1993
CONFRONTATIONS
IN
THE
NORTH ATLANTIC
NATO
1993:
"ENGAGING
UNKNOWN UNDERWATER CRAFT"
UK
UFO Magazine report May/June 1997
By
Anthony Dodd
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Tony Dodd is a
retired police sergeant. I understand he was the main
person to create
the UK UFO Magazine. Tony is a good man - and was
seriously threatened
when he visited the USA a few years ago.
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For decades, NATO
forces flexed their muscles against the Warsaw
Pact, each nation
conducting a dangerous cat and mouse game of
testing defences,
both in the air and at sea. At the height of the Cold
War, Soviet aircraft
flew many intrusive flights into the north Atlantic
knowing they would
be tracked by the many NATO radar/listening
facilities stretching
from Iceland down to Britain via means of ground,
sea and airborne
means. NATO's response was (and still is) swift
and efficient
in challenging the intruders.
The 'game' was
also enacted at sea as Soviet submarines regularly
left their bases
in the Barents Sea in an attempt to enter the north
Atlantic undetected,
but their movements were closely monitored
by NATO and the
appropriate action taken.
Although the Cold
War is now a thing of the past and Russian air
incursions are
few and far between, NATO remains watchful and
ready to react
at a moment's notice.
It was during 1970
and 1971 that the Western Alliance became
increasingly concerned
at a speight of incidents involving UFOs
over the north
Atlantic Ocean and the eastern coastline of Britain.
As a result, a
highly secret operation was instigated to try to get
to the bottom
of the mystery once and for all.
Operation Aeneid
was a combined operation involving the RAF,
the USAF and members
of the Royal Observer Corps. It involved
the establishment
of secret observation centres around Great
Britain, including
at least four in Lincolnshire, that were constantly
manned throughout
the Autumn and Winter of 1970 and the
Spring of 1971.
A number of UFO
sightings were made, including one in broad
daylight off the
Lincolnshire coast. The latter involved an appear
-ance by a huge
UFO, reportedly 180 feet long and accompanied
by numerous ball-shaped
objects that had a glass-like appearance.
These spent several
hours hovering over the RAF bombing range
at Donna Nook
and was witnessed by at least half-a-dozen airmen.
During the course
of the operation, UFOs were tracked on many
occasions and
fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept.
During one incident,
two aircraft ordered to intercept a UFO over
the North Sea
suddenly found themselves confronted by strange
unknown craft.
In a separate incident, a General Electric Lightning
fighter was scrambled
from RAF Binbrook to intercept a UFO.
Ground Radar monitors
had both the UFO and fighter on screen
when suddenly
the two 'targets' merged into one before separating
again. Although
voice transmission was lost and later regained, the
aircraft crashed
into the sea and the pilot was lost.
Wreckage was later
recovered at sea by the crew of HMS Kiddleston,
but the pilot's
body was never found. What remained of the aircraft
was later transported
to RAF Binbrook - which was unusual. Normally,
all wreckage from
air accidents is taken to Famborough for thorough
investigation,
but on this occasion the rules were changed. Air
accident investigators
from Famborough had to travel to RAF
Binbrook to undertake
their examination.
On their arrival
at Binbrook, they found the wreckage hidden
behind a tarpaulin
in a hangar; their usual access to such wreckage
was restricted;
they were only permitted to perform a cursory
examination. They
were amazed to discover that many of the aircraft's
flight instruments
were missing. Their removal had been a serious
breach of regulations
and although told the instruments would be
returned, they
never were.
The investigating
team were constantly supervised by five civilians,
two of whom were
Americans.
After only a few
hours, the team were told their job was over, to pack
up their bags
and go. The following day, members of the team were
summoned to the
main office at Famborough and told in no uncertain
terms not to discuss
any aspect of the crash with anyone, not even
members of their
own families. The reason? National Security.
Since then, UFO
activity has continued apace in the North Atlantic
and North Sea.
In recent times, that activity has been reported off the
coasts of Lincolnshire,
Scotland, Belgium, Denmark and the south
coast of Iceland.
'Confrontations' have occurred between elements
of the NATO fleet
and huge triangular objects seen emerging into
and from the sea.
On 20 December
1992, three UFOs were tracked coming down and
entering the sea
off the east coast of Iceland. The following day,
Icelandic fishermen
off the north east coast were confronted by very
large, very fast,
"moving underwater craft" which displayed flashing
coloured lights.
These USOs (Underwater
Submarine Objects) appeared to be
accompanied by
a glowing airborne object travelling south towards
the coast of Scotland.
As the USOs moved through the water they
came into contact
with and damaged fishing nets. The fishermen
concerned told
me they were used to submarine activity in the area,
but said these
particular craft were definitely not normal submarines.
They moved too
fast through the water, had flashing lights, and were
far larger than
anything they had seen before. The fishermen were
so frightened
by the events they contacted Icelandic authorities
who immediately
dispatched Icelandic Coast Guard vessels
to act as escorts.
On 23 December
1992, an Icelandic Coast Guard vessel and two
gunboats were
ordered to take up station off Langeness, an area
where UFOs had
been seen entering the water. The operation was
conducted in great
secrecy and I was told the crews felt very
uneasy. Their
role was to observe and report.
A short time later,
three American warships took up station in
the area and were
eventually joined by a fleet of NATO warships,
including some
from Britain.
A simple check
with newspapers in the week leading up to
Christmas of that
year will reveal the gathering was described
as a military
exercise. Few bothered to appreciate that it was
extremely strange
and unusual for a massive NATO naval
exercise to take
place so close to Christmas.
On 24 December
1992, the crews of two British 'Hunter Killer'
submarines were
recalled from Christmas leave. HMS Endurance
and HMS Warrior
put to sea to link up with the NATO surface fleet.
At the same time,
Icelandic Coast Guard vessels and gunboats
were ordered to
take up station at Alice Fjord off the east coast
of Iceland.
British newspapers
then put out a story that surface ships had
entered the area
to track a very large underwater craft, believed
to be one of a
new generation of Russian submarines. I then
received further
information from contacts that a further four
UFOs had been
seen to descend and enter the same area of sea.
Icelandic sources
also confirmed that the entire operation was
linked to tracking
"unknown underwater alien craft". Around
this time, a massive
sea search was put into operation to locate
a surface vessel
which had reportedly gone missing.
The search continued
in great secrecy for several days, but
without success.
Then, on 12 January 1993, smaller Icelandic
vessels had to
take shelter at Langeness Fjord because of
appalling weather
conditions which continued for approximately
three weeks. The
largest ships of the NATO fleet remained at sea.
By the 6 February
1993, the weather had improved sufficiently
for ships to put
back to sea. Icelandic Coast Guard vessels and
gunboats were
ordered to take up their original positions on
picket duty.
All was quiet at
sea for the next few days, until suddenly all
ships in the area
received a message from the American Flotilla,
comprised of three
Destroyers. The message instructed all
ships to stand
off and not to approach any closer than three
nautical miles.
All ships complied.
While outside the
'exclusion zone' ships radars suddenly detected
sixteen airborne
objects which were then visibly seen to approach
the American vessels
and then hover directly above them.
Crews on outlying
boat saw the brightly lit amber coloured objects
remain stationary
for a short time before they suddenly sped away
in unison at great
speed. The watching crews were bemused and
knew the objects
could not possibly have been helicopters, not
least because
of the poor weather conditions and the fact they
were too far from
land.
On 15 April 1993,
all ships involved in the secret operation were
ordered to search
for yet another American warship which had
gone missing.
Only two American Destroyers were now visible
to the outlying
ships. The names of both the remaining American
ships had been
removed and the crews were seen wearing
full battle dress.
"WE
ARE ENGAGING UNKNOWN
UNDERWATER
CRAFT"
Elements of the
Russian Navy had now joined the
operation and
were working in unison with the NATO
surface fleet
at the mouth of the Barents Sea.
On one occasion
radio communication between
the Russian ships
were understood to say:
"We are
engaging unknown underwater craft."
On 16 April 1993,
British newspapers carried the headline, 'Joint
American and Russian
Military Exercises About To Take Place'.
They announced:
'For the first time since World War Two,
joint exercises
involving elite American and Russian troops
are about to take
place on Russian soil. The area of operation
is said to be
Siberia. The arrival point of the American troops,
was Tiksi.'
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During the many
months that followed,
Icelandic fishermen
remained nervous and
concerned as they
repeatedly witnessed
strange aerial
phenomena in the sky
close to their
fishing grounds.
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Tiksi is the nearest
Russian Port to the area where the naval
operations were
taking place. Due to severe security warnings
given to all personnel
regarding the leaking of information,
no further revelations
were forthcoming.
News about other
incidents did continue to reach me however,
such as one that
took place on 21 April 1993, when the crew of
an Icelandic Airlines
aircraft, travelling from London to Iceland,
became aware that
two large balls of white light had joined them
as they passed
over the coast of Scotland.
The bright "glowing
balls" took up position on either side of the
aircraft towards
the tail. The objects maintained this position all
the way to Iceland
and only when the aircraft began its descent
to Keflavik Airport
did they depart.
[Wonder what was
in the TAIL of that plane?]
During the many
months that followed Icelandic fishermen remained
nervous and concerned
as they repeatedly witnessed strange aerial
phenomena in the
sky close to their fishing grounds.
On one occasion,
several tubular objects with "glowing blue-like
fluorescent lights"
hovered over fishing boats who then experienced
a complete power
loss for several minutes. Eventually the objects
disappeared and
power was restored.
At 7.30pm on Monday,
12 February 1996, I received a ship-to-shore
telephone call
from a fishing vessel in the Denmark Straight, off the
West Coast of
Iceland.
HUGE TRIANGULAR CRAFT
The caller told
me that a huge triangular craft had appeared and
was hovering low
in the sky close to his boat. At that precise
moment the transmission
was cut off.
Approximately fifteen
minutes later the caller rang again to say
that all electronics
on the ship had suddenly failed. He told me that
he and the rest
of the crew had seen the triangular object move
away from the
boat then suddenly descend into the sea. The
moment it had
disappeared all electronic power was restored.
THREE HUGE BLACK TRIANGLES
At 9.00pm on Sunday,
18 February 1996, a further call was
received from
a boat at sea. On this occasion the caller told
me that the whole
crew were terrified because three huge
black triangular
objects, accompanied by three independent
red balls of light,
had come out of the sea and were hovering
silently in the
air close to their boats.
I asked if the
balls of light were connected to the triangles and
the caller said,
"No, they are totally separate and independent."
Were the objects
showing up on the ship's radar? "No, the
radar is not picking
them up, but anyway the whole crew are
standing on the
deck watching them."
Were the objects
close to the boat? "Yes, they are hovering
near the port
bow, we're all scared." Could they hear any sound?
"No, there's no
sound coming from them." Were there any lights
on the triangles?
"Yes, there are small lights on different parts
of them.
"He then said "The
whole crew are out on deck watching them..."
Suddenly, the
transmission was lost and the phone went dead.
A short time later
the connection was restored and the voice
at the other end
said:
"The
objects have now gone, they all
descended
and went down into the sea."
At 3.00am on Monday,
19 February 1996, I received a call from
a fishing boat
off the coast of Iceland. The caller said, "We have
just been watching
a gigantic sphere, hovering in the air, not
very far from
our boats. It slowly moved away from us and then
descended and
disappeared into the sea. We have no idea
what it was."
An hour later the
telephone rang
again and once
more it was the
same fishing boat.
"There are now
six, large florescent tube-like objects hovering in
the air close
to our position. They are a blue color and not making
a sound. All these
strange things are making the crew very
frightened, we
don't like all this."
At 10.55pm on Tuesday,
23 April 1996, a further telephone call
was received
from a ship fishing 200 miles south west off the
coast of Iceland.
The caller said,
"You are not going to believe what we have
just seen.
We were fishing fairly close to a group of American
warships and suddenly
there was a blinding flash of light and
one of the warships
just disappeared in front of our eyes.
"I know it sounds
crazy, but I can assure you it happened a short
time ago.
Soon after this an American boat came over and ordered
us and other fishing
boats to leave the area immediately. Our Captain
didn't need any
telling. He told us to get our boat out of the area as
quickly as possible
and to return to our base in Iceland. We are now
making our way
back. The incident has upset us all, particularly the
Captain, he has
retired to his cabin with a bottle of whisky."
On Sunday, 19 January
1997. A large number of UFO-related events
occurred off the
south coast of Iceland. Reports were received of
large numbers
of UFOs gathering over the sea. I can assure readers
that these reports
were coming from ships at sea, witnesses on
the ground and
from airline pilots.
On Monday, 20 January
1997, airliners attempting to land and depart
from Keflavik
Airport were delayed because UFOs were seen flying in
civilian air corridors.
Only when the UFOs had departed were things
returned to normal.
Recent information from our Spanish contacts
reveal that their
fishermen have also reported seeing huge triangular
craft and other
objects coming out of the sea off the coast of Ibetha.
These are currently
being investigated.
There is no doubt
that these extraordinary events are not something
recent or new
to the areas most affected. They have been occurring
since the early
1960s and appear to have continued unabated to the
present day. Thirty
years ago, pilots and other witnesses described
amazing speeds
and aerial manoeuvres and cited their apparent
ability to operate
equally as well in the oceans. Perhaps they are
not visitors from
another planet, perhaps they have always existed
in the darkest,
deepest depths of our oceans. If so, could it be that
their increasing
appearance is tied to the ecological damage we
are inflicting
on our planet's surface, as well as in our oceans?
Speculation I
know, but a possibility. On the other hand, what
if they are indeed
visitors from another planet? Why are they
here and what
are their intentions?
They act secretly
and come and go like shadows in the night,
watching our every
move. Why are UFOs seen so often in the
vicinity of military
bases, nuclear missile sites or in areas
of military operations?
