Looking Back: Past August UFO cases reprinted

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August 1942 • On the bright, tropical morning of the 12th, the prevailing quiet on Tulagi Island, west of Guadalcanal Island in the South Pacific, was shattered at 10 o'clock by an emergency alert. Stephen J. Brickner of the First Marine Division recalled that "I was cleaning my rifle on the edge of my foxhole, when suddenly the air raid warning sounded ... I heard the formation before I saw it. Even then, I was puzzled by the sound. It was a mighty roaring sound ... which didn't sound at all like the high-pitched sewing machine drone of the Jap formations. A few seconds later, I saw the formation of silvery objects directly overhead." Brickner estimated that there were at least 150 craft approaching. "Instead of the usual tight V of 25 planes," he said, "this formation was in straight, majestic lines of 10 to 12 objects, each behind the other." They were flying very high, too high for a bombing run. A closer look revealed that the objects were disc-shaped and faster than Japanese planes. No tails or fins were visible. The gleaming objects seemed to "wobble slightly, and every time they wobbled, they would shimmer brightly from the sun," Brickner said. The reflecting glare of the tropical sun on the strange craft gave him the impression of highly polished silver. The formation disappeared swiftly, leaving the excited witnesses open-mouthed.