0822 local time on 25 March, when the destroyer
and plane resumed normal patrol operations.
(4)
The possible contact disappeared at e point 113°T,
29 miles from the center of the atoll (at approxi-
mately latitude 11°-18'N, longitude 162°-42's).
(5)
The eveluation of this reported contact is "DOURTFUL.”
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(1)
At O157 local time on 25 March 1948, 2 PB-1 on
patrol picked up a possible radar contact at lati-
tude 11°-20'N, longitude 161°-40'E.
The radar con-
tact was evaluated as the "snorkel" of a submarine.
(2)
CTU 7.3.3 directed ROGERS to assist the plane in the
search and ROGERS arrived on the scene of the reported
contact at about 0300 local time.
No further contacts
were made by PB-1W or ROGERS.
(3)
he
The evaluetion of this reported contact is "DOUBTFUL."
At 0729 local time on 29 March ROGERS reported @ sonar con-
tact bearing 147°T, 26 miles from the center of ZNIWETOK atoll.
tact was held less than 1 minute.
Con-
All further search was negative.
Evaluation "DOUBTFUL."
ie
At 301730 Mike March an ATC plane en route from Kwajalein
to Guam reported that it had spotted three aircraft similar to C-47
planes, dark in color, on the northeast beach of Ujelang Atoll.
Also,
that there was a very thin long toat anchored offshore at the same
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