Three civilian Harmon AFB Water Transportation Section employees, John Kaeel, Fred Messervery and John Smith, located (in a boat) about two miles south of Indian Head (48°29' north, 58°30' W) saw a black or dark round object the size (shape?) of a barrel resembling a "large balloon" located about three miles southwest of Indian Head (at 48°27' north, 58°33' W) about 1-1.5 (?) miles offshore (apparently about two miles to the west of the observers). The object was hovering just above the water and after a few minutes began to slowly ascend to about 15-20 feet above water, then descended again to just above water, in about a 40-60-sec cycle each time which occurred three times. On the last cycle the object remained near the surface about three to four minutes when it ascended vertically until disappearance at 1:50 p.m. (See similar sighting at two p.m. near Kippens.) Helicopter search at 4:20 p.m. negative. (No unidentified ground radar returns were reported yet false explanation of "WX Returns" (weather returns) inserted into BB file listings.)

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