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UFO case file · UFO-31155

Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 1960

CE1Puerto Rico1960-09-01

Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

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Case description

The radar indicated an unidentified object was at the reported location. 3. -- OBJECTS OBSERVED 4. -- PORTHOLES (?) 5. -- CYLINDRICAL 6. -- TO HAVE BEEN SIGHTED BY PERSONNEL STATIONED AT FORT BROOKE. 8. -- WAS REPORTED TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. RAMEY TWR ADS2S SAW BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT SOUTH RAMEY CONTROL TOWER. ALTITUDE 20,000 APPEARED VERY HIGH AND MOVING NNE SAME OBJECT MOVED ESE OF TWR STILL HEADING NORTHEAST APPEARED TO BE SIX TO 12 BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTS WITH RED GLOW BEHIND EACH ONE THEN DISAPPEARED. ROOSEVELTROADS TWR SAW A L. GHTED OBJECT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES OFF HORIZON MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH APPEARED TO BE ONE OBJECT BUT AS PASSED THE FIELD BROKE UP INTO A DOZEN OR MORE LIGHTS NORTHWEST OF ROOSEVELTROADS FIELD. ROOSEVELT ROADS TWR ADVISES TWO JET ACFT WERE OUT OF MJNR AND SAW SAME THING. ADV COPIES UNCLASS X CIRVIS X FOLLOWING RCD FROM MS MORMACUREN/VRDA QUOTE 12332 WHT POSN 12-22N/67-59W ACFT PASSED OVER VESSEL AT 3000 FEET ALT STREAMING EXCESSIVE FLAMES HEADED DUE NORTH PASSED OUT OF SIGHT UNQUOTE STOP LIGHTED UNKNOWN OBJECT WITH A HEAVY SMOLKESTRAM PASSED OVER CURACAO AT ABT 0323GMT FROM DIRECTION SOUTHEAST PROCEEDING TO THE NORTHWEST AND PASSED OUT OF SIGHT IN THIS DIRECTION STOP ALSO OBJECT OBSERVED AT MAIQUETIA AIRPORT DIRECTION CURACAO STOP ACCORDING TO REPORTS RCVD FROM ARUBA OBJECT ALSO OBSERVED BY VARIOUS PEOPLE AND THE STATED OBJECT FELL INTO THE SEA NORTH OF ARUBA END UNQUOTE DDIT 28 ACT SECNAV UNSECNAV ASTSECNAV RESDEV 39 39 39 M 33 33 74 33 35 36 87 482 73 73 74 75 54 IP NAVAIRE FLAGPLOT CMC JCS CALGAR CNA NEC COMAPT 8TP COD //NNNN// 15321J7 16922432 The image contains a photograph of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The photograph shows a blurry, indistinct shape in the sky, described as an "unidentified flying object ship" in the text below the image. INCOMING AP 33: 54355 (16 Sep 60) A/CRE INFO : CTN-14, POP-GP-7, COT-3, SAPS-31, ARMY-30, NAVY-50, JCS-28, AND 81-35 RCSH82268/2899J YT RJEZHG 09 REEXHF 662 I 1111532 TX COMASDEF ORLANT INtO REEXHC/CINCIANTLFL AFAL/CINCHGRAD REEXHG/CS USAF REEXHC/OMARISSEFON MARINE SS SANTA ANA WDTCKHG IS 1939 GMT COMASDEF ORLANT NORFOLK VA MARINE SS SANTA ANA WDT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SHIP SITED HORIZ 7833 WEST AT 151313 GMT MOVING FROM BEARING 229 DEGREES TRUE TO BEARING 033 DEGREES TRUE AT 3.15 DEGREES ALTITUDE LOST FROM SIGHT IN LOU CLOUDS ABSTER DYN 1315 7833 151313 229 030 3.15 16/1162 ADVANCE COPY DELIVERED TO OOP-LP AND CIN The image shows a handwritten document that appears to be a page from a Project Blue Book UFO report.

Recorded details

Local time
0930
Craft description
Cigar / Cylinder
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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