Place

Con Co Island, Vietnam

17.16 N, 107.34 EView on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

1 event here, 17 Jun 1968, in date order.

  1. Military

    Suspected DMZ 'helicopters' lead to friendly-fire strike on HMAS Hobart

    On 16-17 June 1968, U.S. Air Force jets whose pilots took the radar returns of allied ships for enemy helicopters attacked several ships near the Vietnam DMZ, hitting HMAS Hobart and killing two sailors. In 1973 USAF chief Gen. George Brown described the episode as a series of UFO sightings.