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Dr. J. Allen Hynek:
One year prior to the radar-visual UFO sighting by the aircraft carrier
Philippine Sea, the ship was involved in a double radar UFO sighting
with
the carrier USS Princeton off the east coast of Korea. The
Princeton
had made radar contact with several high-speed “Unknown” during April
and
May of 1951 prior to the double contact involving radar aboard the
Philippine
Sea. The speeds of the “Unknowns” were estimated at up to 1,200
MPH.
Excerpts from a letter to the Chief of Naval Operations from Commander
Naval Forces, Far East, dated September 11, 1951, and classified
SECRET,
contained this report:
The observation of rapidly moving targets on the PPI scope of the SX
radar on the USS Princeton, CV-37, has been reported by Lt. H.W.
White, a CIC watch officer on the staff of Commander, Carrier Division
5. The targets were observed several times while operating with
Task
Force 77 during April and May of 1951. On one occasion the targets were
observed by two ships simultaneously. The same targets were held by
both
the USS Princeton and USS Philippine Sea on their SX radars. The
ships were approximately 4 000 yards apart at the time. The
tracks
made by the contact on the radar of the Philippine Sea were the same as
those on the USS Princeton. The targets were always 22° wide and
sharply
defined. The presentation was exceedingly bright in comparison
with
normal air and surface contacts. Appearance of the target never
varied.
The SC radar wad operating satisfactorily both before and after each
incident.
Very little sea return was observed. Although previous observations of
high-velocity targets had been reported by aircraft, this report was
the
first reported shipboard occurrence of this phenomena. This
report
is considered of particular interest in that the contacts were observed
by two different radars at the same time, thereby reducing the
probability
that malfunctioning ofthe radar was the cause of the phenomena.
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