- HBCC UFO Research Note: The below report is fascinating...especially
as it describes having a UFO fly directly over the United States White
House. As far as I know, nothing else has ever been reported about this.
From what the witness describes, there was a five-page report which was
written up on the incident. I would like to request input from anyone
who may have knowledge of this event, or possibly have the pages - or copies
- of the incident, to please contact me at HBCC UFO Research or Mr. John
Hayes at UFOINFO with any information on the event. This is a major incident
and any help would greatly be appreciated.
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- Thank you,
- Brian Vike
- Director - HBCC UFO Research
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- Date: 1968
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- Description: While acting as Duty Tower Controller at
ECG in North Carolina, I received a call (approx 2230 hours) from the radio
operator. He patched me in on the landline where I listened to Washington
Center, Military sources - including the Duty Officer in the control tower
- while they described the object hovering over the runway.
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- Color/Shape: Silver in color, approximately 30 feet long,
cigar shaped with two orange port holes in the side, and a flashing green
light below. The object made a whirring sound.
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- Height & Speed: Tracked on radar by Washington Center
it departed up the Potomac River at approximately 100 ks directly over
the White House where it turned skyward and disappeared in a flash. Later
observed by a NW commercial air carrier enroute NYC at flight level 280.
Tracked briefly close in then departed as before.
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- TV/Radio/Press: N/A.
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- My thanks to UFOINFO for this report. <http://www.ufoinfo.com>http://www.ufoinfo.com
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- Additional Information gathered by HBCC UFO Research
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- Hello Brian,
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- I was stationed at Coast Guard Air Station, Elizabeth
City, N.C. for three years (1965/68) as one of the seven air traffic controllers
in the entire USCG (USN trained, AC(A) school, Glynco, Ga. and FAA certified).
The event occurred at Marine Quantico. I have an apartment in Pittsburgh,
PA, but live and work in Dalian, China.
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- The entire incident was typed by the radioman who gave
me a copy (five pages) printed on the old Mimeograph drum machines. I thought
it was most unusual and interesting but you have to remember all I had
to draw from was old Flash Gordon movies and the scattered accounts (then
just disclaimed by the USAF Blue Book report) of Roswell and Area 51.
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- None of my fellow controllers thought it beyond amusing.
The Marine Captain replied when asked by Washington Center: "Can
you go out there?." He said "Not no, but hell no, I'm not going
out there." The primary reason for our reaction was that it was a
very conservative time and no one wanted to be associated with controversy.
We didn't get our assignment by being political adventurers.
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- I told a social friend at the FAA Flight Service Station
about it and got a better response and request for the transcript. Since
I thought they were the bottom line in professionalism (as a later 10 veteran
of the FAA from 1971/81, I found out much differently), I agreed. His
supervisor liked the read and forwarded it to FAA HQ in Atlanta where it
disappeared. End of story.
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- Last December, I attended the Man Will Never Fly Association
annual dinner (on the eve of the 'supposedly' First Flight) and was talking
with a retired USN Captain, (former Fox-4 driver, five tours in Viet Nam)
at the hospitality room. He listened with polite attention and I noticed
a strange smile on his face. I started out by saying "Now, I'll probably
lose whatever creditability I have by telling you this story..." When
I finished, he said, "We just had our home remodeled and the wallpaper
installer told me the same story a month ago."
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- Brian, I know it happened, it was like I was standing
next to the observer. I remember it word for word.
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- Hope this helps.
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- My thanks to this person for the fascinating story.
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- Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research.
- email: hbccufo@telus.net
- Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com,
http:// www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net
- HBCC UFO Research International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/
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- Radio show host for the Vike Report, eyewitness relating
their experiences.
- http://jancikradionetwork.com/innerstreamsradio/show/vike_report/
index.html
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