Originally posted by TW
In 1965 on board the USS Kitty Hawk after passing the international date line we had set condition 1 cat. That means the pilots and radar operators
were in the F4 phantoms and the huffers were connected and plane captains standing by. Four planes, one on each cat ready to be turned up and
launched. If a launch is called the planes must be launched within 3 minutes.
It's after dark when the air boss calls to launch the birds. The huffers are started and in turn the planes are started. During this time off our port
side a bright blue light some distance from the ship streaks in a stern to bow direction and is out of sight. It appeared to be level flight. The air
boss calls off the launch. The ships radar operator said the object was so fast it was picked up on radar then passed the ship and was out of radar
range before we could get the planes launched. He said our planes would never had caught it. Was it a UFO? A missile? I don't know, but I saw it.
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