Philippines radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 1965

Reported to SE at high speed. Transcribed text: NAVAL MESSAGE ROUTINE FS USS HASSAYAMPA TO COMSEVENTHFLT 13 AF CLARK AFB PHIL INFO CTF 73 CNO CINCPACFLT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) 1. AT 0511452Z, IN POSITION 20-54N 119-30E, COURSE 265, SP OD AND STATIONARY OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED FROM USS HASSAYAMPA. THREE FLY ING OBJECTS WERE FIRST OBSERVED EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE, SAME THREE OBJECTS TURNED A ND RETURNED AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED. OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED BY BOTH VI SUAL AND RADAR, BUT COULD NOT BE TRACKED ON RADAR. AT 0609152Z, IN POSITION 20-22N 119-50E, COURSE 265, SP OD AND STATIONARY OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED. THREE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJ ECTS OBSERVED, CHANGED POSITION ANGLE AS VIEWED THROUGH BINOCULARS. TH ESE OBJECTS MOVED OUT IN TRAIL FORMATION, THEN STOPPED AND HOVERED, TH EN ACCELERATED TO EXTREMELY HIGH SPEEDS, MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT A N UNDETERMINED BEARING. WHEN RADAR WAS TURNED OFF, VISUAL OBSERVATION CEASED. MANEUVERING WAS OBSERVED BOTH VISUALLY AND BY RADAR. AFTER THE THREE MINUTE HOVERING MANEUVE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 1 OF PAGE 2 NAVAL MESSAGE PRIORITY SUBJECT HAS RECENTLY DIRECTED AN EXTREMELY HIGH RADAR TARGETS TO BE FOLLOWED AROUND OUR RADAR SCREEN HANDS OF LOCATION HAVE ALL INDICATED MANEUVERED WITH MARKED INTELLIGENCE AND PASSED BETWEEN THE GAGES AND OBJECTS HAVE ALL INDICATED MANEUVERED WITH MARKED INTELLIGENCE AND PASSED BETWEEN THE GAGES AND OBJECTS VISUAL FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BY NAVY PERSONNEL AND 2.