May 5. 1965 — Philippine Sea
1:10 a.m. The crew of the USS Hassayampa, a US Navy fleet oiler, in the Philippine Sea notices an aircraft approaching. At 1:14 a.m., the SPS-6C air search radar detects four targets at ranges up to 22 miles for the next 6 minutes at extremely high speed (3,500 mph), making various maneuvers. As seen through binoculars, they appear as three lighted objects, one of 1st stellar magnitude the others 2nd magnitude. The objects hover directly over the ship for 3 minutes. There is no IFF response. One object to starboard appears larger on radar. The objects depart to the southeast at extremely high speed. [Eberhart]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1605, p. 305;
J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine ed., 1974, pp. 93–94;
Martin Shough, RADCAT: Radar Catalogue: A Review of Twenty-One Ground and Airborne Radar UAP Contact Reports Generally Related to Aviation Safety for the Period October 15, 1948, to September 19, 1976, National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, NARCAP Report TR-6, December 8, 2002, pp. 111–115;
NICAP, “Radar/Visual by U.S. Flag Ship in the Philippines”;