Soviet Ship Nooget USO Sighting
The Soviet Ship Nooget USO Sighting occurred on June 15, 1977, when the Soviet ship Nooget, navigating the Gulf of Guayaquil off Ecuador, observed a white luminescent sphere rise from the water directly ahead, fly around the vessel, hover 20 meters above it, ascend further, zigzag, and dive back into the water. The account is sourced from the manuscripts and books of Felix Zigel, one of the Soviet Union's most respected UFO researchers. The case is notable for the object's apparent awareness of and interaction with the vessel — hovering directly above it before departing.
| Date | 1977-06-15 |
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Incident Description
The incident was recorded in a radiogram sent by the ship and relayed in Zigel's manuscripts. The sequence of events:
- Straight ahead of the vessel, at night, a white luminescent sphere rose from the water
- The sphere flew around the ship
- The object hovered 20 meters above the vessel
- It flew higher
- It zigzagged through the air
- It dove back into the water
The description emphasizes the object's apparently deliberate interaction with the vessel: circling it, hovering directly above it, then departing by submerging — a behavior pattern suggesting controlled flight and possible observation of the ship rather than random movement.
Significance
The Gulf of Guayaquil is a coastal inlet off Ecuador in the eastern Pacific, placing this case among the small number of documented South American USO encounters. The zigzagging flight path is consistent with the intelligent maneuvering described in other USO accounts that were incompatible with natural phenomena or known aircraft. The case also demonstrates the operational range implied by the Unidentified Submerged Object (USO) phenomenon — the same category of behavior documented in the North Atlantic, Barents Sea, Persian Gulf, and Australian waters is here recorded off the Pacific coast of South America.
Sources
- USO Case Book - Unidentified Submerged Objects Throughout History
- Russia's USO Secrets — Paul Stonehill and Philip Mantle
- Manuscripts of Felix Zigel