USS Tiru SS-416 and UFOs

 >> The question is often asked, why don't more military UFO

witnesses come forward publicly, and provide names, dates

and places? Surely they aren't REALLY intimidated by such

empty threats as JANAP 146-E, which provides for hefty fines

and jail sentences for breaking silence on a military UFO

sighting. Surely they realize the scien- tific import of

their sighting transcends any nationalist or mili- tary

considerations. If more military witnesses don't come forth

publicly, isn't it possible that there aren't really as many

as hardcore ufologists would have us believe? Its a question

I've often asked myself.

ParaNet is deeply indebted to, and a little honored by, user Bill

Cooper of Fullerton, California, for this, the first known report

of a multiple military witness sighting that occurred onboard the

submarine USS Tiru in 1966.

                              --Jim Speiser

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In 1966 during the month of the Rose Festival in the Pacific

 Northwest United States, the USS Tiru SS-416 left Pearl

 Harbor bound for Seattle Washington.  The sub moored to a

 civilian pier near the downtown Seattle area and thousands

 of people toured the sub during its stay in Seattle.  After

 its duty as "showboat" it proceeded to a back bay area

 where it underwent torpedo trials.  I believe the area was

 called dabob bay [pronounced day-bob] but I am not sure of

 the spelling.  I include the above information because it

 should be easy to research.  During the cruise from Pearl

 to Seattle five of the crew had a very unusual experience.

 During one late afternoon the sub was cruising on the

 surface at approx. 10 knots when the port lookout reported

 a strange contact at a range of 2 miles bearing 315 degrees

 relative.  The lookout refused to tell the OOD what it was

 that he had seen and instead insisted that the starboard

 lookout and the OOD both look at that area.  The three men

 looked through their binoculars toward the area reported

 and were astounded to see a metal craft larger than a

 football field tumble from the clouds into the ocean.  It

 actually tumbled end over end and when it hit the water and

 sank beneath the ocean huge geysers of water rose into the

 air.  When the port lookout was sure that the others had

 seen it he then told the OOD that he had seen it tumble

 from the ocean up into the clouds.  The OOD and the

 starboard lookout were speechless.  Within a few minutes,

 however, they all became excited when it again rose from

 the water and tumbled up into the cloud layer.  At about

 the same time a crew member below queried the bridge about

 a radar contact at the same range and bearing.  Sonar also

 reported strange echos.  The OOD called for the Captain to

 come to the bridge at that time. He also called for the

 camera to be sent to the bridge.  The Captain arrived on

 the bridge within 2 minutes and the Chief Quartermaster was

 right behind him with the camera. At about the same time

 the object emerged from the clouds and fell down into the

 ocean.  All five men witnessed this.  The QMC took pictures

 as it rose up into the clouds and then back down into the

 ocean once again.  The five men watched for quite a while

 longer but nothing else happened.  Soon the sub had moved

 out of visual range and the Captain told all witnesses that

 they were never to discuss what they had seen with anyone

 under any circumstances.  He stated that the incident was

 classified information.  The Captain then went below and

 sent a radio msg.  There was no doubt as to what we had

 seen.  It was a metal craft with machinery on and around

 the outside of it.  It appeared to have windows or lenses

 placed around its perimeter.  It made no noise that we

 could hear.  It did not disturb the subs electrical systems

 nor did it affect the gyro compass.  It looked very much

 like a round flying "ship" as in sea going ship.  It had

 the shape and form of a saucer with a bowl inverted in the

 saucer and it was huge.  I will never forget it as long as

 I live. When I first saw this craft I believe that my heart

 literally stopped beating and I was terrified.  The name of

 the OOD was Ensign Ball.  The starboard lookout was an

 American Indian seaman that the crew called Geronimo. The

 port lookout was a new man who left the sub soon after the

 return to Pearl Harbor and his name was Cooper.  I do not

 remember the Captain's name nor the Chief Quartermaster's

 name.  This is the first time I have ever mentioned it

 since the moment that the Captain told me that it was

 classified. As far as I know it has never been reported to

 the public before this instant.  It should be easy to

 verify the facts if you can get a copy of the log and/or

 contact the other witnesses.  The names should not be too

 hard to find in the ships records/logs.  I was the port

 lookout.  I must say that I feel a great uneasyness in

 posting this, much like the way I felt in Vietnam when my

 life was in great danger. 

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