U.S. Coast Guard UFO Records

This document is a comprehensive compilation of U.S. Coast Guard records concerning Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and Unidentified Submerged Objects (USO), assembled by researcher Barry J. Greenwood. The collection spans reports from 1952 through 1989, totaling 160 pages of declassified material. The compilation includes significant historical documentation, such as the 1957 'Sebago' ship sighting in the Gulf of Mexico and the 1973 Pascagoula River incident. The records were obtained through multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by researchers including Barry Greenwood and Robert Todd. The document serves as a primary source for historians and students of the phenomena, providing access to official correspondence, incident reports, and internal Coast Guard communications regarding these sightings. The correspondence within the file reveals the Coast Guard's official stance over several decades, often stating that they do not maintain specific UFO files and that reports are typically forwarded to the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book or other relevant military authorities. The collection also documents specific search and rescue (SAR) operations that were initiated following reports of unidentified objects, which were often later attributed to meteors, flares, or misidentifications. The compilation includes detailed logs, message traffic, and internal memoranda from various Coast Guard districts, including the Eighth and Ninth Coast Guard Districts, as well as specific incident reports from the 1980s and 1990s, such as the 1988 Eastlake, Ohio, sightings and the 1989 Moriches Bay incident. The document highlights the tension between civilian reports of anomalous phenomena and the official military and government response, which frequently sought to categorize these events as conventional occurrences or hoaxes. The inclusion of correspondence between the Coast Guard and researchers like Robert Todd and Barry Greenwood underscores the ongoing efforts to secure transparency regarding government knowledge of UAP/USO events.