May 16, 1967 — Gulf Of Mexico
10:10 p.m. Ship Master Donald W. Dee and 3rd Mate Homer Hawthorne, seamen Earle Bradley and Eric Koster, all crew of the Pacific Coast Transport ship SS Point Sur, see six red point-source lights that seem to be pacing the ship over the Gulf of Mexico. One object is confirmed by sporadic radar returns as at 12,000 feet, 11 miles away. Through 7 x 50 binoculars, the objects appear brilliant yellow with red lights across upper two-thirds, but to the naked eye, the colors blend to reddish-orange point sources. They pulsate with a 4.5-second period and an approximate 1:3 brightness ratio. The lower objects rise and fall near the horizon. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1740, p. 325;
J Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 267;[RV-9]
NICAP, “SS Point Sur Case”;
