15 19N51 59E GULFOFADEN unidentified aerial event — November 1961

Observed to be rising as white lightning appearance. NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT AS 3712 Z 16046 (28 NOV 61) F/RBF FM USS TILLS TO CINCLANTFLT CINCPACFLT CFM1 CINCO COGPMSMOT TWO CGMASTINFL T CINCPACAF INFO PLEINITEMEFIM C IN CIC RD EXT APF CINCPACAFEUR SECNAV CNO CINCUSMCLT CINCSECDEF AS DIST: CIN-14, COP-2, COP-CPF-1 SAFS-2 (20) UNCLAS LOCATED ONE VERY BRIGHT OBJECT LAT 15-19N LONG 51-59E X APPROX 10 COURSE 143 SPEED UNKNOWN X VISUAL OBSERVATION X EXTREMELY BRIGHT X INITIALLY SIGHTED BEARING 328 TRUE POSITION ANGLE 42 X APPEARED TO HESITATE DIRECTLY OVERHEAD ON ERRATIC COURSES X LOST FROM SIGHT APPROXIMATELY 23 MINUTES LATER BEARING 143 TRUE POSITION ANGLE 35 99 999 9AV 905 UN32 1/ A23NAV (B4DL) 23 39 39B 9SM 9GD 93 33 34 35 95 96 316 75 35 94 IP NAVAID FLAGPLOT BPR CMC JCS CSA CSAP CGA ADVANCE COPIES DELIVERED......................