| ID | #1573733260 |
| Added | Thu, 14/11/2019 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Soldier talks about seeing UFOs in Vietnam.
Caught up in the war around them, American soldiers stationed in South Vietnam in June 1966 rarely had reason to speculate about UFOs -- at least, until then, until there was a little-known incident with a UFO.
The incident in Nha Trang, if you will get detailed documentation, can become "classic" for UFOs, said one of the NICAP investigators familiar with the case. Presumably, this occurred during one of the most active periods of the Vietnam conflict, and for obvious reasons at the time, received little publicity. However, now that American involvement in the war ended, begin to emerge numerous incidents related to the war. One of them includes stunning UFO sighting witnessed were thousands of soldiers stationed at that time in Vietnam.
The NICAP investigator Raymond Fowler conducted an initial investigation into the monitoring and was able to contact an eyewitness to the events.
Nha Trang during the incident reported, was heavily defended base in South Vietnam located along the coastline. He has served as a base for more than 40,000 troops, including 2000 American soldiers. The base was located in the valley with warehouses and a runway in the East area the fuel storage and the hills in the West, and docks and storage facilities located in the South along the China sea.
According to the witness, that evening worked eight bulldozers that cut the roads around "Hawk", located less than half a mile to the West of the American complex. In another part of the base on the airstrip located less than a mile to the East, was heated two aircraft. At the same time, the tanker "shell oil" was anchored in the Bay about a mile to the South-West.
The witness, a soldier with the rank of specialist, about 8 o'clock in the evening gathered undetermined number of fellow soldiers in the open area of the base, to watch a movie under the open sky.
According to the witness, it has become possible only recently thanks to the emergence and installation of six new self-contained diesel generators of 100 kW with independent control. One of these generators was set up in front of the complex, where there were soldiers, and were used to power the movie projector. According to the witness, this film has been in process for some time when suddenly, at about 21:45, the sky to the North lit up! The soldiers looked up and saw what at first seemed to be a flare exploding above a ridge to the North.
"At first we thought it was the flash that goes off all the time, and then we found out that this is not so," says the letter from the witness mailed home a few days later. "He came from the North and was moving from very slow to very fast ... Some of the pilots of fighter jets who were here said it was about 25,000 feet altitude ... then started to panic. He fell right to us and stopped at an altitude of about 300-500 feet. It made this little valley and the mountains around like the middle of the day - it covered everything. "
When it went up, after about 2-3 seconds he got up and disappeared completely from sight. All were still talking about it."
The case probably would attract attention neither NICAP nor the officials from Washington that reportedly visited the base the next day. But the letter and testimony about the incident continued:
"All truly shocked that he stopped and maybe not stopped, but anyway our generator stopped and everything went black. At the air base about a half mile from here all generators stopped. The engines on two planes that were ready to take off on the runway, stopped, and there was no car, no truck, no plane, nor anything that could work for about four minutes. In addition, according to the witness, eight bulldozers working on nearby hills also ceased to work.
This afternoon a plane with a big "smskami" from Washington arrived to investigate. I swear, if someone says that they saw little green men, I'm not going to argue with them".
The problem is compounded by the fact that the witness could not remember anything except names of those with whom he served in Nha Trang. Extraordinary interest to NICAP and, apparently, equal to the interest of the people from Washington is associated with an EM effect was reported to be caused by strange UFOs.
The fact that diesel and petrol engines are scattered throughout the base stopped working at the same time and remained inoperative for more than four minutes, gives this event a mystery.
One can only speculate what would have happened if they had experienced in the air.
Currently, NICAP is attempting to contact the relevant officials of the army, to learn the names of other soldiers or officers who could be witnesses to this event. NICAP also trying to determine whether officials from Washington visited Nha Trang the next day to investigate this observation.
Translated by «Yandex.Translator»
Original news
Soldier Relates 1966 sighting, VIETNAM UFO INCIDENT UNCOVERED.
Caught up in the war around them, American GIs stationed in South Vietnam in June 1966 rarely had reason to speculate about UFOs — at least until the little-known Nha Trang UFO incident took place.
The Nha Trang incident if thorough documentation can be obtained, could become a UFO “classic” according to one NICAP investigator familiar with the case. The sighting allegedly occurred during one of the most active periods of the Vietnam conflict, and understandably received little publicity at the time. Now, however, with American participation in the war concluded, numerous war-related incidents are beginning to emerge. One of these involves a startling UFO sighting witnessed by possibly thousands of soldiers stationed in Vietnam at the time.
NICAP investigator Raymond Fowler conducted an initial investigation into the sighting and was able to contact an eyewitness to the event.
Nha Trang , at the time of the reported incident, was a heavily defended base in South Vietnam located along the coastline. It served as the home base for more than 40,000 troops, including 2,000 American GIs. The base was situated in a valley, with warehouses and an airstrip to the east, a fuel storage area and hills to the west, and docks and storage facilities located to the south along the China Sea. According to the witness, eight bulldozers were operating that night cutting roads around “Hawk Hill,” located less than one-half mile to the west of the American compound. On another part of the base, two “sky-Raider” prop-driven aircraft were warming up on the airstrip located less than a mile to the east. At the same time, a Shell Oil tanker lay anchored in the bay about a mile to the southwest.
The witness, an enlisted soldier holding the rank of Specialist 5, had gathered with an undetermined number of fellow soldiers around 8 p.m. in an open area of the base to watch an outdoor movie.
Outdoor films had become possible only recently, according to the witness, thanks to the arrival and installation of six, new, independently-operated, 100 KW diesel-powered generators. One of these generators had been installed near the compound where the soldiers were seated and was being used to supply power for the movie projector. The film had been underway for some time, according to the witness’s account, when suddenly, at approximately 9:45 p.m., the sky to the north lit up! The GIs glanced up and saw what at first appeared to be a flare exploding above a ridge to the north.
“At first we thought it was a flare which are going off all the time and then we found that it wasn’t” recounts a letter from the witness mailed home a few days later. “It came from the north and was moving from real slow to real fast…Some of the jet fighter pilots which were here…said it looked to be about 25,000 feet (in altitude)… then the panic broke loose. It dropped right towards us and stopped dead still about 300 to 500 feet up. It made this little valley and the mountains around look like it was the middle of the day; it lit up everything. “Then it went up and I mean up. It went straight up and completely out of sight in about 2-3 seconds. Everybody is still talking about it.” Had the soldier’s letter or his recent account of the incident stopped there, the case would probably not have come to the attention of either NICAP or the officials from Washington that reportedly visited the base the next day. But the letter and the witness’s account of the incident continues:
“That really shook everyone is that it stopped, or maybe it didn’t, but anyway our generator stopped and everything was black. At the Air Force Base about one half mile from here all generators stopped.The engines on two planes that were the runway ready to take off stopped, and there wasn’t a car, truck, plane or anything that ran for about four minutes.” In addition, the eight bulldozers working on nearby hills also ceased operating according to the witness.
“A whole plane load of big shots from Washington got here this afternoon to investigate. It’s on the radio over here. Is it at home? I swear if somebody says they saw a little green man I won’t argue with them.” “Little green man” or not, the case could prove to be highly significant, despite the current lack of additional information. Compounding this problem is the witness’s inability to recall anything more than the nicknames of those he was serving with at Nha Trang. Of extreme interest to NICAP, and apparently of equal interest to the “big shots” from Washington,” was the associated EM effects reportedly caused by the strange UFO.
The fact that diesel and gasoline engines scattered throughout the base all ceased to operate at the same time and remained inoperative for more than four minutes provides added mystery to the event. Included in the list of engines that ceased running at the time of the sighting, according to the witness, were those of the two “Sky Raiders” warming up on the nearby runway. One can only speculate what might have happened had they suffered a power loss while airborne. NICAP is currently attempting to contact appropriate Army officials in an effort to obtain the names of other enlisted or officer personnel who might have witnessed the event. NICAP is also seeking to determine whether officials from Washington did in fact visit Nha Trang the next day to investigate the sighting.
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