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11-07-1959
Figure 22: Drawing
of UFO by Eyewitness J. Van Tiel 26
5.7 SS City of Almaco
- November 8, 1959
The civilian ship SS City
of Almaco was heading from Yokohama to Los
Angeles and was located north of the Hawaiian Islands when a bright object was seen
making a low arc and striking the water. The object was visible for
20° to 30° of arc and emitted at least 3 flashes. The object struck the water
about four miles north of the ship's position. There were 3 witnesses to the
sighting. The ship reacted by changing its course to cover the area but
nothing was found.
Blue Book Conclusion:
Meteor
Note 26: Letter summarizing UFO sighting
from Mr. J. Van Tiel (Jr. 2nd Officer of the Dutch
ship M.V. Coolsingel)
to ATIC. File is located in Blue Book Microfilm Roll #34 for case date of
October 18, 1958.
This reference: Blue
Book UFO Reports by Ships at Sea by Tony Rullán,
© 2002, p. 40.
From: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26
SEP 52):
03. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local: Blank, GMT: 08/0825Z
UFOCAT PRN - 32644
UFOCAT URN – 32644 (USAF) Blue Book files counted in
official statistics, #10
UFOCAT URN – NONE Blue Book UFO Reports by Ships at Sea by
Tony Rullán, © 2002, p. 40
Central
Pacific Ocean – Hawaiian Islands
Yokohama,
Japan Latitude 35-27 N,
Longitude 139-39 E (D-M)
Los
Angeles Latitude
34-03-08 N, Longitude 118-14-34 W (D-M-S)
Hawaiian Islands Latitude
24-00 N, Longitude 167-00 W (D-M)
Reference: Hawaiian Islands Gazetteer, prepared in the
Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., September
1956.
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