315 degrees
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relative. The lookout refused to tell the OOD what it was
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that he had seen and instead insisted that the starboard
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lookout and the OOD both look at that area. The three men
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looked through their binoculars toward the area reported
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and were astounded to see a metal craft larger than a
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football field tumble from the clouds into the ocean. It
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actually tumbled end over end and when it hit the water and
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sank beneath the ocean huge geysers of water rose into the
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air. When the port lookout was sure that the others had
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seen it he then told the OOD that he had seen it tumble
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from the ocean up into the clouds. The OOD and the
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starboard lookout were speechless. Within a few minutes,
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however, they all became excited when it again rose from
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the water and tumbled up into the cloud layer. At about
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the same time a crew member below queried the bridge about
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a radar contact at the same range and bearing. Sonar also
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reported strange echos. The OOD called for the Captain to
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come to the bridge at that time. He also called for the
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camera to be sent to the bridge. The Captain arrived on
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the bridge within 2 minutes and the Chief Quartermaster was
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right behind him with the camera. At about the same time
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the object emerged from the clouds and fell down into the
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ocean. All five men witnessed this. The QMC took pictures
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as it rose up into the clouds and then back down into the
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ocean once again. The five men watched for quite a while
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longer but nothing else happened. Soon the sub had moved
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out of visual range and the Captain told all witnesses that
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they were never to discuss what they had seen with anyone
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under any circumstances. He stated that the incident was
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classified information. The Captain then went below and
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sent a radio msg. There was no doubt as to what we had
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seen. It was a metal craft with machinery on and around
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the outside of it. It appeared to have windows or lenses
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placed around its perimeter. It made no noise that we
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could hear. It did not disturb the subs electrical systems
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nor did it affect the gyro compass. It looked very much
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like a round flying "ship" as in sea going ship. It had
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the shape and form of a saucer with a bowl inverted in the
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saucer and it was huge. I will never forget it as long as
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I live. When I first saw this craft I believe that my heart
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literally stopped beating and I was terrified. The name of
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the OOD was Ensign Ball. The starboard lookout was an
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American Indian seaman that the crew called Geronimo. The
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port lookout was a new man who left the sub soon after the
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return to Pearl Harbor and his name was Cooper. I do not
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remember the Captain's name nor the Chief Quartermaster's
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name. This is the first time I have ever mentioned it
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since the moment that the Captain told me that it was
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classified. As far as I know it has never been reported to
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the public before this instant. It should be easy to
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verify the facts if you can get a copy of the log and/or
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contact the other witnesses. The names should not be too
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hard to find in the ships records/logs. I was the port
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lookout. I must say that I feel a great uneasyness in
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posting this, much like the way I felt in Vietnam when my
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life was in great danger.
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