Saucer & Dome Observed

Saucer & Dome Observed

Date: December 15, 1969

Location: Catchers Mitt, Bình Duong Province, Vietnam

While on guard duty in the Republic of Vietnam, with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery, my job was to scan the treeline with a starlite scope for enemy movement/lights.

We had received mortar fire recently on our dug in position in the Catcher's Mitt area of South Vietnam. This area had never been occupied by U.S. forces until our arrival late in November of 1969 by air assault.

While scanning the treeline, I saw a saucer shaped craft flying above the trees.

It tracked slowly from South to North and as I followed it a dome like structure came into view sitting on the side of a hill. In the view from a 1969 vintage starlite scope any light source appeared green.

The dome slowly pulsed and as the saucer approached, it appeared to enter the dome, no details were discernible, only that the saucer disappeared into the dome.

I continued to watch, and sent the second guard to get the battery commander, an artillery captain. As I watched, the saucer, or a second one that was its twin, left the dome and launched into the sky.

About that time the captain arrived and I said:

Take a look at that sir.

He did, watching for 5 or 6 minutes then he straightened up.

What should we do sir? I asked.

He replied we were to do nothing and no report was to be written up.

I watched the dome all night, it continued to pulse, but when I left guard duty a few hours later the saucer had not returned.

There were never any discernible sounds, I listened for the whomp, whomp of a chopper or the sound of jets and never heard anything.

I mentioned the incident to the guard releaving me, but he was unconcerned as long as it Wasn't VC.

The following night I took a look through the scope to where the dome had been the night before, but it was gone. I've never reported this other than to my captain.

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