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UFO. United States

ID #1600184145
Added Tue, 15/09/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
15.07.1972 13:00
Location: 
Кекаха, HI
United States

The witness was enrolled in a Catholic school on The kekah shore, and it was reported that there were several humpback whales spewing water near the buoy. 

Watching from the shore, he noticed a flashing light to the West of his location on the beach near the naval base at Barking Sands. He watched the flashing lights until they disappeared. 

Later, his father arrived from the base, and a witness asked what happened at the base. He then told him that the incident was classified, but in the end the witness was able to get some information from his father. 

He was told that a UFO broke into the airspace near Barking Sands without warning. They were asked to identify themselves, but there was no response. 

Immediately 3 F-14 Tomcats were sent to intercept the object, the plane was able to surround the object and drop it into the sea. The UFO was dropped into a channel between two Islands, where it remained for several days.

 Soon a Soviet rescue ship appeared nearby, performing a rescue operation. The United States then warned the Soviets that they were violating United States territory and asked them to leave immediately. Neither side was able to recover the UFO due to the depth of the channel. 

As far as the witness knows, the case is still classified, and the object remains at the bottom of the canal to this day.

Original news

Location. Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
Date: July 15 1972
Time: 1300
The witness was enrolled in a catholic school on the shoreline of Kekaha and it was reported that there were a few Humpback whales spewing water outside near the buoy. While watching from the shoreline he observed a flashing light to the west of his location on the beach near the naval base in Barking Sands. He watched the flashing lights until they disappeared. Later on his father came from the base and the witness asked what had happened at the base. He then told him that what happened was classified, but eventually the witness was able to obtain some information from his father. He was told that a UFO had flown into the airspace near Barking Sands unannounced. They had been asked to identify themselves but there was no response. Immediately 3 F-14 Tomcats were deployed to intercept the object, the aircraft were able to surround the object and force it down into the sea. The UFO was forced down into the channel between 2 islands where it remained for a few days. Soon a Soviet recovery vessel showed up in the vicinity, on a salvage mission. The United States then warned the Soviets that they were violating United States territory and asked them to leave immediately. Neither side was able to recover the UFO because the depth of the channel. As far as the witness knows the case is still classified and the object remains at the bottom of the channel to this day.
Source: NUFORC

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