UFO Activity and HMAS Hobart

[bogeyman]

"Of all the reported sightings of unusual aerial activity, none have proved more controversial than those of June the 17th, 1968. There has been much written about this event, so further narrative is not needed beyond this brief summary. During the early hours of the morning, a Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) guided missile destroyer, the HMAS Hobart, was patrolling the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) near Tiger Island. A USAF F–4 Phantom Fighter–Bomber fired three missiles on unknown aerial targets, suspected to be North Vietnamese M–14 Hound helicopters. The missiles, however, struck HMAS Hobart, killing Ordinary Seaman R.J. Butterworth and Chief Electrician R.H. Hunt and wounding several others. This was, it seemed, a classic case of “friendly fire”, but rumours started filtering out that the F–4 Phantom hadn’t merely mistaken HMAS Hobart for offensive enemy helicopters, and, that unusual, unidentifiable aerial activity was the intended target. Some of those who were there even use the term “UFOs”.

http://ufos-documenting-the-evidence.blogspot.co.uk/

Documented evidence only declassified in 2006

[Atlas]

I don’t know whether this story has ever been told or not. They weren’t called UFOs. They were called enemy helicopters.
http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/Gen-Brown-Press-Remarks.jpg
Chart of location of sightings of UFOs/possible enemy helicopters in the Thailand-Laos border in August, 1969:
http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/Radar-Chart-Thailand-69.jpg
http://www.openminds.tv/ufos-during-the-vietnam-war/563
http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/Hanoi-UFO-press-clip400.jpg
http://media.defense.gov/2004/Jan/31/2000594775/888/591/0/040131-F-0000G-041.JPG
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and General George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attend an evening meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975. George S. Brown became the first Air Force chief of staff since Gen. Nathan Twining to hold the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (http://www.af.mil/News/Photos.aspx?igphoto=2000594775)

[mojo]

I wonder if a FOYA request would release the gun footage from the F4s?

[Ellisa]

This is really interesting, and I have never heard of it before. Is there more information regarding these 'enemy helicopters"? They seem to be hostile/enemy-- but were they helicopters?

[bogeyman]

This is really interesting, and I have never heard of it before. Is there more information regarding these 'enemy helicopters"? They seem to be hostile/enemy-- but were they helicopters?

I think more information is coming at some point.