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SUBJECT: MARITIME AERIAL PHENOMENA FILE: UFO2608
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MARITIME AERIAL PHENOMENA. (From "Just Cause". December 1992.)
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(Just Cause, Copyright 1992 by Citizens Against UFO Secrecy, PO Box 218,
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Coventry, CT 06238, published bi-monthly with a subscription rate of
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$15/yr.)
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Spot checks of a government marine publication have revealed interesting
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reports of strange aerial manifestations that have largely been overlooked.
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"Notice to Mariners" is a long-time weekly of the U.S. Hydrographic Office,
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published since the 1800s. The bulk of each number is devoted to reports of
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lighthouse positions and schedules, hazard reports, chart revisions; etc.
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Beginning in the late 1950s reports of "Celestial Phenomenon" crept into
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various issues and continued fairly regularly into the mid-1960s. The reports
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were extracted from ships' logs, much the same way as those appearing in a
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similar British serial, "The Marine Observer."
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From "Notice to Mariners," March 9, 1963
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Celestial Phenomenon - North Atlantic.
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Second Officer H. Rathsack of the American S.S. Overseas
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Rebecca, Capt. D.N. Dibble, Master, reported the following: At
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0600 G.M.T. December 1, 1962, in lat. 36 degrees 27' N., long. 7
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degrees 26' W. on passage from Bordeaux to Tripoli, a mysterious
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object was observed. It was first observed bearing 130 degrees
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altitude 20 degrees and appeared to be a comet with its tail
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almost reaching the horizon. Later it appeared more like an
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atomic mushroom. It was visible about 40 minutes and faded away
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with the sunrise. Barometer 1022.4 millibars, air temperature
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14.4 degrees C., sea temperature 19.4 degrees C.
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From Notice to Mariners," October 28, 1961
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Celestial Phenomenon - North Pacific.
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Second Officer William C. Ash of the American S.S. Iberville,
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Capt. M.O. Vinson, Master, reported the following: "At 1700
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G.M.T. on September 21, 1961, while in lat. 31 degrees 30' N.,
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long. 175 degrees 30' E., a few minutes before morning twilight,
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a white opaque mass about twice the size of a full moon appeared
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in the northwest at an elevation of about 20 degrees. It
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continued to climb toward the zenith and at about an elevation
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of 40 degrees the mass opened gradually to appear as a huge halo
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with a satellite in the center having very nearly the brightness
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of a first magnitude star. By the time it reached the zenith it
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had more than doubled in size reaching its maximum at the zenith
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and then diminishing as it proceeded to the southeast. As it
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diminished it continued to decrease in size but did not appear
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to shrink into a corona as it had appeared but rather faded out
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completely at an elevation of approximately 20 degrees. The
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entire mass was in view for approximately 8 to 10 minutes."
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Weather partly cloudy, wind NW force 2, slight sea and small NW
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swell, temperatures: dry 74 degrees F., wet 67 degrees F., sea
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79 degrees F.
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From "Notice to Mariners," May 11, 1963.
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Celestial Phenomenon - North Pacific.
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Junior Second Officer B. Gronberg of the Swedish M.V. Kungsholm,
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Capt. H. Solje, Master, reported the following: At 0500 G.M.T.
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April 4, 1963, in lat. 31 degrees 30' N., long. 128 degrees 53'
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W., on passage from Honolulu to Los Angeles, the following was
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observed: A white cloud more intensive than the surrounding
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clouds was seen. A few seconds later the cloud transformed into
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several concentric rings which become larger and larger similar
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to the rings formed when a stone is dropped into smooth water.
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In the center of the inner ring 6 or 7 bright white dots similar
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to bright stars were seen. The phenomenon was bearing 315
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degrees altitude 45 degrees and was moving westward very
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rapidly. After about 3 minutes the dots separated into two
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groups, one group proceeded as before and the other group turned
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to the right and disappeared. The phenomenon lasted about 7
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minutes. Weather partly cloudy with good visibility, wind NE
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force 1, temperatures: dry 20.0 degrees C., wet 16.8 degrees C.
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