Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Was a round object, brilliantly lit, orange/red colored light. It lit up the darkness like daylight around the destroyer and area between it and our ship. We were approximately 100 yards behind them. The object was as large as the destoyer so it must have been about 250' in diameter.

Size of Object(s)

250 feet in diameter. Same size as the destoyer it went up and over.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Dark night, without a moon, and millions of stars.

Full Description & Details

One evening (maybe 10 or 11 pm) in 1974 while on a WestPac Cruise in the US Navy: Me and two friends were on the bow of our USS Naval ship (AE 26) checking out the millions of stars and the ships with us. There was a Destoyer in front as well as two Destroyer escorts on each side of us. We were looking at the glowing algea coming off the prop of the destoyer in front of us when the water on the starboard side of the destoyer was turned a brilliant orange and in the blink of an eye there was a huge orange/reddish ball of light that came out of the water (round and big as the destoyer), went over the destoyer and back into the water on the (left) port side of it. We just were looking at each other for a few seconds with mouths gaping and silence. Then I asked did you see that? Of course they did and to this day I think about it every time I hear a UFO story. We three buddies did not talk about it much after that for fear we would be drug tested, but I know that all on the bridge had to see the same thing, and same on the destoyer cause it lit it up like daylight when it went over it. Well thats my big UFO experience. All I can say is: It sure wasnt nothing from this earth.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No way

Witness Background

I am a Instrument/Electrical Supervisor at a major chemical plant in Houston.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

My views since sighting is I know they exist. Didnt really believe in any of it before.

Other Comments

Would like to talk to Neil or Wilie and see if they still think about the sighting.

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