RAMEY AIR FORCE BASE
The following statement, obtained by US Air Force member John Artie, was signed by Sergeant Thomas Carulli, a USAF security policeman stationed at Ramey AFB, near Aguadilla: [On] August 18, 1968, at approximately 2.30 a.m., off Borinquen Beach, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, 15 other security policemen and myself observed what was believed to be [an] unidentified flying object. Visibility was unlimited. The UFO seemed to be rising from the ocean but when first seen it was appearing to be at a 45-degree angle above the surface and rising. While also rising it seemed to yaw to its sides emitting a very bright, almost fluorescent light which was similar to that of an unblinking strobe light . . . there appeared to be struts or bars or (you could say) window panes. These struts were vertical and there were about six of them . . .
When it reached its zenith, which in itself appeared to be no more than l,500 feet off the ground, it lingered there for a few minutes; all the while it emitted this light which lit up the whole area, which before was in complete darkness.
It was circular or sphere-like . . . Its size was close to a half-dollar held at arm’s length. It emitted no sound . . . While in its zenith the UFO seemed to pulsate and fluxed from side to side or wobbled.
Then another orb of light came from it [which] was about the size of a dime held at arm’s length. It stayed by the side of the first UFO, then it too fluxed or wobbled and shot straight upwards until it was nearly invisible. After two or three minutes passed, the first UFO wobbled, turned on its side and darted upwards and outwards in a north-northwesterly direction until it disappeared. This whole spectacular phenomenon took about 12-17 minutes in its entirety.
Between 1960 and 1962, William Smith (pseudonym) was assigned as a USAF air policeman to an elite corps which guarded the B-52 bombers and their cargo of nuclear weapons at Ramey AFB. This assignment called for a clean service record, as well as impeccable character. Smith told American investigator Jim Speiser that one night in late 1961 or early 1962 he was on duty guarding the bombers when, as he claims, he saw three very large objects, shaped like discs, fly over the base and position themselves precisely over the B-52s. They hovered for a short period then flew away. At least 24 other witnesses were present. The following day, two men in civilian clothing, who said they were from the Pentagon, arrived at the base. Smith was unable to determine to which department these men were attached. All witnesses were interrogated for hours and warned not to discuss the incident.
Stephen Craig, a former US Navy electronics technician who spent three years at the naval facility at Ramey AFB in the 1970s, confirmed to Jorge Martin that he had both Navy and Air Force acquaintances who had witnessed groups of UFOs flying over the flight line, as well as over the nuclear arms depot.