|Duration of sighting 20-30 minutes. Visibility excellent; ocean
had a light swell; slight wind from the southeast; sky very
clear except for a few higher clouds to the southeast. Two
witnesses were setting up a camping area away from the beach.
One of the witnesses went down to the beach to dig shellfish for
lunch. Out to sea at an estimated distance of 2 to 3 miles, he
observed a very large dark object protruding from the water, and
there appeared to be several smaller “dots” flying around it.
The witness assumed that these small objects were helicopters
circling above a ship or submarine. They appeared to be circling
at about the same speed as a helicopter would. After a while, he
returned to the camp to tell the other witness about this
unusual sight, and then returned to the beach again. By now, the
objects that he had assumed to be helicopters were no longer
visible anywhere in the sky. To his astonishment, the large
object that he had assumed to be a ship or submarine began to
rise from its position in