SUBJECT: UFO SIGHTING REPORT FROM GEORGE FORD FILE: UFO635 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am writing this for 2 reasons. 1) To ask if anyone has has a similar sighting and 2) To get it off my chest. Back in 1973 I was a Seaman aboard the USS Koelsch DE-1049 in the Middle of the Indian Ocean. I was on foreward lookout on the flying bridge (About 3 stories off the water) at around 2 in the morning. It was one of those beautiful nights...starry sky...calm seas. I was shooting the bull with the signal man, just a bunch of sailor talk. All of a sudden there "Appeared" this "Thing" about 10 feet directly over our heads. There was NO NOISE, NO FLASHING LIGHTS...just this perfectly round object about the size of 3 Volkswagons. It "Glowed this putrid green color...remember as a kid the little toys you got in the candy machine that you would hold up to the light and then when you shut off the lights it would glow this putrid green color? Well this "Thing" had that same type of glow. We were stunned! This thing just hovered there for about 45 seconds. I had on the "Head Phones" that connected me to the bridge and to the aftlook out as well as to other areas of the ship. I was so shocked that I could not press the button to say anything to anyone. This "Thing" then moved as fast as you could blink your eyes to the left side of the ship...to a distance of about 20 feet off the side at the same height. Again...NO NOISE...nothing. It just "Appered to the left side of the ship. It hovered there for about 10 seconds and then it "Appeared" on the right side of the ship. It moved so fast you couldn't even see it move. Then this thing just shot straight up and out of sight in about 5 seconds flat. Gone... I looked at the signal man and asked him..."did you see that?" He didn't answer but the look of shock on his face was the same as I was experiencing. I pressed the button on the "Phones" and asked the aftlook out if he saw that thing. He said "What thing" and I said "The thing...the thing" Again he said what thing so I told him to forget it. It was so strange that I was not even sure I saw it so I didn't want to press it at the moment with him. About 2 mins later the silence was broken by the signal man. He said "Did we really see that or are we going crazy?" Just try to imagine yourself talking to a friend when all of a sudden something appears 10 feet right above your head about the size of 3 Volkswagons...hovers there and zings to the left...zings to the right...and zings stright up with out ever making a sound. We were shocked. We talked about it for about 15 min and about convinced ourselves we didn't see anything when all of a sudden there it was again. This time it was no more than 6 feet above our heads and about 8 feet in front of our faces. I'm telling you it just appeared. We didn't see it coming or anything...it was just there! No warning..no noise...just there! Well this time the signal man takes off screaming leaving me there alone. I tried to run also but got tangled up in the Head set cords and fell down. I could hear the signal man yelling going down the ladder and I pushed the "Phones" and began to yell myself. (I was scared to death so don't laugh) The thing just stayed there for what seemed like an eternity and I was paralized with fear. I could only yell holding down that button with all of my might. This time the aftlook out saw it as well as the Quarter Master and the Officer on the bridge ... both who came out to see what all the screaming was about. This thing just stayed there. What happened next I still can not bring myself to tell you yet. Mostly because it is so bazzar and also because of "Naval" threat. So for now lets leave the story where it is. What I want to know is this...I have NEVER heard of anyone seeing this type of object before. Everyone always describes their sighting as a Big Saucer with flashing lights, a humming sound etc. Mine was nothing of the such. Was it a UFO? Lets put it this way...I know what I saw and I know what happened and I know what "WE HAVE" from that night. I know the "Official Stand" the Navy has and I know that in my medical records there is no entry of a "Debriefing or Psychatric counseling". As far as the Navy is concerned it never happened. So what is the threat from them to me? "Never speak of this to anyone or we will make you look like a fool." "We can make it look like you were never even born so our advice to you is to shut up." Well for years I did shut up. Even in my own family there is only my wife to whom I told my story. I am telling you some of it now to get it off my chest and to seek if there is ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO MAY HAVE HAS A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AS MINE WITH THE SAME KIND OF OBJECT. Thanks for allowing me this freedom. ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************