Background

The following case was submitted to TBV Investigations on May 11, 2018. The witness is seeking advice and help from those with similar experiences. Due to the nature of the story, along with the evidence, this was not investigated (for now) by the team at TBV Investigations, but is being added to the database for informational purposes only.

If anyone would like to add their opinion on this case, or possible offer advice to the witness, I would use the comment boxes below. Please be respectful. 

Witness Testimony

The following was submitted by the witness:

“Okay I’m new to any personal ET experiences, I just sort-of encountered what I think to be ET.

So…. I have 6 new photos on my phone, all of which are semi-similar. All were taken in my back yard and they have, headlights from mine and my husband’s vehicle, the neighbors busted up fence, the street lights in the distance, and part of our sidewalk and yard. Nothing too odd right? You’d think so….at first.

Now I’ll explain why it is odd. My husband works third shift so we always leave at least ten minutes before he has to be at work (give or take a minute or two) so basically around 11:50, 11:48, or 11:52. When I discovered these pictures initially I was already startled considering they weren’t the last photos I had taken, and even more so to discover that they were taken at 11:54…..on this day we left a bit later than usual so it was around 11:56 I remember specifically looking at the clock when we arrived at my husbands work because we were mid conversation and I didn’t want to take up too much time so that he didnt clock in late, the clock read 11:58. His work is literally 3 minutes from our home IF you get stopped by the one light that is between there and our home. I know this because I have timed it. But to save everyone any argument you don’t even have to consider the time. The second thing we found odd was that in the photo you can clearly see headlights, we don’t start the vehicle until we’re both in it and I was the one driving. With that being said if I had turned on the vehicle how could there have been headlights in the photo? The third thing that I had found EXTREMELY odd is that my phone

A.) Has a fingerprint and pattern lock.

B.) Has a wallet type phone case on it (the ones where they flip open and inconveniently cover your camera lens.)

C. I have not clicked the (do not show this again) box that appears every time I open my camera, so it would had to of been bypassed in order for the camera to even work.

D.) The front facing camera would had to of been clicked if that’s what took the photos.

E.) There were some CONSECUTIVE photos taken, which would mean that a button (any that cause the phone to take a photo) would had to of been held down in order for this to happen.

Either way no matter what anyone has to say on the matter I DID NOT INTENTIONALLY NOR ACCIDENTALLY TAKE THESE PHOTOS. Since I found it very odd that this happened I began examining the photos and found things I THINK to be ET or other dimensional. If ANYONE could help me to figure out what type of message I’m being given, or what something/someone is trying to say id greatly appreciate it thanks in advance.

Yes the pictures are blurry some moreso than others, but again I did not take these photos, I haven’t not sent you any photos that have been edited or “fixed” and I also have two more than I was able to upload.”

Photo Evidence

The Analysis

TBV Investigations has conducted no analysis on this case. It is presented here for informational purposes only.

Conclusion

TBV Investigations proposes no conclusions on this case. It is presented here for informational purposes only.

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He has graciously allowed the following photographs, and his research, to be archived here on The Black Vault for reference.

Please add your comments and input in the comments section below.

As more information becomes available, it will be added to this case file.

Summary

by Alex Mistretta

This got started when I heard from one of my sources in Europe that some pictures that I might want to take a look at were making the rounds.

These turned out to be the pictures that a French Paranormal magazine called Top Secret published. They claimed that they received them from an anonymous source. That is all they have have said publicly so far.

Top Secret source and mine are unrelated. I made connections in the intelligence community in Europe years ago in a project unrelated to UFOs. It was for the Congo’s Mokele-mbembe project that I was working on. They have always been reliable, but you know how these things go, you never really know.

I have used them on information based on Russian UFOs in the past, and they have been very reliable with that.

I’m obviously trying to directly get access to Top Secret‘s original source, so we’ll see. By the way, feel free to contact them yourself or anyone that you feel can help.

Obviously, I want to stay on point with this, and be part of whatever comes out in this case, but the important thing is to get to the truth, and “The Black Vault” name is extremely well respected and that can very much help.

Here is what we know so far. The original anonymous source claims that these:

1) The photos were taken from a United State Navy submarine.

2) The location was between Iceland and Jan Mayen island in the Atlantic Ocean. (Jan Mayen belongs to Norway, and is only inhabited by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian military.)

3) They were taken in March of 1971.

4) The Submarine was the Navy’s USS Trepang (SSN 674) and the Admiral on board was Dean Reynolds Sackett. Obviously, the next step is to try and locate this Admiral Dean Reynolds, if he exists.

5) The Submarine came upon the object by “accident,” as they were in the region on a routine joint military and scientific expedition. Officer John Klika was the one who initially spotted the object with the periscope.

This obviously implies that it wasn’t ours, and unfortunately doesn’t explain the different objects seen in the pictures.

Top Secret claims that on one of the pictures, there were some inscriptions. I don’t have a version of this, and it is too faint to see on these photographs.

Upper left it says “Official Photograph. Not to be Released. CT.”

In the bottom right corner it says (sic) “Unauthorized Disclosure Subject. Security Certificat SSN 674. Criminal Sanction”

I cannot confirm these at the moment, and I don’t know if the spelling of Certificat is just a reproduction error, since these were revealed in their magazine.

This is all I have so far, and I’ll keep sending you whatever additional info I have.

Photo Gallery of High Resolution Photographs, NOT from a Magazine

On July 13th, I was sent the following photographs via email. These are the original photographs that created the hype about this case, but, they supplied me the original scans of the photos, NOT from the magazine.

Photo Gallery of High Resolution, Full Page Scans from “Top Secret Magazine”

The original photo gallery is still below, to archive what originally circulated. However, the original scans, in high resolution, have been posted online.  Below, you can find the original scans, thanks to Reddit user SquizCat. The translations were created by Reddit user hillside. Thanks to both users for bringing these to the forefront of the investigation.

They appear in the order they were published in the magazine, for easier reading.

Original Photo Gallery

Word from the Admiral

On July 8, 2015, investigator and former Navy pilot, Steve Murillo was asked to make a phone call (by request of Alex Mistretta) to Admiral Sackett. In respect to the Admiral, the means to track him down are not going to be published so he is not inundated with calls but he was located. (We please ask, there are researchers currently corresponding with him, and we would prefer that no one track him down to ask for additional answers as this unfolds.)  The following is the update from Mr. Mistretta:

The Black Vault’s Fact Checking

by John Greenewald, Jr.

When I first read about these photographs, I was very intrigued. I felt they needed a closer investigation, and Alex has been doing a great job pursuing the truth, whatever it may be, behind them. Although his investigation is ongoing, I wanted to add some independent points of clarification and verification to the story above. I was very happy to see many of the facts did pan out, which means if it is a hoax, whoever did it definitely thought it out before hand.

Rear Admiral Dean Reynolds Sackett – FACT

The inclusion of Rear Admiral Sackett in the story seems to pan out. He commissioned the USS Trepang. According to NavSource online:

Rear Admiral Dean Reynolds Sackett, Jr comes from Beatrice, Nebraska where he grew up and attended high school. In 1952, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with distinction in 1956. He also received a Master of Science Degree in Engineering from George Washington University. He completed a full career of 34.5 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1991 as a Rear Admiral. His assignments included tours in destroyers and nuclear submarines in the Navy’s nuclear power program. He commissioned, as Commanding Officer, the Trepang (SSN-674) [14 August 1970 to 7 December 1973]. He also served as Commanding Officer of the Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) [11 June 1976 to 15 May 1978], a nuclear capable repair ship.

Location of USS Trepang – FACT

After searching around a bit, I was able to verify that the USS Trepang, as indicated being between Iceland and Jan Mayen Island, was in fact, in the region at the time. As verified by Hullnumber, which chronicles the location of naval vessels:

Following local operations out of New London, Conn., Trepang proceeded to the Arctic early in 1971. From 22 February to 22 March, the nuclear attack submarine operated beneath the northern ice cap, conducting extensive tests to provide data for her weapons systems, as well as carrying out scientific experiments concerning the movement, composition, and geological history of the cap itself.

Shipmate John Klika – FACT

I can also confirm, there was a shipmate by the name of John Klika on the USS Trepang as well. According to the ship roster, also on Hullnumber, you will find:

Ship Logs / Roster

I was also able to track down the official roster and ship logs for the U.S. Trepang for this time frame.

Download: U.S.S. Trepang Roster and Crew List

Possible Explanations

NAVY Target Practice / Weapons Systems Test

When I first saw these, I noted there was something very Zeppelin-like about some of the photos, but, unlike the actual Zeppelin’s, it did not have a carrier for the occupants.

However, after some research, it is possible these were naval target balloons, and the USS Trepang was conducting a weapons test of some kind.  As indicated and referenced/sourced above, “From 22 February to 22 March [1971], the nuclear attack submarine operated beneath the northern ice cap, conducting extensive tests to provide data for her weapons systems, as well as carrying out scientific experiments concerning the movement, composition, and geological history of the cap itself.”

I searched the Library of Congress, and came up with a few examples of Balloon Carriers. They do have a resemblance. Here are the examples (it should be noted that the balloons in these photographs were photographed between 1910-1915… a considerable time difference between this case and these photographs. Could the same technology have been used more than 50 years later?):

It is possible that the object(s) in the photos above, are a type of weapons system test target, and the photographs are of the results of their shoot down.

Declassified Documents

Shortly after this story broke, I filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the military for documents on the Trepang, it’s location during the time of this event, and crew manifests.

The first documents received were from the U.S. NAVY, and included the Trepang’s Command History from January 1971 – January 1972.

DOWNLOAD:  USS Trepang Command History: January 1971 – January 1972 [6 Pages, 0.5MB]

Although I still have open FOIA requests to other agencies, you can see by this document that the USS Trepang was involved in weapons tests, and seems to coincide with the theory these could be some type of Naval targets used for practice.

Periscope

While looking at the high resolution version of the photos, you can see the definitely indicators of the Periscope. For example, this photograph (unrelated to this case, but used as an example):

You can clearly see in the “UFO Photos” above, the ‘cross hairs’ of the periscope, along with the indicator lines. Here is an example above, and they are seen in nearly every photograph. Although this does not prove it was a weapons test, and the object was a target balloon, it could support both sides of this story (ie: taken from a submarine, and taken while the submarine was submerged.)

Signs of Photoshopping?

On June 26, 2017, UFO Investigator Gilles Fernandez posted a discovery made by Wim Van Utrecht, which showed that one of the Trepang photographs may have been photoshopped.

Mr. Fernandez posted the following photograph on Facebook:

This image shows a striking similarity between two parts of the photo, indicating that someone manipulated the photo. Scott Brando, Twitter user @UFOOFINTEREST, submitted the following video (please note: the spelling error is due to a translation error – and although is noted – the video is included here for reference, unedited, as it was submitted to The Black Vault.)

There is a possible explanation for the photoshopping evidence, that may be explainable.

First, let me say that The Black Vault long has concluded that these photographs did not depict UFOs. I believe (and still) they the photographs probably are real (or most of them are) and probably depict Naval Weapon tests and targets.  But we have to keep in mind that these photographs were originally put onto the internet, given to research Alex Mistretta, after being scanned from the magazine.

It is no secret that many magazine (especially those that are not “news” periodicals), will enhance photographs for print. This enhances their appeal and their visual look, but doesn’t necessarily change the entire context of the photo.  As a UFO Investigator, this is a shame, but to a magazine?  That’s just par for the course.

About the USS Trepang

According to Wikipedia:

USS Trepang (SSN-674), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trepang, Holothuroidea, a marine animal having a long, tough, muscular body, sometimes called a ‘sea slug’ or a ‘sea cucumber’, found on coral reefs.

The contract to build Trepang was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down there on 28 October 1967. She was launched on 27 September 1969, sponsored by Mrs. Melvin R. Laird, the wife of United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, and commissioned on 14 August 1970 with Commander Dean R. Sackett, Jr., in command.

Trepang was decommissioned on 1 June 1999 at Bremerton, Washington, and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton was completed on 7 April 2000. Components of ‘Trepang’, including mess tables, crew bunks, and engineering, were used in the “Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War” exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American History from 2000-2003. 

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Location of Sighting: Hollister, California
Date of Sighting: May 31, 2017
Time of Sighting: 9:10 PM PDT

Witness Testimony

It was a clear cloudless May 31st night with the wind blowing from the north at about 15 MPH. At about 9:09 PM I was watering my garden in the backyard and looked up and saw an amber light almost directly overhead. The altitude of this thing I would guess would be about a quarter of a mile above me. I observed this light slowly travel from the West to the Northeast for a few seconds and then ran into the garage to grab my Canon Power Shot sx710hs camera which took maybe 10 seconds. As I was running back to the backyard I shot a short video clip, but knowing that it probably would not show up I switched to still image, but forgot that the camera was in macro mode. I took a few shots trying to hold the camera as still as possible. If you have ever tried to take a picture of something in the dark without using the flash then you know that it is almost impossible to get a clear picture due to the slow shutter speed.

This object the turned a more reddish color and then went south until I could not see it anymore. I highly doubt this was a lantern due to the fact that it was traveling against the wind and also because of the intensity of the light. This is not the first time I have observed fire orange lights here in Hollister. I along with multiple neighbors have observed these reddish orange lights in the sky several times. These things are always in the same spot of the eastern sky at around 8:30 to 9:30 PM, but this one came from the exact opposite direction instead of the usual east. These things have a consistent repetitive flight pattern. Because of the regular occurrence of these things I have built a mobile wide angle camera system connected to a digital video recorder to try to capture these guys in action.

That system is set facing East, but since I set it up there has been nothing until this one coming from the west. I have stopped making reports of these things because of fear of people thinking that I am making this up. I am an experienced astronomer with an 8″ telescope with knowledge of aircraft and such. I take this subject seriously because I had a triangle fly above me a few years ago. I can assure you that these things are not aircraft, drones, Chinese lanterns or helicopters. I doubt anybody has messed with these things more than me.

I have hit them with green lasers, 36 million candlepower spotlight and marine flares. There is no way that these things have not noticed me. I sound like a nut right now, but I have a dozen neighbors to back me. This is the first time I have used this site usually I send this kind of thing to Peter Davenport. I will send the pictures I have along with this report.

I have a question, is there a way to run the photographs of these things through a spectrum analyzer/spectrometer because I know the F.B.I has a database of just about every light source? I am told that this software has the capability to identify the brand and even the model of a given light source. If this has not been pursued that would tell me that nobody is serious about the whole UFO, UAP or whatever acronym they use.

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I am a grain farmer that was spraying a lentil crop for disease protection on the morning of July 1st 2016.

I noticed a neighbor spraying about 1 mile east-northeast of me. I was very concerned that the glyphosate which I knew he was spraying would drift onto another lentil field of mine causing severe damage.

I stopped my sprayer and used my galaxy cellphone to take a picture of him spraying just to have something to prove he was in the field that day.

Knowing that his sprayer may not show up too well in the photo I decided to take several pictures, probably all within a 10 – 15 second time frame, hoping at least 1 of them would turn out as desired.

When checking these photos I noticed only 1 of these photos had a strange object in the sky which appeared to have a very interesting shape.

I never noticed this object while taking the pictures. I can send you the other 6 pictures which show absolutely nothing in the sky, if you need them.

The pictures were taken through the side window of my sprayer, but I am convinced this object is not a result of anything on the glass in front of me.

The above case was submitted to UFO Casebook, and is used here with permission.

Photograph

This photograph, unfortunately, is the highest resolution available.

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SUBJECT: Photographs of 2 unidentified aircraft
LOCATION: Pioneer Park, Hwy. 17 – Independence/Covington, KY(Kenton County)
DATE: Sunday, November 2, 2003 – 5:26 to 5:28 p.m.

SUMMARY:
While walking my dog at Pioneer Park during daylight hours, I spotted an object in the sky that was, from my perspective, near the moon. The object was first considered a reflection of sunlight from an airplane as other high-flying planes reflecting sunlight had been visible moments earlier.However, the color of this object was pure white, unlike the gold-colored reflections seen on planes around that same time due to the color of the setting sun. Within moments, a second and identical object became apparent.Both were traveling with a slow path from east to north, first observed near the moon at an estimated 40-degrees above the horizon at 5:26 p.m.E.D.T.  The objects clearly traveled on course together and at thesame general speed, heading to the north and directly over Downtown, Cincinnati.The two objects became fainter as they moved to the north and eventually disappeared in the sky haze around 5:28 p.m..

During this two minute duration, sixteen photographs were made using an Olympus D-550 Zoom digital camera (3.0 megapixel) and the images stored on a 128 megabyte memory card.

The first photo was made without using the camera zoom, showing the first visible object near the moon. (Faint white object seen to the left of the moon at the 10 o’clock position).

The remaining photos were made using the zoom set at maximum, and the second object was not noticed until after the fifth photo was taken, It was, however, visibly apparent and photographed on the fourth photo.

When I realized two identical objects were traveling together I stopped taking pictures momentarily, trying to focus my eyes on the objects to ascertain some type of aircraft identification. I could not visually obtain any make on the objects and took note that the light source of each object did not seem reflective, as I had been seeing on other airplanes, as they were each ‘white’ in color and of the same intensity.

Several images were taken of the two objects as they moved off to the north, over Downtown Cincinnati. Foreground images of nearby trees are provided in the shot for frame of reference, although the auto focus mechanism of the Olympus camera tightened the focus on the trees, leaving the two aerial objects ‘soft’ on focus.

I could not identify them as airplanes nor could any preliminary analysis of the 16-digital photos using Adobe Photoshop 6.0 reveal any additional features, such as wings or a tail section, using the magnification tool.

These are the first objects I have photographed that I cannot give immediate account for. I cannot rule out that they are two military or other jet aircraft flying together, but the reflective appearance were distinctly different than other airplanes in the vicinity (aircraft can be seen at that time and usually took on a ‘reddish’ hue due to the setting sun).No contrails were present and no sound could be heard. Traffic on nearby Highway 17 would drown out any possible sound, however.

A word on “Reflection Time”

The “reflection time” of a plane reflecting sunlight is dependent upon many variables, such as the position of the sun, the situation and banking conditions of the plane, and the convenient location of the ground observer.In the case of these 2-objects seen near Cincinnati, it should be noted that the illumination of these two objects were nearly identical and their brightness was consistent throughout their 2-minute sighting time and path from east to north. In most cases, a reflective glare will recede after an aircraft performs a banking maneuver and solid aircraft structure can be seen. This was not the case with the 2-objects photographed near Cincinnati on November 2, 2003.

ADDITIONAL COMMENT

On Wednesday, October 29, a married couple reported a UFO sighting near Harrison Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, described as a bluish-white light that held a fixed position over Western Hills, also around 5:30 p.m. Thatreport is enclosed below.

Filed,
November 2, 2003
KENNY YOUNG

Analysis Submissions

Indiana researcher Lynn Taylor
offers the following comments:

Obviously, the objects were east of your vantage point, in order to be in the frame with the Moon. Also apparent is the red component of the objects, which is likely and primarily the result of reflected long-wave light rays from the setting western sun.

Most importantly, if you view the attached image, you can clearly see the ovoid shape of the object, after much of the glare has been stripped away. I have also included embossed and edge-detected images for your study.As you mentioned in your report, there are no signs of wings, or any other features consistent with a conventional aircraft.

The fact that the objects seemed to be traveling at a reduced airspeed, would not rule out a non-conventional craft, or UFO, if you will.

I agree with your statement that any reflected sunlight is normally momentary and variable in nature from the vantage point of the viewer.The appearance of the objects as you reported them would be more consistent with self-illumination, caused by ionized atmospheric gases immediately surrounding the craft. At night, these emanations can appear in a range of intensities and colors, from deep red, to blue-white. Most “nocturnal lights” are reported as reddish-orange in color.

Raw Photographs – Gallery

“Raw photos” of the 2-objects over Cincinnati on Nov. 2, 2003 that are un-edited and unprocessed can be found at the following locations (arranged in sequence below). The last photo is marked, it is a ‘frame of reference’shot showing the moon and marked with an arrow that is the E to N path taken by the objects.

Shots 1 – 3 contain the moon (3rd image is blurred), shots 4- 10 are ‘open sky shots’ showing the two objects, shots 11 through 16 contain foreground
landscape for frame of reference. Shot 17 is general shot of moon in sky, where objects were first seen, for reference.

Caution, these are big files and may take a few minutes to load for those with slower connections:

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I was driving on Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad, CA… driving to my son’s baseball game at 7:15 pm and I observed a saucer-like object in the sky through the driver side window… north of my location.

Fortunately, I had my DSLR with me because of the baseball game, so I rolled my window down and took three pictures in rapid succession.

My daughter and I both watched it until we were forced to proceed with traffic and it was gone.

Using Occam’s Razor, I assumed it was a drone.

Camera – Canon EOS REBEL T3i

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