The Hitching Post October 2021

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USA 1961

From ''The worldAtl of Mysteries " by Francis Hitching

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Three years ago, at the beginning of October and just before dawn, before the birds started singing and light was barely visible in the sky. A local commercial pilot was heading to simulator training in Long Beach Ca. Only a couple blocks from his home he realized he forgot his headset and turned around . As he drove up the hill, he saw a silhouette of an object next to a flagpole. As he continued up the hill it was getting larger in size. Not jumping to conclusions, he kept an eye on it.

As he reached the top of the hill the trees and homes started blocking his view of the object.

He was now able to estimate its

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size and determine it was moving.

Quicky, he grabbed hi~ cell phone and called his wife. He explained why he was coming home and what he was looking at in disbelief.

As he turned the corner he could see the object, telling his wife to get the kids so they could see .it and hung up in anticipation.

Could it be? No way... what the hell was one doing here?

The object was approximately 6 to 10 feet tall and was shaped similar to a bell with an elongated top or lipstick tube. Due to the time of day no details were visible. The object moved slowly over a row of homes on the east side of his street. There was no wind and its movement was smooth as

The dark •silhouette made it impossible to see if the obje,t · • was just above or just ·beh i'ttd ' · the homes. But there it was .

Knowing traffic was going to start soon he went home, anxious to see if his family saw it.

They did! His wife came out 't S: give him his headset. They could barely make out ' the object now behind the homes. A quick kiss and he drove off to training.

Later he learned that his wife and kids went upstairs to view the object. They said they could see it, not moving, silent and remaining stationary for 10 or 15 minutes before it disappeared behind the hill .

Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) Tride nt II DS Missil e and Warhead Storage a nd Maintenance Complex

I was part of Marine Corps Security Force Company at Bangor Naval Submarine Base WA. Our primary responsibility was "the wire" which was a high security storage area with strict protocols and sensors that were monitored 24/7. If a bird landed on a fence or a rabbit entered our perimeter, we knew about it.

The wire could be an eerie place. I was told ghost stories and personal experiences by men who I would trust with my life. Some are significant because they were documented or reactions teams were sent to investigate only to find nothing.

thick metal gun ports flew open. Soo after I closed it another one opened .

Then again. I was trying .to rational ~ ize how there was no consistency to · why. Accounting for wind direction, speed etc the only explanation was a pressure differential. By now I · realized there was no consistency to account for force or pressure and had lost count of how many times it happened.

I don't remember everything that happened that night. The next significant thing I recall was feeling that something was messing with me. It was dark now and whatever it was had bugged me enoug.h- that-- I- pu-t- on m}'-NVG~s .- I started looking for the damn thing but saw nothing. I never heard any stories about tower 31 being haunted or strange things happening, but I would.

what happened but no one was mad. The reaction force ended up staying on the second floor below me and I could hear a couple of them laughing about it through the vents. Almost immediately I heard boot steps on my level just across from me. Nothing to say now. Something was still here.

rines went in to help neutralize the threat. But there was nothing there.

The Incident was officially documented and the Marine who left his post was not reprimanded. · The story goes that when the towers were being Built a contractor had to go up to the roof. -It was snowing that day. He had slipped and fallen down the center ladder access. Breaking ·his neck and dying. Not trying to scare · me, they stayed on the direct line and we exchanged stories.

Ops later called me on the direct line. It was one of my buddies. He told me that I was in the tower that one of my ·corporals ran out of because he said he saw nothing but eyes fl oati ng. I laughed! This isn't the kind of place you leave. You would get Many Years later, I was attending one thrown in the brig. He said he had a of our rodeo~. When you've been a be.t-t e r--s.tor-y- about something that- hap-- - -Mari ne- y:ou- can spot- one- a- mi-1 e away. pened before I got there. He started I went up to him, introduced myself by telling me that one of his bud di es and confirmed he was a marine. I asked was in 31 and heard something fall him where he was stationed. He told downstairs on the second floor. When me Bangor Submarine Base. He had also he went to investigate all he saw was been in tower 31 and experienced heara broom on the floor. He went back to ing the contractor fall from the roof. the observation area and later heard We had a good laugh. it fall again. This time he propped the broom between the wall and metal racks. He went back upstairs. "CRACK"!

He goes downstairs to investigate and finds the broom broken in half and runs out. He radios ops and ~ he reaction force is deployed.

I was only assigned to tower 31 once.

It was our shortest tower at only 3 stories high and was circular in shape. As you entered the first floor you would see a spiral staircase - and a door in the center which had a ladder Everything was going OK. Comm chec~s. that went to the roof. This was necnothing out of the ordinary while essary to access the spotlight. The trying to keep my mind occupied. Tben 2nd level had a single bathroom and a I heard a noise. My heart literally room containing metal racks (bunks). started racing! Then I heard a violent The 3rd floor was the observation shaking from the top of where the roof area. There were bullet proof metal access ladder was all the way down t'o gun ports around the entire level and the bottom. That was it! I immediately bullet proof glass. There was also a got on the direct line to ops and told set of night vision goggles, a phone them I don't care what happens or who for direct communication with ops, a you need to call, but I needed to get One of our Staff Sergeant's who was a small heater and the control arm for the F$#% out of there NOW! I explained beast of a Marine and still assigned - t he spoflTglft: .

-Wha t--happenecr;---rn ey as l<eclnie"l o s a:y-- - -m ere, was t he one who ec1- ·rn e sweep. o--- - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - -~ alm._ao.cLs.en.L o.uL.a....qui cL r:ea.c .t.iao,__l/!!l:W'Wi.t.l1-.c.i £.l.e.s_d.r.aw. a o.cL.l.oad.e.d., h ~ - - As the sun began to set it started to force to tower 31. first odd thing they noticed was the get windy. If you've never been to lights in the bathroom flickering. the coast of Washington State, imagI felt bad knowing my brothers had It was clear. They then proceeded ine colder Santa Ana winds and Texas to wake up and rush out. Then I knew ', to the bunk room. The Staff Sergeant 1 size storms. Our heaters were hand I was goi~ g to hear about it too. r ent first. As he entered, a large buzzed them in and they . cleared the warmers at best and the gun ports metal trash can flew at him from weren't sealed. Suddenly one of the entire building. Nothing. I explained the corner. Immediately the other ma-