 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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| A Hynek
Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
500'. |
Object
Swells As It Approaches Vessel
June, 1944
Palmyra Atoll
June, 1944
Palmyra Atoll
| Jan Aldrich: 1944 June; Palmyra Atoll
About midnight. Anchored at Palmyra Atoll, Edward W. Ludwick, Executive Officer on a Coast Guard crewed cargo vessel was witness to an unusual object. After searching for a lost Navy aircraft, a moving star-like light which began to swell like a balloon as it came closer. Viewed with binoculars: it was a round sphere hovering 5X brighter than stars, it moved slowly for half an hour covering 90 degs, then headed northward. (Clark & Farish, Foo-Fighters of WWII). Detailed reports and documents reports/4406XX_waterufo.net_item.php_id=1214.pdf (Carl Feindt) |