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SS Sebago Case
MERINT or OPNAV Report
November 5, 1957
Antonio Rullan:
5.5 SS Sebago – November 5, 1957. At 5:10 AM and about 200 miles south
of New Orleans, the US Coast Guard Cutter SS Sebago began detecting
unidentified targets on its radar. In an 11-minute period, 3
unidentified targets were detected at different locations and with
different courses. The first target moved South and then back to the
North and was located NW of the ship.
The 2nd target moved SW and it was located SW of the ship. The third
target
was stationary and it was located North of the ship. None of these
radar
targets were corroborated with visual sightings. At 5:21 AM, a visual
contact
was made with an object directlyWest of the ship that was traveling
north.
The visual sighting lasted only 3 seconds and was not captured in
radar.
The bright object resembled a brilliant planet and was seen at an
elevation
of 31°. The press assumed that all 4 contacts were the same object,
but there was no evidence in the record to conclude that. This case was
reported in the press and received wide publicity because it occurred
right
after the Levelland Sightings and during the flap of November 1957. The
case was also summarized in NICAP’s 1964 report titled The UFO Evidence.
Blue Book Conclusions:
Visual sighting was Meteor
3 Radar Targets were Spurious Returns
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