U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

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A large white ball of fire was ob served some f our to f i ve miles
directly ahead of and sl18btly above the aircraft.
I t was obser ved
for ?nly a aplit second and vas comparable t o the explosion of a shell
There were no streamers or "tails" observed such as usually r el ated
to a meteor or a distress sign.cl..
As the aircraft a9Pr oached the
approximate position where the ball of fire was ob served a single white
ligb.t was seen on the water surface. Ro...ever, this diaeppe~red within
a few eecollds aft er sighting beci:!Use of the e:xisting cl:md cover age.
More lights wre immediately obser ved on the "8ter surfsce some 10 miles
north of the _plane I s course. It 1 s the opinion of t he witnese ( 6ap t
Barnes) that these were fr om a surface vessel.
Some 10 minutes elapsed
after these l ights were observed on the vater surface when an aircraft
was •~ted fiyiDg a reci'procal course (240°) at about lCXX> ft below
the observers's aircraft and slightly to the right of the course.
Capt Barnes made numerous attempts t o contact this aircraft on Channel ''B"
end "C", "VBJ" but acknowledgment of bis transmission was never teceived.