5 November 1957
(Hattiesburg American, Mississippi
Source: NewspaperArchive.com
The whole article:
“The Coast Guard Cutter Sebago sighted an unidentified flying
object over the Gulf of Mexico at 5:21
a.m. (CST) today
[5 November 1957]. The object, seen for about three seconds,
resembled a brilliant planet moving at tremendous speed.
Coast Guard headquarters in New
Orleans
But it said the object had been tracked on the Sebago’s radar screen for
11 minutes before the visual contact and for 16 minutes afterward. During these
periods, the object darted off the screen every few minutes but soon returned.
Cmdr. James Schrader, head of search and rescue operations in the Gulf,
said the object had been seen at latitude 25.47 north, longitude 89.24 west or
about 200 miles
[320 kilometres] directly south of the mouth of the Mississippi
River .
Cmdr. Schrader said the radio message gave this log of the morning
incident:
5:10 a.m.—The object
was seen on the radar screen, moving north to south, about 14 miles from the cutter.
The object continued to move closer, shifting toward the port side.
5:14—Contact was lost.
5:16—The object, about 55 miles from the Sebago,
faded off the screen.
5:20—Contact was regained. The object appeared
stationary, seven miles due north.
5:21—The object was seen, moving horizontally south to
north. It was seen for about three seconds and resembled a brilliant planet
with a high rate of speed.
5:21 — Radar contact was resumed.
5:37—The cutter reported its last radar contact with
the object about 175 miles
north of the ship.
The Sebago is expected to report back to its home base
in Mobile
Wikipedia article: “USCGC Sebago (WHEC-42)”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“USCG Sebago (WHEC-42) was an Owasco class high endurance
cutter which served with the US Coast Guard from 1945 to 1972. Originally
intended for World War II service, she was not commissioned until a month after
the end of hostilities and consequently did not see combat until her deployment
in the Vietnam War more than 20 years later.
Sebago was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company’s San Pedro
shipyard. Named after Sebago Lake ,
Maine
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