The North Atlantic Incident

By Crusader1307

An interesting tale, the occurrence took place in February of 1956 over The North Atlantic. A Naval R7V-2 (a Super Constellation-Class of Transport aircraft), was flying back to The US with 30 soldiers (coming home from their end of Service Tour). The time was around 4:00 AM, and all were asleep. The Flight was scheduled to land for re-fueling in Newfoundland and then continue to Patuxent Naval Air Station, Maryland. It was a routine "Hop". The Flight Pilot, Naval Commander George Benton had made this trip at least 200 times previously. He was a very experienced Flyer who had never experienced any unusual aerial incidents before...until that is, this night! Both he and his Co-Pilot saw a series of "bright lights", some 25 miles to their front. Thinking it "lights" from Newfoundland, they quickly checked their position. They were still too far out for them to be Coastal lights. The lights began to dim. Within a few minutes, the "lights" became a form of glowing "ring". This Object was rapidly approaching the Naval Transport.

The speed of Intercept was incredible, estimated by Cmdr. Benton to be between 1,400 to 2,000 miles per hour! Within seconds, they were face to face with a massive flying Object. The Object was brightly illuminated and Disc-shaped. The glow was so bright, it was hard to make out many features. Cmdr. Benton stated he could see what appeared to be a series of "thrusters", positioned on the sides and bottom of the Craft. The Craft was not "threatening" and appeared to be just "curious". After several minutes of being followed off his left wing, the Craft took off into Space at an "incredible" speed. The Commander radioed on the encounter and continued to Newfoundland. Upon landing, he was met by Air Force Intelligence Officers. He was taken for debriefing. The Officers seemed to believe him. Within the week, he was contacted by The Navy. He was "cleared" to meet with a Government "Representative". Commander Benton did as he was ordered. The "Representative" did not identify his name or Agency of employment. He interviewed Cmdr. Benton at length of his encounter. The Man next pulled a color photograph of the Object and showed to Benton. He immediately identified it as "his" sighting. The Man thanked the Commander, took the picture and left. Nothing more was ever mentioned and Benton continued with his career until his retirement.