New Story - Ufos In The DMZ

RE: UFO's in the DMZ�
From:  Michael H
Sent:  Mon 2/18/08 7:40 PM
To:       ufotvshow@hotmail.com
URL:    http://tvufo.tripod.com

Hello: Cosmo,

I have a submission to add to your stories "UFO's in the DMZ." I was
in South Vietnam in March of 1968; my Marine Corps artillery battery
was deployed at the Quang Tri Combat Base, about twenty miles south of
the DMZ.
Late in the day, just before sunset, we noticed three round objects to
our southwest, far down the horizon. We were all trying to relax a bit
before sunset and night watches started. The objects caught our
attention because they moved together; when originally sighted, they
appeared to be far down the horizon but moving towards us at a rate of
speed that was abnormal.
Suddenly, they stopped on a dime, all three at the same time; by now
over a hundred Marines on the west perimeter had seen and were
watching the objects. Suddenly they accelerated and appeared to move
about one quarter of the horizon distance instantly. In one place to
the south, a quick accelerating blur, and they were almost due west of
our position. They then moved to our right, all you could see was a
blur where they had been and then they would reappear, stopping
instantly. They moved back to the left (south) hovering about a
minute; now, a few hundred Marines were watching all commenting there
was nothing on this earth that could move that fast. Suddenly, they
went straight up, only the initial blur and they were gone. Needless
to say, there was quite a buzz among all the Marines who had saw the
objects. They appeared completely round and were a brightish white in
color.
The next morning there was a release from our battery CO stating what
we had saw the night before were "weather balloons" and nothing more,
No need to write home or anything else, they were not UFO's. We bought
that the same as if they had told us we were not at war...
The day passed and night was again fast approaching; suddenly there
was a yell "there they are again" Sure enough, the same three round
objects were doing their show in the SW/western sky. It lasted about
ten minutes and once again, they accelerated straight up into space,
only a brief blur where they had been. The next morning the same
release, weather balloons again... They never reappeared during the
last month of my tour...
I rotated home at the end of the month; I never talked about the
objects, who would believe me? Then in 1988 something happened that I
always considered "more than chance." I was working with a "Veterans
Christian Ministry" just east of Seattle, Washington my home town. I
had married and returned home after the war; a local pastor from Gig
Harbor, Washington had stopped by the national offices. I think his
name was Rob Harper, (that might be wrong) we had gone through normal,
"where were you" conversation; he had been in the Army and with myself
in the Marine Corps there was little chance we would have been in the
same locations. I mentioned I spent 62 days at Marine Corps Firebase
Gio Linh, South Vietnam, a very heavy combat location. He stated he
had been briefly there; I assumed army artillery but he said no, army
intelligence. I asked him what in the world army Intel was doing at
Gio Linh; he stated he was a photographer and had been sent there to
photograph "Russian helicopters" moving through the DMZ at nighttime
with a Marine Corps general and some of General Westmoreland's staff.
Suddenly, he said "that's not true" I was there to photograph UFO's;
he said the date was March 1968.
I was stunned, I told him not to say another word and I then proceeded
to tell him what they looked like, where they approached from and
where they went. He was at Gio Linh the second evening we saw them in
response to the first night. The Marine Corps general was Lieutenant
General Lewis Walt, CG of the 111 MAF. He told me he had an extremely
"high powered" zoom lens; his pictures took him close enough to
actually see the sides of the vehicles were some form of fabrication.
After he had taken the photos, he descended the 65 foot tower he was
on. General Walt ordered him to hand over his film and never speak a
word of what he had seen; if he did, General Walt told him they would
bury him so deep in Leavenworth he would never be heard from again.
Hundreds of Marines saw these objects from many different units. My
artillery battery was Golf Battery, 3rd Battalion 12th Marine
Regiment. I do not care what people think, I know what I saw those two
nights and what were the odds of running into the army Intel
photographer twenty years later...

Semper Fi,
Michael (aka Mike, Red, Mikie, it's your choice:>)
Former Sergeant of the Marines Michael H
I am honored to be your Webmaster
Charlie Battery 1st Battalion 12th Marines
Golf Battery 3rd Battalion 12th Marines
RVN 1967-68