1969 · Chu Lai Defense Command, Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Chu Lai: an egg-shaped light lands at the ammunition dump
From the accounts: a guard tower at Chu Lai logged a glowing egg-shaped object that landed at the ammunition supply point on 6 January 1969. · Illustration for uaptrail.com
When6 January 1969, 01:52
WhereChu Lai Defense Command, Quang Tin, South Vietnam
At 01:52 on 6 January 1969 a guard tower at the U.S. base at Chu Lai logged a glowing egg-shaped object about 15–20 ft across that came in slowly over the ammunition supply point and landed. Radar showed nothing. The only action was to notify the duty officer, and the journals for the next two days are missing. A National Archives archivist found the entry.
How plausible · High
An official Army unit journal logs a glowing egg-shaped object landing at the ammunition dump; terse and contemporaneous.
- ●●Access A guard tower watching the ASP.
- ●●No gain sought A routine log entry.
- ●●Restraint Logged plainly, with "nothing on radar" recorded too.
- ●●Checkable details check out In NARA RG 472, found by an archivist.
- ●○Character record An official military record.
- ●○Independent convergence Gen. Brown (1973) said Vietnam-era UFOs were logged as "enemy helicopters".
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
Claims
Tower 72 reported an object at azimuth 310°, about 700 m out, that 'came in slow over the ASP & landed'; it glowed while moving, egg-shaped, 15–20 ft across; nothing on the control-tower radar and no sound.firsthandOn the recordChu Lai Defense Command daily journal (NARA RG 472), via NARA archivist Joe Gillette
'They weren't called UFOs. They were called enemy helicopters.'firsthandSourced, unconfirmedUSAF Chief of Staff Gen. George S. Brown, press conference of 16 Oct 1973, on 1968 night contacts near the DMZ
Where
Chu Lai Defense Command, Quang Tin, South Vietnam
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