“Unidentified Object Reported Off California”
19 March 1958 (Lewiston Morning Tribune, Idaho)
An underwater contact with an unidentified object (USO) off the Northern California coast was reported by a Western Sea Frontier spokesman on 18 March 1958, according to the article:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bs5eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2DIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3588,2500120
Quote from the article:
“The object was first spotted by U.S. Navy planes 25 miles due west of Bodega Bay, which is about 50 miles northwest of the Golden Gate.”
Aerial view of Bodega Bay, California
(flickr.com photo)