8 November 1954
(Speyerer Tagespost, Speyer, Germany)
Source: waterufo.net
Text by waterufo.net:
“Here is a remarkable story published in the Speyerer
Tagespost [German newspaper - Speyer Daily News–CF-], dated 8 Nov. 1954, &
translated by the A.S.R.
Three British submarines returned to Plymouth
after manoeuvres held off the coast of Bristol.
The Commander, Captain Chelwan, reported to his Admiral that he had seen
‘flying saucers’ floating on the sea approximately 11 nautical miles south of
Lundy Island. He was able to take two photographs showing the objects. The
research organisation for U.F.O.’s, formed about a year ago in London and attached to the High Command
(Oberkommando), confiscated the films by the Admiral’s request and decided that
they will be studied, evaluated, and released for publication at a later date.
In the meantime, Captain Chelwan has been ordered to treat his encounter with
the U.F.O.’s as a military secret and to instruct his officers and men
accordingly.
Before this order was imposed, however, a newspaper
man obtained a five-minute interview with Captain Chelwan. Here is the Captain’s
story:
‘We surfaced near Lundy Island, and on opening the
hatch, my engineer and I noticed, about a mile southwest, two silvery discs
floating on the sea. As the sun was shining on the ripples, I thought at first
that it was a light reflection, but presently we both heard a buzzing sound. We
quickly grabbed our binoculars and examined the objects. They were shaped like
a disc slightly elevated in the middle and had no windows, portholes, or other
apertures. The elevated middle portion was stationery, but the flat outside
portion, surrounding the middle portion like a collar, rotated slowly on the
water.
‘We thought the objects measured approximately 100 feet across; the
middle portion appeared to be not bigger than one-tenth of the whole disc. The
outer portion, surrounding the centre piece, appeared not to be attached to it,
as there was a gap between them measuring about two feet.
‘I must say we were very much surprised at the sight
of these objects, and officers and men crowded the deck staring as if they were
hypnotised. As the whole ‘show’ took only about 30 seconds, it was impossible
to form a sober judgment. Their origin seems to be a puzzle; technically they
seem far above anything we know. Obviously we all thought immediately that they
were flying saucers. I intended to give an order to go at them full steam and
if possible get alongside them, but the buzzing sound became higher and more
urgent until the pitch was so high that it could not be heard any longer. The
two discs mounted horizontally, turned sideways at about 300 feet, and disappeared
in twenty seconds at a speed which I estimate to have been about 2,000 m.p.h., from the
vision of our binoculars. At the same time a reddish glow surrounded the
objects.’
The British Admiralty declared that the sighting is to
be treated seriously, and the evaluation of it will take some time.
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This reference: Australian Saucer Record, Vol. 2, No.
2, Second Quarter 1956
With thanks to The J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO
Studies (CUFOS): http://www.cufos.org/”
Wikipedia article: “Royal Navy Submarine Service”:
Wikipedia article: “List of submarine classes of the
Royal Navy”:
Wikipedia article: “List of submarines of the Royal
Navy”:
Wikipedia article: “Lundy”:
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