civilian-claim1968· DMZ / Tiger Island, Vietnam
Throughout spring and summer 1968, U.S. Marine Corps forward observers, Navy patrol crews, and intelligence officers reported slow-moving unidentified lights hovering near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone and over the sea toward Tiger Island. In June 1968, USS PCF-19 was destroyed and HMAS Hobart was hit by missiles in the same operational zone on a night when 30 anomalous lights had been reported; a U.S. Navy Board of Inquiry confirmed no hostile aircraft was ever identified in the area.
USAF intelligence officer George Filer, serving under General John Brown, stated he briefed the Chief of Staff on DMZ UFO reports 'most mornings.' Daylight reconnaissance flights found no helicopters or aircraft in the Tiger Island vicinity. The Board of Inquiry attributed HMAS Hobart's damage to friendly-fire misidentification, but no helicopter, the presumed radar return, was located at the scene.
Citations
- Navy ship HMAS Hobart hit during Vietnam UFO encounter· UFO Evidence / Dr. Richard Haines research, 2003
- HMAS Hobart (D 39)· Wikipedia, 2024
- UFOs Confront Soldiers During War, Says Ex-Air Force Intelligence Officer· HuffPost, 2015
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