Our Channel Islands Naval experiences: 1972-1974
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As the only open UFO researcher on our war ship, the
USS Holister DD-788, home ported in Long Beach Ca. I was awakened from
sleep in my rack below decks by order of Lt. Robert Walter, the OOD that
fateful night.
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By Greg Barnes The UFO Chronicles
1-18-22
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The sailor who was dispatched to hurry me, wearing only my skivvy shorts, to
the bridge, happened to be my best friend, a very excited seaman, Larry Allen,
a Quartermaster striker on duty at that time during the mid-watch.
Larry said there was a big UFO directly over our ship, and Lt. Walter needs
you on the bridge on the double!!
We both scrambled through the ship and up the ladders to the bridge. When we
arrived, everyone was silent, like a movie, it was strange. Lt. Walter said,
“You just missed it, a giant UFO was just above us, and it’s bright light lit
up everything”.
I asked the radar man if it appeared on his screen. He said, “I don’t know, I
was to busy looking at it directly overhead”.
Our crew estimated this event was no more than a 5 minute experience and I had
just missed it, but my friend Larry got a good look at it before he ran to get
me. It disappeared just before we arrived on the bridge.
I asked those on the bridge what emotion they felt when viewing this silent
flying device? They answered: fear and awe.
Our sonar-men had occasionally detected a metallic object beneath the surface
of the ocean making huge circles around our ship as we cruised at 14 knots,
also in the Channel Islands area.